At a glance
The Great Inventor Elf is a 60-minute interactive science show for kindergarten to grade 12 about the great discoveries that changed the way we celebrate Christmas. For each demonstration, the facilitator picks a student assistant from the audience.
On stage: static electricity with a 735 kV Van de Graaff generator, exploding capacitors, balloons popped from 10 metres away by a laser, air pressure, a fizzing chemical reaction, how an LED works and Nikola Tesla’s electromagnetic field. The experiments are adapted to every age group, and the show has no minimum or maximum number of students.
The next great science elf may be hiding among your young scientists!
For each demonstration, our facilitator picks an assistant from the audience to help with experiments adapted to every age group.
Meet the great minds whose discoveries changed the way we celebrate Christmas, in an interactive show that brings some of their greatest inventions to the stage.
On the program:
- Static electricity with Robert Van de Graaff’s 735 kV generator.
- Two exploding capacitors, after Pieter van Musschenbroek.
- Balloons popped from 10 metres away with Theodore Maiman’s laser.
- Daniel Bernoulli and the power of air pressure.
- A fizzing, heat-releasing chemical reaction from Thénard.
- The LED (light-emitting diode) explained, after Nick Holonyak.
- Nikola Tesla’s electromagnetic field challenge.
- And much more…
Hair standing on end, popping balloons, sparks and elephant toothpaste will dazzle the young helpers who take part in every experiment.
A mix of science and fun that wins everyone over!
