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ScienceFestival2013Meeting3 Science Festival 2013 Meeting 3
Type of Event:	Event
From:	2013/09/28 15:00
Till:	2013/09/28 19:00
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Where:	Hackerspace, Strassen (11, rue du Cimetière, L-8018 Strassen, Luxembourg)
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Do more experiments with corn starch Make some soap run into buckets

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We need to get going with seriouns planning, aquiring materials and making our experiments work for kids. This day will be in 2 groups

• a group to create the experiments for the kids
  • make corn starch
  • play around with it
  • drop stuff on it
  • try to pour soap to create the kaye effect
• a group to create the public event
  • loudspeaker corn starch
  • kaye effect setup (continuous running, with a pump)
  • corn starch pool design
  • cleaning station design (another pump)

Hornbach is open until 19:00, we can go buy stuff the same day

Ideas:

• water pump: just use an aquarium pump
• soap pump: probably print it, c.f. pumps used in hospitals
• pool: wood planks covered with thick foil and on the top edges foam to isolate pipes
• loudspeaker: there is a plexi tube available, it's not very wide, but it's free. Put speaker on bottom, corn starch can't escape. Coat the tube with lotus-effect cleaner. (need to aquire correct size speaker(s) for that)
• big speakers: have several sets of stretched foil in a frame to quickly put on the speaker
• creating big amounts of corn starch: get a drill with mixer and solid buckets

Everything bought should have a bill with your name and the mention SciFe so that it can go to the correct budget.

Shopping list

• supermarket
  • big transparent bowl (for kaye effect on curved surfaces)
  • various soaps (hand dish washing) and shapoos to test for kaye effect
  • other common household items (mayo, ketchup, caramel topping ...) showing non newtonian properties
• hornbach
  • cement buckets (to mix corn starch)
  • drill (a normal power drill, with slow gear)
  • mixing bit for the drill (kenn brought one, we need a second one)
  • 3m*1m pool plastic (take 2 or twice the size, in case one breaks)
  • 3x 2m*0.4m wood (for the sides and the floor of the pool)
  • 2x 0.4m*0.4m wood (for the heads of the pool)
  • 5m pipe isolation (for the top pool edge)
  • tons of power tape (no we will not build the pool out of power tape like mythbusters)
  • steel angles to fix the wooden planks
  • screws
  • aquarium water pump
  • fountain bed (to avoid falling water from spashing)