PASSIONATELY CURIOUS - Sebastian Martin, PhD » Take it outside http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm My hands-on science at the Exploratorium, San Francisco. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:09:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Patterns in Nature http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/10/01/patterns-in-nature/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/10/01/patterns-in-nature/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:09:47 +0000 Sebastian Martin http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/10/01/patterns-in-nature/ Take it outside! – the theme of the latest Exploratorium teacher workshop (09/29/07). We had an excellent group of teachers and spent 5 hours with the exhibit developers Shawn Lani and Bryan Connell doing new teacher activities outdoors.

Cracks in corn starchcracks in mud
The cornstarch experiment (click on picture for a larger image) is a fascinating way to model cracking patterns in mud or even large rock formations like the “Devils Postpile”. Find out why the cracks always meet at so called “triple junctions” ( pdf file).

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Oscillations

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