Cyberchase
The Migration Situation: For Real
Clip: Season 11 Episode 9 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Citizen scientists Harry and Courtney collect noise level data in various city locations.
After Harry complains about noise in the city, he helps Courtney with a project. As a citizen scientist, she uses a phone app to collect noise level data in various locations. A map with red dots shows where places are noisy–like Broadway–and green dots where places are quiet–like the park. There he enjoys time reading away from the city's hustle and bustle.
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Cyberchase
The Migration Situation: For Real
Clip: Season 11 Episode 9 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
After Harry complains about noise in the city, he helps Courtney with a project. As a citizen scientist, she uses a phone app to collect noise level data in various locations. A map with red dots shows where places are noisy–like Broadway–and green dots where places are quiet–like the park. There he enjoys time reading away from the city's hustle and bustle.
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♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] >> Hey, Mom, how you doing?
[ Siren wailing ] What?
Uh, hold on, I-I can't hear you.
[ Horn blares ] Uh, I'm gonna need to call you back.
♪♪ Hi, Mom!
Can you hear me?
Good.
So what were you saying?
[ Loud dance music playing ] Mom?
Sorry, I'm gonna have to call you back.
[ Jackhammer hammering ] [ Saw whirring ] [ Sighs ] [ Inhales deeply ] It's just so loud!
>> Hi, Uncle Harry!
>> Oh, Hi, Courtney!
How are you?
>> You know, you might ruin your hearing by listening to music that's so loud that you can't hear anything else.
>> Oh, these aren't headphones.
These protect my ears from the noise.
Here, try them.
>> I can't hear a thing!
>> I love living in the city.
There's so much to see and do.
But sometimes there's so much noise.
>> I know.
Noise is a part of my science research.
>> Kids can be scientists?
>> Yeah!
I am!
A citizen scientist.
>> What do you do?
>> You pick a topic that you're interested in, then you work with scientists who help you observe and record data.
>> Why do scientists need help?
>> There are scientists all over the world who need data.
You know, information.
But they can't be everywhere all the time, so they rely on people like me, and lots of other people, to collect the information for them.
>> So, what do you do?
>> I have an app on my phone that measures sound levels and also records the location of these sounds on a map.
>> What do the scientists do with all that data?
>> Well, once they've gathered enough data from kids like me, they identify locations where it's very noisy or very quiet.
>> Cool!
I want to help scientists, too!
>> Let's go!
[ Beeping ] [ Saw whirring ] [ Jackhammer hammering ] [Cars driving by] [Train moving along tracks] [ Insects, birds chirping ] >> Look at this map of where we collected data.
Now, look at this map of where we and other kids collected data.
Places with the red dots are where there's a lot of noise and places with green dots are where it's less noisy.
What can you tell by looking at the map?
>> Most of the red dots are located around Broadway.
>> Why do you think that is?
>> Broadway is a wide street with lots of traffic.
>> Correct!
Now, what can you tell me about the area where the green dots are?
>> It's near a park with no stores, narrows streets, and no trucks.
So, that could be why it's quiet.
>> Now you're thinking like a scientist.
[ Dog barking ] >> Shh!
It's my quiet time.
♪♪
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