Iron Science Teachers

For the past 9 years, the Exploratorium has been running an ongoing competition for science teachers inspired by the ever-popular Iron Chef program. Teachers get a secret ingredient (though the museum admits that it's only secret to the audience -- the teachers have had a little time to prepare), then have 5 minutes to prepare a science or math lesson to teach to the studio audience. The results are on the Iron Science Teacher website. There are 80 or 90 webcasts to choose from, showing teachers working with materials ranging from sticky tape to fruitcake.