Science Snacks
Lava Lamp
It looks so cool and it’s so easy to make: The Alca Seltzer Lava Lamp.
It’s got science in it, too! Read more about the Alca Seltzer Lava Lamp
Exploratorium Baseball in SF Chronicle
The Light Traces I did together with Amy Snyder are featured in the San Francisco Chronicle today (06/09/07)! The front page article talks about the science of pitching and has a few cool and definitely funny light traces pictures in it! Here is the link: A neophyte takes on the science of pitching
Have a look at our Light Traces of Baseball featuring Dave Barker (he is my coach).Baseball gallery
Read more: How to make Light Traces
Summer Institute 2007 Motion-mania
Blinkies in the Physics Summer Institute. Click on the Photos, and the first video(!) of Light Traces or download the Hand-out .
There is also a FLICKR PICTURE GALLERY
Video of backward spinning wheel with two LEDs
Thanks for experimenting with us!
Free fall
Does gravity pull equally on heavy and light objects? – A free fall experiment done with only a camera and a pulsed LED light. How to…
Find more light traces in this gallery:
Exploratorium Quarterly – Baseball
Baseball is the focus of the next Exploratorium Quarterly (July 2007)! Have a look at Light Traces of Baseball featuring Dave Barker (he is the explOratorium’s baseball expert). 
Read more: How to make Light Traces
Break it!
It shakes, vibrates, and – yes – breaks! Watch how sound (not even very loud) shatters a wine glass:
Balancing Stick – A feedback system
A really fun Exploratorium snack in a new light. Balancing a stick with a weight is a challenge that requires good hand-eye coordination. Let’s explore this feedback system: Hand – Stick – Eye. Read more…
Find the activity here.
Ecobay
Save the Bay! A workshop that combined hands-on activities on mapping, data collection and water sheds. A lot of fun, just like the other outdoors workshops, …Click to see more.
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