[Music] in a time where the moon landings and
in a time where the moon landings and
in a time where the moon landings and shuttle missions are ancient history the
shuttle missions are ancient history the
shuttle missions are ancient history the things that inspired so many of our
things that inspired so many of our
things that inspired so many of our current scientists and engineers and the
current scientists and engineers and the
current scientists and engineers and the Mars missions seem like an eternity away
Mars missions seem like an eternity away
Mars missions seem like an eternity away how do we inspire the next generation to
how do we inspire the next generation to
how do we inspire the next generation to pursue careers in STEM fields because
pursue careers in STEM fields because
pursue careers in STEM fields because technology surrounds us the need for
technology surrounds us the need for
technology surrounds us the need for stem based jobs is increasing although
stem based jobs is increasing although
stem based jobs is increasing although the desire to pursue such careers has
the desire to pursue such careers has
the desire to pursue such careers has been decreasing something that we
been decreasing something that we
been decreasing something that we weren’t really expecting we need to get
weren’t really expecting we need to get
weren’t really expecting we need to get the next generation excited about STEM
the next generation excited about STEM
the next generation excited about STEM careers and how do we do this we spark
careers and how do we do this we spark
careers and how do we do this we spark the imagination of the next generation
the imagination of the next generation
the imagination of the next generation and make stem seem fun and exciting how
and make stem seem fun and exciting how
and make stem seem fun and exciting how do we actually do that well we get them
do we actually do that well we get them
do we actually do that well we get them a hand or we get kids to get hands-on in
a hand or we get kids to get hands-on in
a hand or we get kids to get hands-on in their learning we give them role models
their learning we give them role models
their learning we give them role models so they can see themselves in a stem
so they can see themselves in a stem
so they can see themselves in a stem career we tell them the questions
career we tell them the questions
career we tell them the questions they’re going to be the ones to answer
they’re going to be the ones to answer
they’re going to be the ones to answer someday and lastly we leave them wanting
someday and lastly we leave them wanting
someday and lastly we leave them wanting to learn more so instead of lecturing
to learn more so instead of lecturing
to learn more so instead of lecturing kids about the forces of nature we can
kids about the forces of nature we can
kids about the forces of nature we can actually have them experience those
actually have them experience those
actually have them experience those forces of nature for themselves now at
forces of nature for themselves now at
forces of nature for themselves now at the Michigan Science Center we like to
the Michigan Science Center we like to
the Michigan Science Center we like to get interactive so I’m going to need a
get interactive so I’m going to need a
get interactive so I’m going to need a little bit of help from my friend Lee
little bit of help from my friend Lee
little bit of help from my friend Lee over here come on up come on up on stage
over here come on up come on up on stage
over here come on up come on up on stage everyone give her a round of applause
everyone give her a round of applause
everyone give her a round of applause for being my brave volunteer today
so normally I don’t get to choose my
so normally I don’t get to choose my volunteers beforehand but she’s been
volunteers beforehand but she’s been
volunteers beforehand but she’s been awesome and volunteering this morning
awesome and volunteering this morning
awesome and volunteering this morning so she doesn’t really know exactly
so she doesn’t really know exactly
so she doesn’t really know exactly what’s gonna be happening I told her
what’s gonna be happening I told her
what’s gonna be happening I told her she’s gonna be spinning but she doesn’t
she’s gonna be spinning but she doesn’t
she’s gonna be spinning but she doesn’t know what we’re doing so wait come on
know what we’re doing so wait come on
know what we’re doing so wait come on over here
over here
over here I’m gonna have you step up on this
I’m gonna have you step up on this
I’m gonna have you step up on this platform right here all right there we
platform right here all right there we
platform right here all right there we go all right you okay excellent
go all right you okay excellent
go all right you okay excellent so I’m gonna go ahead and give you a
so I’m gonna go ahead and give you a
so I’m gonna go ahead and give you a little bit of a spin and I want you to
little bit of a spin and I want you to
little bit of a spin and I want you to hold your arms out like this and then
hold your arms out like this and then
hold your arms out like this and then when I tell you to I want you to bring
when I tell you to I want you to bring
when I tell you to I want you to bring your hands in really quickly okay
your hands in really quickly okay
your hands in really quickly okay okay all right let’s see what happens
okay all right let’s see what happens
okay all right let’s see what happens let’s give her a nice little spin okay
let’s give her a nice little spin okay
let’s give her a nice little spin okay Lee go ahead and bring your arms in put
Lee go ahead and bring your arms in put
Lee go ahead and bring your arms in put it back up bring it back in put it back
it back up bring it back in put it back
it back up bring it back in put it back out all right you guys can kind of see
out all right you guys can kind of see
out all right you guys can kind of see that she is I know I can stop yeah you
that she is I know I can stop yeah you
that she is I know I can stop yeah you can kind of see that she is speeding up
can kind of see that she is speeding up
can kind of see that she is speeding up a little bit when she brings her arms
a little bit when she brings her arms
a little bit when she brings her arms and but if we add a little bit of weight
and but if we add a little bit of weight
and but if we add a little bit of weight all right I’m gonna give you these five
all right I’m gonna give you these five
all right I’m gonna give you these five pound weights right here and I want you
pound weights right here and I want you
pound weights right here and I want you to hold them out just like you were
to hold them out just like you were
to hold them out just like you were before I know you’re getting your
before I know you’re getting your
before I know you’re getting your workout today hold those weights out and
workout today hold those weights out and
workout today hold those weights out and then bring them in really quickly just
then bring them in really quickly just
then bring them in really quickly just like you did okay all right we’re gonna
like you did okay all right we’re gonna
like you did okay all right we’re gonna give you a little bit of a spin again
okay now bring your arms in
okay now bring your arms in [Music]
[Music]
[Music] go ahead put it back out bring it back
go ahead put it back out bring it back
go ahead put it back out bring it back in put it back out all right I’m gonna
in put it back out all right I’m gonna
in put it back out all right I’m gonna stop you before you throw up okay all
stop you before you throw up okay all
stop you before you throw up okay all right you can step down again give me a
right you can step down again give me a
right you can step down again give me a round of applause for being my volunteer
round of applause for being my volunteer
round of applause for being my volunteer yes excellent thank you
so Lee were you actually able to feel
so Lee were you actually able to feel the forces that were acting on you while
the forces that were acting on you while
the forces that were acting on you while you were on that spinning platform
you were on that spinning platform
you were on that spinning platform yeah when you can feel the forces that
yeah when you can feel the forces that
yeah when you can feel the forces that are acting on you you’re more likely to
are acting on you you’re more likely to
are acting on you you’re more likely to remember that and then in turn be able
remember that and then in turn be able
remember that and then in turn be able to set up the force equations and
to set up the force equations and
to set up the force equations and understand the mathematics behind why
understand the mathematics behind why
understand the mathematics behind why all of that works now I want to get
all of that works now I want to get
all of that works now I want to get everyone involved so I want everyone
everyone involved so I want everyone
everyone involved so I want everyone with me to imagine a scientist go ahead
with me to imagine a scientist go ahead
with me to imagine a scientist go ahead imagine a scientist close your eyes if
imagine a scientist close your eyes if
imagine a scientist close your eyes if you must
you must
you must everyone imagining that scientist okay I
everyone imagining that scientist okay I
everyone imagining that scientist okay I bet that you’re imagining someone like
bet that you’re imagining someone like
bet that you’re imagining someone like Albert Einstein or Nikola Tesla Bill Nye
Albert Einstein or Nikola Tesla Bill Nye
Albert Einstein or Nikola Tesla Bill Nye all of which have a lot in common not
all of which have a lot in common not
all of which have a lot in common not all kids are gonna grow up and look like
all kids are gonna grow up and look like
all kids are gonna grow up and look like them so we need to give kids role models
them so we need to give kids role models
them so we need to give kids role models so that they’re able to grow up and see
so that they’re able to grow up and see
so that they’re able to grow up and see someone that isn’t a career that looks a
someone that isn’t a career that looks a
someone that isn’t a career that looks a lot like them now I personally am a
lot like them now I personally am a
lot like them now I personally am a scientist I’m an astronomer and I don’t
scientist I’m an astronomer and I don’t
scientist I’m an astronomer and I don’t really look much like your typical
really look much like your typical
really look much like your typical scientist although I do look like I
scientist although I do look like I
scientist although I do look like I should be driving a Magic School Bus
so at the Michigan Science Center we
so at the Michigan Science Center we have started what we call them the stem
have started what we call them the stem
have started what we call them the stem anis to project to show middle school
anis to project to show middle school
anis to project to show middle school girls that not only are there women out
girls that not only are there women out
girls that not only are there women out there in STEM fields but to have those
there in STEM fields but to have those
there in STEM fields but to have those women mentor the girls those women
women mentor the girls those women
women mentor the girls those women actually mentor the girls and show them
actually mentor the girls and show them
actually mentor the girls and show them it’s okay to be a nerd everyone
it’s okay to be a nerd everyone
it’s okay to be a nerd everyone remembers that one person that had an
remembers that one person that had an
remembers that one person that had an impact on their life and their career if
impact on their life and their career if
impact on their life and their career if it weren’t for my high school physics
it weren’t for my high school physics
it weren’t for my high school physics teacher Miss Sharon Brock I may not have
teacher Miss Sharon Brock I may not have
teacher Miss Sharon Brock I may not have ended up growing up and becoming a
ended up growing up and becoming a
ended up growing up and becoming a scientist I may not have ended up
scientist I may not have ended up
scientist I may not have ended up growing up and pursuing physics now so
growing up and pursuing physics now so
growing up and pursuing physics now so far we’ve talked about the things that
far we’ve talked about the things that
far we’ve talked about the things that we can see things we can feel things we
we can see things we can feel things we
we can see things we can feel things we can touch but there’s a lot of stuff in
can touch but there’s a lot of stuff in
can touch but there’s a lot of stuff in the universe that we can’t see a lot of
the universe that we can’t see a lot of
the universe that we can’t see a lot of stuff in the universe that we don’t know
stuff in the universe that we don’t know
stuff in the universe that we don’t know and if we tell kids the things that we
and if we tell kids the things that we
and if we tell kids the things that we don’t know and tell them they’re going
don’t know and tell them they’re going
don’t know and tell them they’re going to be the ones to figure out the answers
to be the ones to figure out the answers
to be the ones to figure out the answers to those questions they’re gonna have
to those questions they’re gonna have
to those questions they’re gonna have something to look forward to now I want
something to look forward to now I want
something to look forward to now I want everyone in here so anyone in here ever
everyone in here so anyone in here ever
everyone in here so anyone in here ever hear of dark matter before go and raise
hear of dark matter before go and raise
hear of dark matter before go and raise your hands have you heard of mater
your hands have you heard of mater
your hands have you heard of mater before okay quite a few of you how many
before okay quite a few of you how many
before okay quite a few of you how many of you in here raised keep your hands
of you in here raised keep your hands
of you in here raised keep your hands raised if you know what dark matter is
raised if you know what dark matter is
raised if you know what dark matter is okay we still have a few hands raised
okay we still have a few hands raised
okay we still have a few hands raised you’re gonna be winning the Nobel Prize
you’re gonna be winning the Nobel Prize
you’re gonna be winning the Nobel Prize in Physics no one knows what dark matter
in Physics no one knows what dark matter
in Physics no one knows what dark matter is we haven’t been able to directly
is we haven’t been able to directly
is we haven’t been able to directly detect it so there’s really no way to
detect it so there’s really no way to
detect it so there’s really no way to definitively prove at this point what
definitively prove at this point what
definitively prove at this point what dark matter is dark matter is one of my
dark matter is dark matter is one of my
dark matter is dark matter is one of my favorite things to talk about in the
favorite things to talk about in the
favorite things to talk about in the planetarium because I get to tell kids I
planetarium because I get to tell kids I
planetarium because I get to tell kids I don’t know I don’t know what dark matter
don’t know I don’t know what dark matter
don’t know I don’t know what dark matter is dark matter is stuff that we can’t
is dark matter is stuff that we can’t
is dark matter is stuff that we can’t see but we’re pretty sure it’s there and
see but we’re pretty sure it’s there and
see but we’re pretty sure it’s there and it’s going to take the next generation
it’s going to take the next generation
it’s going to take the next generation of scientists to figure it out I once
of scientists to figure it out I once
of scientists to figure it out I once had a little boy in the planetarium and
had a little boy in the planetarium and
had a little boy in the planetarium and he was so excited about Dark Matter he
he was so excited about Dark Matter he
he was so excited about Dark Matter he actually came up to me after the show
actually came up to me after the show
actually came up to me after the show and he told me five-year-old boy I’m
and he told me five-year-old boy I’m
and he told me five-year-old boy I’m gonna be the one to figure out what dark
gonna be the one to figure out what dark
gonna be the one to figure out what dark matter is that day
matter is that day
matter is that day I know that boy is gonna become a
I know that boy is gonna become a
I know that boy is gonna become a scientist someday and I like to think
scientist someday and I like to think
scientist someday and I like to think that I had an impact on his life so
that I had an impact on his life so
that I had an impact on his life so being the planetarium I like to end
being the planetarium I like to end
being the planetarium I like to end every show with a ride on a Mobius loop
every show with a ride on a Mobius loop
every show with a ride on a Mobius loop not because I talk about the shape or
not because I talk about the shape or
not because I talk about the shape or the mathematics behind it although if
the mathematics behind it although if
the mathematics behind it although if they ask I totally will but we can’t
they ask I totally will but we can’t
they ask I totally will but we can’t because kids love it I like to have
because kids love it I like to have
because kids love it I like to have every experience that they have with
every experience that they have with
every experience that they have with science ending with something that makes
science ending with something that makes
science ending with something that makes them want to come back and do it again
them want to come back and do it again
them want to come back and do it again now because I can’t take everyone in
now because I can’t take everyone in
now because I can’t take everyone in here on a virtual rollercoaster ride on
here on a virtual rollercoaster ride on
here on a virtual rollercoaster ride on a Mobius loop through space I’m gonna
a Mobius loop through space I’m gonna
a Mobius loop through space I’m gonna have to settle for something else that’s
have to settle for something else that’s
have to settle for something else that’s pretty fun so right here I have sort of
pretty fun so right here I have sort of
pretty fun so right here I have sort of your average trash can and I’ve cut a
your average trash can and I’ve cut a
your average trash can and I’ve cut a hole in the bottom everyone can see that
hole in the bottom everyone can see that
hole in the bottom everyone can see that hole right there and I have stretched a
hole right there and I have stretched a
hole right there and I have stretched a shower curtain over the end and if I
shower curtain over the end and if I
shower curtain over the end and if I take this you guys see my little paper
take this you guys see my little paper
take this you guys see my little paper cup right there if I take this and I hit
cup right there if I take this and I hit
cup right there if I take this and I hit it and knock the cup down now if I add
it and knock the cup down now if I add
it and knock the cup down now if I add just a little bit of a fog of it to this
just a little bit of a fog of it to this
just a little bit of a fog of it to this let’s see if we can get this where again
let’s see if we can get this where again
let’s see if we can get this where again I can add just a little bit of fog to
I can add just a little bit of fog to
I can add just a little bit of fog to this oh there we go we’re actually gonna
this oh there we go we’re actually gonna
this oh there we go we’re actually gonna be able to see the shape that this makes
be able to see the shape that this makes
be able to see the shape that this makes when we hit the center of the can the
when we hit the center of the can the
when we hit the center of the can the air in the center is moving faster than
air in the center is moving faster than
air in the center is moving faster than the air on the edges and we can see we
the air on the edges and we can see we
the air on the edges and we can see we can just make fun smoke rings now before
can just make fun smoke rings now before
can just make fun smoke rings now before I go I want to encourage all the
I go I want to encourage all the
I go I want to encourage all the scientists engineers and mathematicians
scientists engineers and mathematicians
scientists engineers and mathematicians out there to help me make stem fun let’s
out there to help me make stem fun let’s
out there to help me make stem fun let’s let’s give them the questions that we
let’s give them the questions that we
let’s give them the questions that we don’t know
don’t know
don’t know let’s get them hands-on in their
let’s get them hands-on in their
let’s get them hands-on in their learning and let’s inspire the next
learning and let’s inspire the next
learning and let’s inspire the next generation of scientists together
generation of scientists together
generation of scientists together [Applause]
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