Videos and other productions
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From our 2018 second session "Weird and Wonderful: the Coolest Events in the History of Life on Earth," we present eight fascinating animations!
TIC-TAC TICTAALIK
December 2018
A difficult school assignment about an extinct animal brings these kids a medal along with something quite delicious for one hungry member of the team!
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TOTALLY AMAZING AND UNSCIENTIFIC SUPERPOWERS
December 2018
Three regular citizens find themselves transformed into superheroes and go on to save the day (with totally unbelievable science!)
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LIFE!
December 2018
Take a tour through the history of life on Earth in this video programmed by one of our students!
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FINDING TIKTAALIK
December 2018
Visit the dig where the famous Tiktaalik fossils were found and then jump into a time machine and meet Tiktaalik in the flesh with this funny bunch of paleontologists and time travelers!
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ESTHER'S GUIDE TO PLANET ALBATROSS
December 2018
Albatross is a very harsh planet but Esther has evolved some pretty cool adaptations and lives a pretty good life there!
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DIARY OF THREE WIMPY BLOBFISH
December 2018
Learn about the hardships these three friends endure in the very deep ocean!
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PET FROM THE PAST
December 2018
In this video, two friends are transported 375 million years into the past. All goes well until one of them has the bad of bringing a souvenir back!
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TO BUBBLE OR NOT TO BUBBLE
December 2018
Don't miss this movie about a team of girls on a mission to teach the delicious science of gum!
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Watch these two new videos about the misfortunes of our young chefs during a challenging cooking competition!
THE NOT SO GREAT BROOKLYN BAKING SHOW | PART 1: CREPES
December 2018
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THE NOT SO GREAT BROOKLYN BAKING SHOW | PART 2: BREAD
December 2018
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THE DOG FEEDER (A SILLY MACHINE TO FEED KTS MASCOT, SPROUT)
August 2018
This past summer, we explored Rube Goldberg machines. The kids were given a challenge: "Build a machine that delivers treats to Sprout when Sprout demands it." And of course the kids did it! Check it out.
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING VAN GOGH
June 2018
If you like to solve crimes and you are wondering how to spot an art forgery, watch our Art Forgery Detectives in action (together with crooks and cops and other fabulous characters) in the Case of the Missing van Gogh!
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Here are two beautiful movies about evolution of life on Earth:
In Evolution Revolution, follow Charles Darwin in his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle and learn how he discovered the clues that led him to his famous theory of evolution by natural selection.
EVOLUTION REVOLUTION
December 2017
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NATURAL SELECTION: A MOTH STORY
December 2017
If you have any questions about how natural selection works, watch A Moth Story!
If you can't watch this video here, please go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWxTyqHDJ4Y
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Don't miss this video of our fabulous 2017 Summer Camp Magic Show!
THE SCIENCE OF MAGIC: THE SHOW!
August 2017
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If you wonder how the magicians did it... check out these super cool science explanations!
THE SCIENCE OF MAGIC: THE MAGICIAN'S SECRETS!
August 2017
A list of the tricks in this video:
Egg in a Bottle ............................... 00:08
Vanishing Water .............................01:50
Fire Extinguisher ........................... 04:46
Pouring a Rainbow ........................ 06:30
Bird in a Cage ................................08:14
Balloon Kebab ................................10:10
Ink into Water ................................ 13:43
Magic Hanky ..................................16:06
Snake Charmer ..............................19:06
Rising Waters .................................20:09
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In the spring of 2017 we tried a new experiment and this was the result: three very different science explorations!
Flush Those Fossils shows you some wonders of nature, such as fossil poop!
FLUSH THOSE FOSSILS!
June 2017
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Also that Spring, during an urban archaeological excavation, Kids Talk Science teachers found a rare, long-lost episode of Jeopardy. It was about rocks and fossils
and the history of the Earth. The film was pretty damaged but the show was fantastic... (An alternative version of events states that the teachers just messed up when filming the kids' fantastic show last week ;- ) You decide!
GEOLOGY JEOPARDY
June 2017
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And that was not all. In the same Spring session we used Minecraft as a storytelling tool. Look at the wonderful results in this video about a team of archaeologists that finds Lucy, an amazingly complete female Australopithecus!
FINDING LUCY
June 2017
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In The Blood Vanishes, the first graduates from KTS Detective Academy show off their skills. Watch them catch a villain using forensic science!
THE BLOOD VANISHES
April 2017
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In our 2017 Microbes session we covered so many different exciting topics that it was hard to decide what to show. The kids settled on three ideas:
In The Black Plague they tell a story about disease, the microbes that cause it, and their nemesis: antibiotics.
THE BLACK PLAGUE
January 2017
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In Dynamite!, you'll see antibiotic resistance developing before your eyes!
DYNAMITE!
January 2017
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The Amazing World of Microbes explores the microbiome and how misunderstood microbes are!
THE AMAZING WORLD OF MICROBES!
January 2017
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In To Catch a Crook, the very first KTS production!, a team of sleuths uses forensic science to solve a crime and catch a dangerous crook using DNA fingerprinting.
WATCH THE TRAILER!
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Watch the full movie here. It's a bit surreal at times. Don't miss the credits at the end!
TO CATCH A CROOK | The real thing
February 2016
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In the Spring of 2015, PS 84's Science Reporters team (an ancestor of Kids Talk
Science) travelled 65 million years into the past to report on dinosaurs extinction. When they came back, they made Dinosaur Doomsday in just a few 40 minute classes.
Disclaimer: This was the very first green screen video Graciela ever edited. Please be kind. As you move up in time you'll see how the quality of our movies improved!
DINOSAUR DOOMSDAY
September 2015