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So explain this...if that's gravity...what's that?
My first science magic show was in about 1997. I do a lot of programs for libraries and so
this show was initially put together for the King County libraries. And then I immediately
realized that schools would take advantage of it so I made some modifications and I've
been doing it ever since.
If I had a candle, and I poured the gas over the candle, like this, the flame would go
out. Who knows why?
My show is not as much educational as it is motivational, designed to get kids thinking
about, "Hey, I want to go online or go to the library and check out a book to do something
for the science fair."
We could do a science project a little bit different than what he did, but we could still
do a science project based off of that.
He had a bottle and he had ketchup in it and he used his mind to lift it up and down.
Wait. Stay. Stay ketchup. Stay. Roll over.
My favorite trick that I saw was when he layered the water. It was really cool how he did it
because he poured one glass in and then he kind of...
(cheering)
Voila!
I've been doing magic since I was 12 years old, and it started as a hobby. It as literally
a magic book that I found at my grandparents' house on coin tricks. And I picked it up and
even in that, that old book on coin tricks, there were some scientific principles that
were used to make the magic happen. So science and magic are very much interlinked.
Magic and science together is...poofy.
I put the postcard on the water, flip the water upside down, and I do want to make sure
I'm going to have enough time to, yeah, I've got just enough time to do this.
He took a balloon, he blew it up and he threw it up in the air and it got stuck.
If people want to learn more about science, head down to the library, the science section
is 507.8 and the magic section is 793.8. You can check out all the books on magic and science
there.
So that, my friends, is some real science magic!
Thank you, you were awesome!