Welcome to our second Camp TV, Virtual Workshop.

We have some really fun things planned but before we get started, I just wanted to materials we're going to be A clear container, filled partway with and some objects to put in the container to see if they're going to float, 'cause we're going t will it So like a plastic spoon, a me a paperclip, a coin and some other small obj And if you don't have them, that's okay too, you can just watch along.

But we have our friends from Liberty Science Center here today.

And our human and non-human fr from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance And to get started, I would like to introduce our co-counselor from Camp TV, Mia, who is going to be our host of the show today.

So can you guys join me in giving a big, warm welcome to Mia.

(cheering) - Oh, thank you.

No need to applaud.

You're too kind.

Thank you so much.

Hi Janice.

- Hi Mia.

How are - I'm good.

I'm so excited f - I hear you have some fun activities planned.

- I do.

We're going to learn some really cool animal We're going to do a cool pepper experiment and we're going to play the, will it float game.

- Awesome.

- Yeah.

Are you ready?

Let's get started everyone.

First, I'd lik from the San Diego Zoo Wildl Get on up here, Marco.

Hey Marco.

- Hi guys.

I am so - We're so excited to have you.

I hear you have someon - Oh, I really, really do.

A really special animal, found in the rainforest of South America.

- Wow.

I don't think I've ever seen that animal before.

How do you say it's name?

What's it called?

- [Marco] I know, it's a funny name.

They're sometimes called but the fun way to say it is tamandua And this is an animal that climbs about in the rainforest - Wow.

Look that tail, it's so long.

- Oh, I know.

It's such a great adaptation and that's a really fun word, it's really another It's an adaptation or a tool that the ta to climb around in the tree tops.

- Wow.

So cool.

I have a question, is there any way that we could maybe see a real live tamandua?

- Oh, I thought you'd never asked.

I have someone very special for fr iends to meet out there.

Do you want to see him?

- Absolutely.

- [Marco] All right guys Look who's behind me right now.

This is Fernando.

Now Fernando is called And as the name suggests, I bet you know what he sp Check this out everyone, in one second now, they're going to use their sense of smell.

His vision is not that great but his sense smell is amazi Wow!

Look at that.

Look how long that tongu That is 16 inches long, an amazing adaptatio to eat all the termites and ants that they would normally be eating out in the wild.

Now the tamandua here, he can be found as far N and as far South as South America in Brazil, those beautiful rainforest out there.

And you can see how much he loves those bug Now he doesn't have teeth like we do and his mouth is actually abou Isn't that crazy?

But that's a won for eating all those ants out th And not only that, look at those claws.

Those are super strong claws that help Fernando her climb about in the rainforest habitats.

He's what we call arboreal, which really just means, spends a lot of times up in those treetops.

Let's give him a few more little yummys while we're talking about 'cause it's not only and the claws, I want to point out his color.

Now they can be a different variation of black and brown and white, but this so if he's on top of an ant mound, as an example, this fur will help protect Fernando from getting bit from one of those ants ou But my favorite adaptation is that tail.

That is called the prehensile tail.

It's almost like another arm that h and other tamanduas climb about in the rain forest habitat.

Now again, this particular mammal, you can find in central and in South Ameri and he represents all the vibrant diversity that you can find in those rainforest habitat.

- Wow.

That was so cool.

Thank you so much.

Did you say that it's tongue is - Yes.

16 inches long.

What a phenomenal adaptation.

And you know what, everyone, I brought some It's a ruler, 'cause th help you, know how long is 16 in So let's figure this out.

So how long Let's see here, is it this long?

No, not this long.

Is it this long?

No.

Yeah, you're right, not this long.

16 inches is all the way right there.

Look at that.

That is a 16 inch long tamandua tongue.

That's a really long tongue but that's one of ma like if you all remember, the coarse fur and that's just another way to say really thick fur.

So the thick fur, the long tongue adaptation, perfect for eating all those yummy bugs out there.

- So cool.

Thank you so much.

Now, I heard that you also know a lot about birds and you really like birds.

- Oh, birds are my favorite I' m so glad that you asked.

- Yeah.

I wish we could see a bird.

- I really wish we had a bird out here that I could share with all of you, 'ca So many different colors and adaptations, just like the tamandua that all of you learn today.

- There might just be something very exciting behind you actu - Behind me?

Really?

- Yeah.

Yeah, just g - Look everybody.

This is Lightning.

Oh wow.

We are so lucky.

Lightning, he's called the hyacin Now, macaws are a group of parrots.

So we have all different sorts of parrots on our plan Parrots here, or macaws I should say, are the biggest of all the parrots and the hyacinth macaw h he is the biggest parrot on plan And he has so many cool adaptations.

For one, look at those beautiful feathers, parrots communicate in color.

So much diversity in color but also those f look at those feet right now, as he's showing yo Oh whoa.

Look at that.

Thank you Li Now, like the long claws tha he doesn't have that, but he has, you noticed, one, two toes in the front and he has two toes in That's called the perching foot and that's going to help Li climb around in thos - Wow.

Lightning is beautiful.

Now we have a question, going back really quick to- - Oh okay.

- To the someone from the audience wants to know, how does it store a tongue that - Oh, that's a really good question.

Now, they have a lot of space inside but I'm sure all of you remember, 'cause you're so g that the mouth part here it 's about the width of a pencil.

But he has enough inside of his mout to hold that really, really An d it's probably a good idea, otherwise, that tongue wou the whole time and that'd be kinda silly, - That'd be very silly.

Wow.

I'm so fascinated by I have a question about Lightning.

Does Lightning talk?

- Ooh, that's a great question.

I love talking about t 'cause e Like you and I are talking, but it's not necessarily true.

They do what's called mimicking or they're copying sounds.

Do you guys out there ever pretend you're maybe a dinosaur?

You too?

Me too.

And sometimes, I That's kind of what they do.

They prete So sometimes a bird like Lightning here can learn how to make a sound of a monkey, or maybe he could bark like a dog.

Sometimes it can even copy human so So they're not really talking, they're more mimicking sound That was an awesome question.

- Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I've learned so much.

Thank you, all of you, animals included.

This has been so fun.

I wish we but I think it's time move on to some science expe - [Marco] All right.

Sounds good.

- I'd to bri from the - Hello Mia, hello young scientists out there.

- Hello.

We're so happy to have you.

How are you doing?

- I am so excited that we're going to be doing today.

- Me too.

I heard you have a pepper - I do, thank you for mentioning Mia.

So, here at the Liberty Science Center, we like to do our demonstrations pretty super siz So what you're going to see is I got a big container of an d what I'm going to do in this big container of water is that I got some pepper.

I'm going to open up this container.

I'm just going to pour a And you notice that I tend to be a little messy and that's okay, 'cause science tends to be messy.

So, here we have a whole bunch of pepper now, all right?

And what is I'm going to stic onto this layer of water with pepper.

So my question to you, before I do that experiment, what do you thinks going to happen to my finger if I dip it right into that layer, what do we Hmm.

Let's see if we got some new scientists pondering.

What about you, Mia, do you hav - [Mia] Well, I think that maybe you'll get some pepper - Oh, all right.

So let us find out.

So I'm going to use my pointer finger and I'm going to dip it.

And as I lift up, wow, look at all of tha Look at all that, it's pra So here's what we're going to do next then, what we're going to do is, I have a small beaker full So this is the type of soap that you So what I'm going to do, is I'm goi since it's the cleaner one, and I'm going to dip that finge and then dip it into the water filled with pepper.

So, young scientists, what do you think is going to happen when I Ooh.

- [Mia] Well, someone guesses that but I don't know.

I think - Interesting.

All right, let's find out.

Let us find out what our result is.

So I'm going to place my finger full of soap and place it right in the center.

Whoa.

- [Mia] Whoa!

Co - [Alejandro] Young scientist, that mentioned it you are absolutely correct.

So let's see if I can try 'cause I got a whole bunch of There we go.

You can see that even in the slightes it starts to separate.

So, with our pepper and soap experime what we just demonstrated is the importance of hand washing.

All right, what we see here is that our pepper acts as those germs, all right.

Germs are very sticky and what they love to do is just to stick on to things and make us feel sick.

So what our soap does, is that it practically unglues them off to our fingers.

And so it is very, very important to always wash your hands with special soap, to unglue all of those germs.

- [Mia] Wow.

Thank you so much.

Now I finally really understand the importance of hand watching.

I mean, I've always done but I didn't get - Absolutely.

- Yeah.

Now I he - I do.

So this game is called, will it float?

So what I have here is a whole bunch of different materials.

So, as you heard in the very beginning, I asked you to gather some materials with a container of water.

And Mia, I think you some materials as well, correct?

- I do.

I have some of the same materials - All right.

Awesome.

So for our scientists out there that may not have the materials an we still rely on your observation skills, as scientists, to give us your predictions on this experiment.

And just like I said, we like to sup So, what I'm going to do is, tell you some of the materials I got.

So I actually have a wooden ball, a metal b a metal and plastic spoon.

I got a small square of aluminum foil, some pennies and some paperclips.

So Mia, I think it was a good idea to give you the honor of choosing what materials I should use for this game.

- Ooh, thank you so much.

Well, I see a lot of our young scientists have their materials as well, which is very exciting I think, could we start with a - [Alejandro] Ooh, paper clip and aluminum foil.

So I'm going to take a guess, you want the metal p - That's a really good guess, yeah.

- [Alejandro] All right.

Awesom So what I'm going to do is I'm going to set aside some of those materials and I'm going to bring my big basin of water.

And I see Mia's got her basin of water too.

- Ready to go.

- [Aleja young sc So you notice that Mia and I have different and that is okay.

So what I'm going to do is, I'm take my paper clip f since that's what Mia chose, and we're going to find out, will it f But before I do that, any predictions of what would happen if I dumped that paperclip inside my container of water, will it float or will it sink?

Oh, I see some thumbs down.

So I'm going to take that as, it's going to sink.

Any other guesses?

What do you think Mia?

- I trust these young scientists.

So if they say it's going to sink, I think it's going to sink.

- [Alejandro] All right.

So , here we go.

And Mia, I s so on the count of three, we're going to one, two, three.

Oh.

It looks like- - Mine s - [Alejandro] Yeah, it kinda It sank!

Oh my goodness.

All right, well let's try one more choice.

Oh, there we go, we got our sinking sound there.

All right.

We got our aluminum foils.

Let's try it out.

So for our scientists and I know Mia is relying on your expertis what do you think, will it sink or will it float?

Oh, I see some thumbs ups.

I see some answers.

What do you think, Mia?

- Again, I have to trust these scientists and I'm seeing a lot of guesses for float.

So I'm going with float.

- [Alejandro] Oh, excellent, ex On count of three, one, two, three!

(cheering) What?

- It floats!

- [Alejand - Man, these scientists are - [Alejandro] Absolutely.

So, let's talk a lit So the best way to do it is, I kind of like the way it floats, but I'm going to do something even better.

I'm actually going to crush that aluminum foil and turn it into a ball.

So, what I have here is actually, just to make sure, as a scientist, we like to repeat our experiments.

So I made sure that I have two aluminum foil balls in my hand.

All right, so, for our young scientists here, what do you thinks going to happen?

Will these aluminum foil balls floa - Hmm, this feels like a trick question.

What does everyone think?

I don't know.

I could see it going eithe - Yeah.

- I'm going to guess sink.

- Okay.

Let us find out.

So here's experiment number one.

I'm going to show you my container.

And here we go, on the count of on e, two, three.

(gasping) - It floats.

(cheering) - [Alejandro] Hmm.

(cheerin Okay.

Let's do it one more time then.

I got my second aluminum foil ball.

All right, I know some of you don't have it, but let's check out this experiment h Let's try out this aluminum foil ball.

Here we go, one, two, three.

Wait!

What is going on here?

That second- - What is going on?

- [Alejandro] My young scientists, do we have any g possibly happened with that second aluminum foil What do we think?

What do we think?

Send it in the chat.

What's going on?

- I'm stumped.

- This is a very good example of what I'm going to talk ab but let's see some predictions.

Why would this one- - I only had but let's see, someone says it's heavy, it was f Those are really good guesses.

Bigger and more force.

- Those Absolutely.

Oh, bigger and more force, I So, what we have here is a very good example So density, all that means is, it's how compact a material is.

So everyone was completely correct when they said that aluminum foil will float because it's considered less dense.

And if I were to open this aluminum fo the first one I threw in, it's actually filled with nothin All right, so, because it's not really compact, we kind of crushed it all together, but it still has some air that kind of hel If I were to open the other one, and someone mentioned more heavy, so that young scientist, pat yourself on the back, because I played a trick on you.

(gasping) What I e - No!

- I had So there you go.

So, as you can tell, a very heavy metal ball is a obviously going to because it is considered more dense, 'cause it's got more material compacted in to this bal - Wow.

Foiled again.

- Oh, go ahead Mia, I'm sorry.

- Oh no, I was just saying we've been foiled again.

- Oh!

(laughing) - Yeah.

- I like - Thank you so m Okay.

Thank you so much, we've learned so much.

This has been amazing.

I'd like to bring Ma and thank you so much to Marco, Alejandro and of course Fernando and Lightning.

This has been so fun.

Everyone, we're go we would love for you to fill it out so we can hear about your expe And make sure to watch me on Camp TV on your and also on camptv.org.

Thank you so for coming everyone.

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