AIS @ Lockheed Martin Blog

Thursday, December 17, 2015

AIS THIS SATURDAY DEC 19th-PARENT'S DAY DETAILS & SATURDAY SESSIONS

ALL

PLEASE READ THROUGH

1. The 2^nd Saturday in MARCH (2016) is PARENT's DAY-Last day of AIS for this session and is HELD AT NIST.

2. Parent's day is a Program where children from ALL the sites convene to present projects they have been working on from January

3. Projects presentations last from about 5 to 15 minutes-Average presentations so far have lasted about 10 minutes for our site kids.

4. Your children either perform an experiment, read up on some topic and write things down (PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO COPY VERBATIM FROM GOOGLE or OTHER SITES) in a reasonably cogent order.

5. We will send you the topics from previous years (as an example)

6. Presentation charts can be Power Point/Word slides-NO FANCY Programs OR APPLICATIONS will be installed on the computers. PLEASE Keep it simple.

7. They can bring Display Boards to Show what they did-but after their presentations.

8. If they want to they can work with a sibling or friend (from LM or other sites)

9. As Parents and Guardians, you are requested NOT to do their presentations for them BUT ENCOURAGED to guide them-give tips/ideas. Your kids ARE smart-they are lots more capable than they are given credit for!!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Presentations at NIST are for those that formally registered on the web site or later and paid money to AIS

2. For those that registered later with me, your kids will present at Lockheed Martin on the first Saturday in March

3. For those folks that have other activities on the second Saturday and cannot have their kids present, please let me know and your kids can present at LM on the first Saturday in March.

4. In January/early February time frame we will send out more guidance and request for information-nothing complicated but what we need for badges to enter NIST/arrival times etc-PLEASE WAIT FOR THIS TILL JANUARY

5. All kids that do a presentation (at either place), will receive a certificate.

6. We would like ALL the children to do a Presentation-hence we NEED you to Encourage them (AND SPEND A Little TIME with them)

We will have four sessions this Saturday

Each is an interesting session-

1. LEDs-Making Light the right Way-What are LEDs, how do they shine, how do they create light, why do they, do they save/waste energy/are they better than normal light bulbs-Why/Why not - - -

2. WANT to be a SPY or a SPY CATCHER – Learn about how to hide messages, create secret notes, how to figure out what a note says, how many ways can you hide a message, what do you use to create a message -

3. Want to Be a Computer WIZ – Learn about how to put a computer together from parts AND MAKE it work!! Once you do it, you can go home and make your own computer (with a few parts your parents can get you)

4. Plants, Grains, Roots and Herbs- Learn all about the varieties of plants, what earth provides, where are they found, what do you need to do to make it grow-FROM AN EXPERT

PLEASE BRING AN ID. As usual after 8:15 AM. Please remember-I expect parents to stay and if both parents come your kids will be really happy-do it for them if NOT for me!!

Those of you who volunteered to teach but "forgot" to send me an email, please let me know this Saturday.

Cheers

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Session - Dec 12th

All

We will have four sessions this Saturday

Each is a Learning session-go home and lets your friends and teachers know!!

1. Life- An Introduction to Bacteria and Fungi –what is bacteria –good and bad bacteria, good and bad molds-healthy/unhealthy-Yum or Ugh??

2. Light and Smell- How to make Candles that smell so good; A great birthday party activity

3. Beauty of a Laptop- Are Laptops and Desktops work the same way or different/why do laptops look thinner/sleeker/better looking; Is there anything you can't do on a laptop?

4. Dissection-More Frogs for those who did not do it last time-Learn all about the right way to dissect a Frog, study its systems –and even take the leftovers home (with your Parent's permission!!)

Cheers

Raj

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

AIS THIS SATURDAY DEC 5th

All

Hope you all had a good break.

We will have sessions this Saturday

Some children are taking the Montgomery County GT exam-good luck to them.

For the others, we have five (5) sessions scheduled. Each is a Learning session-go home and teach your parents-they have never been to such sessions!!

1. Chemistry-what is it, how do colours mix, what happens when "stuff that won't dissolve" is dropped in water- a WOW class!!

2. Magical Math-Learn people long back used to work with small and large numbers (use an abacus-up to the teacher?) –did scriptures provide a way?

A witty/interesting/cool session and learn amazing shortcuts

3. Computer dissection-Trace the life of a computer from Birth to Death!! How are computers identified-do they have a Social Security number? Open up a computer-check out the parts-and may be take home pieces (if the kids are nice to the teacher!!)

4. From Smart Phones to WII remotes (No Wii exercises!!)-Newton's laws in Action-hopefully no jumping/falling down! You will explore the principles of a sensor called "Accelerometer" and discuss its use-Make you a Physics expert

5. Cars & Engines - By a passionate car lover - "Ladies and Gentleman start your engines" - You will learn about history of cars, evolution of car Engines from 15th to 21st century, and Engine Operations. We will watch cool videos on one of the best engines in making, and Michael Schumacher driving Mercedes SLS AMG upside down in a tunnel. You will have a "BIG DREAM" to take home

Cheers

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Friday, November 20, 2015

AIS Nov 21

Hello All

Again, I added the last of the folks that said they were not receiving my emails. If you know of someone that goes to this but is not on the list, please forward.

Usual arrival/departure guidelines apply. The folks that were to send me the info about their parents have NOT (some children!!)

There are FOUR (4) topics scheduled for this week. If necessary, we have a fifth person available as a backup.

The topics are:

1. The Battle of the Beaks-By a Popular scientist-Natural Selection in Darwin's words (Hope you all know Mr. Darwin!!)-You will be simulating the work of scientists in Galapagos Islands—will include a food fight!!

2. Simple DC Motors-By a Passionate Scientist-You will build a DC Motor that can be used to run any number of things-You will take home what you build, amaze your friends and family

3. Optical Illusions- By a diligent Scientist: - You will learn that what you see is always not what you think it is (I hope!!) and you will make something (and take it home)

4. Science-Is it God or Bad-by a Thinking Scientist-You will work in Groups to decide why/why not/how to/how much money to make/how much to spend/how it will look like (Will make you thin, amaze yourselves and your parents!!)

Cheers

Raj