Carson City man builds demonstration for grandkids using ping pong balls, mousetraps to explain social distancing
A semi-retired Carson City man who wanted to get his grandchildren interested in science, created a demonstration to show the affects of what happens during a pandemic when there isn't social distancing and quarantine.
Kelly Clark built the demonstration using a plexiglass glass box, mouse traps, ping pong balls and barriers of differing heights. The video, seen by clicking here, is the control group of no separation of any kind, which show the speed and vastness of behavior of a virus spread.
The two photos above show how, by adding barriers, the behavior will slow or stop the spread of disease. The more barriers that are added, the less infection.
"I created this for my grandkids. I think it's a good way of getting kids interested in science by showing them so that they can understand what social distancing is and the importance of it during a pandemic."
Clark said his original idea was to take the demonstration to schools, however, with schools closed, he chose the next best thing: Do it through the internet.
This story will be updated as Clark is developing more videos of the project to share.