Tag Archives: explainers
12Feb/11No comments
Dax’s mask workshop w/ explainers
Posted by Ryan
Featured cardboard artist Dax Tran-Caffee led a mask-making workshop today with the HS explainer group. Along with fellow costume makers Alana and JD, Dax showed some of his work, taught the explainers the basics of how to build a mask … Continue reading
26Oct/10No comments
HS Explainer Marble Machines
Posted by Ryan
Last week we hosted the high school explainers for a marble machine workshop for the first time in the learning studio. We were impressed by the ambitious challenges that the explainers came up with and also their insightful comments about … Continue reading
30Sep/101 comment
Marble Machines training with Field Trip Explainers
Posted by Luigi
Every year, we have a luxury and pleasure of hosting a three-hour training workshop for the Field Trip Explainers. This is both an opportunity for us to introduce ourselves and our work to this group of extraordinary educators, and for … Continue reading
1Sep/10No comments
Explainer Skill Swaps
Posted by Ryan
Last week we did some trainings with the high school explainers at the museum so they could learn a bit about our tools, the learning studio environment and the way we approach teaching and learning. This group of explainers (who … Continue reading
13May/102 comments
The Amazing Clean Up Tube
Posted by Ryan
This morning we had a training for the field trip explainers where we came up with challenges in the marble cave, like setting up the marble to bounce off three balloon trampolines, having the marble move as slow as possible … Continue reading
Tagged as: contraptions, design, explainers, marble machines, marbles, mechanism, messy, prototype, studio
2Apr/10No comments
FT Explainer Comments
Posted by Annie
As usual, the Explainers have been great so far this month with helping us with The Studio. They constantly approach me and Ryan with their feedback about the new exhibits and art pieces that this group has installed for Sound. … Continue reading
10Mar/10No comments
FT Explainer Training
Posted by Annie
This morning Ryan and I facilitated circuit necklaces for the Field Trip Explainers. The Explainers have been facilitating circuit boards on the floor, so they have had some time to get comfortable with making basic circuits. They were ready this … Continue reading
28Sep/094 comments
Marble Machines – training with the Explainers
Posted by Luigi
As has become a sort of yearly tradition, we hosted a three-hour training with the new batch of Field Trip Explainers, who will be starting to work on the museum floor in a couple of weeks. This is a particularly … Continue reading
Tagged as: explainers, exploratorium, marble machines, marbles, photos, training, Video, Workshop
5May/092 comments
Chain reaction videos: explainer style!
Posted by Luigi
As promised, here are two videos showing the contraptions built by the explainers during their training with us. Cool stuff!
Tagged as: chain reaction, contraption, explainers, training, Video, Workshop
30Apr/091 comment
Chain Reaction training
Posted by Luigi
In preparation for the upcoming Maker Faire booth, in which we will be hosting a community-built chain reaction event, we had the pleasure of trying out the activity with the Exploratorium explainers. Due to their busy schedule and the need … Continue reading
