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IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY FOOD
AFTER A MOVIE.
IF YOUR KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR
SANTA THEY CAN AT THE AMELIA
PARK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND HERE
THEY CAN TELL US HOW THEY CAN IS
KAREN ROBIN, THE EXECUTIVE
CHARACTER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO COME BACK AND
TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF THE
SEASON.
IF PEOPLE GO CAN THEY WEAR
THE REINDEER EARS, AND THE NOSE?
WE'LL LET THEM DO IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY
MONTH.
YES, WE'RE VERY BUSY, SANTA
ARRIVED NOVEMBER 23rd, BUT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS FROM
1:00 TO 4:00 AND THE NICE THING,
SETH, IS WE HAVE FREE PARKING
AND VISITING SANTA IS FREE AND
THE PHOTOS ONLY COST $5 WHICH
REALLY HELPS WITH THE COST AND
SANTA LIVES IN HIS OWN LITTLE
HOUSE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
FUN TO DO SCIENCE BEHIND THE
SEASONS.
WE HAVE THREE EXPERIMENTS,
THREE MINUTES, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT SEEING SANTA, IT'S ABOUT
LEARNING SOMETHING, TOO, SO
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS A HARD-BOILED EGG.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS
TALK ABOUT FLIGHT AND HOW DO
SANTA AND THE REINDEER FLY.
SO BY USING A BLOW DRYER -- ONE
THING, I SHOULD SAY, CHILDREN
SHOULD NEVER TRY EXPERIMENTS
THEIR OWN AND ASK A GROWNUP,
WE'RE VERY INVOLVED WITH SAFETY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT ON
HIGH.
PUT A PING-PONG BALL ON TOP.
LOOK AT US GO.
THIS IS HOW SANTA FLIES ALL THE
WAY AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE
EVENING.
YES, BECAUSE SANTA USES A
PRINCIPLE CALLED BRANUI'S
PRINCIPLE, IT CREASE LOW PREP
SIMILAR TO HOW AIRPLANES STAY IN
FLIGHT.
KIDS, LOOK UP THAT PRINCIPLE AND
WE'LL LEARN MORE.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW SANTA
GETS DOWN THE CHIMNEY.
I COULDN'T BRING SANTA.
SO A HARD-BOILED EGG.
AN EGG.
LOGICAL.
INSTEAD OF A CHEM ANY WE HAVE
A FLASK.
SO CHIMNEYS USUALLY HAVE FIRE
GOING AND, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT
FOR KIDS TO DO AT HOME.
THIS IS FOR GROWNUPS TO HELP AND
FUN THINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO --
YOU GET A FLAME GOING DOWN IN
YOUR FLASK.
YES.
HOPE WE TURN THE FIRE ALARM
ON.
I HOPE THIS, TOO, BECAUSE I
PRACTICED THIS EARLIER.
THERE WE GO, WE HAVE THE FLAME.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR SANTA EGG
ON TOP.
LOOK AT THAT.
AND IT MAKES A NICE LITTLE
NOISE, TOO.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT IS THE
WARM AIR MOLECULES ARE MOVING
AROUND AND EXPANDING.
WE CAN PUT A HAT ON.
SO THERE'S NO SMOKE.
ONCE WE PUT SANTA OR THE EGG ON
TOP, EXTINGUISHES THE FIRE JUST
LIKE IN YOUR REGULAR FIREPLACE
AND THEN THE COLD AIR MOLECULES
CONTRACT PULLING SANTA DOWN THE
CHIMNEY.
COOL.
KAREN CAN WE DO THIS IN LESS
THAN A MINUTE.
IT'S MAKE YOUR OWN SNOW, RIGHT?
IT IS.
ON THOSE DAYS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE
SNOW, SETH, POUR IN A STREAM OF
SNOW.
DO I NEED SAFETY GOGGLES.
NO, YOU DON'T.
MOVE IT AROUND THE BOWL SO
PEOPLE CAN START TO SEE.
AND IN THE MIDDLE.
IN THE MIDDLE, TOO?
YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S GROWING.
IT'S A SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER
THAT WILL KEEP EXPANDING AND IT
RESEMBLES SNOW.
IT'S FUN, NONTOXIC, YOU CAN PUT
IT IN THE FREEZER.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE OUT OF
TIME BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOOK AT THAT SNOW.
YOU CAN MAKE IT SNOW AT HOME.
IT FEELS LIKE SNOW.
OH, IT DOES.
HOW -- LOOK AT THIS.
LOVE IT, KAREN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO