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mooeypoo
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Hey guys :)

 

I recently posted a video on YouTube of me doing an experiment with the speed of light. I was actually #10 most watched *and* top rated for 24 hours, and am currently #33 top rated for the week.

 

I think it's awesome that people get interested in science like that, so I figured I should do more (plus I had so much fun!).

 

Here's the video along with a short blog post I wrote to accompany it (it has some factors I thought might be interesting to add to the relatively short video): http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/measuring-the-speed-of-light/'>http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/measuring-the-speed-of-light/

 

So, I'd love to hear your opinions, but on top of that, since people were quite happy with the idea, I thought I'd start doing this more often. And I'm looking for more cool scientific experiments that will help people understand scientific concepts in a fun and exciting way.

 

I also openned up this address: http://www.smarterthanthat.com with the 'slogan' "Project: SmarterThanThat, because we really are if we think about it", and I *hope* that I can make people think about things and perhaps help in the alarming rate of scientific illiteracy.

 

Any thoughts? Any ideas? Any more science experiments you could think of? I have a few but.. always looking for more ideas :)

 

Thanks :)

 

~moo

Very very cool, mooey. I think I'll be sharing that one. Well done. :)

I have really liked your video and I hope that you soon load more experiments in your site.

At this moment, I don’t think about any idea for your new educational videos. But if something comes to my mind, I will tell you.

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Hey, uhm, I don't wanna sound like a hoarder a**, but.. uhm.. it would really mean a lot to me if whoever likes it diggs it (there's a button).

 

I would love to transform this to a widely viewed thing, so that I could pitch this method to schools in my area.

 

Science education isn't all that good (as we all know), and I would *LOVE* to make a difference.

 

Thanks for the comments, btw :) I hope I won't dissapoint in my next vid (comin up comin up! wooh)

 

~moo

Any thoughts? Any ideas? Any more science experiments you could think of? I have a few but.. always looking for more ideas :)

 

Maybe you could do a modern spin on some of the stuff that Mr. Wizard used to do. Odds are very good that most of today's 20 and younger crowd have never experienced his teachings.

 

http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/youngscientistsbook.htm

 

http://www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/400wizard.pdf (.pdf warning, but worth it ;) )

That's very good moo! Good work with the chocolate...>:D

 

BTW, what kind of a chocolate was that?!

 

And science does not have to be so extreme like the vid with duckies!

BTW, what kind of a chocolate was that?!

 

Looked like a line of Hershey's Kisses. I'm not sure if those are too common in your neck of the woods. :)

Looked like a line of Hershey's Kisses. I'm not sure if those are too common in your neck of the woods. :)

I thought of using Milka myself!!! I wonder how would it taste after the experiment:rolleyes:

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Such an elegant experiment, it's fascinating. I'll try it... and I really hate experiments. But this one is so simple, I might even get good results, and it's even possible that nobody will need hospitalization.

  • 2 weeks later...
There's another experiment that is REALLY cool, btw, extracting DNA from your cheek cells.

 

It's up and running here: http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/

 

I have to say, ending up looking at your own DNA in a bottle is one of the best things I've done... it's really awesome :)

 

Enjoy it!

 

~moo

 

Next step: CLONE ARMY!!!!!11ONE11!1

OK, that's the speed of microwaves. What about the speed of light?
John, is this a joke?
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Microwaves have hot and cooler places in them.

The waves will bounce a lot in the microwave (perhaps somewhat chaoticly)

The microwaves don't originate exactly from the side.

The wavelength could be 8 or 64 times smaller than this and still appear the same.

 

I'm not quite getting it.

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