Angry Snowboarders!
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0:01 - 0:05Maker Faire takes up this space
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0:05 - 0:08that space
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0:08 - 0:12All of this that you can see
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0:12 - 0:14(not just for you).
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0:14 - 0:16Next weekend is the third annual Maker Faire,
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0:16 - 0:19here in Centre for Life in Newcastle.
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0:19 - 0:22It's a big celebration, there are hundreds of exhibitors
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0:22 - 0:26from across the country, and some beyond.
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0:26 - 0:31[electronic bleeps and squeaks]
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0:31 - 0:33[music, horse neighs]
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0:33 - 0:36It could be crafts, it could be electronics, it could be gadgets.
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0:38 - 0:44I thought it would be a lovely idea if we had a local group
from Newcastle, of young people who hadn't really -
0:44 - 0:48done this sort of thing before. They could get together,
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0:48 - 0:55plan something, design it, make it themselves,
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0:55 - 0:57and then exhibit it at Maker Faire.
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1:00 - 1:05Should we split it down here, and have people making at that side?
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1:05 - 1:11So we need a long ramp? Yeah?
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1:11 - 1:17Then it becomes a competition, but it's kind of in a group.
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1:17 - 1:20Maybe you could have a top ten of points?
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1:20 - 1:24It's a snowboarders game, where we've got two ramps
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1:24 - 1:26where you can fire your little snowboarder -
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1:26 - 1:27made of pipecleaners and lolly sticks -
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1:27 - 1:31across, and then a landing ramp.
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1:31 - 1:36You've got the ramp as well, so when people are ready
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1:36 - 1:42we can mark off how far the snowboarder's gone.
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1:42 - 1:45Put our initials next to it, or something like that.
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1:53 - 1:56I like the white speckles for snowboarders.
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1:58 - 2:04It's very soft wood, it'll only take a couple of cuts and you're through.
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2:04 - 2:08Sanding block, a little bit - just take off...
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2:22 - 2:23It's not that we can't fix it today,
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2:23 - 2:26it's how to fix it for next weekend.
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2:26 - 2:28What about using Blu-tack?
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2:28 - 2:30We can try.
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2:30 - 2:32My name's Ravi, I work for the Community Science Team.
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2:32 - 2:35Our rôle is to go out in the community and enthuse people around science.
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2:36 - 2:40We're working with children from the 4U Youth Club
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2:40 - 2:44which is based towards the West end of Newcastle.
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2:44 - 2:47They've obviously got common interests and they're quite similar ages.
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2:48 - 2:51They're a really nice bunch of lads to work with.
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2:51 - 2:55They've all come out with loads of different wacky ideas
as well, so it's quite exciting. -
3:09 - 3:11I can make it better than that.
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3:13 - 3:15ELIN: we've got half an hour.
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3:15 - 3:20Hopefully we'll have a design of snowboarder and a ramp done this morning
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3:20 - 3:24So this afternoon we can do some other things as well.
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3:26 - 3:30They're learning a lot about it as well
such as: the skaters, which are part of the game - -
3:30 - 3:33They're learning about how things should balance,
about what works and doesn't work. -
3:33 - 3:39It's all about trial and error, letting them make mistakes, working from it trying to get the right outcome.
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3:39 - 3:42We've tried several different launching mechanisms,
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3:42 - 3:46different ramps… but yeah, it's all coming together.
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3:59 - 4:01[laughter]
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4:05 - 4:09That means we need you over there so you can finish it off.
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4:09 - 4:14ELIN: so if I work with Matt to get the instructions sheet,
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4:14 - 4:20You can be taking the photos and using the computer.
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4:20 - 4:24That leaves three of you making the landing ramp.
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4:40 - 4:46I thought we may as well make it into a competition.
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4:46 - 4:50If you all want it to be a competition, we can make it like that.
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4:50 - 4:53No, no.
Yes!
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5:03 - 5:06RAVI: I don't think the lads realise the potential of it yet.
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5:06 - 5:09But next week when they've got everybody
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5:09 - 5:11playing the game, testing it out.
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5:11 - 5:15I think then they'll get a real sense of
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5:22 - 5:26Hello, my name is Ryan.
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5:26 - 5:30This is our snowboarding game.
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5:30 - 5:37The rules are: you have to get over the jump to get to the finish line.
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5:40 - 5:43You put your snowboarder in the launching pad...
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5:43 - 5:47Now this would be a failed attempt.
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5:48 - 5:50Off we go, see if this works...
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5:50 - 5:52[cheers, applause]
- Title:
- Angry Snowboarders!
- Description:
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Members of Newcastle's 4U Youth Club build their exhibit for Maker Faire UK, in a workshop run by the Centre for Life for Newcastle Science City's Community Science Team.
Film by Jonathan Sanderson of StoryCog Ltd. Subtitled version forthcoming, give us an hour or two!
http://makerfaireuk.com/
http://www.life.org.uk/
http://www.newcastlesciencecity.com/
http://storycog.com/ - Video Language:
- English
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jjsanderson edited English subtitles for Angry Snowboarders! | ||
jjsanderson edited English subtitles for Angry Snowboarders! | ||
jjsanderson edited English subtitles for Angry Snowboarders! | ||
jjsanderson edited English subtitles for Angry Snowboarders! | ||
jjsanderson edited English subtitles for Angry Snowboarders! |