the white house. >> the white house science fair. what an amazing event. young people and innovation. it's a great event. no matter who wins the election, i hope they keep it. >> jimmy: i'm guessing you did white house? >> no. luckily i was just a guest. >> jimmy: that was good thinking, bob. you're always very bright. >> i do what i can. >> jimmy: what are we going to see here tonight? what miracles of science do you have to present? >> let's start with physics. light travels, but it travels at different speeds. it travels very fast, but at different speeds through different objects. >> jimmy: i didn't know that. i'm going to be honest, i had no one speed and glass another speed. >> jimmy: what if it travels to hawaii? >> it can do that at 186 miles per second. >> jimmy: that's fast. >> we can demonstrate. this is a pyrex test tube. it's a special glass. it can take temperature variations so it's used for labs a lot. >> jimmy: i have these at my house. >> right. if you take this, and we're going to put it in water. put it partially in wat >> jimmy: okay. like, how much? >> so we can s

the white house and the white house is taking note. >> jadiann: he says it's his mission to make a better >> reporter: this is jacob, grooming his 3 d. printing craft ahead of the final white house science fair and while his creations got him to the white house he set hits sights beyond it with a pitch. >> hi to practice it in the car while i was in the car flying to d.c. i practiced it so many times that when i was at the white house i almost forgot it. >> we should have a kids advisory group that starts explaining to us what is is working and could help us shape advances in stem education, that was' jacob's idea. we're going to follow up on that. >> reporter: won't you know it that's what they did. maybe summed up best by jacob himself. >> it was exciting to hear president obama took advice from a child. >> that's you why are smarter than me. so -- [laughter] we infact have formed a science advisory group. >> reporter: friday marks advisor meeting bringing 11 of the brightest young minds in the country to one table. even astronauts are improvemented. among those seated jacob's 6-year-old sister. >> why were you nervous and excited? >> i thought i was going to meet the president and i was r

. >> reporter: grooming his 3d printing craft ahead of the final white house science fair. while his creations got him to the white house, he set his sights behind it with a pitch. >> i had to try a bunch of times car riding to d.c. i practiced it so many times that when i was at the white house i almost forgot it. >> we should have kid advisory groups that starts explaining to us what's interesting to them and what's working and could help us shape advances in stem education. that was jacob's idea. way to go jacob. we're going follow up on that. >> reporter: wouldn't you know it, months later that's what we did. maybe summed up best by jacob himself. >> it was p hear president obama took advice from a child. >> i thought that's why you are smarter than me. [ laughter ] so we in fact have formed a science advisory group. >> reporter: and friday marks the first official kids science advisory meeting. bringing 11 of the brightest young minds in the country to one table. even astronauts are impressed. among those seated, jacob's six-year-old sister. why are you nervous and exci

education, including hosting a white house science fair so that the incredible achievements of our best young minds are celebrated. at the last one, a 9-year-old budding scientist said to me you need a kid science advisory group so that you are getting our perspective about what is interesting to us and how you should be thinking about teaching science and getting kids excited about science. i thought that is why you are smarter than me. so we in fact have formed a science advisory group, which is meeting as we speak. after we finish here, we are going to go and talk to them because i suspect that they are going to be some of those young people in the roosevelt room who are going to be the ones to figure out how we not just get to mars, but colonize mars and go beyond. they are going ton the ones figuring out these technologies. but they will be building off he incredible work of people like scott kelly and mark kelly. my last point, i want to say thank you to mark kelly, with , they , gabby giffords have been doing incredible work around, making sure, in addition to taking care of the