2013 EDU: Exploratorium in the virtual world

Exploratorium in the virtual world
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http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Exploratorium/145/114/23
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Exploratorium model-map

and teleport station

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The illusion pavillion

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Comet Hartley

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In our galactic neighborhood

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In the threads of the universe

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How to make an eclipse

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The spotted, flaring, sun

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• Chain reaction, the basis of nuclear detonation
• An array of mousetraps, each with two ping-pong balls on the spring.

• Drop one ball on the array and it triggers a trap.
• That's two balls in the air.

Two balls trigger four more balls  

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That is a chain reaction

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• Brownian motion.
• You can get into the act

That square down there is the model-map

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Looking around

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Don't miss the dramatic sky exhibit

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But wait!  There's more!
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Cross that bridge when you come to it


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