The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February
The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February
HORSE. NOW THAT MEDITATION EXPERIENCE BEGINS AT 6:45 P.M. AND WITH ALL THESE EXCITING EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK, YOU MAY BE FEELING A BIT ENERGIZED. AND THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF THE SCIENCE OF IT WESH TWO IS MARQUISE MEDA EXPERIMENTS WITH SIMPLE CIRCUITS. HEY, HEY, HAPPY MONDAY, YOU GUYS. WE’RE KICKING OFF THE WORKWEEK RIGHT HERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, AND I’M JOINED BY RAQUEL. AND TODAY I THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET YOU GUYS ENERGIZED. NO, NOT WITH A POT OF COFFEE, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY COOL SETUP IN FRONT OF US, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO TODAY WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CIRCUITS. SO I’M GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU GUYS HOW A SIMPLE CIRCUIT WORKS. SO I’M GOING TO MODEL IT WITH OUR ENERGY STICK RIGHT HERE. MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE. BUT WHAT I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS WHEN I HOLD ONE SIDE NOTHING TURNS ON. BUT IF I HOLD THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WE MIGHT GET SOME LIGHTS. LET’S SEE, LET’S SEE. READY? LIGHTS AND SOUND. YEP. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING IS ELECTRONS ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY BODY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CONDUCTIVE. IF YOU WANT TO TRY IT RIGHT HERE I HAVE WATER RUNNING THROUGH ME. YEAH. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THAT RUNNING THROUGH YOU. AND IT WORKS RIGHT THERE. SO ESSENTIALLY WE’RE JUST CLOSING THE CIRCUIT. WHAT I CAN ALSO SHOW YOU IS A PAPER CIRCUIT, SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN MAKE AT HOME. SO WE HAVE A SIMPLE CIRCUIT RIGHT ON THIS SIDE. AS LONG AS WE CAN GET IT TO TURN ON. THERE IT GOES. PERFECT. AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMPLEX CIRCUIT ON THIS SIDE. SO YOU CAN PLAY A LITTLE RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT RIGHT HERE. AWESOME. AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT THE BACK, WHAT IT’S SHOWING US IS JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE THESE PAPER CIRCUITS. SO WE HAVE NYLON TAPE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL. WE HAVE A BATTERY, A COIN BATTERY THAT WE ARE USING, AND SOME LED LIGHTS. SO THE BATTERY WORKS AS AN ENERGY SOURCE, RIGHT? YES. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE NYLON TAPE REPRESENT. SO THAT NYLON IS GOING TO HAVE THAT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL. YOU CAN ALSO USE TINFOIL OR OTHER CONDUCTIVE THINGS AT HOME SO THAT THAT ELECTRICITY, THOSE ELECTRONS CAN RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE COURSE. OKAY. AND WHAT EXACTLY IS A CLOSED CIRCUIT VERSUS AN OPEN ONE? AWESOME. YEAH. SO AS WE SAW WITH THE ENERGY STICK, IF YOU HAVE IT OPEN, IT DOESN’T REALLY GIVE THAT PATH FOR IT TO RUN THROUGH. IF IT IS CLOSED THE ENERGY CAN RUN RIGHT THROUGH AND IT HAS A PATH FOR IT TO RUN. SWEET. SO HOW DOES THIS ONE WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE? THIS ONE I’M PRETTY PROUD OF. SO YOU CAN USE PAPERCLIPS WHICH IS ALSO CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AS LONG AS THEY ARE THE METAL PAPERCLIPS AND THEY CAN BE KIND OF LIKE AN ON AND OFF SWITCH. SO WHEN YOU PRESS DOWN AND CLOSE THAT CIRCUIT ON THE LIGHTS, IT ALLOWS IT FOR TO RUN THROUGH AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT LIGHT TURN ON FOR THAT SIMPLE ONE. THAT’S REALLY COOL. SO ONCE I CONNECT THE PAPERCLIP RIGHT TO THE CIRCUIT, WE GOT THE RED LIGHT TURNING ON. AND IF I PRESS THIS ONE, HERE COMES THE GREEN LIGHT. THERE YOU GO. YES. AND OF COURSE IT’S HANDMADE. SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM FOR IT MIGHT NOT WORK ALL THE TIME, BUT IT’S A PRETTY FUN EXPERIMENT. SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL EVENTS COMING UP IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WHAT EXACTLY DO WE HAVE HERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER? YEAH, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS REALLY AWESOME EVENT CALLED SPARK STEM FEST. IT’S GOING TO BE RUNNING FROM FEBRUARY 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH. SO VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND. SO DEFINITELY COME CHECK IT OUT. AWESOME! I CAN’T WAIT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS SOON. AS THEY MENTIONED, SPARK STEM FEST CONTINUES TODAY. THEIR SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENING ALL DAY WHILE THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. AND IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT THERE TODAY, THE ORLANDO SCIENCE
The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February
The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February
The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February
The Science of It: Lighting Up Circuits For Spark STEMFest in February