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Great Video About Infrared Light
Make It has been making Infrared Scopes for some time now. Travis learned a way to make infrared goggles. We were able to find less expensive materials and make tons of one eyed scopes with museum visitors. The scopes we make block out all but the lowest light visible to our eyes.
The other day I found a great video that explains infrared radiation. The goggles and cameras in this video are different because they take radiation lower than our eyes can see and change it into a display that is visible. Check it out.
Liz – May 16, 2007 – 4:02pmLiz's blog – login to post comments
Cinco De Mayo Day!!! N Spiderman 3!! Yaaahh!!! >.<
The team went out to do an outreach today for Cinco De Mayo day at South Robert Street. It was fun seeing the kids getting excited about what was going on. The weather didn't work to our liking because it was cloudy and gray this morning that later on around 1:30 it started to sprinkle and after that it poured for a little while, so the team left early around 2. Instead of staying until 4 like it was planned. But on the up side the we did worked with some of the kids that were interested in learning about what projects we were doing, these projects were: thaumtropes, infrared goggles, and pinhole cameras.
The team also played a fun game involving balloons being tied to your ankles. The objectives of this game is the step on the other peoples' balloon while at the same time avoid getting your balloon stepped on. Sounds easy enough to play, but its super hard! Especially when everyone is so competitive. So yeah my balloon popped in like the first 5 seconds after Rachel yelled start. It very sad...but it was fun!!!
Oh i can't wait to go watch Spiderman 3 today!! But the downside to it that everyone that I know had seen it and they said that its not good. So I guess I'll find out for myself wrether I like it or not. >.< I'm just hoping that it wouldn't be a waste of $5 watching it tonight.
Kia V – May 5, 2007 – 2:51pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Native American Day @ the SMM!!!
Today is Native American Day @ the SMM, the team went up to check it out after everyone was done with their research on vocal cord jepordy. We also saw a clip on vibration. The clip was about how vibration could create different waves depending on the pitch of the sound that is being put on it. We went up to the floor and saw a part of the drumming that the drummers had put on to see. I thought it was really cool how they value mother nature so much and she had given to them and everyone around. It ws fun!!
Kia V – March 24, 2007 – 2:45pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Work...work...work!!!!
For the pass few weeks the team has gone to do a few more outreaches!! One of the outreaches was at the College of St. Catherines. It was a fun experience, having to work all those girls from different schools and grades! It was a tiring day at the end but we made a lot of projects, rubberband boats, balloon powered cars, and straw rockets. Its also good to see that young kids are thinking about science and not just us older kids. It was a blast!!
Now Hannah and I are working on trying to makae our crystal radio work. We're working hard so cheer us on you guys!!! (^_^)
Hey!!! Omg, we're so tired that we're all sleeping on the ground! Hannah makes a good pillow!! Thanks a bunch Hannah!!!Kia V – March 21, 2007 – 3:53pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Getting there....
The Make It Team is working very hard on getting our projects into mini size so that they would fit into the balls that we have to put them in. So far the team has about 7 to 9 projects to fit into the balls. We're also working on making good but short and small print instructions to put into the ball. ( I hope they fit...>.
Kia V – February 10, 2007 – 2:24pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
OOBLECK!!!!!
Today on the floor the non-newtonian fluid called oobleck (corn starch mixed with water) was a hit. John, Kia, Molly and I have been showing and telling people about it all day. For every pound of corn starch you need to mix in two cups of water. I've been playing with the "goop" so much that it has dryed out my hands but I know that that would happen. At one point we had to change the "goop" because it was getting pretty dry and dirty. While I was making a new batch of oobleck when like 8-10 people came and sat down if front on me and asked me what I'm making. As I was telling them what it was, I was mixing it up, slapped it a couple of times to see if it was good and then I told them that it was done and that they could play with it now. Well it's time for me to go so until next time this is Big B signing off.
Big B – February 3, 2007 – 3:05pmBig B's blog – login to post comments
What a Infrared day
On Saturday Feb. 3rd of 2007 Make It team was up on the three exhibit floor like every Saturday. One of the project was the infrared tube which was made up with blue and red special see through papers, toilet rollers, tape, and construction papers; black, purple, and blue. The difficult part of making the infrared tube with the visitors was taping the two blue and one, red special see through papers on the toilet roll. As Make It continued making infrared tubes it got a bit easier for Make It to tape the special see through papers taped on to the toilet roll and help the visitors. It wasn't much of a busy but was just right for them to teach their visitors at their tables.
Nou X – February 3, 2007 – 2:59pmNou X's blog – login to post comments
Goop/ Bloop
Have you hear of materials called non-newtonian? Non-newtonian is a substance that acts like a solid when force is applied and becomes a fluid when you let it sit. An example of this is something called goop/bloop. This material acts like a non-newtonian. The materials that are required to make goop/bloop are just water and corn starch. Its a fun activity to do with kids of all ages as long as there are adult supervision. This is also one of the activities that the Make it Team is doing on the floor today, along with infred googles and kalidoscopes.
Kia V – February 3, 2007 – 2:25pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Saturday, December 9th was a success!
Last Saturday, the whole Make it Team went up to the floor and did four different projects:finger prints, balloon powered cars, rubber band powered boats, and thaumotropes. It was way more successful than how it was when Body World was still opened. Despite all the remarks on how its a "Ghost Town." "Its like crickets on the exhibit floors." "Deserted." The team worked hard and pulled it off with double the amount of projects needed to be made before we could all go skating this coming Saturday. Our Rubber band powered boats were really popular among the visitors, which was really good, so was the Balloon powered cars.
We mostly just cleaned up the project boxes and rearranged the things around to create more space for storage in the YSC. We putted the things that we weren't using anymore back into Ed Storage. Our project boxes are really clean and neat now. Also we got to meet our new Team Leader, Rachel, she seems cool. But Travis will always be a part of the team even though he is no longer with us.
I can't wait until we go skating on Saturday!
Kia V – December 12, 2006 – 5:12pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
Rubber band Powered Boat
Today Naana, Hannah, and I were in Ed Storage coming up with ideas on how to make Rubber band powered boats. Hannah and Naana came up with the idea of using foam cups and spoons to make the paddles for the boats. The spoon worked the best compared with the spoon. But attaching the broken spoon onto the rubber band that was wrapped around the foam cut out boat. Then just wind the rubber band up and let it unwind, the spoon should flip and the boat should move across the tube of water.
Kia V – December 5, 2006 – 5:47pmKia V's blog – login to post comments
