• Books Klutz Press, science books for kids: Chronicle books, science for all.
• Magazines Exploring Magazine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
• Images My favorite images of science and the world.
• Webcasts Eclipse Turkey 1999, Zambia 2001, Faultline 1999, Antarctica 2001-2
• Physics Explanations of physics written for High School Teachers.

Examples are shown of each topic.

Awards

Paul plays the aluminum rod at Bistra castle GIREP: The International Group for the Teaching of Physics, 2005 The 3rd International GIREP Seminar in Ljubljana Slovenia 5 to 9 September 2005, invited me to be a speaker. I presented a paper on the Exploratorium Teacher Institute and did a science performance after the conference dinner at Bistra Castle. The conference was attended by many tremendously talented physics teachers from around Europe and the World. I saw many new viewpoints on science teaching and gathered some new science demos. It was great to visit Slovenia. The conference took us to the eponymous Karst region where we toured the Skocjan cave. I've toured many caves but never one with a large river running through it. It was a pleasure to see the House of Experiments, Where Miha Kos has assembled a great team and created a science museum. Special thanks to Gorazd Planinsic for inviting me to this conference and for Luka Vidic for getting my demonstration materials.

Books

Click here for expanded text and images from my Books. Traces of Time See time in the natural world around you. Colors of Nature The source of colors in the world. Glove Compartment Science A Klutz menu of road activities. Image right -> Zap Science: A Scientific Playground in a Book A book of science activities. The Klutz Book of Magnetic Magic A steel cover book with 10 magnets. Explorabook Over one million copies sold!

Magazines

The Exploratorium Magazine My most recent article is: Electronic Astronomy. My most recent activity is Paper Airplanes

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Together with Pat Murphy I write a Quarterly Column. In 2001 we went to twice a year.

Our latest article is about: Mirrors and Right-Left reversal Here's an exploration: Mirror Exploration.

Images Share some of my views of science in the world.

Images of science Waves Shadows and much more.

Webcasts: The Exploratorium produces programs on the web.

Breaking News Scientific American Magazine presented their Science and Technology web awards for 2004 in the category of astronomy the winner was the Exploratorium's Cassini-Huygens website. We beat out NASA! In the award notice online they mentioned me by name suggesting that viewers watch, "riveting webcasts by Paul Doherty, the most enthusiastic astronomer ever to don a headset, and his game sidekick, NASA's Eric Wegryn. " I was pleased to join the ranks of Sherlock Holmes and the Lone Ranger (as a person with a sidekick). I told Eric about the good news and bad news: Good news: he was mentioned in Scientific American, and bad news, he was mentioned as my sidekick.

Pauld Doherty and "Sidekick" planetary scientist Dr. Eric Wegryn.

Iron Science Teacher A webcast competition for science teachers. A secret ingredient is unveiled, then six teachers each create a science activity. They present a 5 minute science lesson using this ingredient. The audience selects the Iron Science Teacher! There are a dozen Iron Science Teacher programs webcast each year.

Live on the Faultline 1999

#1 Blasting Agent #2 GPS half-spiders prowl the fault #3 THE Richter Scale #4 Offset Streams #5 Be here when it happens #6 The End, and another beginning.

A Live webcast of filling a well with blasting agent.

Eclipse Diary Turkey 1999

#1 27 July 99 The Dance of the Sun and the Moon #2 8 August 99 Memories of Eclipses Past #3 10 August Explainers of Amasya #4 11 August Meteorological and Electrical Disaster? #5 11 August Totality #6 11 August Afterword

Solar Eclipse 2001

IJune 21, 2001 there was a total solar eclipse in Zambia Africa. I was there. Check out our adventures on the Exploratorium Eclipse site. My stories: Ready to Go Arrival in Zambia The Dance of the Earth and the Moon Kubu Cabins A Day at Sausage Tree Camp What we need is a Physicist. Are the Rays Real? In the Dark

Antarctica 2001-2002

I travelled to McM<urdo station, climbed Mt. Erebus, and visited the Dry Valleys! Read about it here. Passing the physical Leaving Home On the Ice To The Ice Caves Paul's Notes from McMurdo School Mt. Erebus The Flying Geologists Climbing Castle Rock Hiking the Dry Valleys

Our Patch

Lectures The Exploratorium Magazine My most recent article is: Electronic Astronomy. My most recent activity is Paper Airplanes AAAS Sounds Like Fun Paul's invited presentation on the science of the "whirly" at the Science is Fun session of the 2001 meeting of the AAAS,

Physics Explanations of physical phenomena.

Atmospheric Optics Explore the origin of light and color in the sky.

Atmospheric Optics

Bernoulli Explore the origin of lift forces on an airplane wing

Bernoulli

Color

Why is the sky blue? Why are clouds white? Why is water blue? Why is it not? Why is ice blue? Why is the sky bright?

Answer

Metric Activities

Metric Prefixes There are some funny ones here. If there were a zepto Marx brother how much of a Marx brother would there be?

Guide to Metric prefixes and a fun quiz!

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