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Scenes from new show Getting Excited About Science II BIG 7 ' Video Screen Connected to Live on Stage Cameras - This allows large groups to see every detail of the show. Rocket Car - showing Newton's third law of motion in a very exciting way. 18 Foot Swing Lever - This allows a student to lift a teacher 4 to 6 feet into the air while teaching about mechanical advantage. Giant Pendulum with steel ball - A daring experiment with a 4 foot pendulum and a student helper Centrifugal Force problem - designed to promote scientific guesses and lots of fun. This ends with swinging water over a student. Sound Travels - A set of experiments, can be customized for grade levels using tuning forks, spring drums, singing rods, bell in a vacuum and ends with making a sonic boom with a bull whip! Iron in Cereal - How can you see the iron in Cereal? Why is iron important to our bodies? Acid - Base Students learn and Acids and Bases and see many color changes of different solutions. The students then get to predict what new solutions are: acids or bases. Balloons and Marshmallows - Using a vacuum with bell jar, we make marshmallows look like baseballs and then look like raisins. Airplane wings and balls - The designs of airplane wings and air pressure using a large 4 foot airplane wing. Egg in bottle - A classic problem and big hit with kids and teachers. Kitchen Chemistry - making cottage cheese, glue, slime and more from common items found in the kitchen. Giant Optic Wheel to Color Movie Screen. - A light experiment on a grand scale involving a 4 foot Benham’s Wheel, rainbows and ends with theater lights making shadows. Air Bag Challenge - Great problem and follow up to segment on airplane wings The Fire Triangle - This is for Middle - Jr. High students. It teaches the fire triangle (Oxygen, Fuel, Heat) and ends with a safely conducted grain elevator type fire. Where is the Pump? - This creates a siphon water fountain and is a study in the concepts of volume and pressure. Hot air Balloons to Cryo Cannon - A problem in buoyancy that leads to discussion about heat and gases. This ends the show with a loud BANG from a liquid nitrogen cannon and confetti shot in the air. |
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