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♪♪ ♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To some reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ ♪ It's "Camp TV" ♪ ♪♪ Greetings, my fine "Camp TV" friends.

Tis I, your humble magician, Zach the Magnificent.

Prepare to be amazed.

In this hand, magic wand.

In this hand -- Oops, some leftover breakfast.

As I was saying, I, your marvelous magician, will pull a chicken out of this here hat.

Impossible, you say.

I say ha!

Here we go.

Abracadabra, presto, chango.

Kazam!

♪♪ [ Clucks ] Um, well, this is quite unexpected.

Rather embarrassing, actually.

[ Clucks, clears throat ] Okay, Zach, just stay calm.

These things happen, said no one ever.

Okay, okay.

Don't panic.

You got this.

Just try one more time, hocus pocus, just stay focused.

Phew!

What happened there?

[ Coughing ] ♪♪ Excuse me.

Guess I've got lots more practicing to do.

For my next trick though, something I've got down pat.

Getting you over to your next activity.

How?

With three magical words.

Please and thank you.

[ Blows ] A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.

There are over a thousand bat species inhabiting almost every continent on earth.

So chances are you've probably seen one in the wild.

But what do we know about them?

Well, they're flying mammals.

They wings are made of thin membrane.

And most notable of all, almost every bat species has a habit of hanging upside down.

Which brings us to today Wild Wonder.

This one comes from James from the M.D.

Andersons Children's Cancer Hospital in Houston.

And James would like to know... An excellent question, James.

Let's visit the fruit bats at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Australia to answer your question.

I think we should start by looking.

At their legs.

You'll notice they are quite thin and delicate.

Those legs wouldn't provide a lot of strength or stability for an upright lifestyle.

Unlike birds, bats can't use their legs to run along the ground and launch themselves up into the air and use their wings to generate enough lift.

So hanging upside down is their only alternative for a smooth takeoff.

And it may look like fun, but as we know, hanging upside down for too long is not easily sustained when you're a human.

But these fruit bats have really made this whole upturned lifestyle work for them.

In fact, they sleep upside down.

They fan themselves upside down, and they even eat upside down.

Well, I hope that answers your question, James.

As I admire the bats way of life, I think I much prefer to remain the right way up.

Zach: Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

Hello, everyone.

My name is Alejandro.

I'm a STEM educator here at the Liberty Science Center.

Now, I have a riddle for you.

So let's say there's a tree in the forest.

If that tree falls But there's no one around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

What do you think?

Now, to answer this riddle, we need to understand what sound is.

Now we can hear sound.

We can feel sound, and we can even see see sound.

Sound is a vibration.

Another way to observe vibrations is what the machine called a Chladni plate.

Now a Chladni plate is made up of two parts.

The first part is what we call the generator.

The generator is responsible for creating those vibrations.

And what the generator will do is send those vibrations to the metal plate that you see here.

In order to observe the sound, we need to pour some sand on top of it.

So let's see that demonstration in action.

[ Plate whirring ] ♪♪ As you can see, as the vibrations are being sent to the plate, the sand is moving across it.

Do you notice anything?

What do you see?

If you said that you noticed a pattern or a design, then you are absolutely correct.

Vibrations can also make patterns.

If you would like to experiment more with sounds and vibrations, we'll show you how to make your very own Chladni plate at home.

In order to make your homemade cloud me plate, you will need the following materials.

You will need some salt, some aluminum foil, an open container.

Here we're using a plastic empty container, and you will need a device that will be playing the music or sound you like to experiment with.

First, you need to make sure that your device is playing the sound or music of your choice at the highest volume.

Then you can place your device inside the container.

Notice that my container is able to fit my device very nicely.

Next, take the aluminum foil and make sure you can wrap the opening of that container as tightly as possible.

And finally, pour some salt onto the aluminum foil and observe your results.

[ Plate whirring ] Now that we know a little bit about sound, let's go back to our riddle.

So, if a tree falls in the forest, but there is no one around to hear, it will make a noise?

And the answer is yes.

Music, dance, magic and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

Hey, I'm Kelly from National Dance Institute.

Today we're going to dance a rhythm challenge.

So get your ears ready to listen to all these rhythms.

We're going to dance with Tim, so thanks for being with us today.

Check it out.

It's eight slaps.

Do it with me.

Five, six, seven, go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Very nice.

Were you bouncing?

Can you make it bigger and add a jump?

Try it again.

Five, six, seven, here we go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Listen to this rhythm.

Did you get it?

One, two, cha, cha, cha.

One, two, cha, cha, cha.

Join me.

Here we go, here we go.

♪♪ Now, no sound but smooth movement.

Check it out.

Five, six, seven, and...

Smooth, smooth, smooth, smooth.

You can really invent your own shapes there, your own movement through space.

Put that all together, rewind.

Rhythm, rhythm, smooth.

Good luck.

Five, six, seven, hit.

♪♪ Smooth, smooth, smooth, smooth, Final rhythm.

Good luck.

Five, six, seven.

get it!

♪♪ Put that all together.

We're calling this the eight because each section is eight counts total.

Good luck.

Five, six, dance with me.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, cha, cha, cha.

One, two, cha, cha, cha.

Smooth, smooth, smooth, smooth.

♪♪ Did you make it?

I love this big shape at the top.

And then we're going to do the whole thing, but only four counts.

So we're going to cut everything in half.

What does that sound like?

Let's listen to it.

Ready?

Steady.

First four counts.

One, two, three, freeze.

Next four.

Five, six, here we go, here we go.

♪♪ Next, four.

Five, six, count with me.

One, two, three, four.

And the big ending.

Ready, steady, half as much.

♪♪ Wow, that's the fourth.

Putting it all together.

It goes like this.

Five, six, of course we go.

♪♪ Good job.

Join me on the floor.

Take a deep breath in.

[ Inhales deeply ] Shake it out, because you know what comes next.

Eight, fours, twos.

Five, six.

slowly we go.

One, two, cha, cha.

Smooth, sharp.

One two, cha, cha, cha.

Smooth, sharp.

That's the twos.

Five, six, a little faster.

♪♪ Now, come back to your feet and do the twos.

And jump and bounce and use your whole body.

Hold that picture at the end, too.

That's your final picture.

The twos two times.

A five, six, seven, here we go.

♪♪ Ultimate challenge is fours, twos two times.

Hold that final picture.

I can feel the audience getting excited to applaud for you.

Here we go.

A five, six from the top.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Twos.

One, two, cha, cha, cha.

Smooth, sharp.

♪♪ Amazing work, dancers.

Those are so many rhythms.

You put them together and you accomplished the rhythm challenge.

Bravo.

Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

Jason: Today we're going to vanquish an object.

But I'm not going to use sleight of hand.

I'm actually going to use an illusion that will take place only in your mind.

The more I do it, the weirder this gets.

This is a crazy illusion.

This pattern will actually make objects vanish to you.

I know you don't believe me, so you're going to have to try it.

Here, take a look at this.

You, too.

Stare at that green dot.

Focus on the green dot, and you'll start to notice that the objects in your peripheral will start to vanish.

But as soon as you refocus your eye, they're back.

Here.

Try it again.

Refocus your eye.

That's right.

They never went anywhere.

Now, this is an illusion that is found in perceptual psychology known as emotion induced blindness.

It's kind of like a trick of the eye and a trick of mind where an object will actually vanish even though that stimuli is in plain sight.

Never gets old, though.

Even though this illusion was discovered in 1991 by V.S.

Ramachandran and Gregory, who are two brilliant neuroscientists.

Even though they discovered the illusion, we still don't know exactly why this illusion is working.

That's right, this is an impossible science going on right now.

Now, there are four theories about why this illusion is working.

First one has to do with parts of your eye are being suppressed and so therefore it deletes objects.

The other one has to do with the idea that all your attention is focusing on the moving objects.

But my two favorite ones have to do with your blind spot.

That's the spot where your optical nerve attaches to the back of your eyeball, and that's where there's no light receiving cells.

And because of that, your eye can't see that spot.

There's actually a spot in your vision that your brain is constantly filling in.

Now, one of the theories behind this illusion is that it defies logic and so your brain deletes the foreground objects.

Meaning there's no way an object could be sitting on a moving background.

For me, that doesn't make sense because you could totally have something on a piece of glass.

So I decided to put my theory to the test, using it to see if I could replicate the animated pattern you saw at the beginning but this time in the physical world.

So let's give it a shot.

So, if this is true, the thin sheet of glass shouldn't distract from your eyes and the effect would take place and the objects will vanish.

This also means that if you happen to come across a moving background with a stationary object in front of it, the object could actually vanish right before your eyes.

Oh, I'm pretty excited because I know this is going to work, or at least I'm feeling pretty confident this thing is going to vanish immediately.

Wow, soon as this thing starts spinning, my brain is trying to process all those moving squares, and that is a lot.

But there is a flaw in my plan.

See, these pieces are actually translucent.

So has the dark lines behind it, it's actually blinking to me.

I need to switch set up to something that doesn't blink.

I'm going to use a metal circle bolt.

And I have a feeling this is going to look great.

♪♪ Yeah, that totally works.

So if this is true, the tension of glass shouldn't distract from your eyes, and the effect will take place and the objects will vanish.

This also means that if you happen to come across a moving background with a stationary object in front of it, the object could actually vanish right before your eyes.

Until next time.

Stay curious because the right question changes everything.

Over to you, co-councilor Mia.

Welcome back to Magic Day on "Camp TV."

Ah, ah... Achoo!

Oh, excuse me.

Does anybody have a handkerchief?

Oh, wait a second.

Ta-da!

Ah, that's better.

Now, where was I?

Ah -- Uh-oh.

Ah, ah... Achoo!

Oh, let's see here.

[ Laughs ] Good thing I have my magic tube handy, and you can have one, too.

What you just witnessed is called an optical illusion, and magicians use it all the time.

Optical illusions use light patterns and color to trick your brain.

You might think you see something moving when it's actually still.

Or you might think you see shapes, shades or colors that aren't really there.

To pull this trick off, you will need two pieces of paper or cardstock, some tape, some tissues or handkerchiefs, and your best game face.

Fancy cape, hat and wand are optional.

Now roll a piece of cardstock into a cube, like so.

and tape it.

Now, roll your second piece into slightly smaller cube that's a little more cone shaped on the end.

Now stick one cube inside of the other, like so, and stuff the handkerchief in between the tubes.

See?

Now, time for the magic trick.

Make sure to keep the end of the tube with the tissues facing you and show your audience the other side.

See?

Nothing to see here.

Nothing but an empty tube.

And then, shazam!

Oh, how this got here?

Sleight of hand magic tricks can take some time to get down, but the more you practice, the easier they'll become.

In no time, you'll be wowing your friends.

And remember, a magician never reveals their secrets.

Unless, of course, they happen to be a "Camp TV" counselor named Mia.

But for now, let's keep this between you and me.

Have fun.

Zach: Arts and crafts?

Yes, please.

Let's get artsy.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Music, dance, magic and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

Hello, musical explorers.

My name is Brianna, this is Conan, and we're very excited to learn a new song with you, a beautiful melody called "Blue Skies."

First, let's learn the melody.

Repeat after me.

Here we go.

♪♪ ♪ Blue skies smiling at me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies do I see ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Blue birds singing a song ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Nothing but blue birds all day long ♪ ♪♪ Every song has its own melody, and every melody.

has its own shape.

Now let's sing the whole song.

Feel free to trace the melody and sing along.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Never saw the sun shining so bright ♪ ♪ Never saw things going so right ♪ ♪ Noticing the days hurrying by ♪ ♪ When you're in love, my how they fly ♪ ♪ Blue days, all of them gone ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on ♪ ♪♪ Thank you so much, musical explorers, for joining me and Mr. Conan on this journey.

We hope you continue to sing this melody, and may all your skies always be blue.

♪♪ Daytime or nighttime.

It's always time for story time.

Ready for just the right book read by just the right camper?

Without further ado, take it away.

Thanks, Zach.

Hi, everybody.

My name is Clara.

And today I'll be reading "The Invisible String" by Patrice Karst.

♪♪ Liza and Jeremy, the twins were asleep when calm and quiet night.

[ Thunder rumbling ] Suddenly it began to rain Very hard.

Thunder rumbled until I got so loud that it woke up them up.

[ Rain pouring ] "Mommy, mommy," they cried as they ran to her.

"Don't want, you two.

It's just the star making all that noise.

Go back to bed."

"We want to stay close to you," said Jeremy.

"We're scared."

Mom said.

"You know we're always together no matter what."

So, how can we be together when you're out here and we're in bed?

", said Liza.

The mom held Something right in front of them and said, "This is how."

Rubbing their sleepy eyes, the twins came closer to see what mom was holding.

"I was about your age when my mommy first told me about the invisible string."

"I don't see a string," said Jeremy.

"You don't need to see the invisible string.

People who love each other are always connected by a very special string made of love."

"But if you can't see it, how do you know it's there?

", asked Liza.

"Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can always feel it with your heart and you know that you are always connected to everyone you love.

When you're at school and you miss me, your love travels all the way along the string until I feel a tug in my heart."

And when you tug it right back, we feel it in our hearts," said Jeremy.

Does Jasper The cat have an invisible string?

", Liza asked.

"He sure does," said Mom.

"And best friends like me and Lucy?

", asked Liza.

"Best friends, too" "How far can this string reach?"

"Anywhere and everywhere," Mom said.

"Even if I want a submarine captain deep in the ocean?

", asked Jeremy.

"Yes," Mom said.

Even there.

"Or a mountain climber?"

"Even there."

"A dancer in France?"

"Even there."

"A jungle explorer?"

"Even there."

"How about an astronaut out in space?"

"Yes, even there."

Then Jeremy quietly asked, Can my string link all the way to Uncle Brian in heaven?"

"Yes, even there."

"Does the string go away when they're mad at us?"

"Never," said Mom.

"Love is stronger than anger, and as long as love is in your heart, the string will always be there."

"Even when you older can't agree about things like what movie you see... or what game to play in the back seat or what time to go to bed?"

"Oh, that's right.

You two should be in bed."

And with that they all laughed as Mom chased the twins back to their beds.

Within a few minutes they were asleep, even though the storm was still making the same loud noises outside.

[ Thunder rumbling ] As they slept, they started dreaming of all the invisible strings they have and all the strings their friends have and their friends have and their friends have, until everyone in the world was connected by invisible strings.

And from deep inside, they can now clearly see no one was ever alone.

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