Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/17/2011 - 06:01.
Mr. Krampf,
I am a great little fan of yours. I have seen all your free videos. I have enjoyed them very much. I also love to watch the photo of the day section.
I always learn something when I watch them.
If you come to Kolkata in India, please e-mail me so that I can meet you.
I also want to talk to you in skype like my dad does with his friends in America.
Asmita Pal
(Class-2)
Calcutta Girls High School
Kolkata, India
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 17:05.
you rock mr.krampf i love your pictures of the day ive been commenting on them there really coll i learn something new from your pictures almost everyday you rock
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 22:10.
Hi!
My students and I recently discovered your website and I am "in love". The students love looking at the photo of the day and have even started commenting from their homes in the evenings. I have put a request in to subscribe to the site and can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. Also, we are in Florida and I'm interested in a school visit. I'd love some information on this.
See above. I wait each week for a new video, but they come out less and less often. I have only recently started looking at the daily science photos. I've answered several correctly, but most of the time it is because I know what to look for on google.
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that our homeschool group always look forward to their Tuesday afternoons with The Happy Scientist. We have only one question: we are not quite sure which we get more out of the videos: entertainment or enlightenment.... I think it's the mix of the two that works so well! Thank you for your passion to teach science!
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 16:26.
hi im Hallie but my friends call me Hal.Today I saw you at the proforming art center. my parents would like to see pictures so if you have some please post them.I cant wait to show my parents what you did.It was so amazing when you made electricity come out of your fingers. my parents cant belive that happened.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 20:46.
~HI MR.ROBERT IM TAYLOR AND I THINK THAT ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE SO COOL AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW BECAUSE MY TEACHER MR.BRIAN MILLER WHICH WE CALL HIM MR.MILLER ALAWAYS SHOWS US THE SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY AND SOME VIDEOS AND IT IS SO FUN.~
~TAYLOR IN MR.MILLERS CLASS~
HAHAHA VERY FUNNY GLORY...(POKE)...VERY FUNNY TREY...(APPLESAUSE)
Submitted by highlands on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 15:43.
manatee are cool an awesome they are in danger so how would hate manatees please love manatees they help us manatees have been in danger for months or even a year now my name is shenita and my reqest an reply is care about manatees please they need food water and trust worthy please help the needy NOW THANKS remeber to help if you have any questions go to the big help /nick and don't forget the oil spill and the gulf
Submitted by skottinger on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 16:13.
Dear Mr. Krampf,
I was looking through some experiments that we missed while we were on vacation in the Smoky Mountains. You talked about cup and saucer webs, and said that the insects fly into the cup and bounce onto the sticky saucer. I read at a museum in the Smokies about cup and saucer webs, and it said that the spider waits between the saucer and cup for an insect to fly into the cup and get stuck, and then goes up and eats the insect. They don't know what the saucer is for. They think it is for protecting the spider from predators when it's waiting for a bug. Are there two different kinds of cup and saucer webs, or are you just smarter (hee hee hee)?
Great question. Researching, I found that there are several different kinds of spider that have the common name "cup and saucer," and they seem to use their webs in different ways. Thanks!
Well, Mr. Krampf, I must thank you for the wonder-filled work you do here on the site. I have recommended it to all the mom's I know in hopes of supporting you.
As an example of the good impression you are making on the kids who watch your videos, I will tell you of my youngest daughter. She is a free spirit and independent as the day is long, and I overheard her the other day in the kitchen doing her own "krampf video experiment" complete with the cadence of your voice and slight accent! (I should have grabbed my video camera!)
You have truly brought science to life in our home and have got us all thinking scientifically. Even my 17 yo who is preparing to take SAT and ACT stops by for a visit and enjoys the lessons.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:52.
Hi
As a homeschooling mom, I was so happy to find your site! It is as enjoyable for me as it is for my son - maybe more! I preferred your quicktime video, we do have high speed capability and this one seemed the most "true". Thank you for helping us to see our world a bit better and to really think about it.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 09:42.
Hi!
I am a 13 yr old girl and I think your science experiment are great! I always watch the videos and I especially liked the "pick a string" one.All my family were fooled !
also the one were the flowers changed colour was cool.
Elise
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 15:12.
Hello,
I "discovered" you on the iTunes Experiment of the Week podcast. I was wondering why there were not any new videos recently so I decided to try to you. I checked the link to your website and I am glad to have "found" you again!
I was wondering if I could find out about your background and why you decided to make the videos?
I was also wondering where you call home? I noticed from another comment that you recently spoke at Walnut Creek Civic Arts. Are you local to the bay area? Do you have any more scheduled appearances?
I am a homeschooling MoM and I love the way I can search your website by topic or California Standards. My boys are very inspired by your videos. They make teaching and learning fun.
I will be signing up today for your expanded access on the website. Thanks so much for your videos and experiments.
I was at a point where I was being pulled in all directions with my live presentations. Video allows me to reach more people in a week than I could in a year with live presentations. It also lets me continue to produce new content, instead of presenting the same program over and over. But when you get right down to it, its fun. I have always liked learning new things, and with video there is so much to learn, and so many ways to use it.
Home, at least for now, is Florida, but we travel quite a bit. We are looking at a trip west soon, in search of new places to tape.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 23:42.
Dear Mr. Krampf,
Last week I went to your show at the Civic Arts plaza. It was great!! I have a question, what were the names of the two devices you used on stage. One generated static electricity and the other you used in an experiment where you stood on a tray with water in it and wearing a copper glove electricity shot out of the fingers. I was hoping to write their names in my journal.
The device that generated static electricity is called a Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator, invented by Robert Van de Graaff. The other device is a Tesla Coil, invented by Nikola Tesla.
An amp is a measure of how much current you have, basically the number of electrons that are flowing past a point. One amp means that 6.2 billion billion electrons are passing the point every second.
As for where they come from, the electrons are always there. It just takes energy to push them. That energy can be chemical (battery), magnetic (generator), light (photoelectric cell), or just about any form of energy.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 08:08.
(From your comment on the title banner--How old would you be, if you did not know how old you are?)
Your eyes squint to remind you; your skin wrinkles send you your age in a code easy enough for everyone in the world to read;your hair counts out your age in gray tallies. I'm afraid your body always knows how old you are, whether your brain knows it or not.
The reason that I like that quote (by Satchel Paige) is that it rings so true to me. I have friends who act much older than their actual age, and others who act much younger than they are. While some of this is due to genetics and general health, quite a bit of it seems to be attitude. The folks that are "young at heart" tend to be the ones that have a child-like fascination and wonder about the world. They delight in the song of a bird, the smell of a flower, and most importantly, they take the time to stop and enjoy them.
I am 52, but inside, I feel much more like 40, and my family will tell you that I often act closer to 14. Yes, on the outside what hair I have left is changing from gray to white. The skin crinkles a bit around my eyes, and there are days when the old joints ache a bit, but inside I am still a kid looking wide eyed at a wonder-filled world.
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 19:25.
Really enjoy your site! So nice to find real experiments that are easy to do, with very little equipment, but aren't presented in a patronising way. The kids love your videos (expecially the out-takes!) and although dh and I both have a background in science, we are still learning all the time! Not sure if you know it, but you're very popular with the home educating community in the UK - a fab resource!
Between Nancy and I, we can find beauty and wonder in almost anything, even the "vulture chow" that we see along the roadside. The laws often limit what we can collect, but they don't stop us from taking photos and video. After taping a sequence on the importance of decomposers in the food chain, using a dead deer on the roadside in Idaho, we were greeted in town by a local asking, "Did ya get a good photo of that dead deer?" Well, it is nice to be noticed.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:27.
One of my friends in college was taking a course about parasites that required the students to find and identify a number of internal parasites. He found a dead oppossum that had been killed on the highway and found several internal parasites that elevated his grade to an A. His comment was, "To most folks it was just a dead possum, but to me it was an "A".
Dr. Jay Bobo
Walhalla Middle School
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 14:31.
So glad I'm not the only one looking for road kills. I start to wonder sometimes from others reactions but then when I read about other people like you two collecting in the name of science I feel better! Thank you so much for sharing that! I'm inspired. Happy collecting.
Diana
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for the contribution, you always have interesting things in your blog, I hope you continue well friend, luck.
Thank You Mr. Krampf
Mr. Krampf,
I am a great little fan of yours. I have seen all your free videos. I have enjoyed them very much. I also love to watch the photo of the day section.
I always learn something when I watch them.
If you come to Kolkata in India, please e-mail me so that I can meet you.
I also want to talk to you in skype like my dad does with his friends in America.
Asmita Pal
(Class-2)
Calcutta Girls High School
Kolkata, India
You are very nice to say
You are very nice to say that.
my teacher shows us your
my teacher shows us your videos everyday and i enjoy them very well elizabeth fletcher i'm a stupid
Don't say stupid.
Don't say stupid.
Thank You
I love your pictures they are fun to comment on, and I learn something almost every day. Thanks for putting the pictures on for us to do. Kinsey:)
Dalton Register
you rock mr.krampf i love your pictures of the day ive been commenting on them there really coll i learn something new from your pictures almost everyday you rock
Love your site!
Hi!
My students and I recently discovered your website and I am "in love". The students love looking at the photo of the day and have even started commenting from their homes in the evenings. I have put a request in to subscribe to the site and can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. Also, we are in Florida and I'm interested in a school visit. I'd love some information on this.
April Bolkosky
bolkosky_a@firn.edu
Chipper Brinkley
It's Eli Whitlney my class Mrs.Boklosky's class rules
Thanks
I love your pictures they are so fun to comment on. Thanks for putting the pictures on here so we can have fun commenting on them. Kinsey
thanks
thanks !!!!!
you rock
my teacher LOVVEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS you her name is Mrs.bolksky
Your videos are terrific!
See above. I wait each week for a new video, but they come out less and less often. I have only recently started looking at the daily science photos. I've answered several correctly, but most of the time it is because I know what to look for on google.
Entertaining as well as enlightening
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that our homeschool group always look forward to their Tuesday afternoons with The Happy Scientist. We have only one question: we are not quite sure which we get more out of the videos: entertainment or enlightenment.... I think it's the mix of the two that works so well! Thank you for your passion to teach science!
pictures
hi im Hallie but my friends call me Hal.Today I saw you at the proforming art center. my parents would like to see pictures so if you have some please post them.I cant wait to show my parents what you did.It was so amazing when you made electricity come out of your fingers. my parents cant belive that happened.
hope you come back soon and do another show.
Newnan,Georgia
Hi Hal
Even better than photos, you can show them some video at: http://thehappyscientist.com/science-video/preview-electricity-dvd
pictures
today I went on a feild trip to see you at the art scenter and i was hoping you would have pictures so I could show my parents.
~VERY FUNNY TREY AND GLORY~
~HI MR.ROBERT IM TAYLOR AND I THINK THAT ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE SO COOL AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW BECAUSE MY TEACHER MR.BRIAN MILLER WHICH WE CALL HIM MR.MILLER ALAWAYS SHOWS US THE SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY AND SOME VIDEOS AND IT IS SO FUN.~
~TAYLOR IN MR.MILLERS CLASS~
HAHAHA VERY FUNNY GLORY...(POKE)...VERY FUNNY TREY...(APPLESAUSE)
awsome.......................
awsome............................................................ so does my teacher thats what were doing right now
you are right
you are right
Robert
i am in the the 5th grade and I think u are so cooll!!!!!!
Glory Stone
HAHA VERY FUNNY FROM TREY
HAHA VERY FUNNY FROM TREY
picture of the day
is it trying to exscape its shell ? it looks very strange !
manatee
manatee are cool an awesome they are in danger so how would hate manatees please love manatees they help us manatees have been in danger for months or even a year now my name is shenita and my reqest an reply is care about manatees please they need food water and trust worthy please help the needy NOW THANKS remeber to help if you have any questions go to the big help /nick and don't forget the oil spill and the gulf
Spider Webs
Dear Mr. Krampf,
I was looking through some experiments that we missed while we were on vacation in the Smoky Mountains. You talked about cup and saucer webs, and said that the insects fly into the cup and bounce onto the sticky saucer. I read at a museum in the Smokies about cup and saucer webs, and it said that the spider waits between the saucer and cup for an insect to fly into the cup and get stuck, and then goes up and eats the insect. They don't know what the saucer is for. They think it is for protecting the spider from predators when it's waiting for a bug. Are there two different kinds of cup and saucer webs, or are you just smarter (hee hee hee)?
Rachel, age 10
RE: Spider Webs
Great question. Researching, I found that there are several different kinds of spider that have the common name "cup and saucer," and they seem to use their webs in different ways. Thanks!
Quite an Impression
Well, Mr. Krampf, I must thank you for the wonder-filled work you do here on the site. I have recommended it to all the mom's I know in hopes of supporting you.
As an example of the good impression you are making on the kids who watch your videos, I will tell you of my youngest daughter. She is a free spirit and independent as the day is long, and I overheard her the other day in the kitchen doing her own "krampf video experiment" complete with the cadence of your voice and slight accent! (I should have grabbed my video camera!)
You have truly brought science to life in our home and have got us all thinking scientifically. Even my 17 yo who is preparing to take SAT and ACT stops by for a visit and enjoys the lessons.
Thank you.
The Farrs
RE: Quite an Impression
Thank you so much for the kind words. You made my day.
your videos are SO cool. some
your videos are SO cool. some day i want to be a scientist!
Great post. Gives me what I have been looking for.
The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !)
video test
Hi
As a homeschooling mom, I was so happy to find your site! It is as enjoyable for me as it is for my son - maybe more! I preferred your quicktime video, we do have high speed capability and this one seemed the most "true". Thank you for helping us to see our world a bit better and to really think about it.
great stuff!
Hi!
I am a 13 yr old girl and I think your science experiment are great! I always watch the videos and I especially liked the "pick a string" one.All my family were fooled !
also the one were the flowers changed colour was cool.
Elise
Tell Me More....
Hello,
I "discovered" you on the iTunes Experiment of the Week podcast. I was wondering why there were not any new videos recently so I decided to try to you. I checked the link to your website and I am glad to have "found" you again!
I was wondering if I could find out about your background and why you decided to make the videos?
I was also wondering where you call home? I noticed from another comment that you recently spoke at Walnut Creek Civic Arts. Are you local to the bay area? Do you have any more scheduled appearances?
I am a homeschooling MoM and I love the way I can search your website by topic or California Standards. My boys are very inspired by your videos. They make teaching and learning fun.
I will be signing up today for your expanded access on the website. Thanks so much for your videos and experiments.
Happy Thoughts
Why videos?
I was at a point where I was being pulled in all directions with my live presentations. Video allows me to reach more people in a week than I could in a year with live presentations. It also lets me continue to produce new content, instead of presenting the same program over and over. But when you get right down to it, its fun. I have always liked learning new things, and with video there is so much to learn, and so many ways to use it.
Home, at least for now, is Florida, but we travel quite a bit. We are looking at a trip west soon, in search of new places to tape.
Watt is Electricity
Dear Mr. Krampf,
Last week I went to your show at the Civic Arts plaza. It was great!! I have a question, what were the names of the two devices you used on stage. One generated static electricity and the other you used in an experiment where you stood on a tray with water in it and wearing a copper glove electricity shot out of the fingers. I was hoping to write their names in my journal.
Thanks!
The device that generated
The device that generated static electricity is called a Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator, invented by Robert Van de Graaff. The other device is a Tesla Coil, invented by Nikola Tesla.
Glad you liked the performance.
amps
Where do amps come from?
Amps
An amp is a measure of how much current you have, basically the number of electrons that are flowing past a point. One amp means that 6.2 billion billion electrons are passing the point every second.
As for where they come from, the electrons are always there. It just takes energy to push them. That energy can be chemical (battery), magnetic (generator), light (photoelectric cell), or just about any form of energy.
Does that answer your question?
How old would you be?
(From your comment on the title banner--How old would you be, if you did not know how old you are?)
Your eyes squint to remind you; your skin wrinkles send you your age in a code easy enough for everyone in the world to read;your hair counts out your age in gray tallies. I'm afraid your body always knows how old you are, whether your brain knows it or not.
Karen
Thinking Young
Hi Karen,
The reason that I like that quote (by Satchel Paige) is that it rings so true to me. I have friends who act much older than their actual age, and others who act much younger than they are. While some of this is due to genetics and general health, quite a bit of it seems to be attitude. The folks that are "young at heart" tend to be the ones that have a child-like fascination and wonder about the world. They delight in the song of a bird, the smell of a flower, and most importantly, they take the time to stop and enjoy them.
I am 52, but inside, I feel much more like 40, and my family will tell you that I often act closer to 14. Yes, on the outside what hair I have left is changing from gray to white. The skin crinkles a bit around my eyes, and there are days when the old joints ache a bit, but inside I am still a kid looking wide eyed at a wonder-filled world.
A Fab resource!
Really enjoy your site! So nice to find real experiments that are easy to do, with very little equipment, but aren't presented in a patronising way. The kids love your videos (expecially the out-takes!) and although dh and I both have a background in science, we are still learning all the time! Not sure if you know it, but you're very popular with the home educating community in the UK - a fab resource!
from a Uk home educator
Hi Diana, Between Nancy and
Hi Diana,
Between Nancy and I, we can find beauty and wonder in almost anything, even the "vulture chow" that we see along the roadside. The laws often limit what we can collect, but they don't stop us from taking photos and video. After taping a sequence on the importance of decomposers in the food chain, using a dead deer on the roadside in Idaho, we were greeted in town by a local asking, "Did ya get a good photo of that dead deer?" Well, it is nice to be noticed.
Rob
Road Kill
One of my friends in college was taking a course about parasites that required the students to find and identify a number of internal parasites. He found a dead oppossum that had been killed on the highway and found several internal parasites that elevated his grade to an A. His comment was, "To most folks it was just a dead possum, but to me it was an "A".
Dr. Jay Bobo
Walhalla Middle School
Great gift!
So glad I'm not the only one looking for road kills. I start to wonder sometimes from others reactions but then when I read about other people like you two collecting in the name of science I feel better! Thank you so much for sharing that! I'm inspired. Happy collecting.
Diana
Thanks! Welcome to The Happy
Thanks! Welcome to The Happy Scientist!
Rob Krampf
Nice videos
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your videos.
Hal
me to! thank you!
me to! thank you!
Sencerly, Angie Age 10
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