ABOUT
ABOUT COME BACK. SO SHE'S INSPIRING YOUNG GIRLS TO GET INVOLVED IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING AND MATH. SHE'S
THE STEM QUEEN. HER NAME IS
JACQUELINE MEANS AND SHE'S
HELPING KIDS BEAT SUMMER
BOREDOM AND KEEP LEARNING WITH
SOME FUN ACTIVITIES. SO
JACQUELINE IS WITH US NOW FROM
HER HOME IN DELAWARE. FIRST OF
ALL, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. 17 YEARS OLD.
YOU JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
AND YET YOU'RE JUST TEACHING
KIDS ABOUT SCIENCE HERE NILLY
.YEAH, I HAVE A PASSION FOR
SCIENCE AND STEM AND I JUST
WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE I
CARE. WHERE DID YOU KIND
INHERIT THAT PASSION FROM? SO I
ACTUALLY LIVE IN A PRETTY BAD
PART OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
CALLED SOUTH RIDGE THAT'S BEEN
DUBBED MURDER TOWN USA BY
NEWSWEEK AND LIVING THERE. I
WASN'T REALLY ALLOWED OUTSIDE
SO I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING FUN
TO DO INDOORS AND THAT'S
SOMETHING FUN BECAME SCIENCE
THAT I WOULD BUILD PAPIER MbCHé
VOLCANOES AND BLOW THEM UP WITH
VINEGAR AND BAKING SODA AND IT
JUST GREW FROM THERE WHEN I WAS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. OH MY
GOSH. GOOD FOR YOU. IT'S SO
EASY. I THINK ALL OF US CAN GET
INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH A
LITTLE BOREDOM. BUT YOU DECIDED
TO TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO
LEARN AND NOW YOU'RE TEACHING.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. YOU'VE GOT
A COUPLE OF EXPERIMENTS THAT
YOU'RE GONNA TEACH TODAY,
RIGHT? I DO SOME REALLY, REALLY
COOL. SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO
IT. SO THIS IS GONNA BE A SMART
EXPERIMENT AND IT'S REALLY
AWESOME. SO AND HERE I'VE GOT A
SNOW LEFT AND A HOLLYWOOD IS
JUST A REALLY ABSORBENT
MATERIAL. SO I'M GOING TO DUMP
THIS HERE JUST BACK AND YOU CAN
SEE THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH
POWDER IN THERE. IT'S JUST A
LITTLE BIT AND NOW I'M GONNA
ADD SOME WATER BUT FIRST I'M
GONNA COLOR PURPLE SO LOOK
REALLY COOL SWIRLY LIKE THAT.
YEAH, AND NOW YOU POUR ALL. AND
YOU'LL WATCH THE POLYMER ABSORB
ALL THAT WATER. OH NICE. YOU
LOOK AT THAT PURPLES NOW
BASICALLY. YEAH. TURKISH NOW
AND IT SMELLS REALLY AWESOME.
SUPER SQUISHY. IT'S REALLY,
REALLY COOL. NOW YOU DO THESE
EXPERIMENTS YOU'RE DOING LIKE
THIS WEEKLY SERIES OF FUN. STAN
BASICALLY RIGHT. SO YES YOU DO.
YOU KNOW YOUR EXPERIMENTS TO
TALK ABOUT THAT. YES. SO
THE EXPERIMENTS I DO I'VE MADE
EVERYTHING FROM GLOW IN
THE DARK SO SOIL JUST LEARNED
THAT CHANGES COLOR IN THE SUN
TO WALKING ROBOTS LIQUID
NITROGEN CLOUDS. JUST LAST WEEK
I MADE DRY ICE ICE CREAM
EXPERIMENTS REALLY VARIED BUT
THE MAIN THING IS TO CATCH
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN'S ATTENTION BECAUSE
THE STEM FIELD IS ONE THAT IS
GAINING IN IMPORTANCE IN
THE COMING YEARS BECAUSE
EVERYTHING AROUND US IS
SCIENCE, TECH, ENGINEERING AND
MATH. SO DEFINITELY GRABBING
THE KIDS ATTENTION FROM
THE SECOND THEY START WATCHING
THE VIDEO. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
AND YOU ACTUALLY ARE
THE FOUNDER OF THE WILMINGTON
URBAN STEM INITIATIVE IN
DELAWARE. RIGHT. SO WHAT DOES
THAT DO THOUGH? I FOUNDED THAT
FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS JUST
TWELVE YEARS OLD BECAUSE AS I
SAID EARLIER I DISCOVERED I HAD
A PASSION FOR SCIENCE AND I
JUST WANTED OTHER KIDS AROUND
ME ESPECIALLY YOUNG GIRLS COLOR
LIKE MYSELF TO REALIZE THAT HEY
STEP IS ALSO SAID IS COOL AND I
WANT TO GO INTO THE STEM FIELD.
I WANT TO HAVE A STEM CAREER
AND IT'S REALLY GROWING IN
THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I
POSITIVELY IMPACTED FROM ZERO
GIRLS FIVE YEARS AGO TO TWO
THOUSAND YOUNG GIRLS JUST THIS
YEAR AND THAT NUMBER IS
CONTINUOUSLY GROWING BECAUSE
I'M STILL HAVING IMPACT EVEN
DURING THIS PANDEMIC. I'M STILL
FINDING WAYS TO REACH KIDS AND
EXPOSE THEM TO THIS WONDERFUL,
FANTASTIC WORLD. I MEAN GIRL, I
JUST MET YOU AND I'M GETTING
LIKE CHILLS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE
YOU'RE INSPIRING AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. I WANT
YOU. LET'S GET TO ANOTHER
EXPERIMENT AND THEN WE'LL TELL
EVERYONE WHERE THEY CAN FIND
MORE INFO ON YOU AND YOUR STEM
SERIES. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS
EXPERIMENT IS ONE OF MY
ABSOLUTE FAVORITES AND YOU'LL
SEE WHY IN JUST A FEW SECONDS.
SO IN THIS BULL I HAVE THIS
CLEAR LIQUID THAT LOOKS LIKE
WATER AND MAYBE EVEN VINEGAR
THAT THIS IS CALLED CALCIUM
CHLORIDE. NOW IN THIS BOTTLE. I
HAVE ANOTHER CLEAR LIQUID THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY BE WATER BUT
IT'S NOT. THIS IS CALLED SODIUM
ALGAE. NOW YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE
CALCIUM CHLORIDE. PRETTY
LIQUID. SAME THING WITH OUR
SODIUM ALLERGEN. IT'S PRETTY
LIQUID. AND BY IT YOU CAN HEAR
BUT WHEN I CALLED THIS IN HERE
IT'S GOING SOLIDIFIED UP AND
TURN INTO A JELLY LIKE
SUBSTANCE AND SWEETER AND JUST
RIGHT. OH NO. IT LOOKS LIKE IT
DIDN'T WORK. WHAT'S THIS LITTLE
YOU'RE A GOOD ACTRESS TOO. I
WAS LIKE OH NO I DO LOVE THIS
EXPERIMENT. SO YOU CAN SEE IT
TOTALLY BLENDS IN WITH
THE WATER. HERE IT IS. HOW FUN.
AND IT'S GOT MARRIED VAN MEANS
THIS STEM QUEEN. WHERE CAN
PEOPLE GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON YOU AND TO LEARN FROM YOU.
YES. SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO
FOLLOW ME ON MY INSTAGRAM IT IS
JUST STEM. QUEEN D E S T E M
TWEEN LIKE DO YOU THEN DEEPLY
ABBREVIATION FOR DELAWARE. AND
MY WEB SITE IS W W W DOT STEM
DASH GREEN DOT COM. WHEN WE'RE
TIRED IT'S STEM DASH QUEEN DOT
COM AND MY INSTAGRAM IS STEM
QUEEN D E YOU GO JACK ON YOUR
AWESOME I'M SORRY WE DON'T HAVE
TIME FOR THE LAST EXPERIMENT
BUT THIS WILL JUST GIVE HER
PEOPLE A REASON TO GO FOLLOW
YOU AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE