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Electricity & Magnetism Workshop -- Fields You Cannot See

Hands-on session. Iron filings on paper over magnets -- watch the field lines appear. Compass needles deflected by current-carrying wires. Electromagnets lifting iron. I will explain how electricity and magnetism are two faces of the same force. James Clerk Maxwell later wrote the math. I gave him the experiments.

Science for Young People -- The Christmas Lecture

A demonstration-rich science talk designed for children and teenagers. I started the Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution in 1825. Fire, ice, magnets, sparks, bubbles -- real science made visceral. No equations. Just wonder. The Chemical History of a Candle -- six lectures explaining all of chemistry through a single burning candle.

Electricity Demonstration -- Kite, Key & Leyden Jar

Safe indoor demonstration of static electricity, Leyden jars, and electrical conduction. We will NOT be flying kites in thunderstorms. I did that once and it was phenomenally reckless. Instead, we'll use friction machines and Leyden jars to generate sparks, charge objects, and understand positive vs negative charge. I named those, by the way.

AM/FM Radio Kit (Build Your Own, Soldering Required)

Complete kit to build a working AM/FM radio from components. Circuit board, capacitors, resistors, coils, speaker. Soldering iron included. Takes about 3 hours. You will understand tuning, amplification, and demodulation by building them with your hands.

Strategic Alliance Building -- Power Through Partnership

How to identify, secure, and maintain alliances when you are not the strongest power. I allied with the two most powerful Romans of the age -- Caesar and Antony -- and kept Egypt independent for 20 years. Tip: Never enter an alliance as the supplicant. Bring value. I brought the wealth of Egypt. What do you bring?

Courage Under Fire -- Leadership When Failure Means Death

When the penalty for failure is death -- for you and everyone depending on you. Decision making under extreme pressure, keeping groups calm, dealing with fear and doubt. I never lost a single passenger on the Railroad. Tip: Fear is natural. Paralysis is not. Decide and move. A wrong decision made quickly is better than a right decision made too late.

Egyptian Khopesh Sword (Bronze, Ceremonial & Combat)

The sickle-sword of Egypt. Curved blade for hooking shields and trapping weapons. The pharaohs carried these into battle for 2,000 years. Bronze blade, gold-inlaid hilt. Both a weapon and a symbol of royal power. My guards carried them at Actium.

Underground Railroad Seminar -- Building Resistance Networks

How to build and operate a clandestine network. Safe houses, codes, route planning, compartmentalization (each station knows only the next), vetting members. The Railroad operated for decades under the noses of slavers and federal marshals. Tip: Trust is your most valuable and most dangerous resource. Verify before you trust.

Night Navigation Workshop -- Follow the North Star

Navigating by stars, moss, river direction, and landmarks in total darkness. I moved hundreds of people through swamps and forests at night with no map. The North Star was our compass. The drinking gourd song was our code. Tip: Move when the dogs cannot track -- in rain, through water, downwind. The night is your friend if you know her.

Civil War Field Medicine Kit

Reproduction of a Civil War medical kit: bandages, tourniquets, herbal remedies, splint materials, suture kit. I served as a nurse before I led raids. Patching wounds in the field with no anesthesia and no hospital. These tools are replicas for training in field medicine basics.

Naval Strategy Seminar -- Mediterranean Sea Power

From the Ptolemaic fleet to Actium. Trireme tactics, fleet logistics, coastal defense, the strategic value of Egypt's position. At Actium we had 230 warships. We lost because Agrippa was a better admiral than our commanders. Tip: Control the sea and you control the trade. Control the trade and you control the wealth. Control the wealth and you control everything.

Lakota Bow & Arrow Set (Sinew-Backed, 20 Arrows)

Short sinew-backed bow, 45-pound draw, optimized for mounted use. Twenty dogwood arrows with iron and flint points. This is what we hunted buffalo with from horseback at full gallop -- one arrow could pass through a buffalo at close range.