LOT OF SUCCESS WITH HIS BIG BEN'S DESSERTS WILL MEET HIM A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW.
BUT ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
CENTER IN SUMMER IS ALWAYS AN
ADVENTURE AND IT'S ALWAYS AN
EDUCATIONAL ONE THE LASER DAYS
OF SUMMER OUR PRODUCTS SO WE
WANTED TO INVITE MAGGIE CONNOLLY
THE PLANETARIUM SPECIALIST AT
ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER TO
HAVE SOME FUN WITH US WELCOME
GLAD YOU'RE HERE THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME LET'S DIVERT AND I
KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT
BAKING A LEARNING FUN SO YOU'VE
GOT. A HANDS ON DEMONSTRATION
WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE WAY
LIGHT TRAVELS USING THE SUPPLIES
THAT YOU RIGHT HERE DIVE RIGHT
IN ALL RIGHT SO TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
LASER LIGHT SINCE OUR LATER DAYS
OF SUMMER COMING SO I WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT LASERS A LASER IS A
LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY EMISSION
OF SIMULATED RADIATION THAT'S
WHY WE CALL IT A LASER. AND
BASICALLY YOU HAVE THIS TUBE
THAT HAD SOME MATERIAL IN IT
WHEN WE ADD ENERGY IT CREATES.
MORE ENERGY AND THEN WE CREATE
LIGHT. AND YOU HAVE THESE LIGHT
PARTICLES THAT ARE MOVING BACK
AND FORTH AT THE SAME SPEED. AND
THEN WHEN WE HAVE AN OUTLET FOR
THEM IT COMES OUT AS A VERY
CONCENTRATED. LIKE HYPER.
FOCUSED BEAM OF LIGHT RIGHT SO
IF WE COMPARE THAT TO SAY A
REGULAR FLASHLIGHT. RIGHT IF I
PUT SOME OF THIS FOG HAZE CRAFT.
WE DON'T REALLY SEE IT BELIEVES
THAT WE DON'T SEE THE LIGHT BEAM
NARANG IS HAPPENING. BUT IF I
SWITCH. TO A LASER LIGHT. F. YOU
CAN START TO. SEE BELIEVES ARE
AND THEN WE CAN EVEN DO LITTLE.
OF IT. YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHT
DOES TRAVEL IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
AND WHEN IT HIT SOMETHING LIKE A
MERE IT'S GOING TO REFLECT.
THAT'S VERY COOL AND JUST YOU
KNOW YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THAT
YOU WANT BUT WHEN YOU CAN TELL
KIDS THAT YOU CAN SHOW PEOPLE
THAT PERSON ALL OF US IN PERSON.
I'M REALLY MAKES THAT MAKES AN
IMPACT OUR PHOTOGRAPHER VISITED
YOU. AT MOUNT ST IN A PERSON
ADDITIONAL. DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DARKER WE'LL
PUT THAT UP WALKS THROUGH IT
SHOULD BE. MORE DRAMATIC THE
CELL AGAIN WE'RE STILL IN THE
DARK WHILE WE'RE STILL SHOWING
THAT. THE REGULAR LIGHT BUT NOW
WE'RE IN THE DARK SO YOU CAN
REALLY SEE THAT YOU COULDN'T
REALLY SEE THE LIGHT. UNTIL WE
STARTED WITH THE LASER LIGHT AND
THEN WHEN WE ADDED THAT FOG. YOU
COULD ABSOLUTELY SEE AND THEN
LOOK SEE ALL THAT REFLECTION
AND- I DON'T KNOW IF THE VIDEO
WILL SHOW IT BUT AT ONE POINT I
KIND OF CHANGE THE ANGLE SO THE
REFLECTION. CHANGED A LITTLE
BIT. ABOUT THAT ANGLE OF
INCIDENCE AND REFLECTION WELL
AND IT'S JUST POWERFUL AND THEN
IT KIND OF GIVES KIDS AN IDEA OF
HOW HOW THESE BIG LASER LIGHT
SHOWS COME TOGETHER THEY
UNDERSTAND THEY'RE WORKING WITH
ROPER MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER
HOME TO A WORLD CLASS. HOOPER
PLANETARIUM FIRST I TALKED TO US
ABOUT WHAT MAKES THAT FACILITY
SO SPECIAL. OUR OUR PLANETARIUM
IS A FULLY IMMERSIVE. FIFTY FOOT
DOME WE HAVE A FOUR K. LASER
PROJECTION SYSTEM WHICH MEANS
THAT OUR IMAGES ARE GOING TO BE
SUPER CRISP SUPER CLEAR. WE HAVE
SURROUNDS THAT THE SURROUND
SYSTEM AND WHEN YOU ARE IN IT.
YOU JUST YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE IN IT LIKE YOU'RE IN
SPACE OR WHEREVER WE'RE AT YOU
CAN TRANSPORT ENTIRE. YOU KNOW
FIELD TRIP CLASSES. INTO THIS
ENVIRONMENT AND THERE'S ALSO
THIS LASER FANTASY PROJECTION
SYSTEM THAT FEATURES MUSIC TO
LASERS- AND THERE'S EVENTS YOU
DO THAT DURING THE THIRTIES A
SUMMARY DO IT DURING HOLIDAY
SHOWS AND OTHERS. YEAH SO WE
HAVE. OUR LEADER DAYS OF SUMMER
OF COURSE ARE AT THE BEGINNING
THIS WEEK SO THURSDAY FRIDAY
SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK AND NEXT
WEEK. IN OCTOBER WILL DO SOME
HALLOWEEN FOCUSED LASER SHOWS.
AND IN DC IN DECEMBER WILL DO
HOLIDAY LASER SHOWS. IT'S REALLY
INCREDIBLE KINDS REACTIONS YOU
GET WHEN YOU. PEOPLE SEE THIS IN
PERSON I MEAN IT'S- TO DO PULL.
ON BUT HAD AN- IT'S ALWAYS JUST
THIS. THIS WHOLE SENSE OF
WONDER. LAKE YOU SEE THESE EVEN
ADULTS WHO SEE THIS FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN JUST THAT'S- WHY
HOW OLD THAT WE GOT FROM THEM
AND THEN WHEN THEY START TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS. IT IS
FINE BUT IT'S ALSO SCIENTISTS
YEAH AND AS AN EDUCATOR IS NOT
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT TO SEE THOSE
REACTIONS OUT. HOWEVER WORDING
IS IT FOR YOU TO WATCH THOSE
LIGHT BULBS GO OUT ALL MY GUYS
MADE ITSELF AND TASTIC WHEN THEY
GET. WHEN THEY HAVE KIND OF THAT
AHA MOMENT. AND THEY LEARNED
THEY SEE SOMETHING OR LEARN
SOMETHING NEW AND IT JUST
INSPIRES THEM. TO MAYBE LEARN
SOMETHING MORE YOU JUST CAN'T
BEAT IT YET YOU CAN'T BEAT IT
AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
LOVING- FRIDAY'S STARRY. NIGHTS
THAT PROGRAMMING IS JUST
INCREDIBLE YOU KNOW JUST FAMILY
FUN TO BE HAD EVERYWHERE WHILE
LEARNING ABSOLUTELY. YEP AND
WE'VE GOT SOME. SOME IMAGES
THERE THAT KIND OF SHOW- WHAT
THE WHOLE FACILITY LOOKS LIKE
AND WE HOPE SOMEBODY GETS OUT OF
THIS EDUCATION YOU KNOW THEY'RE
THEY'RE THERE FOR. TO LEARN AND
HAVE FUN BUT THEY WALK AWAY
PROBABLY US INSPIRED TO THE NEXT
LEVEL ABSOLUTELY I REALLY HOPE
THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR
FACILITY THEY SEE ARE. REALLY
AWESOME PLANETARIUM THEN
HOPEFULLY LOOK THROUGH OUR
TELESCOPES. THE WEATHER IS. YOU
KNOW PERM PERMISSIBLE YEAH BUT I
JUST HOPE THAT THEY'RE INSPIRED
TO MAYBE CONTINUE LEARNING. YOU
MAYBE LEARN SOMETHING OR THINK
ABOUT SOMETHING IN A DIFFERENT
WAY THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.
AND IT INSPIRES YOU TO JUST KEEP
LEARNING TO KEEP. KEEP
INVESTIGATING AND WONDERING AND
I THINK IT PROBABLY SURPRISES
PEOPLE TO JUST LOOKING THAT
VIDEO WHAT A STATE OF THE ART
FACILITY WHAT A RESOURCE THIS IS
RIGHT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE NOT
PEOPLE NOW BEFORE WE GO WE'LL
PUT THAT INFORMATION ON SOME
ADVENTURE ON SCREEN I COME IN
CS- AGAIN LATER DAYS OF SUMMER
THEY BEGIN THIS WEEK. WE HAVE
EVERYTHING FROM PINK FLOYD TO
THE BEATLES TO MOVIE MADNESS TO
ELTON JOHN SO WE LITERALLY HAVE
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. PASSION
ABOUT MAKING IT FUN ALL THE TIME
WE LOVE THAT SUMMER ADVENTURE
CONTINUES SEVERAL PROFOUND
SCIENCE. CENTER THROUGH JULY
TWENTY NINTH THE LOWER PART OF
ROPE AMOUNT. OPEN TUESDAYS
THROUGH SATURDAYS FROM TEN TO
FOUR MAKE YOU THINK SO