KITCHEN PANTRY SCIENTIST LIST
TIME DECAY HAS A NEW BOOK
COMING OUT IN MARCH CALLED
BIOLOGY FOR KIDS.
TODAY WE ARE GETTING A SNEAK
PREVIEW.
LIZ JOINS US LIVE ON SKYPE
FROM HER HOME KITCHEN SCIENCE
LAB.
LIZ, NICE TO SEE YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
NEW BOOK.
NOW I'M SUPPOSED TO PRACTICE
SELF COMPASSION, BUT I HAVE NOT
CRANKED OUT 47 BOOKS OVER THE
LAST YEAR LIKE YOU HAVE.
IT KEEPS ME OUT OF TROUBLE,
JASON.
TELL US ABOUT THE NEW FOCUS.
OKAY.
COUPLE OF EXPERIMENTS THAT I
INVENTED THAT ARE PERFECT FOR
TEACHING KIDS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
IS, ABOUT THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS,
VACCINES CAN HELP PROTECT US
FROM THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.
I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST
SOME PLATO.
IF I ROLL SOME INTO BALLS,
SCULPTING PLAY, WHATEVER, AND
COVERING THEM WITH LITTLE BLOBS
KIDS CAN SEE HOW CORONAVIRUS
LOOKS.
CORONAVIRUS WAS DISCOVERED BY A
WOMAN NAMED JUNE ALMEDA WHO WAS
VERY GOOD WITH MICROSCOPES.
SHE FOUND THAT THESE LITTLE
VIRUSES. IF I PUT THESE LITTLE
SPIKES, THEY ARE CALLED
PROTEINS, ON THE VIRUS, IF
YOU LOOK AT IT UNDER A
MICROSCOPE LOOKS LIKE A HALO.
CORONAVIRUS, MY LIKE A HALO
AROUND THE SUN.
THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW.
MY KIDS ASK ME THAT QUESTION
ALL THE TIME.
NOW I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT
ONE.
GOOD.
YEAH.
VACCINE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS
TAKING THESE SPIKES, DESPITE
PROTEINS, AND INTRODUCING THEM
INTO YOUR BODY.
WHEN YOU GET VACCINATED IT
PROTEIN INTO YOUR BODY.
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM THEN MAKES
MOLECULE ANTIBODIES.
ANTIBODIES, I MADE THIS WITH
SOME TO FIX FROM CLAY AND
SKEWERS, ANTIBODIES LOOK LIKE Y
SHAPED MOLECULES.
WHAT THEY DO, WHEN SHE BODY HAS
BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE BACTERIA
OR VIRUS THEY CAN RECOGNIZE IT
AND BIND TO THESE VIRUSES LIKE
THIS.
YOUR BODY IS MAKING ANTIBODIES
NOW THAT BIND TO THESE VIRUSES.
WHAT HAPPENS IS MORE THAN ONE
VIRUSES AND THE VIRUSES CAN
CLUMP TOGETHER.
WHAT ANTIBODIES DO IS TWO
THINGS.
THEY KEEP VIRAL PARTICLES FROM,
IT MAKES IT SO THE VIRUS CAN'T
ENTER INTO THE CELL.
RIGHT?
THERE LIKE WATCHDOGS.
WHEN THEY SEE A VIRUS THEY SET
UP AN ALARM SYSTEM FOR YOUR
ALERTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TO GO
ON HIGH ALERT.
YOU CAN START DESTROYING THE
VIRAL PARTICLES.
RIGHT?
ONE WAY YOUR BODY DOES THIS IS
CELLS.
THESE CELLS CALLED PHAGOCYTES.
SAGO MEANS TO EAT.
WHAT THESE WHITE BLOOD CELLS
DO, MICRO FACIA, THEY DESTROY
VIRUSES COATED WITH ANTIBODIES
AND BACTERIA.
THE VACCINE ALSO ACTIVATES,
MAKES ANTIBODIES THAT ACTIVATE
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
KIDS CAN MIX TOGETHER ONE CUP
OF CORNSTARCH, HALF A CUP OF
WATER, AND MAKE, THEY HAVE
PROBABLY ALL MADE THIS IN
SCIENCE CLASS, IT IS SUPER
COOL.
CORNSTARCH AND WATER.
IT AS A LIQUID IF YOU LET IT
IT ACTS AS A SOLID IF YOU WILL
AROUND.
YOU CAN MAKE FAKE WHITE BLOOD
CELLS TO SEE HOW, THIS IS NOT
TO SCALE AGAIN, BUT TO SEE HOW
WHITE BLOOD CELLS, WHEN THEY
ENCOUNTER A PATHOGEN LIKE A
CORONAVIRUS, THEY ACTUALLY
THEY GOBBLE IT UP.
THEY MAKE IT, THEY TAKE IT
INSIDE INTO THESE COMPARTMENTS
AND BREAK IT APART AND DESTROY
IT AND THEN THEY SPIT IT BACK
OUT IN LITTLE PIECES AND
PRESENTED TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM,
SO THAT ACTIVATES MORE
ANTIBODIES TO BE MADE, MORE
BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS
SCRAMBLING AROUND EATING UP
VIRAL PARTICLES THESE ARE
PHONICS PAYMENTS YOU CAN DO WITH
CLAY AND CORNSTARCH AND
TOOTHPICKS TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT
THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
CONGRATS ON THE BOOK.
THANK YOU.
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EXPERIENCE AT KITCHEN PANTRY
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