there is a lot of fun stuff happening at
River City Science Academy if you love
science if you love creating then this
is a wonderful place to see some of the
really cool things kids are doing in the
city
so we've Alex dryer with us now he's
gonna give us a little insight as to
what these kids have been working on
they're pretty amazing yeah so these
kids actually brought in some of their
science projects that they work on at
the school and these are examples of
what we're gonna have at our stem and
health expo next Saturday all right very
cool okay so Legos which my kids plays
with and he thinks he's cool when he
comes up with these little like flying
devices but I mean my goodness this is
pretty magnificent what do you have
going on here is we have our Moon Boot
and we have moving parts that actually
move so there is a program that was
written in order to make all this happen
so I'm gonna come over here to you
because you have the computer my friend
so what what are you gonna do I'm gonna
program both of them actually and two of
them have the moving parts so theirs has
the rocket ship and ours has a satellite
how much fun has it been to come up with
this I mean this is not your basic basic
Lego work it's been really fun doing
actually okay all right let's see what
you got oh there we go
very cool so what's going on over here
this is so what's happening is our
Rockets this part is the it's dispensing
this venting are are doing I like doing
so they all represent something
very cool and this is just going crazy
in a circle it's gonna be dizzy if you
don't stop it alright you guys are
awesome this is amazing congratulations
good work here alright so this is
something that is very cool when a piece
of paper plays a beautiful song how is
this work this is basically a piano on
paper we used alligator clips our Dino
chip and then a printout of a piece of
piano and then conductive paint to make
this minutes how this works has been eat
when you touch it there we go
each signal when you play each key um
it's activated and it's a sent a signal
is sent to the arduino chip and then the
note is played so does that make sense
to you because it makes no sense to me
but you learn how this all works huh so
each time you tap it okay a signal is
sent to the chip and then the note is
played since we use conductive paint can
you sing while I play if you touch it
with a non conductive material what
doesn't work okay
very good I love it I love the way your
mind works darling okay my two over here
you guys are about to make electricity
what are you doing
so here we have the energy stick and
whenever there is a closed circuit it is
gonna light up and make this noise which
shows that the electrons are circulating
your body okay let's see it oh so you
guys have to touch yeah and then when
you break your bond what happens it goes
away
alright do it again okay go are you one
more time okay
so it doesn't work when I do it cuz I'm
not touching the stick I have to connect
to the stick makes sense okay it makes
sense to someone out there all right
come on come on in everybody let's see
our cuties from River City Academy are
brilliant scientists there we go I feel
the power and the energy thank you all
good work keep it up you guys are light
years ahead of a lot of kids
in this district appreciate it