On Saturday, May 18, 2024, our friends from Scientists and Innovators in the School Program at Science World , and On The Road Program at Science World invited us to participate in a Community Science Day in Port Alberni, BC. The event was organized by a Physics Instructor at North Island College, Dr. Michael Willers. He was able to invite many guests to share with the community what scientists, engineers, medical professionals do and how the children could pursue these careers. Since Port Alberni is a town of less than 20,000 people and is located inside the Vancouver Island, we didn't expect a large turnout. Nevertheless, this is a remote community and we wanted to reach out to them, as we know these kids have fewer opportunities to see exciting science demonstrations, such as observing vibrations with a high speed camera or breaking a wine glass by a resonating sound wave. What a great surprise it was for us. It is wonderful Science World is brining science to all children and their families in BC.
Children are mesmerized by the 2-D standing waves on Chladni Plates.Standing waves in Chinese Spouting bowl and an IR camera that showed our "handprints".Amazing On The Road team from the Science World led by Stefano Giulianetti.
Valery is standing by the Scientists in the Schools poster and a picture of the wine glass that he will break with sound. The "power" of Resonance!!! The most amazing thing in this demonstration is that the children can see this very fast phenomenon in slow motion. The fast speed camera (up to 18,000 frames per second) allows us to record the very fast events that we would never be able to see with our own eyes. While a lot of smartphones have slow motion option, the fast speed camera we have is many times faster, thus allows to see these fast effects even more clearly. It was very exciting. It also showed the difference between seeing science experiments online and in real life.
Feeling the node of a standing wave. The girl demonstrates that the node is not moving and holding it doesn't prevent the standing wave from oscillating.The shuttered wine glass was a proof that science works!It always amazes me how curious young children are. What we, STEM educators, can do to keep this curiosity alive through K-12 and beyond?
Valery is standing by the Scientists in the Schools poster and a picture of the wine glass that he will break with sound. The "power" of Resonance!!! The most amazing thing in this demonstration is that the children can see this very fast phenomenon in slow motion. The fast speed camera (up to 18,000 frames per second) allows us to record the very fast events that we would never be able to see with our own eyes. While a lot of smartphones have slow motion option, the fast speed camera we have is many times faster, thus allows to see these fast effects even more clearly. It was very exciting. It also showed the difference between seeing science experiments online and in real life.
