Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Science Theatre
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Magic Spoon
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Demonstration == ''Note: These steps will be written with a bullet point below each step. The steps will be covering how you '''theatrically''' present it, while the bullet point will be how you '''perform''' the actions in each step.'' # Show the spoon to the audience, and exclaim how it is a ''Magic Spoon'' that can grant you strength and balance! Elaborate on the mystical powers of the ''Magic Spoon'', and really ham it up. Ask for a volunteer to help you show how magical the spoon is, and use the power of the ''Magic Spoon'' to find the "ideal" volunteer. #* When you ask for a volunteer, ask for an adult if being done with Elementary or Middle school. For high school, choose a volunteer who looks strong. # Have your volunteer stand facing the audience. Ask them to hold their right arm out straight sideways, and to resist you when you push down on it. Show how you can easily push their arm down while holding the ''Magic Spoon''! Then, Give the volunteer the ''Magic Spoon'' and have them hold their right arm out again. Now it is a lot harder to push their arm down, if you can at all! #* When the volunteer holds out their right arm, stand behind their arm and face the audience. Hold the spoon in your right hand, being sure to show that you are holding the spoon, and push their ''forearm'' down using your right hand. When you give them the spoon, be sure to point out that they are holding it, and then try to push their ''upper arm'' down using your left hand. # Have your volunteer turn sideways, and hold both of their arms out in front of them. Ask them to keep their arms rigid and to try to not fall over when you push down on their arms. Show that while you have the ''Magic Spoon'' in your hand, and that you can easily push both their arms down and make them fall over! #* When the volunteer turns sideways, make sure to note which way their forearms face when you stand behind them. Hold the magic spoon in the same hand as that side, and point out the spoon before pushing down on their ''forearms'' with the corresponding hand. # Give your volunteer the ''Magic Spoon'' and repeat step 3. This time, they don't fall over! #* When you repeat step 3, be sure to have the volunteer turn around and face the other direction. That way, you can then use the same hand as before, but this time you will be pushing down on their ''upper arm'', which will fail. # Thank the volunteer, and ask them if they think the ''Magic Spoon'' is truly magical. If not, can they guess what was going on? Can anyone from the audience guess how you did it? #* After getting ideas, ask for a new volunteer to help show how this demonstration works. Your old volunteer will likely want to take a seat!
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Science Theatre are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (see
Science Theatre:Copyrights
for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource.
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Magic Spoon
(section)
Add topic