1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,159 --> 00:00:12,289 Hi , I'm Doctor Sam Duch . I am the 3 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:14,939 director for Star Base . Um , I handle 4 00:00:14,949 --> 00:00:17,440 all of our day to day programs , 5 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:19,860 activities and curriculum for Star Base 6 00:00:20,049 --> 00:00:23,540 vinegar . Three Star Base is a program 7 00:00:23,549 --> 00:00:25,660 through the Department of Defense for 8 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:27,605 the Dod . And the main goal of the 9 00:00:27,605 --> 00:00:29,827 program is for us to really get kids in 10 00:00:29,827 --> 00:00:31,716 kindergarten through eighth grade 11 00:00:31,716 --> 00:00:33,882 interested in stem . Are you trying to 12 00:00:33,882 --> 00:00:36,105 trap all the bubbles ? Oh , it's really 13 00:00:36,105 --> 00:00:38,740 cool . It's really cool . All of our 14 00:00:38,750 --> 00:00:41,200 research in education shows us that if 15 00:00:41,209 --> 00:00:43,470 we don't have kids interested in stem 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,701 by seventh grade , they won't go into a 17 00:00:45,701 --> 00:00:47,990 STEM career in the workforce . So we've 18 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,889 really got to dig in and get them 19 00:00:49,889 --> 00:00:52,056 interested when they're in that middle 20 00:00:52,056 --> 00:00:54,167 school time frame . Uh , which is why 21 00:00:54,167 --> 00:00:56,167 Star Base is so important . Our 1.0 22 00:00:56,167 --> 00:00:58,389 program targets fifth grade . So that's 23 00:00:58,389 --> 00:01:00,556 a week of targeted instruction , hands 24 00:01:00,556 --> 00:01:00,549 on minds on activities for those kids 25 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,616 to get them pumped and excited about 26 00:01:02,616 --> 00:01:04,160 stem . Cool . 27 00:01:07,278 --> 00:01:09,334 It's really important for us at Star 28 00:01:09,334 --> 00:01:11,556 Base . We want to make sure that we can 29 00:01:11,556 --> 00:01:13,778 have the biggest impact possible to the 30 00:01:13,778 --> 00:01:15,889 kids in our community and some of our 31 00:01:15,889 --> 00:01:15,219 students and some of our school 32 00:01:15,228 --> 00:01:17,450 districts just can't come to us because 33 00:01:17,450 --> 00:01:19,338 of how far it is so summer and 34 00:01:19,348 --> 00:01:21,404 opportunities like this where we can 35 00:01:21,404 --> 00:01:23,404 partner with the Community Center , 36 00:01:23,404 --> 00:01:25,459 give us an opportunity to give these 37 00:01:25,459 --> 00:01:27,292 experiences to kids whose school 38 00:01:27,292 --> 00:01:29,459 districts might not be able to provide 39 00:01:29,459 --> 00:01:28,929 the transportation to get them to us . 40 00:01:29,069 --> 00:01:31,180 When I count down , you're gonna pour 41 00:01:31,180 --> 00:01:34,989 the vinegar in there . 321 who 42 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,160 double bubble trouble is one of the 43 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,327 most fun experiments that the kids get 44 00:01:41,327 --> 00:01:43,470 to do . Uh We always get the best 45 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,050 reactions and it is probably the best 46 00:01:46,059 --> 00:01:49,639 like microcosm of that hands on 47 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:51,817 activities that the kids get to do and 48 00:01:51,817 --> 00:01:53,872 how much excitement it really brings 49 00:01:53,872 --> 00:01:56,039 them . That's what you want to do with 50 00:01:56,039 --> 00:01:58,261 STEM is you want to have those kids who 51 00:01:58,261 --> 00:01:58,180 have those crazy reactions when double 52 00:01:58,190 --> 00:02:00,357 bubble trouble happens and we're doing 53 00:02:00,357 --> 00:02:02,523 the experiments in the , in the little 54 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:01,849 Aqua , 55 00:02:07,739 --> 00:02:10,419 right ? Um On Edwards , we have so many 56 00:02:10,429 --> 00:02:11,929 different career paths and 57 00:02:11,929 --> 00:02:14,096 opportunities that all of these people 58 00:02:14,096 --> 00:02:16,318 in the ante valley could grow up and go 59 00:02:16,318 --> 00:02:18,318 into if they wanted to . We're just 60 00:02:18,318 --> 00:02:20,540 trying to really get them interested at 61 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:22,651 early on , at star base . You have to 62 00:02:22,651 --> 00:02:24,651 have them interested and engaged in 63 00:02:24,651 --> 00:02:24,240 STEM and that problem solving that 64 00:02:24,250 --> 00:02:26,472 comes with STEM because that's gonna be 65 00:02:26,472 --> 00:02:28,583 the reality of almost every different 66 00:02:28,583 --> 00:02:29,270 discipline in the future .