Hands on Paper Plane
& Coding Projects
by Little Ivy Academy
10:00am - 1:00pm
Your child can participate in some
science & fun when they create with us
by
either folding & flying paper airplanes
or coding their own mini games!
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or Volunteer to Help
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Schedule of Live Events
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Little Ivy Academy LIVE!
R Erich Bassler
All day long, participate in some science and have fun with Little Ivy Academy. Join us to fold & fly a paper airplane or code your own mini games!
10:00am
Super Science Saturday Committee Welcome
10:05am
Dolphin Center Visit
Noelle Belden, Dean of the Dolphin Research Center, will join us live from the dock where we get to interact with a trainer and a dolphin alongside the habitat.
10:30am
RHS InvenTeam - Solar Aqua Tech Water Bottle I & II
Students of Ridgewood High School's Dr. Labowski, Elliott, Emily, Shriya, David, Hailey, Justin, Claire, Theodore, Tate, & Emmet - students from the RHS InvenTeam will explore Solar Aqua Tech (SAT). The SAT water bottle was proven to provide bacteria-, virus-, chemical- and heavy metal-free water in one solar-powered bottle that requires no chemicals, leaves no chemicals, and is completely sustainable.
10:40am
Meet a Baby Giraffe!
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium will take us for a VIP virtual backstage tour to meet a baby giraffe at one of the best zoos in the world!
11:05am
FireGone Team - Wildfire Assessor
Students of Ridgewood High School's Dr. Labowski, Alexander, Michael, Praket, Juliana & Zahir, from the FireGone Team, will show us how their Wildfire Risk Assessor alerts park rangers to take action.
11:15am
Arctic Sea Ice
Margie Turrin, Director of Educational Field Programs at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will talk with us about the sea ice in the Arctic, the melt rate and the impact on Arctic species.
11:30am
NASA - Measuring Earth's Ice
Valerie Casasanto, Outreach Lead - ICESat-2 mission, will show us how NASA satellites track melting ice on earth and map Earth's heights!
11:45am
NASA - Build a Microenvironment!
Brian A. Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education and Communication Lead, will show us how to build an ICESat-2 Microenvironment using things you have around your house!
12:00pm
Meet the River Otters!
Nicole Morin, Biologist at The Wild Center, takes us behind the scenes of the Center's river otters exhibit located in the Adirondacks of New York.
12:20pm
Eco De-Icer Team - Remote Control Coffee De-Icer
Students of Ridgewood High School's Dr. Labowski, Anthony, Madeline, Jeremy, Shadman, Ritvik, Maya, Emily, Devyn, & Daniel, will show us how a remote control machine spreads coffee grounds to reduce injury from icy sidewalks with no environmental impact.
12:30pm
Butterfly Camouflage
Dr. Nipam H. Patel, Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory & Professor, University of Chicago and Kyle DeMarr, PhD student, University of California, Berkeley, will explain to us how butterflies use different colors and patterns to protect themselves from predators using camouflage.
12:40pm
Meet a Black Rat Snake!
Shannon Surdyk, Naturalist at The Wild Center, will take us up close with one of the largest snakes in North America - a Black Rat snake!
12:50pm
Rocket Launch Presentation
Kevin McDermott, returns to see Super Science Saturday out with a bang - a rocket launch! Who doesn't love rockets?! As always, join us to see the model rockets up close and learn about how they work! We will feature a Q&A session where you can ask any question you've ever wanted to ask about rockets!
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3D Printing for Kids
AndysTechGarage
Eva & Andy started 3D printing in earnest at seven and eight and have been tinkering with their own printers and other and building from small toys to really amazing projects like CYBERTRUCKZILLA and even 3D printed rockets.
4-H Card Trick Revealed!!
I perform one of my favorite card tricks, and then I show how it's done!
Amateur Radio, the original STEM
Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club aka FLARC
Amateur (HAM) Radio is a fun-driven educational hobby that is a hands-on immersive experience of learning by doing electronics building, testing, and enhancing safe Radio Frequency devices and testing gear. Today's Ham Radio includes building and programming Software Driven Radios; we also bounce communications off of the Moon (EME Earth Moon Earth)!
AMAZING SOUNDWAVES
Amy Singh & Jim Koper
A crowd favorite at Super Science Saturday for over 20 years. The mystery and magic of invisible soundwaves captured through experiments with flying flour and dancing oobleck.
Angled Cargo Bike Rack
Ridgewood HS Applied Engineering Club
A vertical bike rack for music instruments or sports equipment.
Bergen County Mosquito Control
Bergen County Mosquito Control
The Bergen County Mosquito Control Division has the goal of reducing the number of nuisance and disease-transmitting mosquitos within the county. In this video, come learn about the lifecycle of mosquitos, what mosquitos look like and how to reduce mosquitos around the home.
Bergen County Zoo Animal Care
Bergen County Zoological Park
Explore the world of animal care with the staff of the Bergen County Zoo.See how we care for our zoo animals in our state of the art hospital as well as in the animals exhibit.
Bernoulli Effect
Ridgewood Boy Scouts of America, Troop 5
Demonstration of Bernoulli effect by supporting a ping pong ball on a column of air.
Blaze Blocking Blanket
Ridgewood HS Applied Engineering Club
Invention of an improved fireproof blanket.
Bryce's Clumsy Dodo Bird Project
The project is about dodo birds, where they lived, what they ate, why they became extinct, and why dodo means "fat and clumsy".
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Butterfly Pea Flower Tea Experiment
Hawes Elementary School
Watch butterfly tea react to acids and bases!
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Care Bear
Ridgewood High School
Stuffed animal with Alexa-like device to help alleviate loneliness in senior citizens.
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Chemistry Magic
Magic! A shiny metal turns into a white powder. What's going on here? What can we learn about chemistry.
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Coloring Flowers
Hawes
I will color roses and carnations. Then I will explain the process.
Community Food Rescue
Ridgewood High School
Computer program update for community food rescue NGO Table to Table
Composting at RHS
Ridgewood High School Green Club
Ridgewood High School will be piloting a composting program in the 2021-2022 School Year. In this video, the RHS Green Club outlines the benefits of composting, how you can compost at home, and how we will be composting at the school once we start offering lunches on campus again.
Constructing a Cool Computer
Ridgewood Elementary Student
In this project, I will show you have to build your own computer. And guess what the computer is called? A Raspberry Pi Computer!
Cosmic Goose Outreach Video
The video is a quick summary of what we do as a team, our team structure, and why we enjoy FTC.
Cyborg Humans and Robot Identity
Justin Shin
"What can a robot be? What can we become in the future? What is our identity like now? How do these three questions cohere?"
Dual Functions Machine
Ridgewood HS Student
We were given the task of building a machine with 15 steps that completes two tasks. Our tasks were to turn on a tv and an Xbox.
Dutch dikes explained
Ridgewood Elementary Student
How does a country that is 50% below sea-level protect itself from flooding?
Electric Circuits
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Watch to see a demonstration about how electric circuits work.
Elephant Toothpaste
Ridgewood Elementary Student
The original elephant toothpaste reaction, which uses a much higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide, can cause both chemical burns and thermal burns.
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Elephant Toothpaste
Hawes Elementary School
Learn how to make Elephant Toothpaste at home.
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Engineering Tomorrow - free labs
Engineering Tomorrow
Guided by a diverse team of successful engineers, Engineering Tomorrow introduces high school students nationwide to various fields of engineering and provides them with hands-on instruction, virtual labs, and mentorship.
Expedition Overview
Petermann Glacier Expedition, 2015
Learn about the 2015 international expedition to the Petermann Glacier, including the importance of studying cores taken from the ice in understanding climate change.
Experiment with Skittles
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Watch a rainbow appear after I pour warm water on Skittles. Why does it form a perfect rainbow? Because each food color has the same amount of sugar which sends the color into the center of the plate forming a perfect rainbow!
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Extendo Rack
Ridgewood High School
Bicycle rack to carry instruments or other larger objects.
Floating Boats
Elementary Student
We are going to see how much weight it takes to sink different sizes of boats. How does the size affect the amount of weight it can carry?
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Geology of the NJ Palisades
Palisades Interstate Park Commission-NJ
Join park staff for a virtual tour of the geologic features of the New Jersey Palisades.
Glacial Geology
Petermann Glacier Expedition, 2015
When big glaciers move, they bring all sorts of rocks and other materials with them - learn how radio carbon dating and other techniques used on those geological items can help scientists track the history of climate change.
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H2O Recycle and Flow Steamtank
Ridgewood High School
Water recycling and filtering system.
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Healthy Meals and Snacks
Inserra Supermarkets
Today will we discuss MyPlate and how to create healthy meals and snacks. Then I will show you 2 healthy snack recipes you can make at home!
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How does a Phonograph work?
National Park Service
See how an original Edison phonograph captures sound and plays it back!
How to Pose LEGO Minifigures for Action
All ages, enter the exciting and challenging world of LEGO construction (and even competition)! Join hs-aged “Ithor Bricks” with a Youtube: “How to pose LEGO Minifigures for Action.” (MOC stands for MyOwnCreation.)
How-to Grow Peas at Home
HealthBarn USA
Join us at HealthBarn USA as Stacey Antine transforms newspaper into recyclable pots and plants pea seeds to sprout for your home garden. We use compost as the foundation to sprout strong and nutritious plants. Peas are loaded with good nutrition including the macro-nutrient protein -- needed for strong muscles. This is the ultimate science experiment because you get to eat the fruit of your labor! Enjoy!
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Hydroponics at RHS
Ridgewood High School
Learn the benefits of setting up a hydroponics system in your own home to grow herbs and vegetables - even in the middle of winter!
Ice Pendant
Ridgewood Elementary Student
In this project we will show how to make an ice pendant. Water freezes at zero degree celsius - but if we add salt to ice, the freezing point reduces at that point thus melting the ice but the water around freezes thus making the string stick to the ice.
Informal "Dinosaur Village"
SSS Volunteer Committee
Informally done "Dinosaur Village" by 3rd Grader Bryce Wallace.
Introduction to Engineering
Engineering Tomorrow
University of Notre Dame Engineering Students deliver a fun and engaging presentation that introduces students to the exciting field of engineering.
Is Oobleck a solid or a liquid
Ridgewood Elementary School Student
Is Oobleck a solid or a liquid
Jacob's Ladder (Spark Gap)
Ridgewood Boy Scouts of America, Troop 5
Demonstration of a spark rising between two electrodes.
Laser Gyroscopes
Jim Koper
Laser gyroscopes are used in all kinds of different technologies including unmanned vehicles - like the autonomous submersible that scanned the Titanic with sonar! Learn about how laser gyroscopes use the properties of light to measure different types of movement to an incredible level of accuracy.
Lava Lamp
Ridgewood Elementary Student
I explore density of different liquids and how gas behaves in those liquids. Join me for some groovy fun!
Lead Soldiers
Learn the process of how melted metal can safely be cast in a mold and turned into classic soldier figurines.
Learn about the hidden parks of Ridgewood with Ridgewood Wildscape
Ridgewood Wildscape
Learn about the hidden parks of Ridgewood with Ridgewood Wildscape. Ridgewood Wildscape promotes conservation, preservation, and the natural resource education of the ‘wild’ areas in Ridgewood, NJ’s public land.
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Magnetic Slime
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Learn the science behind magnetic slime, and how to make it yourself!
Making fast cars with science.
Ridgewood Boy Scouts of America, Troop 5
Calvin explains how different forms of energy works and demonstrates by racing wooden cars.
Making Music with Artificial Intelligence
We'll make funky sounds and melodies with these interactive, online tools.
Mechanical Advantage Using Pulley
Bergen 4-H Engineering Club
4-H Engineering Club's presentation of how pulleys can be used to lift weights, and how multiple pulleys provide a mechanical advantage to allow much greater weight to be lifted with a much lower force.
Meet Our Animals!
Bergen County 4-H Club
Discover many of our small animal in our on-demand exhibit!
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Mentos and Cola Experiment
Orchard Elementary School
I wanted to know why putting Mentos in a soda bottle creates a soda explosion. It turns out the Mentos skin is bumpy and that allows the soda to release carbon dioxide bubbles.
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Methane Diffusing Compost Bin - Chempost
Ridgewood High School
Chempost description Reducing methane released during composting.
Model Toilet Presentation
Fieldstone Middle School Student
The history of the toilet and how the toilet works with demonstration.
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Museum of Interesting Things
Museum of Interesting Things
Denny Daniel chats with us about his life with the Museum of Interesting Things.
My Compost Project
Ridgewood Middle School Student
My project is about composting and how it can positively affect the environment
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Ocean in a Bottle
Add oil to blue water and see how oil and water don't mix (and can look like waves!) Add glitter and shells for more of an "ocean" effect.
Oceanography
Petermann Glacier Expedition, 2015
Learn about how the ocean interacts with the glacier and other ice, plus how scientists measure changes in ocean temperature and salinity to get a better understanding of the glacier lifecycle.
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Of Mandrakes and Dragons
Justin Shin
Let me tell you about some trouble I've been having in separating magic from medicine in the History of Science.
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Perfectly Pollinated!
Bergen County Zoological Park
What is a pollinator? Why are they important? Find out what animal species are part of the pollinator parade and how they sustain our ecosystems!
Petermann Fjord: A Glacier and Climate History
Petermann Glacier Expedition, 2015
Take an in-depth look at the Petermann Glacier System in Greenland, the history of the area, and how scientists came together to study different aspects of the land, ice, and sea there during a 2015 scientific expedition using many different techniques!
pH Experiment
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Experimenting measuring different solutions and their pH.
Physics Engineering and Art Machine
Ridgewood High School Student
This is my Rube Goldberg machine for Ms. Shah's Physics Engineering and Art class at Ridgewood School
Physics of Fidget Spinners
Ridgewood Elementary Student
This presentation addresses how fidget spinners work, what makes them spin and what makes them stop spinning. Learn the terms inertia, friction, ball bearings & more.
Physics, Engineering and Art Students
Ridgewood High School Students
Current students in the class talk about what they like.
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Potential vs. Kinetic Energy
Hawes Elementary
Learn about the difference between potential and kinetic energy through three quick demonstrations using a balloon, a baseball bat and a trampoline.
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Rainbow Flame
Hawes Elementary School
Changing the color of the flame of a fire by using different elements from the periodic table.
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Reptiles of the Jurassic
Ridge Elementary School
Learn some facts about the interesting reptiles of the Jurassic.
ReThink Your Drink
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Have you ever though about how much sugar your soda really has? The answer may surprise you. Learn the truth about soda and rethink your drink!
Rube Goldberg Machine
Ridgewood High School Student
Our machine has two parts- both with the end task of scoring a goal in two different ways.
Rube Goldberg Machine
Ridgewood High School Student
Partner Rube Goldberg Machine Project: Using the basic principles of physics, we have created a guided motion machine.
Rube Goldberg Pea
Ridgewood High School Student
Rube Goldberg Machine for Ms. Shah's Physics, Engineering, and Art class.
Rule of the Trees
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Exploring and Improving Da Vinci's Rule of the Trees
Salt Spreader
Ridgewood HS Applied Engineering Club
Inventing a garden light salt spreader
Salt Water Battery
Ridgewood Elementary Student
In this project , you will explore a special battery called salt water battery. A salt water battery uses the positive and negative ions from salt in water to generate a small amount of energy, enough to power a small, low voltage bulb.
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Science of Chocolate
Amy Singh
At age 11, Amy Singh created her own chocolate bar from cacao beans. She told an overflow audience at the New York Chocolate Show just how she did it.
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Science With Cinnamon Rolls
Hawes Elementary
Ever wondered what cinnamon rolls have to do with science? I'll be making cinnamon rolls and describing some important factors that go into making them.
Seafloor Sediments
Petermann Glacier Expedition, 2015
Learn how the movement of a glacier leaves traces in the sea floor and how the 2015 expedition studied those markings using sonar and other techniques.
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Self-Inflating Balloon
Orchard Elementary School
Watch what happens when two substances are mixed together!
Six Layer Density Column
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Each of liquids have different densities. The denser liquids have more molecules will sink, the less dense liquids float.
Solar Aqua Tech
Ridgewood High School Students
Inventing a portable solar-powered water sanitizing bottle that kills water prone pathogens.
Solar Pet Alert System
Ridgewood High School Student
Solar Powered Alert System for a pet owner whose pet is inside of an overheated car.
Strawberry DNA Extraction
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Adding soap and salt solution to crushed strawberries to separate DNA
The Amazing Rube Goldberg!
Ridgewood Elementary Student
I made a Rube Goldberg with 10 steps that leads to a piece of cardboard being flipped over which represents the finish line.
The Book Flipper
Ridgewood Elementary Student
The Book Flipper helps flip pages of the book when your hands are busy.
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The Enzogizer Battery (Voltaic Pile)
Hawes Elementary School
I made a voltaic pile/cell to power my tv remote.
The science of music
4H Engineering Bergen County
This video looks into two instruments in the piano & guitar, and discusses how they work and make music.
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The Underwater Forest
William Paterson University
The Underwater Forest documentary is a project that describes modern sea level changes in the Gulf Coast of the United States. I am one of the featured scientists in this documentary and use my expertise in modern and fossil sharks to observe and explain these changes.
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The Woodchips Robotics FTC Team
Ridgewood High School
The members of the Ridgewood High School Robotics Club, known as the Woodchips, demonstrate what it's like to be a part of a First Tech Challenge (FTC) team and all the responsibilities that come with it. From 3D printing to coding to graphic design, there's a lot that goes into making and controlling a robot!
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Trauma Related Exsanguination - I.C.E.
Ridgewood High School
Cooling blanket to increase survival from trauma causing blood loss.
Trees with GLOBE and NASA
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
How can we look at trees from the ground and space? The NASA GLOBE Observer Trees Tool and the NASA ICESat-2 Mission can do that and help us all understand the importance trees on a dynamic planet.
Ultimate Goal
Titanium Knights FTC Robotics Team
The Titanium Knights is a robotics team based at the Bergen County Academies, located in Hackensack, NJ. Hear us talk about our robots and watch them in action!
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US Fish & Wildlife Service
RHS Alumni Whitney Beisler talks about her job with the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Van de Graff Generator
Ridgewood Boy Scouts of America, Troop 5
Demonstration of a Van de Graaf generator creating electric sparks and lighting a fluorescent light bulb.
Video Game Machine
Ridgewood High School Student
We made a machine that when you put a ball into the machine that outcome is that the xbox turns on.
Vinegar and Egg Experiment
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Leaving an egg in vinegar overnight and experimenting with the egg afterwards
Virtual tour Ridgewood Makerspace
Ridgewood HS Makerspace
Take a virtual tour of the Ridgewood Makerspace and see all the tools and resources at your hands on your next creative project. Either you are wood crafter, engineer, or just like to tinker, the Makerspace is the right place for you.
Walking Colors!
Ridgewood Elementary Student
Learning about capillary action as colored water travelled up paper towels and into empty mason jars
What's a Watershed?!
New Jersey Watershed Ambassador Program
Join two of your local NJ Watershed Ambassadors as they use the interactive model, the EnviroScape, to show us how water pollution affects our watershed!
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Where am I? Latitude Edition
Justin Shin
Here are three ways to find your latitude on the planet. Used for centuries by navigators on ships as they sailed around the world!
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Why Are Tigers Orange?
Hawes
Be prepared to discover how people and prey see tigers differently!