WEBVTT 00:01.866 --> 00:03.966 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% >>Some local high school students love 00:03.966 --> 00:06.166 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% the challenge of working on a project 00:06.166 --> 00:09.233 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and solving problems that have no clear solution. 00:09.233 --> 00:12.533 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% So much so that they even formed a club. 00:12.533 --> 00:13.966 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Join us today as we talk 00:13.966 --> 00:17.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with Charlottesville High School teacher Dr. Matt Shields 00:17.666 --> 00:20.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% about the after school group he leads called BACON, 00:20.866 --> 00:23.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the best all around club of nerds. 00:23.300 --> 00:24.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Come on! 00:24.800 --> 00:26.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>I think it's really cool that there's just a club 00:26.100 --> 00:30.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% at CHS that facilitates science, engineering, 00:30.133 --> 00:31.466 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% all these things that so many kids are 00:31.466 --> 00:33.566 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% so passionate about including myself. 00:33.566 --> 00:36.566 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >>There's something for anybody who loves science here 00:36.566 --> 00:38.066 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and that's so important. 00:38.066 --> 00:39.766 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% And even for people who don't love science like me, 00:39.766 --> 00:41.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% like they can get involved 00:41.600 --> 00:44.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% through making sure everything's running smoothly 00:44.433 --> 00:46.766 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% or fundraising and so that's great. 00:46.766 --> 00:48.600 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>I cant say I started BACON, 00:48.600 --> 00:51.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I signed the paper to bring BACON 00:51.000 --> 00:54.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% into existence because my students wanted it to exist. 00:54.966 --> 00:57.533 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >>But it started with you 00:57.533 --> 01:00.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because you were trying to think of a way 01:00.433 --> 01:02.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to get your students more excited 01:02.833 --> 01:06.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about science fair projects they had to do. 01:06.100 --> 01:09.233 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% >>Right, you might be able to press me 01:09.233 --> 01:10.466 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% to take a little bit of credit 01:10.466 --> 01:14.233 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% but what happened was they were supposed to do 01:14.233 --> 01:15.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a science fair project that was a school policy 01:15.933 --> 01:17.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and they were not interested in that. 01:17.600 --> 01:20.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So then I proposed to them that they could 01:20.133 --> 01:22.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% instead of a science fair project they could do 01:22.666 --> 01:26.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% a project with me and I found a project 01:26.300 --> 01:27.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that someone else had done something similar 01:27.933 --> 01:31.466 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% where somebody had attached a weather balloon to a payload 01:31.466 --> 01:33.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% with a still camera and a video camera 01:33.600 --> 01:36.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and some radio equipment and GPS antenna 01:36.666 --> 01:39.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and sent it up to space and it's just awesome 01:39.500 --> 01:42.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% because from an altitude of around 01:42.300 --> 01:45.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a hundred thousand feet, so 20 miles you get, 01:45.766 --> 01:47.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you're just in space, it's black 01:47.400 --> 01:48.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and you get the curvature of the earth 01:48.400 --> 01:49.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and it's just beautiful 01:49.700 --> 01:51.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% so I thought I'd like to be able to do that. 01:51.600 --> 01:53.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% So I went back to class the next day 01:53.800 --> 01:55.000 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and I pitched a similar idea. 01:55.000 --> 01:56.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I said, okay, we're "Ocean's 11", 01:57.966 --> 02:00.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I need a radio guy, I need a balloon guy, 02:00.033 --> 02:02.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I need a helium guy, I need a fundraising person 02:02.666 --> 02:05.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and a music person and I just kind of listed 02:05.433 --> 02:06.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% all of the things that I might, 02:06.700 --> 02:08.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that might go in to a project like this 02:08.633 --> 02:10.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and I sent them home with the homework assignment that night 02:10.533 --> 02:12.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and the homework assignment was write down on 02:12.600 --> 02:15.300 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% a piece of paper if you'd like to participate in the project 02:15.300 --> 02:18.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and if so what would you bring to the project 02:18.366 --> 02:21.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and the next day like I said, 29 students brought back 02:21.933 --> 02:23.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% a piece of paper saying I'm in 02:23.566 --> 02:25.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and heres what I can contribute. 02:25.033 --> 02:29.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>And when you did it, the first time it failed. 02:29.266 --> 02:32.466 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And then the students just wanted to go back and fix it. 02:32.466 --> 02:35.700 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% They were all excited and they wanted to do it again. 02:35.700 --> 02:37.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And this eventually led to BACON. 02:37.900 --> 02:39.400 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% >>To BACON, right. 02:39.400 --> 02:41.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Okay and then what's the story behind the name BACON? 02:42.766 --> 02:44.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>So we decided to make it an actual club 02:44.300 --> 02:46.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and we called it the Charlottesville Science Club, 02:46.833 --> 02:48.300 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% I thought that was all right. 02:49.866 --> 02:51.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And I think, it was after a few months, 02:51.533 --> 02:52.900 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% the club got huge really fast, 02:52.900 --> 02:55.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I think we had 80 students in the club, 02:55.333 --> 02:57.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% pretty quickly after we had started. 02:57.666 --> 02:59.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And it was in a meeting one day. 02:59.766 --> 03:01.066 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I don't even remember why, 03:01.066 --> 03:02.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% somebody decided that we should rename it, 03:02.833 --> 03:04.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and I remember it was this guy named Nicky, 03:04.266 --> 03:06.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% he said we should name it Bacon. 03:06.066 --> 03:07.866 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And someone said why Bacon? 03:07.866 --> 03:10.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And he said, "I don't know, lets come up with an acronym," 03:10.600 --> 03:12.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% so the name actually proceeded the acronym 03:12.233 --> 03:15.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and he said, "Best All Around Club Of Nerds." 03:15.366 --> 03:17.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >>That's great! 03:17.133 --> 03:19.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>We went and got shirts made and bumper stickers 03:19.533 --> 03:21.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and I think that's one of my favorite things 03:21.466 --> 03:22.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% about the club is just it's a fun name. 03:22.933 --> 03:24.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>And you stand out at the competitions 03:24.766 --> 03:26.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% because no one else is named BACON. 03:26.566 --> 03:28.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>I love that, most of the other teams have 03:28.566 --> 03:31.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% either button-downs or polo shirts 03:31.133 --> 03:32.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% with the embroidered something like that 03:32.600 --> 03:35.400 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and we just have these blue t-shirts that say BACON. 03:35.400 --> 03:37.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>[Competition Announcer] It's BACON time. 03:37.800 --> 03:39.800 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Three, two, one, Go! 03:41.733 --> 03:44.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>I'm a part of FTC, which is First Tech Challenge. 03:44.866 --> 03:46.133 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It's a robotics club 03:46.133 --> 03:48.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and every year there's a different challenge. 03:48.033 --> 03:50.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% This year it's Velocity Vortex. 03:50.033 --> 03:54.166 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And we have to shoot balls into this spinning thing 03:54.166 --> 03:57.900 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% in the center and we are building robots 03:57.900 --> 04:00.100 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% to try to achieve that. 04:00.100 --> 04:04.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>So, shoot it? Shoot? Yeah. NICE. Yes. 04:05.500 --> 04:08.500 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% (power saw buzzing) 04:09.733 --> 04:11.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% >>I like building stuff of course 04:11.500 --> 04:13.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% because there are so many machines here 04:13.300 --> 04:16.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to do stuff with and I just can say 04:16.133 --> 04:17.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I only know like a quarter of the machines. 04:17.933 --> 04:20.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I've had no experience with a lot of them, but still. 04:20.833 --> 04:22.166 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Like there are saws and lasers cutters and 04:22.166 --> 04:24.900 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% all that so that's definitely the most fun. 04:24.900 --> 04:27.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Having the 3D printers is really cool 04:27.400 --> 04:31.000 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% 'cause the whole concept behind being able 04:31.000 --> 04:32.800 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% to design something on a computer 04:32.800 --> 04:35.533 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and then a few hours later actually seeing it like 04:35.533 --> 04:37.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and being able to hold in in your hand is 04:37.066 --> 04:39.900 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% just kind of, I enjoy that. 04:39.900 --> 04:42.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>How many different subgroups in BACON? 04:42.100 --> 04:45.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Uhhm, I've lost track, at least a dozen. 04:45.066 --> 04:47.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The group that goes to Boston, that's Zerobotics or ZR. 04:47.966 --> 04:50.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And Zerobotics is a programming competition 04:50.766 --> 04:54.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and that one is wild, they just write code 04:54.533 --> 04:57.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to control a virtual robot in 3D space 04:57.033 --> 05:00.033 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% so it's a robot that's floating around in 3D space 05:00.033 --> 05:02.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is very difficult because it's got little thrusters 05:02.500 --> 05:05.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% on it and once its off axis it has to do all these- 05:05.600 --> 05:09.033 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5% has to perform all these maneuvers with a competitor robot, 05:09.033 --> 05:10.200 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% and there's strategy, 05:10.200 --> 05:13.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's a very complicated tough competition 05:13.133 --> 05:15.000 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% but the kids are so in to it 05:15.000 --> 05:16.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% they stay up all night working on it 05:16.533 --> 05:18.000 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and that one's a lot of fun 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we've made it to the finals I think three or four times. 05:20.000 --> 05:22.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% If you make it finals you go to MIT 05:22.200 --> 05:23.700 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and you sit in an auditorium 05:23.700 --> 05:26.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and your code flies on the International Space Station. 05:26.133 --> 05:27.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And so last year we went 05:27.766 --> 05:30.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and Commander Scott Kelly ran the experiment 05:30.666 --> 05:32.133 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% so there's Scott Kelly saying, 05:32.133 --> 05:34.600 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% "Alright BACON, you're next and your robot's going." 05:34.600 --> 05:36.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% It was really a great experience. 05:36.700 --> 05:37.833 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>Okay, tell me about that. 05:37.833 --> 05:39.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>So we got Zerobotics. 05:39.366 --> 05:41.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% A big one that you saw making a lot of noise today was FTC, 05:41.933 --> 05:43.933 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% that's First Tech Challenge. 05:43.933 --> 05:46.900 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% First Tech Challenge is sort of the little brother 05:46.900 --> 05:49.433 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% of First Robotics which was founded by Dean Kayman, 05:49.433 --> 05:53.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% this big nationwide robotics competition 05:53.566 --> 05:55.466 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and you robot has to accomplish all these tasks. 05:55.466 --> 05:58.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So for example, this year, our robot has to go around 05:58.766 --> 06:00.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and pick up these whiffle balls 06:00.100 --> 06:02.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and be able to shoot them in to a target. 06:02.300 --> 06:03.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% For part of the game, it has 06:03.566 --> 06:05.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to be able to do that autonomously. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So It has to have sensors on board that 06:06.500 --> 06:07.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% are figuring out where it is in space 06:07.766 --> 06:09.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and where the thing is, 06:09.000 --> 06:11.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% calculating the right velocity and everything. 06:11.366 --> 06:12.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Then after the autonomous period is over, 06:12.866 --> 06:15.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the robot is controlled with a joystick. 06:15.000 --> 06:16.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% There's a big yoga ball 06:16.233 --> 06:17.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that it has to put up on the thing, 06:17.700 --> 06:20.000 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% it has to spin something around, it has push buttons. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% All in about two and a half minutes 06:21.333 --> 06:23.533 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% it has do all of these things 06:23.533 --> 06:25.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and so the kids have to build a robot, 06:25.666 --> 06:28.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% just that in and of itself is a challenge, 06:28.133 --> 06:31.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% so they're figuring out how to wire up motors and servos 06:31.633 --> 06:33.633 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and sensors and all that stuff 06:33.633 --> 06:35.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and then they have to write computer code 06:35.533 --> 06:37.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that runs the whole thing so when 06:37.466 --> 06:39.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% one of the drivers pushes the joystick, 06:39.533 --> 06:41.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% they've written the code that says 06:41.033 --> 06:43.333 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% okay that joystick voltage goes in to this bit of code 06:43.333 --> 06:44.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% which causes the robot to do this 06:44.533 --> 06:45.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and it travels over here 06:45.933 --> 06:49.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% so that is just an intense competition, 06:49.166 --> 06:52.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% we probably have 20 to 25 kids just involved in that. 06:52.433 --> 06:54.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Well, and then you have club members 06:54.433 --> 06:55.666 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% that are all about logistics. 06:55.666 --> 06:58.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% >>Yeah, so BACON has gotten so big 06:58.833 --> 07:00.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and I mean with all those other subgroups 07:00.666 --> 07:02.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and I haven't even talked about science fairs, 07:02.533 --> 07:07.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Science Olympiad, Science Bowl and Green BACON and DERP 07:09.166 --> 07:10.133 align:left position:25% line:77% size:65% which is Dangerous Extracurricular Research Projects. 07:10.133 --> 07:11.766 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Everything has an acroynm 07:11.766 --> 07:14.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and all of them spend money and we also take field trips - 07:14.533 --> 07:16.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >>Right, Geneva. 07:16.266 --> 07:18.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>We do a lot, if you include the Geneva trip 07:18.633 --> 07:20.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% about a hundred thousand dollars flows 07:20.933 --> 07:22.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% through our club every single year. 07:22.766 --> 07:25.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>BACON is complicated I would say. 07:26.433 --> 07:27.400 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Maybe I just come from that 07:27.400 --> 07:29.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% because I hear everybody's like, 07:29.933 --> 07:31.900 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% I need this, I need this, I need that. 07:31.900 --> 07:33.566 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And I'm just like oh, my gosh. 07:33.566 --> 07:35.333 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And then I have to fill out 07:35.333 --> 07:38.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% all these expense pre-approval forms or whatnot. 07:38.166 --> 07:40.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% But there's a lot of different things going on. 07:40.733 --> 07:44.233 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I don't think we ever have a dull day I would say. 07:44.233 --> 07:46.400 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% There's a lot to learn from every day 07:46.400 --> 07:49.500 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and things do go wrong, mistakes are made 07:49.500 --> 07:51.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and that's how everyone learns. 07:51.466 --> 07:52.733 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >>We have so much brain power. 07:52.733 --> 07:55.733 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Everyone is so smart and so we are always trying 07:55.733 --> 07:59.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to find new tasks and problems that we can solve 07:59.033 --> 08:00.533 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and keep everyone involved. 08:00.533 --> 08:02.633 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% Science Olympiad is what I spend most of my time on 08:02.633 --> 08:06.833 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% and that's this club where there's 23 different events 08:06.833 --> 08:09.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% with ranging from hydro-geology, 08:09.333 --> 08:10.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% which is the study of ground water, 08:10.933 --> 08:13.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to building the tallest tower that you can. 08:13.666 --> 08:16.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% So you compete in those events as a pair 08:16.766 --> 08:19.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and then the whole pair contributes to the team score. 08:19.633 --> 08:21.500 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>BACON is honestly amazing. 08:21.500 --> 08:23.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% It's probably my favorite thing about CHS. 08:23.966 --> 08:27.033 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Collaborating towards something I think is actually 08:27.033 --> 08:30.000 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% even more valuable than all the programming, 08:30.000 --> 08:32.366 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% all the CAD experience I've gotten out of the club. 08:32.366 --> 08:35.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>You say this club is run by the students. 08:35.033 --> 08:39.966 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Talk about that because this whole style of teaching has 08:39.966 --> 08:43.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% now become a part of your classroom approach to teaching. 08:43.666 --> 08:45.500 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >>Right, when BACON started 08:45.500 --> 08:47.033 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% that was my first year teaching at CHS. 08:47.033 --> 08:48.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% It was my fourth year teaching, 08:48.133 --> 08:51.400 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and I think I was doing okay 08:51.400 --> 08:54.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% but I was teaching the way I had been taught, 08:54.833 --> 08:56.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and that was I gave a lot of lectures 08:56.266 --> 08:58.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and a lot of quizzes and homework 08:58.666 --> 09:00.100 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and then when BACON happened, 09:00.100 --> 09:02.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I would watch the rate of learning go up a lot 09:02.633 --> 09:04.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and so that I think was a clue for me 09:04.566 --> 09:07.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% to watch students learn things that they were excited about, 09:07.766 --> 09:10.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% learn them quickly and I just know 09:10.100 --> 09:12.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% that there was more retention. 09:12.033 --> 09:13.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so those are some of the things that I saw 09:13.500 --> 09:16.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and said okay this could be curriculum 09:16.233 --> 09:18.100 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and so over the last few years 09:18.100 --> 09:22.100 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I've turned it into curriculum and it's been a lot of fun. 09:23.366 --> 09:26.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Yeah, so your educational background is... 09:26.266 --> 09:27.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>I went to undergrad for mechanical 09:27.900 --> 09:30.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and air-space engineering and then I actually worked 09:30.200 --> 09:31.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% as an engineer for a little while 09:31.733 --> 09:34.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% but then I went back to grad school also for engineering 09:34.900 --> 09:37.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and it was then I decided I liked computer programming, 09:37.066 --> 09:39.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I worked as a computer programmer for a while. 09:39.966 --> 09:42.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Then taught high school for a couple of years 09:42.133 --> 09:43.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and then at that point I decided 09:43.366 --> 09:44.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that education was something that I wanted 09:44.966 --> 09:47.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to know more about so then I went back to school 09:47.066 --> 09:50.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for education and since then I've gotten my PHD 09:50.300 --> 09:51.766 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% in curriculum instruction. 09:51.766 --> 09:54.266 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>What are some of the kids doing who have graduated 09:54.266 --> 09:56.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% from CHS who were a part of this program? 09:56.700 --> 09:58.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Oh, wow, the year BACON was founded 09:58.200 --> 09:59.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% there were three students that I put in charge of it. 09:59.900 --> 10:02.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Lizzy went on to get a double major from YALE 10:02.500 --> 10:05.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% in physics and philosophy if I remember right. 10:05.266 --> 10:08.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Jesse went on to become a mechanical engineer from MIT. 10:08.133 --> 10:10.433 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Dania now works for Northrup Grumman up in Baltimore. 10:10.433 --> 10:12.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% She earned her engineering degree from UVA. 10:12.666 --> 10:15.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The girls that started SPAM, the Science Fair Project group, 10:15.300 --> 10:18.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% they both went to MIT and they're doing cancer research 10:18.900 --> 10:20.700 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% at MIT, it's wild. 10:20.700 --> 10:22.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>It's very exciting, so alright, 10:22.433 --> 10:24.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% so the club meets every Thursday 10:24.100 --> 10:25.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and it started with about 80 kids. 10:25.766 --> 10:27.266 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% How many are involved now? 10:27.266 --> 10:29.100 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% >>We kind of - we have about a hundred 10:29.100 --> 10:33.233 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% on the roster right now and with- 10:33.233 --> 10:35.433 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% the thing is these kids that are so amazing 10:35.433 --> 10:37.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and do such incredible things with BACON 10:37.033 --> 10:38.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% they're also captain of the field hockey team, 10:38.633 --> 10:40.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% they're also in theater, 10:40.000 --> 10:42.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and they're also in five AP classes. 10:42.333 --> 10:43.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>And they're designing lab space 10:43.866 --> 10:45.433 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% because wasn't it two kids? 10:45.433 --> 10:46.666 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It was two students. 10:46.666 --> 10:47.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Ryan and Ellie designed this space. 10:47.700 --> 10:48.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% >>When they said what do we need? 10:48.966 --> 10:50.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% They told you and this is what you got. 10:50.500 --> 10:54.666 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Yeah and that was just an advantage to have them around 10:54.666 --> 10:56.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% so when an architect came to me 10:56.833 --> 10:59.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and said how would you design a lab? 10:59.366 --> 11:00.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I just turned to Ryan and Ellie and I said, 11:00.800 --> 11:02.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "Well you guys have been crammed in to my physics classroom 11:02.700 --> 11:05.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% "for four years, what would be your dream lab?" 11:05.500 --> 11:07.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And they immediately knew what they wanted. 11:07.866 --> 11:09.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% That period, they drew up on a back 11:09.966 --> 11:12.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% of a piece of paper what a lab would like 11:12.066 --> 11:14.166 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and it pretty much looked exactly like this. 11:14.166 --> 11:17.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>So, do you ever get tired of being a part of BACON 11:17.533 --> 11:19.366 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% or is it always exciting? 11:19.366 --> 11:21.733 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% >>Not even close, I've not gotten tired yet. 11:21.733 --> 11:25.233 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% I mean just today, so today is probably I don't know 11:25.233 --> 11:28.866 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% my 600th BACON meeting or something like that 11:28.866 --> 11:32.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and every meeting is fun, every meeting is- 11:32.533 --> 11:34.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% one of the great things is that every meeting is new kids 11:34.866 --> 11:37.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% so I get a new batch of kids every four years that are 11:37.866 --> 11:40.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% going down that path and learning new things. 11:40.800 --> 11:43.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We're always getting involved in new projects 11:43.733 --> 11:46.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and coming up with new solutions to old projects 11:46.500 --> 11:49.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% so it's still my favorite part of the week. 11:49.066 --> 11:50.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>All the resources that we have here 11:50.800 --> 11:53.833 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and all of that it really facilitates learning 11:53.833 --> 11:55.400 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% about engineering and learning about science 11:55.400 --> 11:56.666 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% that you don't really get 11:56.666 --> 11:59.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% just in science and math classes during school. 11:59.033 --> 12:01.433 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% So this really makes it easy. 12:01.433 --> 12:03.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Just the experience of working on a team, 12:03.233 --> 12:04.733 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% putting in those long hours, 12:04.733 --> 12:08.066 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% staying up late sometimes just to get things done, 12:08.066 --> 12:09.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% all these are skills that could 12:09.933 --> 12:13.233 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% pretty easily be applied to a job outside of High School. 12:13.233 --> 12:14.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>One of the cool things we did was last year 12:14.900 --> 12:18.533 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% we had a robot pull-up to the, did a pull-up all the way up 12:18.533 --> 12:21.033 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% to the ceiling and then it just hung there 12:21.033 --> 12:22.866 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% the entire summer. 12:22.866 --> 12:25.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And coming back and seeing it still there was, 12:25.400 --> 12:28.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% I don't know, it was a really good memory. 12:32.400 --> 12:35.400 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% (smooth jazz music)