IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING FUN TO DO THIS
MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, WHY NOT
TRY SOME MAD SCIENCE?
MAD SCIENCE MINNESOTA
MANAGER SHOWS US SOME FUN
EXPERIMENTS KIDS AND PARENTS
CAN DO TOGETHER.
HEY VICKI, GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR
KIDS AND PARENTS TO TRY AND DO
SOMETHING THAT IS FUN AND MAYBE
HAS LEARNING COMPONENT TO IT.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING
MAD SCIENCE OF MINNESOTA HELP
TEACH OUR KIDS.
IT IS SO GOOD FOR THEM TO HAVE
SOMETHING HANDS ON.
SOMETHING THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR
MOTHERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY COMING
UP.
I HAVE TWO QUICK EXPERIMENTS I
WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU.
IT'S WHAT EVERY MOTHER WANTS
IS THEIR KIDS TO MESS UP THEIR
HOUSE ON MOTHER'S DAY BY DOING
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE
GOOD KIDS AND CLEAN IT UP, TOO.
THE FIRST THING WE'LL MAKE IS A
WONDER TURNER.
I PRINTED OFF THIS GREAT PHOTO
OF MY MOTHER AND I AND I MADE
IT MUCH SMALLER.
IT WAS AT A TWINS GAME A LONG
TIME AGO.
I PRINTED OFF A PICTURE, A BLUE
HEART, BECAUSE BLUE IS HER
FAVORITE COLOR.
AND I CUT THEM OUT.
JUST GOING TO USE A LITTLE GLUE
STICK HERE TO PUT THEM
TOGETHER.
WHAT WE'RE USING HERE IS
PERSISTENCE OF VISION.
THE NEXT THING YOU'RE GOING TO
DO IS TAKE A PENCIL, POKE A
COUPLE HOLES IN IT.
LIKE THAT.
AND YOU CAN TAKE STRING OF SOME
KIND.
IT COULD BE FISHING LINE OR
DENTAL FLOSS OR COOKING TWINE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO TIE IT TO
TWO STRINGS, ONE ON EACH END.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE AT THE END
IS A WONDER TURNER, OR A THUMB.
HOW FUN.
AND YOU HAVE TO REV IT UP A
LITTLE BIT HERE.
BUT THEN ONCE YOU GET IT REVVED
UP.
YOU SEE MY MOM AND I INSIDE A
BLUE HEART AS IT IS GOING.
AND THAT PERSISTENCE OF VISION,
WHAT HAPPENS IS, THE HUMAN EYE
HOLDS ON TO AN IMAGE FOR ABOUT
1/16 OF A SECOND.
IF YOU FLIP IT FAST ENOUGH, IT
SEES BOTH THINGS AT THE SAME
TIME.
GREAT.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE DOWN
THERE FOR US?
I SEE A LOT OF LIQUIDS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I LOVED PUTTING ON CONCERTS
WHEN I WAS A KID.
SO I THOUGHT SOME KIDS MIGHT
WANT TO DO A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO
THEIR MOM.
WE HAVE FIVE GLASSES HERE.
THEY CAN ALL BE THE SAME SIZE.
I BROUGHT A SHORTER ONE TO SHOW
YOU FOR THE EMPTY ONE THAT YOU
CAN CHANGE IT UP AND TEST OUT A
SOUND.
I ADDED SOME WATERCOLORS, OR
FOOD COLORS, EXCUSE ME, JUST TO
MAKE IT BRIGHT AND FUN.
AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU ADD A
QUARTER CUP, HALF CUP, THREE
QUARTERS CUP AND ONE CUP TO THE
GLASSES.
AND YOU CAN PLAY THE WATER.
WHAT YOU WANT TO TEACH THE KIDS
IS ATTE ATOMS MAKE UP
EVERYTHING.
THE VIBRATIONS IN THE GLASS
CHANGE THE WAY IT SOUNDS.
THE QUICKER VIBRATIONS HAVE A
HIGHER PITCH.
SO THE MORE WATER IN THE GLASS
THE LOWER THE SOUND.
THE LOWER VIBRATIONS HAVE A
LOWER PITCH.
MAYBE GET TOGETHER, DO A LITTLE
WATER CONCERT.
MAKE YOUR OWN SONGS, TOO.
YOU ALSO HAVE MORE THINGS ON
YOUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE AT M N.MADSCIENCE.ORG.
I ALSO SHARE FUN LITTLE
EXPERIMENTS LIKE THIS THAT YOU
COULD DO WITH YOUR KIDS ALL THE
TIME ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT
PARENTS DURING THIS TIME OF
DISTANCE LEARNING.
SO, SINCE WE CAN'T BE OUT THERE
IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
PARENTS AND KIDS APPRECIATE
THAT.
INDEED, VERY GOOD.
THANKS, VICKI.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, VICKI, GREAT
STUFF THERE.
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