our first guest tonight are students of our science teacher friend Lee Merrick so it goes
without saying that they're all lucky to be alive
are the kids scientists kids
how you doing you like science you enjoy science yeah you say always use it for good never
for evil all right you promise me that always always use your science for good not evil
okay what is your name Amelia Schuster Amelia Schuster from Naperville okay it's in Illinois
huh yeah you like living in Illinois I guess yeah Illinois is the is the what state it's
the uh like Prairie State the Prairie State whatever it's the no no it's the it's the
what is it what else is Illinois Illinois is the uh corn corn steak yes very good
Illinois is the um [Music] education State the education state he's just making stuff
up aren't you Land of Lincoln Land of Lincoln ever heard of Land of Lincoln yeah yeah what
about Landon Lincoln what did it kill you to cough that one up
[Applause]
uh they're still thinking about the giant donut Amelia yeah yeah how old are you 12
12 brothers and sisters a little younger brother and an older sister everything's good at home
you get along well with your sisters and brothers not really really what's the problem is there
trouble is there turmoil do you fight like cats and dogs what's going on I don't know
we just don't like each other really really they ring a bell Paul but you like science
that's something isn't it and you have a little science demonstration for us here tonight
okay I'll just follow you through it here we go Amelia we need this all right there
you go some glasses compliment oh you have something
okay right [Applause]
oh wow Paul it's at Light FM you listen to all the time
the Carpenters oh I love that sound
and what I'm going to show is energy transformation energy transformation all right and what I
have here is butane Under Pressure whoa but you're just a kid can you should you be handling
butane under any circumstances for get under pressure
that's probably not a good idea but then who cares let's go what do you do there now should
I put these on do you have yours on well I'm glad I'm late for later well do we need them
now or later later oh what about these do I need these now or later yeah now now
my eyes
[Applause]
what about the kids don't they get them or we don't we just don't care about them hey
boys here just ring a bell we couldn't afford four of them
can you hear me
okay and um what you need to do is light the match and drop it in but I'm liking the matching
drop it yeah be in the car right and then you have to have to let go away really quick
I have to do what you have to walk like get away after you kids get out here get view
kids go way over there you go away over the call tell the band to get down everybody get
down all right I got the thing seriously get down kids don't don't be screwing around here
get down everybody get down like this I want to see it down everybody okay here we go just
like this
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huh that's pretty good nice gun congratulations [Applause]
well you guys you guys got your work cut out for you now you got a pretty good science
experiment what's your name Nate Coppell Nate Nate Nate nice to see you you have a family
brothers sisters really annoying brothers uh and are they older are they younger both
older and they push you around a little bit yeah well that's that's what older brother
touched a nerve there
well all right so but the important thing Nate is you like science you find that an
enjoyable outlet for your inquisitive mind and the recreation as well is that correct
yes okay what are we going to do here uh I'm going to be demonstrating Newton's third law
it's going to be demonstrating Newton's third law which is uh objects at rest tend to stay
at rest unless acted upon by some outside force no yeah [Applause] you're gonna watch
me light the bottle again
his third law for every action there is an equal and opposite right oh yes for every
action there is an equal and opposite reaction great what do we do how do we do this let's
let's go well first thing I need to warm it up because it's cold in here what do you want
exactly the cannon
warming up the cannon
you're gonna need your guide oh here we go again lucky to get out with my life and my
goggle all right okay what about the friends here everybody they don't need them they should
wear their goggles yeah we put your goggles on tell that other kid to put his goggles
on too tell the other kid we may not have time for him too
[Applause]
here we go
I want you to use this layer to ignite the fuel touch your feet right here the hole in
the top okay everybody get down again same as before get out get out get ready to get
up get behind the desk you two here we go [Music]
that scared me that's pretty good that's pretty good that scared me that scared me silly thank
you very much Nate I hope everything works out at home here sir Scott off it Scott nice
to see you buddy how are you good you know the three of you guys all go to school nope
I go to Cary Illinois so it's a different School altogether so did you meet on the plane
coming out here um yeah things going along pretty well everybody having a nice time have
you ever been to New York City before yes oh
have you been before as well yeah I used to live in Buffalo oh well [Applause] one day
Paul you and I should plan a trip to Napierville yeah
all right Scott was this Scott yep all right Scott what are we going to do well I'm going
to show you with this bowling ball about conservation of energy conservation of energy all right
now I want you to stand right here I'll stand right here yeah okay right here right here
and I want you to hold this bowling ball up tune up all right now Scott promise we know
screwing around you know what I mean Packy he'll hold it right up to my nose please get
out of the line of the don't don't press it against your nose don't press it against my
nose that's the first thing they teach you in Bowling by the way don't press the ball
against your nose
um yeah that's good the other one is don't lick the pins that's rule number two
all right here we go now when I say go I want you to let go all right but I'm worried about
the kids kids please please now when you let go the energy in the ball will turn into energy
of motion as it swings in a low Arc all right it's going to come back but normally it would
smack into your face you're lucky it won't smack in your face yeah there's a stroke friction
in the Rope friction yeah and it slows the ball down so it's going to land just short
of hitting you is this also a physics law that we would not what is the law it's the
law of conservation of energy basically okay um can I go now you ready well don't push
it don't push it just let go and don't move your head forward okay I'm not going just
like this ready go Anton
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the kids thank you very much have a nice trip back to Illinois nice job thank you great
job Amelia pleasure to meet you traveling safely back to Illinois
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