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Transcript: Electromagnet
A group of young men appear doing a series of science experiments.
Phil is in her twenties, clean-shaven and with short curly dark blond hair. He wears gray trousers, a blue T-shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says HAVE YOU EVER
DONE A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
AND WONDERED IT WOULD BE
LIKE IF YOU DID IT BIG?
I HAVE.
MY NAME IS PHIL
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
Phil appears under the water, in a skydiving chamber and on a trolley.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears. It’s a black and yellow triangle with an exploding element inside and a blue sign across that reads "Experiments at Large."
Voices shout SCIENCE MAX!
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS
ARE MAGNETS YOU CAN
TURN ON OR OFF WHEN YOU WANT.
WE BUILD OUR OWN ELECTROMAGNET
AND SEE JUST HOW POWERFUL
WE CAN MAKE IT.
He stands next to a working table with Heather.
Heather is in her twenties, with long slightly wavy brown hair. She wears a white lab coat.
Phil attracts several large paper clips with a magnet.
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says PLUS
FERROFLUID, WIZARDS
AND I TRY TO GET TO THE
NORTH POLE USING A COMPASS.
He now wears a parka and says BUT NOW THAT I'M
HERE I REALIZE,
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
In the lab, Phil says ALL ON THIS
EPISODE OF SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
GREETINGS SCIENCE
MAXIMITES, MY NAME IS PHIL
AND WELCOME TO SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
AT THIS VERY MOMENT, HALF THE
LAB IS BEING HELD TOGETHER
WITH THE POWER OF
ELECTROMAGNETS!
MAGNET ONE TURNING OFF.
He presses a button and metallic objects fall from a shelf.
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS ARE REALLY COOL
AND POWERFUL WAY TO
INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
He presses another button and other metallic objects fall from the shelf.
Phil says AND WHEN I SAY
POWER, THAT'S BECAUSE
YOU NEED POWER TO
MAKE THEM WORK OR
NOT WORK.
He pulls a handle and other objects fall.
He laughs and says MAGNETISM IS AN INVISIBLE FORCE
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED
BY MAGNETS THAT LETS THEM
ATTRACT THINGS THAT ARE METAL.
OR EACH OTHER.
BUT ELECTROMAGNETISM
IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
YOU SEE, MAGNETS ARE
MAGNETS ALL THE TIME.
He pulls a clip from a magnet and when he lets go, the clip is attracted back to the magnet.
Phil says IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF.
ELECTROMAGNETS ARE ONLY A
MAGNET WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELECTRIC
CURRENT GOING THROUGH THEM
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN TURN THEM ON
OR OFF.
He switches an electromagnet off and the clips fall.
Phil says TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE
BUILDING AN ELECTROMAGNET!
He turns a switch off and the whole lab goes black.
He says OH, THAT WAS...
THAT WAS THE WRONG SWITCH.
BUT ANYWAY, LIKE I WAS SAYING,
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
BUILDING AN ELECTROMAGNET.
YOU NEED
A BUNCH OF COPPER WIRE,
A VERY LARGE NAIL OR
SOMETHING METAL TO BECOME YOUR
ELECTROMAGNET, ELECTRICAL
TAPE, A BATTERY,
AN ON-OFF SWITCH, WIRE
STRIPPERS OR CRAFT KNIFE
AND THE HELP OF AN ADULT
AND FINALLY SOMETHING TO
MAGNETIZE, LIKE
THESE PAPER CLIPS.
AND REMEMBER, ALL THE
STEPS FOR THIS EXPERIMENT
ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says TO BEGIN, TAKE THE COPPER WIRE
AND START AT THE
TOP OF THE NAIL.
LEAVE A BIT OF WIRE STICKING
OUT AND THEN CAREFULLY
START TO WRAP THE
WIRE AROUND THE NAIL.
DON'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END
BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME METAL
TO TURN INTO THE MAGNET.
INSTEAD WHEN YOU WANT TO
START AGAIN, RUN THE WIRE
STRAIT BACK TO THE TOP
AND START WRAPPING AGAIN
IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND KEEP WRAPPING,
AND WRAPPING UNTIL
YOU GET TO THIS.
NOW I USED SOME ELECTRICAL
TAPE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE,
TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER.
He wraps some tape on the ends and in the middle.
He says USING YOUR WIRE
STRIPPERS OR CRAFT KNIFE,
AND THE HELP OF AN ADULT,
REMOVE THE PLASTIC COATING
FROM THE ENDS OF THE WIRES.
ATTACH THESE WIRES TO THE
WIRES FROM THE ON-OFF SWITCH
WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE OR ATTACH
THEM DIRECTLY TO A BATTERY
IF YOU DON'T HAVE
AN ON-OFF SWITCH.
AND TA-DA, YOU
HAVE AN ELECTROMAGNET
WITH YOUR ON-OFF SWITCH
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
TAKE THE THINGS YOU ARE
GOING TO MAGNETIZE, TURN
YOUR ELECTROMAGNET ON
AND SUDDENLY
IT BECOMES A MAGNET!
He picks up some paper clips with the electromagnet.
He says PRETTY AMAZING, HA-HA!
AND THEN YOU CAN MAGNETIZE
TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
DON'T FORGET, YOU
WANT TO TURN IT OFF.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO TODAY ON
SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA MAX OUT
THE ELECTROMAGNET.
SO, WHERE'S MY LAB COAT,
OH THERE IT IS.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW BIG WE
CAN MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET.
AND WHEN I SAY WE I
MEAN ME AND AN EXPERT.
LET'S SEE, OH, HEATHER
FROM THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE,
SHE KNOWS HER WAY
AROUND MAGNETS.
SO LET'S SEE,
UH YEAH, I WONDER IF SHE'S BUSY.
WELL LET'S FIND OUT.
He enters the portal.
Phil says AND AFTER WE'RE
DONE, I'LL NEED TO COME BACK
AND CLEAN UP THE GIANT
MESS I MADE IN THE LAB.
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
A caption reads "Heather."
She says HEY.
Phil says HI HEATHER, HOW YOU DOING?
Heather says GOOD, GOOD TO SEE YOU PHIL.
Phil says I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU
COULD HELP ME WITH SOMETHING.
ARE YOU BUSY?
Heather says NO I GOT TIME, I GOT TIME.
Phil says OKAY GREAT!
'CAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE A
GIANT ELECTROMAGNET EXPERIMENT
AND I NEED YOUR HELP.
Heather says THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
Phil says OKAY GREAT.
LET'S GO BACK TO SCIENCE
MAX HEADQUARTERS.
Heather says OH, VIA THE PORTAL?
Phil says YEAH BY THE PORTAL.
Heather says OH.
OKAY.
Phil says YOU SURE?
(HEATHER STAMMERS)
Phil says I KNOW YOU'RE HESITANT
SO I WANT TO REASSURE YOU
NOTHING WILL GO WRONG.
Heather says GREAT OKAY.
They appear outside Heather’s office.
Phil says OH HEY, WE'RE HERE.
Heather says WE'RE OUTSIDE.
NO, NO, I THINK, DEFINITELY.
Phil says IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
They appear in the lab and
Heather says YOU ALL RIGHT?
Phil says YEAH.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO
COME IN OVER THERE
BUT I CAME IN OVER HERE.
OH WELL.
SO TODAY HEATHER, I WANT TO
MAX OUT THE ELECTROMAGNET!
TURN IT ON.
AND IT'S A MAGNET.
PRETTY GOOD.
AND TURN IT OFF, AND
IT STOPS BEING A MAGNET.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS
INTO A MUCH BIGGER
MAXED OUT VERSION.
Heather says ALL RIGHT.
Phil says SO WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE THINGS WE CAN
DO, TO DO THAT?
Heather says WELL ACTUALLY, IF YOU
HAVE A LARGER BATTERY,
ONE THAT HAS A HIGHER VOLTAGE
WE CAN TRY THAT FOR SURE.
OKAY SO THERE ARE
THAT WILL HELP.
Phil says THERE ARE BATTERIES THAT ARE 12 VOLTS.
Heather says YES.
Phil says WE CAN TRY ONE OF THOSE.
Heather says LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
Phil says I THINK THOSE ARE
LIKE, BIGGER, RIGHT?
Heather says YEAH, BIGGER, MORE
POWERFUL, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S ONE THING YOU CAN DO,
YOU CAN ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF WRAPS OF OUR COIL HERE.
Phil says SO HOW MANY TIMES
WE'VE WRAPPED THAT WIRE.
Heather says YES, WILL INCREASE
THAT MAGNETIC FIELD,
MAKING OUR MAGNET STRONGER.
Phil says AND OF COURSE THE
NAIL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THAT'S THE
THING THAT EVENTUALLY
BECOMES THE MAGNET.
Heather says RIGHT ON, YES.
Phil says SO WHAT I THOUGHT
WE WOULD DO IS START
WITH A BIGGER NAIL!
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
RIGHT?
He takes out a bigger nail.
Phil says SO, UH, LARGER BATTERY,
Heather says YES.
Phil says MORE VOLTAGE AND
A LOT MORE WRAPS
OF THE WIRE.
Heather says RIGHT ON AND WE HAVE
MORE SPACE FOR THAT NOW,
WHICH IS SMART, GOOD JOB.
Phil says GREAT!
OKAY, SO WE'LL GET TO WORK.
GREAT!
They high-five.
A slate appears with the caption "Max Historica."
Phil says MAX HISTORICA.
(CLASSICAL VIOLIN MUSIC)
Now Phil is in a snowy set, wearing a parka.
He says IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A COMPASS,
YOU KNOW THAT THE
NEEDLE POINTS NORTH.
THAT'S BECAUSE A COMPASS
NEEDLE IS A MAGNET
AND IT POINTS TOWARDS THE
EARTH'S MAGNETIC NORTH POLE.
AND I'M USING THIS COMPASS TO
TRY TO GET TO THE NORTH POLE.
BUT IT ISN'T EASY, IN FACT
SCIENTISTS KNEW THERE WAS
SUCH A THING AS THE
NORTH POLE AS FAR BACK AS
THE 16TH CENTURY, BUT NO ONE
WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THERE
ON FOOT UNTIL 1927.
YOU'D THINK IT WOULDN'T
BE THAT HARD RIGHT,
I MEAN THE NEEDLE POINTS
YOU STRAIGHT THERE
JUST FOLLOW THE NEEDLE, RIGHT.
BUT NOW THAT I'M HERE I
REALIZE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
I MEAN, THE WIND IS INCREDIBLE
AND THE SNOW IS INTENSE
AND IT'S SO COLD MY HANDS ARE,
MY HANDS, UM...
The camera zooms out and it shows Phil at a parking lot with a team of technicians throwing artificial snow and holding a fan at him.
Phil says YEAH OKAY SO WE'RE NOT
REALLY AT THE NORTH POLE,
WE WERE JUST SORT OF RECREATING
THAT,
BUT STILL I SALUTE THE BRAVE
EXPLORERS WHO TRIED TO MAKE IT
THERE IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE.
AND I GOT A SENSE OF IT
BECAUSE THE WIND
FROM THE FAN
AND THE FAKE SNOW
WAS, UM...
OKAY EVERYBODY LET'S PACK IT UP,
I MEAN THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT OTHER,
ABOUT THAT OTHER CAMERA.
(CHAINSAW REVING)
The logo of the show appears with the caption "Science Max!"
Phil says SO BACK
TO OUR MAIN EXPERIMENT.
WHERE HEATHER AND I
ARE BUILDING A LARGER
ELECTROMAGNET.
AN ELECTROMAGNET
WORKS LIKE THIS,
WHEN AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
IS TRAVELING THROUGH A WIRE
IT CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD,
IF YOU WRAP THAT WIRE AROUND
SOMETHING FERROMAGNETIC,
THAT'S SOMETHING MADE OUT
OF A METAL THAT IS ATTRACTED
TO MAGNETS LIKE AN
IRON NAIL, THEN IT
BECOMES A MAGNET.
YOU CAN MAKE A MAGNET
STRONGER BY WRAPPING MORE WIRE
WHICH GIVES MORE DISTANCE
FOR THE CURRENT TO TRAVEL
INCREASING THE MAGNETIC FIELD
AND YOU CAN ALSO INCREASE
THE STRENGTH OF THE CURRENT.
An animation shows the process on a white board.
Phil says HEATHER AND I START WITH A
COIL OF 30 METERS OF WIRE,
AND START WRAPPING.
AND WRAPPING.
AND WRAPPING.
They use a drill to help with the wrapping.
Phil says THERE THE WIRE IS NOW
ALL DONE AND REMEMBER
IF YOU'RE DOING THIS AT
HOME, DO NOT USE A DRILL
UNLESS YOU HAVE AN
ADULT TO HELP YOU OUT
BECAUSE DRILLS CAN
BE VERY DANGEROUS.
THIS ONE GOES AT
A VERY SLOW SPEED
SO IT WAS OKAY,
BUT YES, DEFINITELY
AN ADULT SUPERVISED ACTIVITY.
THEN WE
ATTACH ANOTHER ON-OFF SWITCH
AND MAKE SOME LEADS THAT
CONNECT TO A 12 VOLT BATTERY.
SO MORE WRAPS OF
WIRE AND MORE CURRENT
MEANS THE ELECTROMAGNET
SHOULD BE STRONGER.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA
TRY THIS ELECTROMAGNET
AND WE'RE GONNA PICK UP
THIS STUFF RIGHT HERE.
He groups a bunch of paper clips on the table.
Heather says GREAT.
Phil says READY?
Heather says YOU READY?
Phil says YEAH.
They both say THREE, TWO, ONE...
GO!
Phil says IS IT ON?
Heather says YEAH, YEAH.
Phil says WOW YOU CAN'T TELL
THAT IT'S ON.
Heather says BUT BRING IT CLOSER AND...
Phil says OH YEAH, LOOK AT
He picks up all the clips with the electromagnet.
Phil says THAT, OKAY, WAIT, TURN IT OFF.
All the clips fall back on the table.
Heather says ALL RIGHT.
(PHIL LAUGHS)
LET'S SEE IF THIS NAIL
CAN PICK UP THIS NAIL.
ALL RIGHT; READY?
Heather says READY?
Phil says GO.
HA...?
OH.
The nail falls back on the table.
Phil says OKAY HOW ABOUT THIS SIDE?
WOOP, NOPE.
NOPE.
Heather says HMMM, I DON'T THINK
WE'RE STRONG ENOUGH.
Phil says IT'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
I THINK THAT WE
NEED TO MAX THIS OUT
EVEN MORE.
Heather says EVEN MORE?
Phil says RIGHT.
Heather says UM...
SO I'M THINKING THERE
ARE A LOT OF APPLIANCES
THAT USE ELECTROMAGNETS,
MEANING IT'S ALREADY
SET UP, IT ALREADY HAS
TIGHTLY WOUND COILS
AND HIGH VOLTAGE, SO
WE'RE IN A LAB HERE,
MAYBE DO YOU HAVE OLD
APPLIANCES AROUND?
Phil says I HAVE PARTS BINS WITH
A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF,
MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME
ELECTROMAGNETS IN THOSE.
Heather says LET'S DO IT.
Phil says OKAY GREAT, LET'S GO!
(ROCK GUITAR MUSIC)
A logo appears with the caption "Mini Max!"
Phil says MINI MAX!
ALL RIGHT, PLIERS, BATTERY,
COPPER WIRE, NOW IF YOU'VE
ALREADY DONE THE ELECTROMAGNET
EXPERIMENT, HERE'S ANOTHER
EXPERIMENT THAT USES
ALL THE SAME MATERIALS
PLUS THESE, HA.
NEODYMIUM MAGNETS,
SOME OF THE STRONGEST
MAGNETS YOU CAN GET.
The magnets are attracted by a metal shelf.
He says SO HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED.
A BATTERY,
SOME NEODYMIUM MAGNETS THE
SAME DIAMETER AS YOUR BATTERY,
COPPER WIRE AND SOME PLIERS.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO,
FIRST THING IS YOU PUT THE
BATTERIES AND THE MAGNETS
TOGETHER, LIKE THAT.
THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO IS BEND THE WIRE
SO IT'S TOUCHING THE TOP OF
THE BATTERY AND GOES AROUND
THE BATTERY AND THEN TOUCHES
THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM.
HERE'S WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I SAY MIGHT BECAUSE YOU
CAN DO ANY SHAPE YOU WANT.
I'VE MADE A COIL HERE.
WHEN WE PUT IT OVER THE
BATTERY YOU SEE IT ONLY TOUCHES
THE VERY TOP OF THE BATTERY
AND THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM.
AND IF I LET IT GO...
IT SPINS!
IT'S A HOMOPOLOR MOTOR.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THE BATTERY
SENDS AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
THROUGH THE COPPER WIRE
AND THAT TURNS IT
INTO AN ELECTROMAGNET
WHICH IS ATTRACTED TO
THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM
AND IT SPINS.
SO NOW LET'S MAX IT OUT.
AH-HA! A D-CELL
BATTERY, WHICH IS LARGER
AND OF COURSE LARGER
NEODYMIUM MAGNETS,
AND YOU DO THE SAME THING.
MAKE A COIL THAT ONLY TOUCHES
THE BATTERY AT THE TOP
AND AT THE MAGNET
AND...
AH-HA!
IT SPINS!
MAXED OUT HOMOPOLOR MOTOR.
BUT DON'T WORRY, THIS
IS NOT THE BIGGEST SIZE
WE'RE GONNA DO.
COME ON.
(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)
MAXED OUT HOMOPOLOR MOTOR!
I HAVE 27 D-CELL BATTERIES
A GIANT COPPER TUBE,
AND A NEODYMIUM MAGNET.
SO I'M JUST GONNA...
AND THEN WE GET RID OF THAT...
PUT THIS DOWN...
OKAY SO THE FIRST
THING I DO
IS ATTACH THE NEODYMIUM
MAGNET TO THE BATTERIES
AND I'VE GOT ALL THE
BATTERIES TAPED TOGETHER HERE
SO THEY'LL SORT OF STAND UP.
LIKE...
LIKE THIS.
The pile of batteries is taller than Phil.
Phil laughs and says GIANT STACK OF D-CELL
BATTERIES.
OKAY, NOW WHAT I DO
IS I TAKE THE COPPER COIL...
He lets go of the pile and the pile falls.
Phil says I TAKE THE COPPER
COIL, UM...
I NEED TO
GET...
I NEED TO GET....
OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
I GOT THIS.
I JUST NEED TO GET THE
COPPER, HA-HA!
I DID IT!
OKAY SO, I TAKE THE
COPPER AND I PUT IT
ON TOP
OF THE D-CELL BATTERIES
LIKE THIS,
AND THEN
I LET IT GO!
(GROANS NERVOUSLY)
LET IT GO!
NOPE, WOAH!
The pile keeps falling down.
Phil says HOMOPOLAR MOTOR!
OKAY SO THAT DIDN'T WORK.
BUT THAT'S OKAY, I LIKE
IT WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK
BECAUSE THAT'S SCIENCE.
IT'S NOT SCIENCE IF IT
WORKS PERFECTLY EVERY TIME,
I MEAN YOU GOT TO HAVE
SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
(CHAIN SAW REVVING)
Phil says HEATHER AND I
BUILT A LARGER ELECTROMAGNET
BUT IT STILL WASN'T AS
POWERFUL AS WE'D HOPED.
SO NOW WE'RE SEARCHING
FOR PARTS THAT CAME OUT OF
AN APPLIANCE THAT ARE
PRE-BUILT ELECTROMAGNETS.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
Heather says I THINK THAT'LL
DO THE TRICK.
Phil holds a big magnet with a handle and says DO YOU THINK THIS WILL...
THIS DOES LOOK LIKE
AN ELECTROMAGNET.
Heather says IT DOES, YEAH.
Phil says AND THERE'S A WHOLE
BIG BUNCH OF COPPER WIRES
COILED ON THAT.
Heather says COILED AROUND.
Phil says SO YOU THINK WE CAN USE THIS?
Heather says YEAH LET'S TRY IT.
Phil says OKAY GREAT.
Phil says WE BUILD THE NEXT
VERSION OF THE ELECTROMAGNET
THIS ONE ALREADY HAS
THE COPPER COILS,
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF ATTACHING THE WIRES
AND AN ON-OFF SWITCH,
AND ATTACHING THAT TO
OUR 12 VOLT BATTERY.
YOU THINK 12 VOLTS
WILL BE ENOUGH?
Heather says WELL LET'S FIND
OUT, I THINK SO.
Phil says ONCE WE DO,
IT WORKS MUCH BETTER.
The magnet attracts the large nail.
Phil says NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
Heather says RIGHT.
Phil says YEP TURN IT ON.
Heather says ON.
The magnet attracts all the clips at once.
Both say WOE!
PRETTY GOOD.
OKAY.
Both say OFF.
The clips fall back on the table.
Phil says NEAT,
IN CASE IT WAS REALLY
STRONG, I HAVE THE NEXT STEP.
HORSESHOE!
OKAY, READY?
The magnet attracts the horse shoe.
Phil says WHOA!
THAT'S...
VERY...
He tries to pull it off.
Phil says I CAN'T PULL THAT OFF.
OKAY WAIT, GRAB THIS.
Heather grabs the magnet and says OKAY.
Phil pulls the horse shoe and Heather says WORK TOGETHER.
They pull them apart with a lot of effort.
Phil says YEP.
(LAUGHING)
SO THAT'S PASSED
ALL OF OUR TESTS.
Heather says YEAH.
Phil says THIS IS REALLY STRONG.
Heather says SO ARE WE GONNA
TEST IT FURTHER?
Phil says IN ORDER TO
TEST HOW STRONG OUR MAGNET IS
IT'S AS EASY AS SEEING HOW
MUCH WEIGHT IT WILL LIFT.
HEATHER AND I FIND
A METAL TABLE.
Heather says ALL RIGHT PHIL, SO I
BROUGHT THE ELECTROMAGNET.
Phil says OKAY.
Heather says LET'S PUT IT RIGHT HERE.
Phil says YEP.
Phil says WE ADD SOME SANDBAGS
FOR MORE WEIGHT.
THEN ATTACH A SCALE SO WE
CAN MEASURE HOW MUCH WEIGHT
WE'RE LIFTING.
WE USE A CHAIN HOIST, A
SIMPLE MACHINE MADE FOR
LIFTING HEAVY THINGS.
THIS ONE CAN HOLD
UP TO 454 KILOGRAMS.
WANT TO TURN IT ON?
Heather says WE'RE READY?
Phil says YEP.
Heather says HERE WE GO.
Phil says YOU
CAN READ ON THE SCALE
HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS BEING LIFTED.
POUNDS ON THIS SIDE,
KILOGRAMS ON THIS SIDE.
Pounds appear to the left of the scale and kilograms appear to the right.
Phil says WE KEEP LIFTING UNTIL...
The table gets unhooked and falls to the floor.
Heather says WOO!
WOO!
Phil says OH! OKAY SO HOW
MUCH DID IT HOLD?
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says OH!
THAT'S MORE THAN I WEIGH,
WHICH GIVES ME AN IDEA.
COME ON.
(ROCK GUITAR MUSIC)
The logo appears with the caption "Max Fax."
Now Phil appears in a different lab.
He holds a liquid sample and says THIS IS FERROFLUID,
IT IS FERROMAGNETIC.
WHICH MEANS IT'S
ATTRACTED TO MAGNETS,
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,
YOU'RE THINKING IT'S
NOT THAT INTERESTING.
WELL WATCH AS I PUT IT
NEXT TO THIS MAGNET!
VERY INTERESTING.
He gets the magnet close to the sample and moves it up and down. Black particles in the liquid move with the magnet.
Phil says AND BECAUSE IT'S A
LIQUID IT BEHAVES
IN VERY INTERESTING WAYS.
WATCH THIS.
He tilts the sample and the black particles take different shapes.
Phil says UNLIKE MOST
THINGS FERROMAGNETIC,
LIKE PAPERCLIPS,
OR IRON FILINGS,
FERROFLUID IS A LIQUID
WHICH MEANS IT BEHAVES
IN A UNIQUE WAY.
THE SPIKES IT CREATES
ARE FOLLOWING THE
MAGNETIC FIELD LINES
OF THE MAGNET.
YOU CAN SEE THE
MAGNETIC FIELD IN 3D.
IT'S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE
WHEN WE MAX IT OUT.
THIS IS FERROFLUID
OUTSIDE OF A GLASS JAR.
NOW IT'S SITTING IN A POOL
AROUND THIS ELECTROMAGNET
AND THIS IS A DIAL WHICH I
CAN USE TO CHANGE THE VOLTAGE
OF THE ELECTROMAGNET
MAKING THE MAGNET STRONGER.
WATCH THIS.
He turns up the voltage and the liquid in pool start climbing up the spiral in the middle of the magnet.
Phil says CHANGING THE
CURRENT GOING TO THE SPIRAL
IN THE MIDDLE TURNS
IT INTO A MAGNET.
THE MORE CURRENT I PUT IN
THE STRONGER THAT
MAGNET BECOMES.
ALLOWING THE FERROFLUID TO
CLIMB THE SPIRAL TO THE TOP.
AND REMEMBER, EVEN
THOUGH IT LOOKS ALL SPIKY,
IT'S STILL A LIQUID I
WILL DEMONSTRATE WITH MY
PLASTIC SPOON.
He collects the "spikes" with the spoon and they become liquid again.
Phil says AND WATCH THIS,
WHEN TURN THE MAGNET OFF...
IT STOPS BEING SPIKY.
TURN IT ON...
TURN IT OFF.
SCIENCE.
EW.
A caption reads "The Wizard Academy."
A clip shows a magician showing tricks to the wizard.
Phil says THE
WIZARD ACADEMY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
DEMONSTRATE TRUE MAGIC
AND YOU'LL BE GRANTED ENTRY.
The wizard says WELL FUZZIKS, WHO
IS THE NEXT APPLICANT
FOR THE WIZARD ACADEMY?
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant appears from behind a plant and says INDEED IT IS I!
OVER WHELM-OH!
AND PREPARE TO BE
OVERWHELMED-OH.
WOULD YOU BE FLABERGAST-IFIED
IF I BALANCED
THIS COIN ON ITS END?
The wizard says NOT REALLY, NO.
The applicant says BUT WOULD YOU BE IMPRESSED
IF I WAS TO BALANCE THIS COIN
ON TOP OF THIS COIN?
The wizard says POSSIBLY.
The applicant says PREPARE TO BE FLUSTERED!
AND STUPEFIED!
STOOP-EE...
STOOP-EE-FLUSTERED!
AS I BALANCE THREE
COINS ON THEIR ENDS
ON TOP OF THIS GLASS!
The wizard says WELL THAT CERTAINLY
WOULD SEEM LIKE MAGIC.
LET US SEE.
The applicant says OKAY, NO PRESSURE
OVER WHELM-OH,
YOU CAN DO THIS.
AND NOW I SAY, A MAGIC WORD.
A MAGIC WORD! (LAUGHS)
The coins balance on top of the glass.
The assistant claps.
The applicant says AND NOW YOU MUST LET
ME IN TO YOUR ACADEMY.
The wizard says WAIT.
WHAT'S UNDER THE CLOTH?
The applicant says WHAT CLOTH, THIS
CLOTH, NOTHING.
The wizard takes his magic wand and makes the cloth disappear.
The wizard says IS THAT A MAGNET?
The applicant says THIS? NO.
The wizard says THE PULL OF THE MAGNET IS
WHAT'S KEEPING THOSE COINS UP.
THE MAGNET IS JUST STRONG
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE COINS
FROM FALLING.
The applicant says NO, THIS IS
SET DRESSING,
IT'S JUST FOR...
The wizard says IT WAS A GOOD TRICK.
BUT IT'S SCIENCE, NOT MAGIC.
The applicant says WELL, YES...
AND YOU WILL SEE, YOU WILL SEE,
I WILL BE BACK, I OVER
WHELM-OH WILL RETURN
AND I WILL DO SUCH MAGIC THAT
YOU WILL NEED EXTRA SOCKS,
BECAUSE I WILL KNOCK
THEM OFF WITH MY MAGIC
YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO
PAIRS OF, MAYBE THREE PAIRS
OF SOCKS.
He hides behind the plant.
The wizard says WE CAN STILL SEE YOU.
The applicant says NO YOU CAN'T!
Phil says SO, BACK
TO OUR MAIN EXPERIMENT.
HEATHER AND I HAVE CREATED
A VERY STRONG ELECTROMAGNET
THAT CAN HOLD A LOT OF WEIGHT.
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says WHICH
GAVE ME AN IDEA.
Phil wears a helmet and a belt and says ALL RIGHT YOU READY?
Heather says LET'S DO IT!
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS, SUPER
MAXED OUT EXPERIMENT!
WE'VE GOT...?
Heather says TWO ELECTROMAGNETS, ONE, TWO.
Phil says AND THOSE ARE WIRED
TO TWO BATTERIES
WHICH ARE ON MY BELT,
JUST LIKE THIS, SO THAT
I CAN CARRY THEM AROUND.
AND WE'VE GOT A CRASH MAT HERE,
BECAUSE...
Heather says WE NEED TO KEEP
YOU SAFE, BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING THESE
ELECTROMAGNETS TO GET ACROSS
THIS MASSIVE BEAM ABOVE US.
Phil says THAT'S RIGHT I'M GONNA
STICK TO THIS METAL BEAM
AND GO ACROSS WITH
THE ELECTROMAGNETS,
WE HOPE.
Heather says WOW.
I HAVE FAITH.
Phil says I'M GLAD YOU DO.
I'VE GOT HELMET FOR SAFETY,
GOGGLES FOR SAFETY,
GLOVES FOR SAFETY,
BUT IN THIS CASE SOMETIMES
THE LAB COAT IS MORE SAFE,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S LESS SAFE.
THIS TIME IT WILL GET ALL
CAUGHT UP SO NO LAB COAT.
ALL RIGHT YOU READY TO GO?
Heather says I'M READY, LET'S DO IT!
Phil says OKAY!
He gets the two electromagnets on his hands close to the beam.
Heather says MY GOODNESS.
ONE.
Phil says OKAY.
Phil starts crossing to the other side of the beam using the magnets.
Phil says BECAUSE EACH OF
OUR ELECTROMAGNETS CAN HOLD
MORE THAN MY WHOLE BODY
WEIGHT, I CAN USE THEM TO CROSS
THE BEAM, WHEN THEY'RE
ON THEY STICK LIKE,
WELL, MAGNETS.
AND WHEN I TURN THEM OFF
THEY STOP BEING MAGNETS
AND I CAN MOVE
THEM ALONG AS I GO.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
DEFINITELY NOT TRY AT HOME.
Heather says YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!
(LAUGHING)
Phil says WE DID IT!
THERE YOU GO, SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE!
ELECTROMAGNETS!
YOU WANNA GO?
Heather says NO.
Phil says YOU SURE?
Heather says I'M POSITIVE.
Phil says OKAY.
I'M GOING AGAIN.
WOO HOO!
Heather says YOU'RE CRAZY.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
The applicant says OH, OH, CAREFUL,
DON'T MESS IT UP OVER WHELM-OH.
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The wizard says SEND IN THE NEXT APPLICANT
FOR THE WIZARDS ACADEMY.
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant says NOW I SAY THE MAGIC WORD...
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant says I SAY THE MAGIC WORD,
THE MAGIC WORD!
The wizard says WELL THAT CERTAINLY
DOES SEEM LIKE MAGIC, YUP!
The applicant says AS I BALANCE NOT ONE
COIN, NOT TWO COINS...
THAT'S A THREE.
Producer, Phil McCordic.
Directed by, Chris Chilco.
Canada Media Fund.
Rocket Fund.
With the participation of the Government of Ontario.
With the participation of The Canadian Film and Video Tax Credit.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Breakthrough.
Maximite 2 Productions Incorporated, copyrights 2016.
Phil is in her twenties, clean-shaven and with short curly dark blond hair. He wears gray trousers, a blue T-shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says HAVE YOU EVER
DONE A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
AND WONDERED IT WOULD BE
LIKE IF YOU DID IT BIG?
I HAVE.
MY NAME IS PHIL
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
Phil appears under the water, in a skydiving chamber and on a trolley.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears. It’s a black and yellow triangle with an exploding element inside and a blue sign across that reads "Experiments at Large."
Voices shout SCIENCE MAX!
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS
ARE MAGNETS YOU CAN
TURN ON OR OFF WHEN YOU WANT.
WE BUILD OUR OWN ELECTROMAGNET
AND SEE JUST HOW POWERFUL
WE CAN MAKE IT.
He stands next to a working table with Heather.
Heather is in her twenties, with long slightly wavy brown hair. She wears a white lab coat.
Phil attracts several large paper clips with a magnet.
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says PLUS
FERROFLUID, WIZARDS
AND I TRY TO GET TO THE
NORTH POLE USING A COMPASS.
He now wears a parka and says BUT NOW THAT I'M
HERE I REALIZE,
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
In the lab, Phil says ALL ON THIS
EPISODE OF SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
GREETINGS SCIENCE
MAXIMITES, MY NAME IS PHIL
AND WELCOME TO SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
AT THIS VERY MOMENT, HALF THE
LAB IS BEING HELD TOGETHER
WITH THE POWER OF
ELECTROMAGNETS!
MAGNET ONE TURNING OFF.
He presses a button and metallic objects fall from a shelf.
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS ARE REALLY COOL
AND POWERFUL WAY TO
INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
He presses another button and other metallic objects fall from the shelf.
Phil says AND WHEN I SAY
POWER, THAT'S BECAUSE
YOU NEED POWER TO
MAKE THEM WORK OR
NOT WORK.
He pulls a handle and other objects fall.
He laughs and says MAGNETISM IS AN INVISIBLE FORCE
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE
MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED
BY MAGNETS THAT LETS THEM
ATTRACT THINGS THAT ARE METAL.
OR EACH OTHER.
BUT ELECTROMAGNETISM
IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
YOU SEE, MAGNETS ARE
MAGNETS ALL THE TIME.
He pulls a clip from a magnet and when he lets go, the clip is attracted back to the magnet.
Phil says IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF.
ELECTROMAGNETS ARE ONLY A
MAGNET WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELECTRIC
CURRENT GOING THROUGH THEM
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN TURN THEM ON
OR OFF.
He switches an electromagnet off and the clips fall.
Phil says TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE
BUILDING AN ELECTROMAGNET!
He turns a switch off and the whole lab goes black.
He says OH, THAT WAS...
THAT WAS THE WRONG SWITCH.
BUT ANYWAY, LIKE I WAS SAYING,
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
BUILDING AN ELECTROMAGNET.
YOU NEED
A BUNCH OF COPPER WIRE,
A VERY LARGE NAIL OR
SOMETHING METAL TO BECOME YOUR
ELECTROMAGNET, ELECTRICAL
TAPE, A BATTERY,
AN ON-OFF SWITCH, WIRE
STRIPPERS OR CRAFT KNIFE
AND THE HELP OF AN ADULT
AND FINALLY SOMETHING TO
MAGNETIZE, LIKE
THESE PAPER CLIPS.
AND REMEMBER, ALL THE
STEPS FOR THIS EXPERIMENT
ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says TO BEGIN, TAKE THE COPPER WIRE
AND START AT THE
TOP OF THE NAIL.
LEAVE A BIT OF WIRE STICKING
OUT AND THEN CAREFULLY
START TO WRAP THE
WIRE AROUND THE NAIL.
DON'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END
BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME METAL
TO TURN INTO THE MAGNET.
INSTEAD WHEN YOU WANT TO
START AGAIN, RUN THE WIRE
STRAIT BACK TO THE TOP
AND START WRAPPING AGAIN
IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND KEEP WRAPPING,
AND WRAPPING UNTIL
YOU GET TO THIS.
NOW I USED SOME ELECTRICAL
TAPE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE,
TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER.
He wraps some tape on the ends and in the middle.
He says USING YOUR WIRE
STRIPPERS OR CRAFT KNIFE,
AND THE HELP OF AN ADULT,
REMOVE THE PLASTIC COATING
FROM THE ENDS OF THE WIRES.
ATTACH THESE WIRES TO THE
WIRES FROM THE ON-OFF SWITCH
WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE OR ATTACH
THEM DIRECTLY TO A BATTERY
IF YOU DON'T HAVE
AN ON-OFF SWITCH.
AND TA-DA, YOU
HAVE AN ELECTROMAGNET
WITH YOUR ON-OFF SWITCH
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
TAKE THE THINGS YOU ARE
GOING TO MAGNETIZE, TURN
YOUR ELECTROMAGNET ON
AND SUDDENLY
IT BECOMES A MAGNET!
He picks up some paper clips with the electromagnet.
He says PRETTY AMAZING, HA-HA!
AND THEN YOU CAN MAGNETIZE
TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
DON'T FORGET, YOU
WANT TO TURN IT OFF.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO TODAY ON
SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA MAX OUT
THE ELECTROMAGNET.
SO, WHERE'S MY LAB COAT,
OH THERE IT IS.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW BIG WE
CAN MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET.
AND WHEN I SAY WE I
MEAN ME AND AN EXPERT.
LET'S SEE, OH, HEATHER
FROM THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE,
SHE KNOWS HER WAY
AROUND MAGNETS.
SO LET'S SEE,
UH YEAH, I WONDER IF SHE'S BUSY.
WELL LET'S FIND OUT.
He enters the portal.
Phil says AND AFTER WE'RE
DONE, I'LL NEED TO COME BACK
AND CLEAN UP THE GIANT
MESS I MADE IN THE LAB.
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
A caption reads "Heather."
She says HEY.
Phil says HI HEATHER, HOW YOU DOING?
Heather says GOOD, GOOD TO SEE YOU PHIL.
Phil says I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU
COULD HELP ME WITH SOMETHING.
ARE YOU BUSY?
Heather says NO I GOT TIME, I GOT TIME.
Phil says OKAY GREAT!
'CAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE A
GIANT ELECTROMAGNET EXPERIMENT
AND I NEED YOUR HELP.
Heather says THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
Phil says OKAY GREAT.
LET'S GO BACK TO SCIENCE
MAX HEADQUARTERS.
Heather says OH, VIA THE PORTAL?
Phil says YEAH BY THE PORTAL.
Heather says OH.
OKAY.
Phil says YOU SURE?
(HEATHER STAMMERS)
Phil says I KNOW YOU'RE HESITANT
SO I WANT TO REASSURE YOU
NOTHING WILL GO WRONG.
Heather says GREAT OKAY.
They appear outside Heather’s office.
Phil says OH HEY, WE'RE HERE.
Heather says WE'RE OUTSIDE.
NO, NO, I THINK, DEFINITELY.
Phil says IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
They appear in the lab and
Heather says YOU ALL RIGHT?
Phil says YEAH.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO
COME IN OVER THERE
BUT I CAME IN OVER HERE.
OH WELL.
SO TODAY HEATHER, I WANT TO
MAX OUT THE ELECTROMAGNET!
TURN IT ON.
AND IT'S A MAGNET.
PRETTY GOOD.
AND TURN IT OFF, AND
IT STOPS BEING A MAGNET.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS
INTO A MUCH BIGGER
MAXED OUT VERSION.
Heather says ALL RIGHT.
Phil says SO WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE THINGS WE CAN
DO, TO DO THAT?
Heather says WELL ACTUALLY, IF YOU
HAVE A LARGER BATTERY,
ONE THAT HAS A HIGHER VOLTAGE
WE CAN TRY THAT FOR SURE.
OKAY SO THERE ARE
THAT WILL HELP.
Phil says THERE ARE BATTERIES THAT ARE 12 VOLTS.
Heather says YES.
Phil says WE CAN TRY ONE OF THOSE.
Heather says LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
Phil says I THINK THOSE ARE
LIKE, BIGGER, RIGHT?
Heather says YEAH, BIGGER, MORE
POWERFUL, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S ONE THING YOU CAN DO,
YOU CAN ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF WRAPS OF OUR COIL HERE.
Phil says SO HOW MANY TIMES
WE'VE WRAPPED THAT WIRE.
Heather says YES, WILL INCREASE
THAT MAGNETIC FIELD,
MAKING OUR MAGNET STRONGER.
Phil says AND OF COURSE THE
NAIL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THAT'S THE
THING THAT EVENTUALLY
BECOMES THE MAGNET.
Heather says RIGHT ON, YES.
Phil says SO WHAT I THOUGHT
WE WOULD DO IS START
WITH A BIGGER NAIL!
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
RIGHT?
He takes out a bigger nail.
Phil says SO, UH, LARGER BATTERY,
Heather says YES.
Phil says MORE VOLTAGE AND
A LOT MORE WRAPS
OF THE WIRE.
Heather says RIGHT ON AND WE HAVE
MORE SPACE FOR THAT NOW,
WHICH IS SMART, GOOD JOB.
Phil says GREAT!
OKAY, SO WE'LL GET TO WORK.
GREAT!
They high-five.
A slate appears with the caption "Max Historica."
Phil says MAX HISTORICA.
(CLASSICAL VIOLIN MUSIC)
Now Phil is in a snowy set, wearing a parka.
He says IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A COMPASS,
YOU KNOW THAT THE
NEEDLE POINTS NORTH.
THAT'S BECAUSE A COMPASS
NEEDLE IS A MAGNET
AND IT POINTS TOWARDS THE
EARTH'S MAGNETIC NORTH POLE.
AND I'M USING THIS COMPASS TO
TRY TO GET TO THE NORTH POLE.
BUT IT ISN'T EASY, IN FACT
SCIENTISTS KNEW THERE WAS
SUCH A THING AS THE
NORTH POLE AS FAR BACK AS
THE 16TH CENTURY, BUT NO ONE
WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THERE
ON FOOT UNTIL 1927.
YOU'D THINK IT WOULDN'T
BE THAT HARD RIGHT,
I MEAN THE NEEDLE POINTS
YOU STRAIGHT THERE
JUST FOLLOW THE NEEDLE, RIGHT.
BUT NOW THAT I'M HERE I
REALIZE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
I MEAN, THE WIND IS INCREDIBLE
AND THE SNOW IS INTENSE
AND IT'S SO COLD MY HANDS ARE,
MY HANDS, UM...
The camera zooms out and it shows Phil at a parking lot with a team of technicians throwing artificial snow and holding a fan at him.
Phil says YEAH OKAY SO WE'RE NOT
REALLY AT THE NORTH POLE,
WE WERE JUST SORT OF RECREATING
THAT,
BUT STILL I SALUTE THE BRAVE
EXPLORERS WHO TRIED TO MAKE IT
THERE IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE.
AND I GOT A SENSE OF IT
BECAUSE THE WIND
FROM THE FAN
AND THE FAKE SNOW
WAS, UM...
OKAY EVERYBODY LET'S PACK IT UP,
I MEAN THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT OTHER,
ABOUT THAT OTHER CAMERA.
(CHAINSAW REVING)
The logo of the show appears with the caption "Science Max!"
Phil says SO BACK
TO OUR MAIN EXPERIMENT.
WHERE HEATHER AND I
ARE BUILDING A LARGER
ELECTROMAGNET.
AN ELECTROMAGNET
WORKS LIKE THIS,
WHEN AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
IS TRAVELING THROUGH A WIRE
IT CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD,
IF YOU WRAP THAT WIRE AROUND
SOMETHING FERROMAGNETIC,
THAT'S SOMETHING MADE OUT
OF A METAL THAT IS ATTRACTED
TO MAGNETS LIKE AN
IRON NAIL, THEN IT
BECOMES A MAGNET.
YOU CAN MAKE A MAGNET
STRONGER BY WRAPPING MORE WIRE
WHICH GIVES MORE DISTANCE
FOR THE CURRENT TO TRAVEL
INCREASING THE MAGNETIC FIELD
AND YOU CAN ALSO INCREASE
THE STRENGTH OF THE CURRENT.
An animation shows the process on a white board.
Phil says HEATHER AND I START WITH A
COIL OF 30 METERS OF WIRE,
AND START WRAPPING.
AND WRAPPING.
AND WRAPPING.
They use a drill to help with the wrapping.
Phil says THERE THE WIRE IS NOW
ALL DONE AND REMEMBER
IF YOU'RE DOING THIS AT
HOME, DO NOT USE A DRILL
UNLESS YOU HAVE AN
ADULT TO HELP YOU OUT
BECAUSE DRILLS CAN
BE VERY DANGEROUS.
THIS ONE GOES AT
A VERY SLOW SPEED
SO IT WAS OKAY,
BUT YES, DEFINITELY
AN ADULT SUPERVISED ACTIVITY.
THEN WE
ATTACH ANOTHER ON-OFF SWITCH
AND MAKE SOME LEADS THAT
CONNECT TO A 12 VOLT BATTERY.
SO MORE WRAPS OF
WIRE AND MORE CURRENT
MEANS THE ELECTROMAGNET
SHOULD BE STRONGER.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA
TRY THIS ELECTROMAGNET
AND WE'RE GONNA PICK UP
THIS STUFF RIGHT HERE.
He groups a bunch of paper clips on the table.
Heather says GREAT.
Phil says READY?
Heather says YOU READY?
Phil says YEAH.
They both say THREE, TWO, ONE...
GO!
Phil says IS IT ON?
Heather says YEAH, YEAH.
Phil says WOW YOU CAN'T TELL
THAT IT'S ON.
Heather says BUT BRING IT CLOSER AND...
Phil says OH YEAH, LOOK AT
He picks up all the clips with the electromagnet.
Phil says THAT, OKAY, WAIT, TURN IT OFF.
All the clips fall back on the table.
Heather says ALL RIGHT.
(PHIL LAUGHS)
LET'S SEE IF THIS NAIL
CAN PICK UP THIS NAIL.
ALL RIGHT; READY?
Heather says READY?
Phil says GO.
HA...?
OH.
The nail falls back on the table.
Phil says OKAY HOW ABOUT THIS SIDE?
WOOP, NOPE.
NOPE.
Heather says HMMM, I DON'T THINK
WE'RE STRONG ENOUGH.
Phil says IT'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
I THINK THAT WE
NEED TO MAX THIS OUT
EVEN MORE.
Heather says EVEN MORE?
Phil says RIGHT.
Heather says UM...
SO I'M THINKING THERE
ARE A LOT OF APPLIANCES
THAT USE ELECTROMAGNETS,
MEANING IT'S ALREADY
SET UP, IT ALREADY HAS
TIGHTLY WOUND COILS
AND HIGH VOLTAGE, SO
WE'RE IN A LAB HERE,
MAYBE DO YOU HAVE OLD
APPLIANCES AROUND?
Phil says I HAVE PARTS BINS WITH
A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF,
MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME
ELECTROMAGNETS IN THOSE.
Heather says LET'S DO IT.
Phil says OKAY GREAT, LET'S GO!
(ROCK GUITAR MUSIC)
A logo appears with the caption "Mini Max!"
Phil says MINI MAX!
ALL RIGHT, PLIERS, BATTERY,
COPPER WIRE, NOW IF YOU'VE
ALREADY DONE THE ELECTROMAGNET
EXPERIMENT, HERE'S ANOTHER
EXPERIMENT THAT USES
ALL THE SAME MATERIALS
PLUS THESE, HA.
NEODYMIUM MAGNETS,
SOME OF THE STRONGEST
MAGNETS YOU CAN GET.
The magnets are attracted by a metal shelf.
He says SO HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED.
A BATTERY,
SOME NEODYMIUM MAGNETS THE
SAME DIAMETER AS YOUR BATTERY,
COPPER WIRE AND SOME PLIERS.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO,
FIRST THING IS YOU PUT THE
BATTERIES AND THE MAGNETS
TOGETHER, LIKE THAT.
THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO IS BEND THE WIRE
SO IT'S TOUCHING THE TOP OF
THE BATTERY AND GOES AROUND
THE BATTERY AND THEN TOUCHES
THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM.
HERE'S WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
I SAY MIGHT BECAUSE YOU
CAN DO ANY SHAPE YOU WANT.
I'VE MADE A COIL HERE.
WHEN WE PUT IT OVER THE
BATTERY YOU SEE IT ONLY TOUCHES
THE VERY TOP OF THE BATTERY
AND THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM.
AND IF I LET IT GO...
IT SPINS!
IT'S A HOMOPOLOR MOTOR.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THE BATTERY
SENDS AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
THROUGH THE COPPER WIRE
AND THAT TURNS IT
INTO AN ELECTROMAGNET
WHICH IS ATTRACTED TO
THE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM
AND IT SPINS.
SO NOW LET'S MAX IT OUT.
AH-HA! A D-CELL
BATTERY, WHICH IS LARGER
AND OF COURSE LARGER
NEODYMIUM MAGNETS,
AND YOU DO THE SAME THING.
MAKE A COIL THAT ONLY TOUCHES
THE BATTERY AT THE TOP
AND AT THE MAGNET
AND...
AH-HA!
IT SPINS!
MAXED OUT HOMOPOLOR MOTOR.
BUT DON'T WORRY, THIS
IS NOT THE BIGGEST SIZE
WE'RE GONNA DO.
COME ON.
(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)
MAXED OUT HOMOPOLOR MOTOR!
I HAVE 27 D-CELL BATTERIES
A GIANT COPPER TUBE,
AND A NEODYMIUM MAGNET.
SO I'M JUST GONNA...
AND THEN WE GET RID OF THAT...
PUT THIS DOWN...
OKAY SO THE FIRST
THING I DO
IS ATTACH THE NEODYMIUM
MAGNET TO THE BATTERIES
AND I'VE GOT ALL THE
BATTERIES TAPED TOGETHER HERE
SO THEY'LL SORT OF STAND UP.
LIKE...
LIKE THIS.
The pile of batteries is taller than Phil.
Phil laughs and says GIANT STACK OF D-CELL
BATTERIES.
OKAY, NOW WHAT I DO
IS I TAKE THE COPPER COIL...
He lets go of the pile and the pile falls.
Phil says I TAKE THE COPPER
COIL, UM...
I NEED TO
GET...
I NEED TO GET....
OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
I GOT THIS.
I JUST NEED TO GET THE
COPPER, HA-HA!
I DID IT!
OKAY SO, I TAKE THE
COPPER AND I PUT IT
ON TOP
OF THE D-CELL BATTERIES
LIKE THIS,
AND THEN
I LET IT GO!
(GROANS NERVOUSLY)
LET IT GO!
NOPE, WOAH!
The pile keeps falling down.
Phil says HOMOPOLAR MOTOR!
OKAY SO THAT DIDN'T WORK.
BUT THAT'S OKAY, I LIKE
IT WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK
BECAUSE THAT'S SCIENCE.
IT'S NOT SCIENCE IF IT
WORKS PERFECTLY EVERY TIME,
I MEAN YOU GOT TO HAVE
SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
(CHAIN SAW REVVING)
Phil says HEATHER AND I
BUILT A LARGER ELECTROMAGNET
BUT IT STILL WASN'T AS
POWERFUL AS WE'D HOPED.
SO NOW WE'RE SEARCHING
FOR PARTS THAT CAME OUT OF
AN APPLIANCE THAT ARE
PRE-BUILT ELECTROMAGNETS.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
Heather says I THINK THAT'LL
DO THE TRICK.
Phil holds a big magnet with a handle and says DO YOU THINK THIS WILL...
THIS DOES LOOK LIKE
AN ELECTROMAGNET.
Heather says IT DOES, YEAH.
Phil says AND THERE'S A WHOLE
BIG BUNCH OF COPPER WIRES
COILED ON THAT.
Heather says COILED AROUND.
Phil says SO YOU THINK WE CAN USE THIS?
Heather says YEAH LET'S TRY IT.
Phil says OKAY GREAT.
Phil says WE BUILD THE NEXT
VERSION OF THE ELECTROMAGNET
THIS ONE ALREADY HAS
THE COPPER COILS,
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF ATTACHING THE WIRES
AND AN ON-OFF SWITCH,
AND ATTACHING THAT TO
OUR 12 VOLT BATTERY.
YOU THINK 12 VOLTS
WILL BE ENOUGH?
Heather says WELL LET'S FIND
OUT, I THINK SO.
Phil says ONCE WE DO,
IT WORKS MUCH BETTER.
The magnet attracts the large nail.
Phil says NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
Heather says RIGHT.
Phil says YEP TURN IT ON.
Heather says ON.
The magnet attracts all the clips at once.
Both say WOE!
PRETTY GOOD.
OKAY.
Both say OFF.
The clips fall back on the table.
Phil says NEAT,
IN CASE IT WAS REALLY
STRONG, I HAVE THE NEXT STEP.
HORSESHOE!
OKAY, READY?
The magnet attracts the horse shoe.
Phil says WHOA!
THAT'S...
VERY...
He tries to pull it off.
Phil says I CAN'T PULL THAT OFF.
OKAY WAIT, GRAB THIS.
Heather grabs the magnet and says OKAY.
Phil pulls the horse shoe and Heather says WORK TOGETHER.
They pull them apart with a lot of effort.
Phil says YEP.
(LAUGHING)
SO THAT'S PASSED
ALL OF OUR TESTS.
Heather says YEAH.
Phil says THIS IS REALLY STRONG.
Heather says SO ARE WE GONNA
TEST IT FURTHER?
Phil says IN ORDER TO
TEST HOW STRONG OUR MAGNET IS
IT'S AS EASY AS SEEING HOW
MUCH WEIGHT IT WILL LIFT.
HEATHER AND I FIND
A METAL TABLE.
Heather says ALL RIGHT PHIL, SO I
BROUGHT THE ELECTROMAGNET.
Phil says OKAY.
Heather says LET'S PUT IT RIGHT HERE.
Phil says YEP.
Phil says WE ADD SOME SANDBAGS
FOR MORE WEIGHT.
THEN ATTACH A SCALE SO WE
CAN MEASURE HOW MUCH WEIGHT
WE'RE LIFTING.
WE USE A CHAIN HOIST, A
SIMPLE MACHINE MADE FOR
LIFTING HEAVY THINGS.
THIS ONE CAN HOLD
UP TO 454 KILOGRAMS.
WANT TO TURN IT ON?
Heather says WE'RE READY?
Phil says YEP.
Heather says HERE WE GO.
Phil says YOU
CAN READ ON THE SCALE
HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS BEING LIFTED.
POUNDS ON THIS SIDE,
KILOGRAMS ON THIS SIDE.
Pounds appear to the left of the scale and kilograms appear to the right.
Phil says WE KEEP LIFTING UNTIL...
The table gets unhooked and falls to the floor.
Heather says WOO!
WOO!
Phil says OH! OKAY SO HOW
MUCH DID IT HOLD?
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says OH!
THAT'S MORE THAN I WEIGH,
WHICH GIVES ME AN IDEA.
COME ON.
(ROCK GUITAR MUSIC)
The logo appears with the caption "Max Fax."
Now Phil appears in a different lab.
He holds a liquid sample and says THIS IS FERROFLUID,
IT IS FERROMAGNETIC.
WHICH MEANS IT'S
ATTRACTED TO MAGNETS,
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,
YOU'RE THINKING IT'S
NOT THAT INTERESTING.
WELL WATCH AS I PUT IT
NEXT TO THIS MAGNET!
VERY INTERESTING.
He gets the magnet close to the sample and moves it up and down. Black particles in the liquid move with the magnet.
Phil says AND BECAUSE IT'S A
LIQUID IT BEHAVES
IN VERY INTERESTING WAYS.
WATCH THIS.
He tilts the sample and the black particles take different shapes.
Phil says UNLIKE MOST
THINGS FERROMAGNETIC,
LIKE PAPERCLIPS,
OR IRON FILINGS,
FERROFLUID IS A LIQUID
WHICH MEANS IT BEHAVES
IN A UNIQUE WAY.
THE SPIKES IT CREATES
ARE FOLLOWING THE
MAGNETIC FIELD LINES
OF THE MAGNET.
YOU CAN SEE THE
MAGNETIC FIELD IN 3D.
IT'S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE
WHEN WE MAX IT OUT.
THIS IS FERROFLUID
OUTSIDE OF A GLASS JAR.
NOW IT'S SITTING IN A POOL
AROUND THIS ELECTROMAGNET
AND THIS IS A DIAL WHICH I
CAN USE TO CHANGE THE VOLTAGE
OF THE ELECTROMAGNET
MAKING THE MAGNET STRONGER.
WATCH THIS.
He turns up the voltage and the liquid in pool start climbing up the spiral in the middle of the magnet.
Phil says CHANGING THE
CURRENT GOING TO THE SPIRAL
IN THE MIDDLE TURNS
IT INTO A MAGNET.
THE MORE CURRENT I PUT IN
THE STRONGER THAT
MAGNET BECOMES.
ALLOWING THE FERROFLUID TO
CLIMB THE SPIRAL TO THE TOP.
AND REMEMBER, EVEN
THOUGH IT LOOKS ALL SPIKY,
IT'S STILL A LIQUID I
WILL DEMONSTRATE WITH MY
PLASTIC SPOON.
He collects the "spikes" with the spoon and they become liquid again.
Phil says AND WATCH THIS,
WHEN TURN THE MAGNET OFF...
IT STOPS BEING SPIKY.
TURN IT ON...
TURN IT OFF.
SCIENCE.
EW.
A caption reads "The Wizard Academy."
A clip shows a magician showing tricks to the wizard.
Phil says THE
WIZARD ACADEMY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
DEMONSTRATE TRUE MAGIC
AND YOU'LL BE GRANTED ENTRY.
The wizard says WELL FUZZIKS, WHO
IS THE NEXT APPLICANT
FOR THE WIZARD ACADEMY?
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant appears from behind a plant and says INDEED IT IS I!
OVER WHELM-OH!
AND PREPARE TO BE
OVERWHELMED-OH.
WOULD YOU BE FLABERGAST-IFIED
IF I BALANCED
THIS COIN ON ITS END?
The wizard says NOT REALLY, NO.
The applicant says BUT WOULD YOU BE IMPRESSED
IF I WAS TO BALANCE THIS COIN
ON TOP OF THIS COIN?
The wizard says POSSIBLY.
The applicant says PREPARE TO BE FLUSTERED!
AND STUPEFIED!
STOOP-EE...
STOOP-EE-FLUSTERED!
AS I BALANCE THREE
COINS ON THEIR ENDS
ON TOP OF THIS GLASS!
The wizard says WELL THAT CERTAINLY
WOULD SEEM LIKE MAGIC.
LET US SEE.
The applicant says OKAY, NO PRESSURE
OVER WHELM-OH,
YOU CAN DO THIS.
AND NOW I SAY, A MAGIC WORD.
A MAGIC WORD! (LAUGHS)
The coins balance on top of the glass.
The assistant claps.
The applicant says AND NOW YOU MUST LET
ME IN TO YOUR ACADEMY.
The wizard says WAIT.
WHAT'S UNDER THE CLOTH?
The applicant says WHAT CLOTH, THIS
CLOTH, NOTHING.
The wizard takes his magic wand and makes the cloth disappear.
The wizard says IS THAT A MAGNET?
The applicant says THIS? NO.
The wizard says THE PULL OF THE MAGNET IS
WHAT'S KEEPING THOSE COINS UP.
THE MAGNET IS JUST STRONG
ENOUGH TO KEEP THE COINS
FROM FALLING.
The applicant says NO, THIS IS
SET DRESSING,
IT'S JUST FOR...
The wizard says IT WAS A GOOD TRICK.
BUT IT'S SCIENCE, NOT MAGIC.
The applicant says WELL, YES...
AND YOU WILL SEE, YOU WILL SEE,
I WILL BE BACK, I OVER
WHELM-OH WILL RETURN
AND I WILL DO SUCH MAGIC THAT
YOU WILL NEED EXTRA SOCKS,
BECAUSE I WILL KNOCK
THEM OFF WITH MY MAGIC
YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO
PAIRS OF, MAYBE THREE PAIRS
OF SOCKS.
He hides behind the plant.
The wizard says WE CAN STILL SEE YOU.
The applicant says NO YOU CAN'T!
Phil says SO, BACK
TO OUR MAIN EXPERIMENT.
HEATHER AND I HAVE CREATED
A VERY STRONG ELECTROMAGNET
THAT CAN HOLD A LOT OF WEIGHT.
Heather says IT HELD 100 KILOGRAMS.
Phil says WHICH
GAVE ME AN IDEA.
Phil wears a helmet and a belt and says ALL RIGHT YOU READY?
Heather says LET'S DO IT!
Phil says ELECTROMAGNETS, SUPER
MAXED OUT EXPERIMENT!
WE'VE GOT...?
Heather says TWO ELECTROMAGNETS, ONE, TWO.
Phil says AND THOSE ARE WIRED
TO TWO BATTERIES
WHICH ARE ON MY BELT,
JUST LIKE THIS, SO THAT
I CAN CARRY THEM AROUND.
AND WE'VE GOT A CRASH MAT HERE,
BECAUSE...
Heather says WE NEED TO KEEP
YOU SAFE, BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING THESE
ELECTROMAGNETS TO GET ACROSS
THIS MASSIVE BEAM ABOVE US.
Phil says THAT'S RIGHT I'M GONNA
STICK TO THIS METAL BEAM
AND GO ACROSS WITH
THE ELECTROMAGNETS,
WE HOPE.
Heather says WOW.
I HAVE FAITH.
Phil says I'M GLAD YOU DO.
I'VE GOT HELMET FOR SAFETY,
GOGGLES FOR SAFETY,
GLOVES FOR SAFETY,
BUT IN THIS CASE SOMETIMES
THE LAB COAT IS MORE SAFE,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S LESS SAFE.
THIS TIME IT WILL GET ALL
CAUGHT UP SO NO LAB COAT.
ALL RIGHT YOU READY TO GO?
Heather says I'M READY, LET'S DO IT!
Phil says OKAY!
He gets the two electromagnets on his hands close to the beam.
Heather says MY GOODNESS.
ONE.
Phil says OKAY.
Phil starts crossing to the other side of the beam using the magnets.
Phil says BECAUSE EACH OF
OUR ELECTROMAGNETS CAN HOLD
MORE THAN MY WHOLE BODY
WEIGHT, I CAN USE THEM TO CROSS
THE BEAM, WHEN THEY'RE
ON THEY STICK LIKE,
WELL, MAGNETS.
AND WHEN I TURN THEM OFF
THEY STOP BEING MAGNETS
AND I CAN MOVE
THEM ALONG AS I GO.
NOW THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
DEFINITELY NOT TRY AT HOME.
Heather says YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!
(LAUGHING)
Phil says WE DID IT!
THERE YOU GO, SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE!
ELECTROMAGNETS!
YOU WANNA GO?
Heather says NO.
Phil says YOU SURE?
Heather says I'M POSITIVE.
Phil says OKAY.
I'M GOING AGAIN.
WOO HOO!
Heather says YOU'RE CRAZY.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
The applicant says OH, OH, CAREFUL,
DON'T MESS IT UP OVER WHELM-OH.
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The wizard says SEND IN THE NEXT APPLICANT
FOR THE WIZARDS ACADEMY.
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant says NOW I SAY THE MAGIC WORD...
The assistant says OVER WHELM-OH.
The applicant says I SAY THE MAGIC WORD,
THE MAGIC WORD!
The wizard says WELL THAT CERTAINLY
DOES SEEM LIKE MAGIC, YUP!
The applicant says AS I BALANCE NOT ONE
COIN, NOT TWO COINS...
THAT'S A THREE.
Producer, Phil McCordic.
Directed by, Chris Chilco.
Canada Media Fund.
Rocket Fund.
With the participation of the Government of Ontario.
With the participation of The Canadian Film and Video Tax Credit.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Breakthrough.
Maximite 2 Productions Incorporated, copyrights 2016.
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