Virtual Video Archive
In 2020 and 2021, Super Science Saturday continued on virtually with demonstrations and experiments for a full day of at-home science fun. You can experience the event for yourself by watching a past video. Take a look below!
2021 Virtual Super Science Saturday Archive
Click on the links below to watch the recordings of each session!
- Family dance party with Beanstalk
- "It Really IS Rocket Science!" How do scientists studying the atmosphere actually collect information? Watch as NCAR scientists launch a rocket carrying instruments for measuring atmospheric conditions, and find out what they learn.
- Super Science Replay: Watch a video from last year's event, and play along with a hands-on experiment called a "farting bag"! *You'll need vinegar, baking soda, and a sealable plastic Ziploc baggie to do the experiment.
- Guided virtual tour of the NCAR Wyoming Supercomputer Center and learn about NCAR's brand-new supercomputer, complete with augmented reality!
- Super Science Snack (morning edition): Whip up a quick snack with NCAR's Chef Nancy and find out some surprising science facts along the way.
- Hide-and-Science: The NCAR "Science Wizards" play a game of hide-and-seek around the Mesa Lab, using their knowledge of various science concepts to find each other.
- Surprise Science for Tiny Scientists: a live interactive program for kids ages 3-7, with our friends from Beanstalk.
- Fact or Fib? Spot the Science: Join a game of separating scientific fact from fiction, and test your ability to discern the truth.
- Super Science Snack (afternoon edition): Whip up a quick snack with NCAR's Chef Nancy and find out some surprising science facts along the way.
- Guided virtual tour of NCAR's Research Aviation Facility and get a behind-the-scenes look at our Gulfstream V research jet.
- Athena’s Birthday Balloon Mystery: Zeus notices something strange about the balloons he's bringing to Athena's birthday party, and does a little exploration of how the gas helium acts in the air.
- Exploring the CO2 (Bi)cycle: What's carbon dioxide and why does it matter? A few of our scientists take to the streets—biking the hill to the NCAR Mesa Lab—to investigate a giant pocket of CO2 in the air.
- Annual Super Science Saturday ping-pong ball explosion!
2020 Virtual Super Science Saturday Archive
Links to presentation recordings:
- Exploring NCAR Science with Augmented Reality
- Physics of a Medieval Trebuchet
- Rocket Propulsion: Taking the Pulse of the Empire
- Crayons to Computers to Climate, with special guest Mike Nelson—Denver Channel 7's Chief Meteorologist!
- Let's Compare Warm and Cold Air! *This is an interactive activity, you can play along! Find the list of materials here.
- Extreme Cloud Formation (a perfect follow-up to the previous activity!)
- The Wizards are Hot... or Maybe it's Just a Reaction
- What's Up With Weather?
- Infrared, It's Out There!
- The Egg Parachute Challenge: Face Mask Edition
- The World Famous (or at least NCAR-famous) Ping-Pong Ball Explosion!