This page features a collection of 1 minute videos filmed during my "Errant Venture" road trip in 2016 where I was lucky enough to get to see examples of many of the concepts we study in class!
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3D Topographic Maps — Telus Spark Center July 2016
Acid Test - Sedimetary — Testing the mystery sample with acid
Alternating Bedding Uplifted — Depositional bedding visible along coastal rocks in Oregon - EV - June 2016
Angular Momentum — San Diego Science center simulation of Angular Momentum. How do shepherd moons keep rings in place?
Angular Momentum — Not as obvious as the wheel, this disk can alter its speed based on its orbit.
Apollo Lunar Samples — A look at the lunar samples on Exhibit at the Smithsonian - April 2016
Arch and Keystone — Maggie uses a keystone to complete an archway
Archemedes, eat your heart out — an array of mirrors superheats a reservoir of water better than a coal powered electrical plant!
Asteroid Blink Comparitor — Using a modern version of a Blink Comparitor to spot asteroids at Lowell Observatory - May 2016
Astrograph summary — See the Astrograph used to discover the dwarf planet Pluto! - May 2016
Barringer by the Numbers — Statistics of the Barringer crater near Flagstaff Arizona - May 2016
Barringer Ejection Force — A look at some of the debris tossed from the Barringer Impact Crater
Barringer raised Rim — A look at the raised rim around the first Proven Meteorite Crater
Beach Conglomerate — How can a single boulder on Malibu beach tell the stories of the rock that formed it? EV 2016
Beach Conglomerate - Malibu — Stories within a story. A conglomerate rock represents the original recycling operation. How many different stories can you tell from one rock? EV - 2016
Beringer Ejecta — A look at debris propelled from the Beringer Meteorite Crater in Arizona. - May 2016
Bernoulli — Watching air flow around a ball to keep it aloft
Bigelow Inflatable Habitat - Huntsville — A scale version of the BEAM on display in Huntsville Alabama Rocket Center
Blink Comparitor — Tombaugh's actual plates on display at the Smithsonian A&S Museum - April2016
Chaco Astronomy Part 2 — How did Native Americans mark th esummer solstice in their "Grand Kiva"?
Chaco Astronomy Part 3 — How did Native Americans use buildings to mark the special days of the year?
Chaco Observatory — A little bit of wind disturbance, but this is our first look at how Native Americans once used their buildings to mark key calendar dates
Clark Telescope - Expansion of the Universe — The telescope at the Lowell Observatory that helped prove the Expansion of the universe
Clark Telescope - Lowell Observatory — This telescope was instrumental in observing evidence used to proove the expansion of the Universe - May 2016
Comet Stardust — The first successful mission to gather material from a body beyond the moon and return it to Earth! Comet Wild was tracket with this special Gell - Smithsonian - 2016
Crock Bait — Hunting Strategies for different predators - San Diego Zoo - June 2016
Desert Dune Formation — Watching sand accumulate in the desert
Differential Eyes in Fish — Check out these fish (A. anableps) that can see above and below the water at the same time
Doppler Intensity — Science North - How can doppler shift intensity be observed by changing the speed of a rotating buzzer?
Doppler Intensity — Listening to Doppler shift - Science North - August 2016
doppler shift types — A simple sound experiment from Science North to see how the doppler shift can be observed
Doppler Shift Types — "Listening" to red and blue shifts. Science North 2016
Double Slit Experiment — The experiment that Michael Chrichton uses to validate the theory of quantized universes in his book - Timeline
Dragon X Launch - April 8, 2016
Dragon X Pre Launch - Bigelow — Discussing the BEAM at Cape Canaveral before the launch April of Space X Dragon 8, 2016
Drumheller - History — Earth Science Geologist Joseph Tyrell
Eolian Erosion - Chaco — Looking at the sculpted landscape in a destert - Chaco Culture National Historic Site - May 2016
Eolian Erosion - Devil's Canyon CA — A drive by of Eolian Erosion in California - EV June 2016
Forest Fire Scars — Forest Fires leave a lasting impression, visible from nerby highways
Freefall — What happens when a candle is placed in a case and subjected to free fall inside the case?- Science North August 2016
Free Fall Explained — Looking at the Candle Experiment from Science North
Glacial Debris — The glacial cycle. Seeing material on top of the glacier and listening to the wawter rushing underneath.
Glacial erosion features — Cirque and horn visible at Illecilewiet glacier
Glacier Lillies - Adaptation — Strange flower adaptations for living at the nose of a glacier.
Glacier Tongue — Getting close to the glacier at Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon river Erosion — a look at the erosional capabilities of the Colorado river - EV - 2016
Hand Samples from Glacier Hike — Looking at samples of metamorphic rock while rock scrambling up to Illeciliewat Glacier
Hoover Dam & the Colorado River Pact — Sustainable use of resources in not a new idea. Politicians in the southern US were struggling back in the 1930's about how to share water resources between states in a sustainable manner
Hoover Dam and Astronomy? — How was a knowledge of astronomoy incorporated into the commemoration of the Hoover Dam's construction?
Hoover Dam Climate Change — What evidence is there of climate change at Hoover dam?
Hoover Dam Ecosystems 1 — What types of organisms can we expect to find below a loarge dam like hoover? EV June 2016
Hoover Dam Ecosytem — How are ecosystems different above and below Hoover Dam - EV - June 2016
Hoover Dam Electricity — A look at one of the largest electricity producers in the US
Hoover Dam electric Potential — Visualizing electric potential with Hoover Dam as an example
Hoover Dam Output — How much electricity does Hoover dam generate?
Hoover faults — A look at some of the faults along the colorado river at the Hoover Dam
Hoover lime and faults — looking at a layer of limstone among the various faults near the Hoover Dam
Hoover Spillway — What is a spillway and how was this created for the Hover Dam?
Ivan Paah Solar Thermal electricity — How hot can a solar oven get? How can reflected sunlight be used to generate electricity?
La Brea — What kinds of organisms have been found in the La Brea tar pits?? EV 2016
Laser Apparent Depth — See how light rays refract creating the illusion of apparent depth with a laser level and a fish tank
Metamorphic Rock — Strange rock that looks like a decaying log in Glacier National park
Metamorphic Rock 2 — Another look at the strange "wood like" metamorphic rock.
Mining From meteorite Craters — Barringer Crater - abandoned mine viewed from above
New Horizons - Lowell Observatory — A look at the New Horizons mission from the "birthplace" of the planet Pluto - May 2016
Outwash Plain Monument Valley — A look at a "Dry Wash" in MOnument Valley Arizona - May 2016
Plesosaur Fin — How are marine animals adapted to life in the water with human like skeletons? Royal Tyrell Museum. EV-16
Porosity - pore space comparison — Sea Star Oil rig Museum - May 2016
Porosity vs Permeability — Looking at demo of these on the "Sea Star" oil rig museum - May 2016
Prairie Grass - Rough Fescue — Grasses that made Alberta Beef some of the best in the world
Redwood Adaptations — What is an Albino Tree and what advantages could it possibly have in a forest?
redwood Climate Zones — How different climate zones are visible up the height of a single redwood - June 2016
Redwood Resilience — June 2016 -
Resistane and Distance — Demo on how strength of a current changes with increasing distance from the power source
Salton Sea Drive and Sand Contrast
Salton Sea Levy and Salination
Sand Crabs - Jumping and adaptations — Charleston S. Carolina - April 2016
San Louis reservoir — The California Drought may be over but it will be a long time before many or the local reservoirs are back to sustainable levels. EV - June 2016
Saturn V Rocket at KSC — A look at the Saturn V rocket and some of its impressive specs - March 2016
Sedimentary Rocks — Riverbend Alberta - Sedimentary samples
Separation of Liquids — Sea Star 2016
Sleepy Sloths — How have Sloths adapted - or NOT - to their environment. EV 2016
Slton Sea Levy and Plane around lake
Soviet Rockets — A look at some rockets from the Soviet side of the Space Race at the Smithsonian in Washington - 2016
Weathering vs Erosion - Monument Valley
Wind Farms Imperial Valley — Narrated look at blade types on Windmills
wooden Pipes — Why did 19Th century miners make their pipes out of wood??
Yellowstone Traffic Jam — Home on the range? It sure is SOMEBODY'S home