AIS @ Lockheed Martin Blog

Friday, February 19, 2016

AIS -February 20th

Hello all

1. Hope you have your children working on their Parent's day Projects. ALL Project forms SHOULD have been SENT IN by now.

2. This SATURDAY MIDNIGHT is the DEADLINE FOR ALL VISITOR FORMS. If these are not in to the "good" Dr. K by then, we will have a difficult time accommodating any additional visitors. So PLEASE, not to deprive your guests from attending your children's presentations, please have these forms in. MANY THANKS to those that have sent it in!

3. Parents-please understand-we NEED to limit the number of students per class so that there is a reasonably equal distribution for all the Teachers.

4. As usual, please come after 8:00 AM

We have 4 great sessions for you (plus a backup) this Saturday:

1. Why (and how) Planes and Birds stay up and Fly: Learn the basic laws that govern flight- from flies to birds to man-made objects. How do they go against gravity? Can WE ALL flap our hands and Fly? How do planes go up and down (smoothly)? Why do they crash?

2. What is Chocolate? Learn about the history of chocolate, what is the chemistry in them, are they GOOD or BAD for you and why are they Nutritious, WHY do ADULTS LIKE THEM as much as children(!!), some hands on science on the ART of making chocolate and TASTE chocolate at the END of the class!

3. Physics and Isaac Newton:- Learn all about who he was (Who is That Man!!), what did he do, why is he famous (OR is he?), what things did he discover, how his discoveries helped shape Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy(and learn what these are)

4. Body's Immune System: Learn all about what is immune system, does everyone have one, why some people get sick often and others do not, do you have an Immune System, how is it created, Do your Parents help in you having an Immune system, Can it be created?

5. Mystery topic –Depending on the number of children and the need

In addition, for those Parents, guests and other adults that are interested in stretching their limbs (Yoga postures, positions and stretches to limber up) the teacher will be available-AND if there is a quorum-at least ten individuals, will conduct the session. Please wear comfortable clothes.

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

AIS - Steam boat followup

Hi Raj and Krishna,

Please post this on the blog:

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Steam boats was an ambitious project. Thank you all for joining us, several people got their steam boats to work but about half of us did not.

Don't feel bad! We tried several times ourselves to make steam boats and the first try didn't work for us either. There are many variables including making an airtight boiler and also a well balanced boat.

For $5 to $10 you could buy a nice toy steam boat already made. Most of these are built in India:
https://www.tintoyarcade.com/gold-top-mini-pop-pop-boat-tin-toy.html?language=en&currency=USD&gclid=CK-a9pec_8cCFY4WHwodpVMB_w

http://www.poppopboats.net

If you want to make a boat at home or tell your friends, here's a very good guide on how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ki9Kta8g14

Here are a few other resources for making your own:
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/boat/asembCartonl.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pop-pop-or-put-put-steamboat-made-easy-for-childre/

The Japanese movie about the boy and the mermaid is called "Ponyo." You can probably rent it with NetFlix but here's the trailer:
http://movies.disney.com/ponyo

Note: Ponyo is not a Disney movie - it comes from Japan. Disney bought the distribution rights in America and dubbed it in English.

The Japanese movie about steam engines and how to improve the safety of steam is called "Steamboy" and is PG-13. You can watch it for free on Crackle:
http://www.crackle.com/steamboy/2479960

Here is the video explaining how nuclear reactors are really just steam engines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U6Nzcv9Vws

Please also consider the plight of "roosters" and if you agree, sign our petition:
http://liftroosterban.com

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

AIS -February 13th

Hello all

1. Hope you have your children working on their Parent's day Projects.

2. We have 114 children formally registered AND we have received a tad more than 70 Project forms. PLEASE submit the rest-help your children

3. We have a lot less Visitor forms than we should have. Dr. K is doing a lot to pull this off-please help us get this done

4. It is going to be cold Saturday-please bundle up the children-OR more the adults-they are the ones who are most affected (and complain the most)!!

5. As usual, please come after 8:00 AM

We have 4 great sessions for you (plus a backup) this Saturday:

1. How things Fly: Learn the basic laws that govern flight: Newton's laws of motion and Bernoulli's (who is this guy!!)Principle. Class will cover how things fly: from insects to birds to man-made objects. We will watch videos. We will make some paper planes and measure amount of lift created with different paper planes.

2. What are soaps/detergents and how do they remove dirt Learn about the history of soaps, what chemicals are in soap, demonstration of soap making and if time permits we will conduct simple surface tension experiment with talcum powder and soap drops

3. Cloning:- Learn all about what is cloning, how it is done, types of cloning, should humans be cloned? Would you like to see another person that looks and acts exactly like you? Are there any rules against this?

4. Japanese Style Steam Boats: Learn all about what is steam, what is a boat, how is it made, what kinds of materials are used to make boats, why do they float, how do they move, why steam and not electricity, why and how does steam make boats move, how can speeds change -

5. Mystery topic –Depending on the number of children and the need

Cheers

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Monday, February 8, 2016

AIS - Parents Day Project Submission Form (change in due date)

Hi,

If you have submitted a project, please ignore this message and have a wonderful time working with your child on his/her project.

The AIS Parent's Day for officially registered students is on Sat Mar 12 at NIST.

Student officially registered with AIS: Submit project details here

AIS-LM will provide students who are not formally registered with AIS or who are unable to present at NIST an opportunity on Sat Mar 5 at LM.

Students not officially registered with AIS: Submit project details here

Deadline for submission of forms is extended to Sunday Feb 21

If you have left the program:

Ignore this email
No need to fill out forms
No need to respond!!

E.Mail from Raj about Parents day:

1. The 2nd 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)