Mythbusters Field Trip

11/17/14

    Hello teachers from all over the world! Today's post will be about my recent field trip to the Museum for a Mythbusters Exhibit! Does everybody know the show called Mythbusters? I don't watch their show but I heard that they test pretty crazy stuff! So let's get started! By the for more activities, you can click this link right here! Just click on "Link".

    When I was Mythbuster Exhibit, there was so many hand-on activities for us to try out! There are some of the activities that I did was the "Tablecloth Chaos" and "Dodge a bullet". Personally, those activities are my favorites and I really enjoyed it. It went really well for the field trip! Now the bad part... It would be better if the cafeteria allows us to eat inside since some of the students already took over the table outside. They told us that if we want to eat inside, we have to buy something from the cafeteria. We had no choice but to buy something from the cafeteria. At least it went well for the field trip!

        What is Tablecloth Chaos?  
                An experiment that requires speed, so the materials for the experiment is a table cloth and some dishes (or plastic if you prefer). The goal for the Tablecloth Chaos is you have to pull fast as you can in order to avoid getting your dishes broken. So I'm pretty sure you guys are thinking that if you pull slowly, it will not break or fall. Right? It does sound easy! WRONG.  So all you have to do is pull the tablecloth in ONE SHOT! Also, please don't use the glass or try it at home.

        What's a Dodge a bullet?
                Another experiment is how quick you react and no, there wasn't no bullet. It was only the sound of the gunshot and the flash. There was a machine with a big timer and a small light. All you have to do is press the button, stand at wall while facing the machine with a flash and the timer and watch for the flash. The timer starts as soon as the light flashed and you have to move quickly (Depending on how long your reaction) and it stop as you move away.

        What's Wind or Rain?
         There was the third activity that I tried but I can't remember the name. But There was a box and there was water dripping. There was two sides: the fast side and the slow side. I took the fast side and went around the box. When I went out of the box, there was two mirror and 2 dark mirror. I'm not sure what to call the 2 dark mirror but it was glowing little bit. All I did was run in the raining box and came out little bit wet but it was actually fun!

         That's all for my post! See you next time!
                     BYE~!