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Transcript: Stomp Rocket
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!
(music plays)
Clips from today’s show roll.
Phil says TODAY, WE ARE MOVING AIR.
WE'RE MOVING IT THROUGH A
TUBE TO MAKE A STOMP ROCKET,
VACUUMING IT OUT,
TURNING IT INTO A VORTEX,
AND TAKING IT WITH US...
UNDERWATER.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil grabs his head and says THAT WAS AMAZING!
At the lab, Phil carries a bunch of boxes and says GREETINGS, SCIENCE
MAXIMITES, MY NAME IS PHIL,
AND IT'S MOVING DAY
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
LET'S SEE, WHERE DO I PUT THIS?
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY
A GOOD SPOT.
He tries to empty an empty box.
(HUMMING)
He says TODAY,
WE ARE MOVING... AIR.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T
THINK THAT MOVING AIR
WILL HAVE A HUGE EFFECT, BUT,
YOU'D BE SURPRISED
WHAT YOU CAN DO
BY JUST MOVING AIR,
BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'RE
NOT JUST GONNA
MOVE THE AIR AROUND IN BOXES,
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A ROCKET!
AND THIS ROCKET USES
THE SCIENCE OF...
STOMPING ON SOMETHING
WITH YOUR FOOT!
THIS IS A STOMP ROCKET, AND
IT WORKS BY STOMPING ON THIS
PLASTIC BOTTLE, AND AIR
SHOOTS THROUGH THIS TUBE,
AND PUSHES THE ROCKET
UP INTO THE SKY.
AND HERE IS HOW YOU CAN
BUILD ONE OF YOUR VERY OWN.
AND REMEMBER, IF I GO
TOO FAST, DON'T WORRY,
ALL OF THE STEPS
ARE ON THE WEBSITE,
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG
AT YOUR OWN SPEED.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
Phil says ALL YOU NEED IS A
2-LITRE PLASTIC BOTTLE,
THREE KINDS OF TAPE,
ELECTRICAL TAPE, DUCT TAPE,
AND SCIENCE TAPE, SCIENCE
TAPE IS JUST THE SAME
AS INVISIBLE TAPE, BUT
I USE THIS KIND OF TAPE...
FOR SCIENCE.
THEN YOU WANT SOME
PLUMBERS TUBING,
AND SOME CONSTRUCTION PAPER
TO MAKE YOUR ACTUAL ROCKET.
FIRST, YOU WANNA TAKE
YOUR PLUMBERS TUBING
AND CUT IT INTO THREE
LENGTHS, AND WHEN I SAY YOU,
I MEAN AN ADULT, BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO USE A SAW.
SO, YOU SAW IT UP
INTO A LONG PIECE,
A SHORT PIECE, AND
AN ELBOW PIECE.
WE WANNA MAKE A LONG
TUBE AT THE TOP,
AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA
MAKE A TUBE AT THE BOTTOM,
SO WE CAN ATTACH OUR
2-LITRE BOTTLE TO,
AND THERE WE GO, TA-DA!
WE'RE READY TO GO,
BUT OF COURSE...
IT DOESN'T STAY UP, SO WE
HAVE TO ATTACH IT TO A BASE.
AND, IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS!
AND YOU SEE, IT'S BEEN
ATTACHED WITH DUCT TAPE HERE,
AND I'VE USED ELECTRICAL TAPE,
AND I'VE WRAPPED THAT PART
AROUND THERE, NOW,
BUILDING THE ROCKET.
WRAP THE PAPER AROUND THE TUBE,
AND TAPE IT WITH
YOUR SCIENCE TAPE.
(SMALL PLASTIC CRASH)
TAPE THE TOP CLOSED
SO NO AIR ESCAPES,
THEN CUT A SEMICIRCLE
TO MAKE THE NOSECONE,
AND THREE HOOPS
FOR THRUSTERS,
AND TAPE THEM
TO THE BOTTOM.
THERE YOU GO. THE ROCKET FITS
ON THE TUBE JUST LIKE THAT...
AND WHEN YOU STOMP ON
THIS BOTTLE, IT LAUNCHES!
BUT HERE'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART,
THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT
RULE OF LAUNCHING ROCKETS.
YOU SHOOT ROCKETS
OUTSIDE. COME ON.
He moves his rocket to a parking lot.
He says ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE,
TO A NICE OPEN AREA,
AND YOU BRING YOUR
SAFETY GLASSES WITH YOU,
ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO
MAKE THE STOMP ROCKET WORK
IS, OF COURSE, STOMP ON IT.
YOU READY? HERE WE GO.
3, 2, 1...
He stomps on the bottle and it sends the rocket up in the air.
Phil says WOAH! (LAUGHTER)
DID YOU SEE THAT?
THAT WAS AMAZING.
OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE
WE'RE GONNA START
WITH THE STOMP ROCKET,
I'M GONNA MEET CHRIS
FROM LOGICS ACADEMY, AND HE'S
GONNA HELP ME MAX IT OUT,
AND IN FACT, HE'S PROBABLY
AT SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS
ALREADY, I SHOULD
GET OVER THERE.
OKAY, WHERE IS THE...
OH, THERE IT IS.
He jumps in the portal and he appears in a lab.
Phil says OH, OKAY.
Chris says HOW YOU DOING?
A caption reads "Chris."
Chris is in his twenties, with short brown hair and a shadow of a beard. He wears brown trousers, a blue Logics Academy shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Chris says YOU TOO.
Phil says CHRIS IS FROM LOGICS ACADEMY,
AND YOU GUYS DO IN-CLASS
ROBOTICS WORKSHOPS, RIGHT?
Chris says THAT'S RIGHT, WE DO.
Phil says GREAT, WELL, I WAS HOPING
I COULD GET YOUR EXPERTISE
TO HELP ME MAX OUT
THE STOMP ROCKET.
Chris says YEAH, LOGICS
MAKES ONE OF THESE,
I TOTALLY THINK I CAN
HELP YOU WITH THAT.
Phil says FANTASTIC! SO, IT WORKS GREAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE IT BIGGER,
BETTER, MORE MAXED OUT.
Chris says FIRST OFF, WE CAN
START BY MAKING THIS PIPE
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, SO A
LARGER PIPE, MORE AIRFLOW,
BIGGER LAUNCH.
Phil says OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
Chris says COOL.
Back in his lab, Phil says MOVING AIR ISN'T
THAT HARD, RIGHT?
I MEAN, AIR IS SUPER LIGHT,
HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO MOVE?
WELL, HERE'S AN
EXPERIMENT YOU CAN DO
THAT LET'S YOU MEASURE HOW
HARD IT IS TO MOVE AIR.
SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO, IS
I'M GONNA HIT THE RULER
WITH THE BROOM!
IT'S GONNA GO...
He hits a long ruler that sticks out half way off a table and sends it across the room.
Phil says OVER THERE.
I HIT IT, AND IT
MOVED, NO PROBLEM.
SO, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
EXCEPT, I'M GONNA ADD JUST A
COUPLE PIECES OF NEWSPAPER.
He covers the part of the ruler that’s on the table with the newspaper pieces.
Phil says ALRIGHT, READY?
He hits it again and the ruler breaks.
Phil says A-HA! THE RULER BROKE.
BECAUSE THIS TIME, I WASN'T
JUST MOVING THE RULER,
I WASN'T JUST MOVING THE
RULER AND THE NEWSPAPER,
I HAD TO MOVE THE
RULER, THE NEWSPAPER,
AND ALL OF THE AIR THAT WAS
ON TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER.
AND THAT RESISTANCE WAS
ENOUGH TO BREAK THE RULER.
PRETTY GOOD EXPERIMENT, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S MAX IT OUT.
I'VE GOT MORE TABLE SPACE,
I'VE GOT A PIECE OF LUMBER,
AND INSTEAD OF
NEWSPAPER, I HAVE A TARP!
NOW, THE TARP IS VERY LIGHT,
IT IS NOT THE WEIGHT OF THE
TARP THAT IS GOING TO BE
THE DIFFERENCE, IT IS HOW
MUCH AIR I NEED TO MOVE
WHEN I HIT THIS PIECE OF LUMBER.
AND I'VE GOT...
A SCIENCE MAX HAMMER,
SO FIRST OF ALL,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY
THIS AT HOME, RIGHT?
DEAL?
OKAY, DEAL. NO
TRYING THIS AT HOME.
OKAY, HERE WE GO,
MOVING AIR, TEST 2.0.
He hits the lumber and the lumber breaks without even moving an inch off the table.
(LAUGHING)
He says IT BROKE! AND IT DIDN'T
EVEN MOVE, DID YOU SEE THAT?
I WONDER IF WE CAN MAX
THIS OUT EVEN MORE...
TWO-BY-FOUR!
WHICH IS MUCH BIGGER
THAN THE PIECE OF WOOD
WE USED LAST TIME,
AND A SLEDGEHAMMER!
HERE WE GO, MOVING
AIR EXPERIMENT 3.0.
(TA-DA MUSIC)
It breaks without moving.
He says YEAH! SCIENCE.
Back in the Academy, Chris says OH...
Phil says SO, I'VE JOINED CHRIS
FROM LOGICS ACADEMY
AND WE ARE MAXING
OUT OUR STOMP ROCKET.
TO DO THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO USE...
Chris says LARGER PIPE, MORE
AIRFLOW, BIGGER LAUNCH.
Phil says THE THEORY IS THAT
MOVING A LARGER VOLUME OF AIR
THROUGH WIDER PIPES WILL MAKE
OUR ROCKET WORK EVEN BETTER.
SO, WE GET TO WORK.
THIS VERSION IS BUILT
EXACTLY THE SAME,
WE CUT AND ATTACH THE PIPES,
A LONG PIECE, AND AN ELBOW,
AND A SHORT PIECE, THEN
SECURE THEM ALL DOWN.
WE ATTACH THE
PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE,
AND TAPE IT SO IT'S AIRTIGHT,
AND THEN THE ONLY THING TO DO
IS MAKE A NEW ROCKET THAT
FITS OVER THE LARGER PIPE.
READY TO TRY IT?
Chris says I'M READY TO TRY IT.
Phil says ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
Chris says LET'S GO.
Phil says THEN WE HEAD
OUTSIDE TO TRY IT OUT.
They go to a parking lot.
Phil says 1, 2, 3, GO.
(STOMP)
He stomps on the bottle and the rocket flies much higher.
He says HUMPH!
(CHEERING)
(LAUGHTER)
Now Chris says 3, 2, 1...
(STOMPING)
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
IN THE END, THOUGH IT
WORKED, IT WASN'T MUCH BETTER
THAN THE SMALLER ROCKET.
I THINK WE COULD STILL
DO BETTER, RIGHT?
Chris says OH, YEAH.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE
MAX, NOT SCIENCE...
MEDIUM.
RIGHT, OKAY, LET'S GO BACK
TO SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS.
(ROCK MUSIC)
The logo appears under a magnifying glass. The caption on the logo reads "Mini Max!"
A voice says MINI MAX!
At a different lab, Phil says VACUUM SEALING, THAT'S WHAT
YOU CALL IT WHEN YOU TAKE
ALL OF THE AIR OUT OF SOMETHING.
OFTEN, A BAG, TO SEAL IN
THE FRESHNESS OF FOOD!
I WILL DEMONSTRATE USING
THIS SCIENCE MAX BANANA,
100 PERCENT BANANA, BUT
WITH ADDED SCIENCE.
The scene freezes. Hands of bananas pictures appear.
Phil says NOT ALL
BANANAS CONTAIN SCIENCE.
HERE'S HOW YOU
CAN DO IT AT HOME,
PUT YOUR FOOD IN A BAG,
SEAL IT MOST OF THE WAY,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE
OUT THE AIR FROM THE BAG.
AND WE WILL DO
THAT WITH A STRAW!
PUT A STRAW INSIDE THE BAG,
AND THEN SUCK THE AIR
OUT OF THE BAG,
AND THEN SEAL IT
AT THE VERY LAST SECOND.
(DRUM ROLL)
THERE, A VACUUM SEALED BANANA.
NOW, I KNOW IT'S KINDA
HARD TO SEE THAT IT'S
BEEN VACUUM SEALED, BECAUSE
BANANAS DON'T REALLY
CRUSH MUCH WHEN YOU
TAKE THE AIR OUT,
SO I LIKE TO USE STUFF
THAT HAS A LOT OF AIR IN IT
TO BEGIN WITH, IN FACT,
THERE ARE SPECIAL BAGS
THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY
FOR VACUUM SEALING,
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
STORE BIG AND BULKY ITEMS
THAT HAVE A LOT OF AIR IN
THEM, LIKE THIS PILLOW.
SEE THIS NOZZLE RIGHT HERE?
IT'S DESIGNED TO BE
USED WITH A VACUUM.
(CLICK)
A-HA! SO, WHAT YOU DO...
IS YOU PUT THE VACUUM
ON THIS NOZZLE,
OPEN IT UP, AND THEN
YOU TURN THE VACUUM ON.
OH.
(VACUUM SUCKING)
THE VACUUM IS SUCKING ALL
THE AIR OUT OF THE BAG,
JUST LIKE WE DID
WITH THE BANANA.
BUT BECAUSE THE PILLOW
IS FULL OF AIR AS WELL,
IT STARTS TO SHRINK!
AND SHRINK.
THEN, WE PULL OUT THE
VACUUM, AND TIE THE SEAL OFF.
AND...
(CLICK)
OH, RIGHT...
AND, TA-DA!
(TA-DA MUSIC)
A VACUUM SEALED PILLOW.
OKAY, LET'S MAX IT OUT.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
BE MORE MAXED OUT
THAN A VACUUM SEALED PILLOW?
He now appears standing on a crate in a bag and taped to a door.
He says VACUUM SEALED PHIL!
OKAY, I PUT PLASTIC
BAGS AGAINST THE DOOR,
AND THEN SEALED THE
EDGES WITH DUCT TAPE,
AND OF COURSE, I DIDN'T PUT
ANY PLASTIC OVER MY HEAD,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER PUT YOUR
HEAD IN A PLASTIC BAG, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S SEE IF
VACUUM SEALED PHIL WORKS!
He turns on the vacuum with a broom stick.
(GRUNTING)
(VACUUM SUCKING)
Phil says WOAH! HEY, IT'S
WORKING! (LAUGHS)
THE VACUUM SUCKS ALL
THE AIR FROM THE BAG,
WHICH SEALS THE BAG, AND
ME IN IT, TO THE WALL.
THAT MEANS...
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
KNOCK THIS MILK CRATE
OUT FROM UNDER ME!
AIR PRESSURE, OR THE
LACK OF AIR PRESSURE,
IS KEEPING ME
SEALED TO THE DOOR.
I'M COMPLETELY
SUSPENDED! (LAUGHS)
He tosses the broom. The vacuum is still working.
Phil says UH-OH.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
(GRUNTING)
He tries to move the door open to reach the switch but can’t reach it.
He says NO...
(ROCK MUSIC)
A table of elements appears crushing on screen.
Phil says SO, OUR LARGER VERSION OF
THE STOMP ROCKET WORKED,
BUT IT DIDN'T GO AS HIGH
AS THE FIRST VERSION.
CHRIS AND I SEE HOW WE
CAN IMPROVE THE DESIGN.
THE LARGER PIPE, AND
THE LARGER ROCKET,
WORKS REALLY WELL...
Chris says IT DOES WORK REALLY
WELL, I AM AFRAID, THOUGH,
THAT THE LARGER PIPE MEANS
THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF AIR
IS FLOWING SLOWER OUT THE
NOZZLE THAN IT DID BEFORE.
Phil says OH, SO BECAUSE WE'RE
MOVING ONLY THIS MUCH AIR,
IT'S NOT GONNA GO AS FAST,
BECAUSE THIS IS A BIGGER TUBE.
Chris says WE NEED A BIGGER VOLUME OVER
HERE TO MATCH OUR LARGER...
Phil says SO, A BIGGER BOTTLE.
Chris says THAT'S RIGHT.
Phil says I GOT A BIGGER BOTTLE
RIGHT HERE. HA-HA!
BIGGER BOTTLE!
(TA-DA MUSIC)
He shows a water dispenser bottle.
He says SO, HOLD THAT, AND
THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS TAPE THE BIGGER BOTTLE…
Chris says I'M NOT SURE IF
THAT'S GONNA...
Phil says YEAH, LIKE THIS...
Chris says STILL, THOUGH, I'M AFRAID
THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT...
Phil says YEAH, SO THEN ALL
I NEED TO DO IS TAPE IT ON.
SO, CHRIS AND I ATTACHED THE
LARGER BOTTLE TO OUR TUBE.
WE JUST NEED SOME RISERS
TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT,
AND THEN WE TAPE IT ON,
AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
EVERYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING
THE ROCKET, STAYS THE SAME.
Chris says I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU'RE GONNA STEP ON THIS ONE.
IT'S JUST TOO STIFF, I...
Phil says I HAVE A PLAN.
(LAUGHING)
SLEDGEHAMMER!
READY?
Chris says YEAH, I'M READY.
Phil says OKAY.
1, 2, 3!
He bangs the bottle with the sledge hammer.
(SPITTING)
He laughs and says I BLEW THE
TOP OFF THE ROCKET.
IT ALSO BLEW THE BOTTOM...
Chris says LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A BIT RIGID
TO CHANGE ITS VOLUME SO QUICKLY.
Phil says SO IT'S KIND OF
A ONE-TIME USE THING, HUH?
Chris says I THINK SO.
Phil says SO, WHY DON'T WE TRY
INCREASING THE VOLUME?
EVEN BIGGER TUBE, EVEN
BIGGER CONTAINER...
Chris says WHAT'S BIGGER THAN...
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
BOTTLE THEY MAKE.
Phil says WELL, WHAT
ELSE HOLDS AIR?
Chris says WHAT ABOUT AN AIR MATTRESS?
Phil says DO YOU THINK WE COULD
USE AN AIR MATTRESS?
Chris says I THINK WE COULD, YEAH,
A REALLY BIG AIR MATTRESS.
Phil says OH, TOTALLY, HIGH FIVE.
I LOVE THAT IDEA.
(ROCK MUSIC)
A voice says MINI MAX!
Phil says MOVING AIR IS A LOT OF FUN,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU
USE ONE OF THESE,
A VORTEX CANNON, THEY'RE
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE,
AND THEY USE SOME
PRETTY AMAZING SCIENCE.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD ONE.
IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, ALL
YOU NEED IS A PLASTIC CUP,
YOU WANT A BALLOON,
SOMETHING ROUND, AN ELASTIC,
SCISSORS, OR A CRAFT
KNIFE, AND A PEN.
HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
TAKE YOUR BALLOON,
AND CUT IT JUST
WHERE IT GETS WIDE.
YOU TAKE THE MOUTH OF
THE CUP RIGHT THERE,
AND YOU HAVE TO
STRETCH THE BALLOON
OVER THE TOP...
AND THEN YOU WANNA PUT
AN ELASTIC AROUND IT,
KEEP IT IN PLACE, AND THIS
NOW IS A SURFACE ON THE TOP,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GONNA USE TO PULL BACK,
AND CREATE YOUR BURST OF AIR.
BUT OF COURSE THE AIR'S
NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE
UNTIL YOU MAKE A
HOLE IN THE BOTTOM.
SO, HERE'S WHAT YOU DO,
YOU TAKE YOUR ROUND THING,
AND DRAW A CIRCLE, AND
TAKE YOUR CRAFT KNIFE,
OR SCISSORS, AND AN ADULT, AND
GET THEM TO HELP YOU CUT OUT
A HOLE, AND WHEN YOU
PULL BACK ON THE BALLOON,
A BURST OF AIR COMES
THROUGH THE HOLE,
BUT THE AIR HAS AN
INTERESTING SHAPE.
NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING, YOU'RE THINKING,
"PHIL, AIR IS INVISIBLE, YOU
CAN'T TELL WHAT SHAPE IT IS."
WELL, I CAN SHOW YOU, COME ON.
THIS IS MY MAXED
OUT VORTEX CANNON,
IT'S MADE OUT OF A GARBAGE CAN,
I'VE GOT A HOLE IN HERE, AND
THIS IS A SHOWER CURTAIN,
WITH A BALL THAT I CAN
GET A GRIP ON, AND PULL.
AND THEN IT SHOOTS
FORWARD, LIKE THIS.
NOW, IT MAKES A BIG
PUFF OF AIR, BUT AGAIN,
THE AIR IS INVISIBLE, SO WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT SHAPE IT IS,
BUT, I CAN HELP WITH THAT,
BECAUSE I'VE GOT THIS!
A FOG MACHINE!
I FILL THE INSIDE
OF THE GARBAGE CAN,
SO WE CAN SEE WHAT
THE AIR IS DOING
WHEN I FIRE THE VORTEX CANNON,
OKAY COME ON OVER HERE.
READY?
(ROCK MUSIC)
He fires the cannon and a ring of fog comes out.
He says WOAH...
OKAY, READY? CHECK IT OUT.
THE VORTEX CANNON SHAPES
THE AIR INTO A RING,
CALLED A VORTEX.
IT MAKES A RING! WELL,
ACTUALLY SORT OF A DOUGHNUT.
BECAUSE OF ITS SHAPE,
THE AIR IN A VORTEX
CAN MOVE MUCH FARTHER THAN
AIR THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SHAPE.
VORTEX CANNON!
AIR THAT HAS A SHAPE
GOES A LOT FURTHER
THAN AIR THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A SHAPE.
One of the rings knocks down a pile of cups on a table.
Phil says AND IT'S ALSO WAY
MORE FUN. WOO-HOO!
(EXCITING MUSIC)
Music plays as a neon science appears with the caption "Sal’s Science Shop."
Sal is in his twenties, clean-shaven and with short side parted dark blond hair. He wears glasses, jeans, an orange shirt and a green blazer.
He says LITTLE TO THE LEFT.
LITTLE TO THE LEFT FROM OVER...
OKAY NOW THAT'S TOO FAR LEFT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
OH, HEY!
NOW, I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'RE GOING ON VACATION
ANY TIME SOON, WELL IF
YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE,
MAY I SUGGEST UNDERWATER...
BUT, DON'T FORGET TO PACK
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
WHEN YOU GO.
He starts taking items out of a suitcase.
He says HAT? NAH...
UKULELE, NAH FORGET ABOUT IT.
RUBBER CHICKEN, NO.
SUNSCREEN, FORGET ABOUT IT.
TEDDY...
He keeps the teddy.
He says NO, IF YOU'RE GOIN' UNDERWATER,
THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU GOTTA PACK IS:
AIR.
YOU SEE, HUMAN BEINGS HAVE
BEEN COMING UP WITH WAYS
TO GO UNDERWATER
FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THE THING IS, YOU
GOTTA BRING AIR WITH YOU,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
BREATHING IS GOOD.
He takes a deep breath and holds it as an animation paints water on the screen.
(LOSES BREATH ABRUPTLY)
(GASPING)
He says CHECK THIS OUT...
IT'S A DIVING BELL, ONE OF
THE FIRST WAYS HUMANS USED TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE AIR WITH THEM
WHEN THEY WENT UNDERWATER.
He sticks his head in the diving bell.
He says YOU SEE, IT'S A BIG, HEAVY
BELL, AND IT'S LOWERED FROM
A SHIP ABOVE, ON A ROPE,
AND WHEN IT GETS LOWERED
INTO THE WATER, IT TRAPS A
BUBBLE OF AIR UNDERNEATH.
SO, YOU CAN SWIM
AROUND UNDERWATER,
BUT THEN WHEN YOU
NEED TO BREATHE AGAIN,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
ALL THE WAY BACK UP,
YOU JUST POP UNDER THE BELL,
AND TAKE ANOTHER BREATH!
(INHALING)
(EXHALING)
BELLS LIKE THIS WERE
ACTUALLY MUCH BIGGER
WHEN THEY USED TO
USE THEM FOR DIVING,
TO HOLD MORE AIR!
EH? RING-A-DING-DING,
WADDYA THINK, YOU WANT THIS?
NO? EH, IT'S OKAY, I GOT
SOMETHING ELSE, HOLD ON.
He takes out a model diver.
He says CHECK THIS OUT, IT'S AN
OLD-TIMEY DIVING SUIT.
AIR IS PUMPED IN THROUGH
THESE HOSES HERE,
WHICH MEANS THE DIVER HAS
A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF AIR,
WHICH MEANS HE CAN
STAY UNDERWATER LONGER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO?
OKAY, HOLD ON, I GOT SOMETHING
ELSE, I GOT SOMETHING ELSE.
UM...
YEAH.
(SCUBA BREATHING)
He puts on scuba diving gear.
He says THIS IS IT, THE ULTIMATE
IN BRINGING AIR WITH YOU.
THE SCUBA SUIT, THIS TANK
HOLDS COMPRESSED AIR,
WHICH MEANS IT CAN CARRY
A LOT OF AIR WITH YOU,
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN STAY
UNDERWATER FOR LONGER.
(AIR HISSING)
SO, I TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL
WRAP UP ALL THREE THINGS,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
YEAH? YOU'LL TAKE 'EM?
OKAY, GREAT. LET ME
JUST WRAP 'EM UP FOR YA.
COME ON, TEDDY,
LET'S GO FIND A BAG.
The teddy bear hangs from the air tube.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Phil says SO, OUR LARGE STOMP ROCKET
HASN'T WORKED PERFECTLY.
OUR SMALL MODEL DIDN'T
MOVE ENOUGH AIR,
BUT OUR LARGER BOTTLE
WAS TOO RIGID TO STOMP,
AND WHEN I USED
THE SLEDGEHAMMER,
IT WAS SO SUDDEN,
THE BOTTLE BROKE,
AND ALSO BLEW APART THE ROCKET.
CHRIS AND I NEED A
LARGE CONTAINER OF AIR
THAT'S SOFT ENOUGH TO
CHANGE THE SHAPE EASILY.
SO, HERE'S THE CURRENT PLAN:
AN EVEN LARGER PIPE,
AN EVEN LARGER ROCKET,
AND WE USE AN AIR MATTRESS.
WE MAKE TWO HOLES
IN THE AIR MATTRESS,
ONE TO FILL IT UP
WITH A LEAF BLOWER,
AND THE OTHER HOLE TO GO
OUT THE TUBE TO THE ROCKET.
SINCE AN AIR MATTRESS
HOLDS LOTS OF AIR,
AND IT'S VERY EASY
TO CHANGE THE SHAPE
BY JUMPING ON IT, WE FIGURE
IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY
TO GET LOTS OF AIR THROUGH
THE TUBE TO LAUNCH OUR ROCKET.
Ana animation illustrates the process on a white board.
At the parking lot, Phil says OKAY, LET'S DO IT!
Chris says LET'S DO IT.
They step on two wooden boxes.
Phil says ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA
GO 1, 2, 3, JUMP, RIGHT?
Chris says OKAY, YEAH.
Phil says 1, 2, 3...
(GLASS SHATTERING)
A slate appears with the caption "Please stand by."
Buster appears in his kitchen.
Buster has short curly dark blond hair and wears a striped shirt and a red apron.
He says BEING A CHEF IS MY
ABSOLUTE PASSION.
AND COOKING UP SCIENCE
RECIPES IS MY SPECIALITY.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER, AND
THIS COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
An oval logo with flask appears with the caption "Cooking with science."
(APPLAUSE)
Buster says AH. OH, HELLO, WELCOME
TO COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER.
WHENEVER FRIENDS COME OVER,
I LIKE TO MAKE MY FAMOUS
POTATO CHIP RECIPE.
(APPLAUSE)
AND LOOK AT THIS
BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
QUITE LARGE, SO THERE MUST BE
A LOT OF POTATO
CHIPS IN HERE, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S OPEN IT.
WHAT? THIS POTATO CHIP
BAG IS MOSTLY AIR!
WHY DO POTATO CHIP BAGS
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
HAVE SO MUCH AIR?
WELL, TO TELL YOU
THE ANSWER TO THAT,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE STORY
OF TWO BAGS OF POTATO CHIPS.
(APPLAUSE)
HERE THEY ARE.
THIS ONE FULL OF AIR, AND
THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
THERE'S NOT MUCH
AIR IN IT AT ALL,
WHY DON'T THEY MAKE
THEM LIKE THIS?
WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.
FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS,
IS THE POTATO CHIP BAGS
COME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT
AT THE POTATO CHIP FACTORY
WHERE THEY GET
PACKED INTO A CRATE.
HERE'S A CRATE HERE, SO
LET'S REALLY STUFF THEM IN.
(LAUGHTER)
AND THEN THE CRATE GETS
BOXED UP, AND SHIPPED
OFF TO THE STORE.
(AUDIENCE SHOCKED)
OH, IT'S A BUMPY RIDE
TO THE STORE TODAY.
NOW WE'RE AT THE STORE,
AND THEN YOU COME ALONG...
He puts the potato chips bags in a larger bag and then thorws some fruit in it.
He says "AH! BAGS OF POTATO CHIPS,
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BUY TODAY?
"OH, I KNOW, HOW
'BOUT A CANTALOUPE?
"VERY NICE. SOME APPLES."
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
YES, AND TAKE IT
HOME, WALK ALONG...
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
AND YOU GET TO THE KITCHEN.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
WHERE ALL THE POTATO CHIPS
ARE LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
(CLAPPING)
OR THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
WHICH IS NOT EXCITING AT ALL.
AND THAT'S WHY POTATO CHIP BAGS
HAVE SO MUCH AIR.
TO PROTECT THE POTATO
CHIPS FROM GETTING CRUSHED.
SPEAKING OF POTATO CHIPS,
(CLAPPING)
TIME TO GET BACK TO MY RECIPE.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S POTATO CHIP SOUP.
WELL, I'M BUSTER BEAKER,
AND THANKS FOR JOINING ME
ON COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
(APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT
MORE COOKING. (LAUGHS)
(ROCK MUSIC)
Back in the parking lot, Phil says OKAY, SO, WHERE WERE WE?
OH, RIGHT,
OUR MAXED OUT ROCKET.
(TAPE REWINDING)
A MUCH LARGER PIPE,
A LARGE AIR MATTRESS, AND
THE LARGEST ROCKET YET.
LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.
1, 2, 3, JUMP.
1, 2, 3...
(ROCK MUSIC)
Chris says WOAH!
Phil says WOAH!
YEAH! THERE YOU GO!
ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
Chris says OKAY.
Phil says 1, 2, 3...
They both jump on the mattress.
(AIR BURST)
(GRUNTING)
(LAUGHTER)
The air in the mattress sends the rocket across the parking lot.
Phil says IT WORKS AMAZING.
THE LARGE VOLUME OF AIR
CHRIS AND I CAN MOVE
BY BOTH JUMPING ON
THE AIR MATTRESS
GETS TRANSFERRED
THROUGH THE LARGE PIPE,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A GIANT ROCKET,
IT SAILS HIGHER THAN
ANY OTHER VERSION.
(GUFFAWING)
Chris says THAT WAS GREAT!
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
THERE YOU GO, SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
MOVING A LOT OF AIR.
Chris says THAT HAS TO BE THE
BIGGEST STOMP ROCKET EVER.
Phil says BIGGEST STOMP ROCKET
EVER! LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
Chris says OKAY.
Phil says OKAY.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
Sal bangs his head against the diving bell.
(METAL CLUNK)
(ROCK MUSIC)
Phil untapes himself off the door and laughs.
Buster stirs the soup and says AH. OH, IT SMELLS SO
HORRIBLE... (LAUGHING)
Sal says IT'S A DIVING BELL!
He pushes the bell and bell sways back and hits him in the head.
(METAL CLUNK)
Phil tries to wrap paper around a pipe and says AND THAT, (LAUGHS)
DIDN'T WORK. AT ALL.
Sal says THAT'S ACTING, MY
FRIEND. (LAUGHING)
OH, GOD IT'S SO BAD.
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!
(music plays)
Clips from today’s show roll.
Phil says TODAY, WE ARE MOVING AIR.
WE'RE MOVING IT THROUGH A
TUBE TO MAKE A STOMP ROCKET,
VACUUMING IT OUT,
TURNING IT INTO A VORTEX,
AND TAKING IT WITH US...
UNDERWATER.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil grabs his head and says THAT WAS AMAZING!
At the lab, Phil carries a bunch of boxes and says GREETINGS, SCIENCE
MAXIMITES, MY NAME IS PHIL,
AND IT'S MOVING DAY
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
LET'S SEE, WHERE DO I PUT THIS?
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY
A GOOD SPOT.
He tries to empty an empty box.
(HUMMING)
He says TODAY,
WE ARE MOVING... AIR.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T
THINK THAT MOVING AIR
WILL HAVE A HUGE EFFECT, BUT,
YOU'D BE SURPRISED
WHAT YOU CAN DO
BY JUST MOVING AIR,
BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'RE
NOT JUST GONNA
MOVE THE AIR AROUND IN BOXES,
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A ROCKET!
AND THIS ROCKET USES
THE SCIENCE OF...
STOMPING ON SOMETHING
WITH YOUR FOOT!
THIS IS A STOMP ROCKET, AND
IT WORKS BY STOMPING ON THIS
PLASTIC BOTTLE, AND AIR
SHOOTS THROUGH THIS TUBE,
AND PUSHES THE ROCKET
UP INTO THE SKY.
AND HERE IS HOW YOU CAN
BUILD ONE OF YOUR VERY OWN.
AND REMEMBER, IF I GO
TOO FAST, DON'T WORRY,
ALL OF THE STEPS
ARE ON THE WEBSITE,
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG
AT YOUR OWN SPEED.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
Phil says ALL YOU NEED IS A
2-LITRE PLASTIC BOTTLE,
THREE KINDS OF TAPE,
ELECTRICAL TAPE, DUCT TAPE,
AND SCIENCE TAPE, SCIENCE
TAPE IS JUST THE SAME
AS INVISIBLE TAPE, BUT
I USE THIS KIND OF TAPE...
FOR SCIENCE.
THEN YOU WANT SOME
PLUMBERS TUBING,
AND SOME CONSTRUCTION PAPER
TO MAKE YOUR ACTUAL ROCKET.
FIRST, YOU WANNA TAKE
YOUR PLUMBERS TUBING
AND CUT IT INTO THREE
LENGTHS, AND WHEN I SAY YOU,
I MEAN AN ADULT, BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO USE A SAW.
SO, YOU SAW IT UP
INTO A LONG PIECE,
A SHORT PIECE, AND
AN ELBOW PIECE.
WE WANNA MAKE A LONG
TUBE AT THE TOP,
AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA
MAKE A TUBE AT THE BOTTOM,
SO WE CAN ATTACH OUR
2-LITRE BOTTLE TO,
AND THERE WE GO, TA-DA!
WE'RE READY TO GO,
BUT OF COURSE...
IT DOESN'T STAY UP, SO WE
HAVE TO ATTACH IT TO A BASE.
AND, IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS!
AND YOU SEE, IT'S BEEN
ATTACHED WITH DUCT TAPE HERE,
AND I'VE USED ELECTRICAL TAPE,
AND I'VE WRAPPED THAT PART
AROUND THERE, NOW,
BUILDING THE ROCKET.
WRAP THE PAPER AROUND THE TUBE,
AND TAPE IT WITH
YOUR SCIENCE TAPE.
(SMALL PLASTIC CRASH)
TAPE THE TOP CLOSED
SO NO AIR ESCAPES,
THEN CUT A SEMICIRCLE
TO MAKE THE NOSECONE,
AND THREE HOOPS
FOR THRUSTERS,
AND TAPE THEM
TO THE BOTTOM.
THERE YOU GO. THE ROCKET FITS
ON THE TUBE JUST LIKE THAT...
AND WHEN YOU STOMP ON
THIS BOTTLE, IT LAUNCHES!
BUT HERE'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART,
THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT
RULE OF LAUNCHING ROCKETS.
YOU SHOOT ROCKETS
OUTSIDE. COME ON.
He moves his rocket to a parking lot.
He says ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE,
TO A NICE OPEN AREA,
AND YOU BRING YOUR
SAFETY GLASSES WITH YOU,
ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO
MAKE THE STOMP ROCKET WORK
IS, OF COURSE, STOMP ON IT.
YOU READY? HERE WE GO.
3, 2, 1...
He stomps on the bottle and it sends the rocket up in the air.
Phil says WOAH! (LAUGHTER)
DID YOU SEE THAT?
THAT WAS AMAZING.
OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE
WE'RE GONNA START
WITH THE STOMP ROCKET,
I'M GONNA MEET CHRIS
FROM LOGICS ACADEMY, AND HE'S
GONNA HELP ME MAX IT OUT,
AND IN FACT, HE'S PROBABLY
AT SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS
ALREADY, I SHOULD
GET OVER THERE.
OKAY, WHERE IS THE...
OH, THERE IT IS.
He jumps in the portal and he appears in a lab.
Phil says OH, OKAY.
Chris says HOW YOU DOING?
A caption reads "Chris."
Chris is in his twenties, with short brown hair and a shadow of a beard. He wears brown trousers, a blue Logics Academy shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Chris says YOU TOO.
Phil says CHRIS IS FROM LOGICS ACADEMY,
AND YOU GUYS DO IN-CLASS
ROBOTICS WORKSHOPS, RIGHT?
Chris says THAT'S RIGHT, WE DO.
Phil says GREAT, WELL, I WAS HOPING
I COULD GET YOUR EXPERTISE
TO HELP ME MAX OUT
THE STOMP ROCKET.
Chris says YEAH, LOGICS
MAKES ONE OF THESE,
I TOTALLY THINK I CAN
HELP YOU WITH THAT.
Phil says FANTASTIC! SO, IT WORKS GREAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE IT BIGGER,
BETTER, MORE MAXED OUT.
Chris says FIRST OFF, WE CAN
START BY MAKING THIS PIPE
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, SO A
LARGER PIPE, MORE AIRFLOW,
BIGGER LAUNCH.
Phil says OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
Chris says COOL.
Back in his lab, Phil says MOVING AIR ISN'T
THAT HARD, RIGHT?
I MEAN, AIR IS SUPER LIGHT,
HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO MOVE?
WELL, HERE'S AN
EXPERIMENT YOU CAN DO
THAT LET'S YOU MEASURE HOW
HARD IT IS TO MOVE AIR.
SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO, IS
I'M GONNA HIT THE RULER
WITH THE BROOM!
IT'S GONNA GO...
He hits a long ruler that sticks out half way off a table and sends it across the room.
Phil says OVER THERE.
I HIT IT, AND IT
MOVED, NO PROBLEM.
SO, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
EXCEPT, I'M GONNA ADD JUST A
COUPLE PIECES OF NEWSPAPER.
He covers the part of the ruler that’s on the table with the newspaper pieces.
Phil says ALRIGHT, READY?
He hits it again and the ruler breaks.
Phil says A-HA! THE RULER BROKE.
BECAUSE THIS TIME, I WASN'T
JUST MOVING THE RULER,
I WASN'T JUST MOVING THE
RULER AND THE NEWSPAPER,
I HAD TO MOVE THE
RULER, THE NEWSPAPER,
AND ALL OF THE AIR THAT WAS
ON TOP OF THE NEWSPAPER.
AND THAT RESISTANCE WAS
ENOUGH TO BREAK THE RULER.
PRETTY GOOD EXPERIMENT, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S MAX IT OUT.
I'VE GOT MORE TABLE SPACE,
I'VE GOT A PIECE OF LUMBER,
AND INSTEAD OF
NEWSPAPER, I HAVE A TARP!
NOW, THE TARP IS VERY LIGHT,
IT IS NOT THE WEIGHT OF THE
TARP THAT IS GOING TO BE
THE DIFFERENCE, IT IS HOW
MUCH AIR I NEED TO MOVE
WHEN I HIT THIS PIECE OF LUMBER.
AND I'VE GOT...
A SCIENCE MAX HAMMER,
SO FIRST OF ALL,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY
THIS AT HOME, RIGHT?
DEAL?
OKAY, DEAL. NO
TRYING THIS AT HOME.
OKAY, HERE WE GO,
MOVING AIR, TEST 2.0.
He hits the lumber and the lumber breaks without even moving an inch off the table.
(LAUGHING)
He says IT BROKE! AND IT DIDN'T
EVEN MOVE, DID YOU SEE THAT?
I WONDER IF WE CAN MAX
THIS OUT EVEN MORE...
TWO-BY-FOUR!
WHICH IS MUCH BIGGER
THAN THE PIECE OF WOOD
WE USED LAST TIME,
AND A SLEDGEHAMMER!
HERE WE GO, MOVING
AIR EXPERIMENT 3.0.
(TA-DA MUSIC)
It breaks without moving.
He says YEAH! SCIENCE.
Back in the Academy, Chris says OH...
Phil says SO, I'VE JOINED CHRIS
FROM LOGICS ACADEMY
AND WE ARE MAXING
OUT OUR STOMP ROCKET.
TO DO THAT, WE'RE
GOING TO USE...
Chris says LARGER PIPE, MORE
AIRFLOW, BIGGER LAUNCH.
Phil says THE THEORY IS THAT
MOVING A LARGER VOLUME OF AIR
THROUGH WIDER PIPES WILL MAKE
OUR ROCKET WORK EVEN BETTER.
SO, WE GET TO WORK.
THIS VERSION IS BUILT
EXACTLY THE SAME,
WE CUT AND ATTACH THE PIPES,
A LONG PIECE, AND AN ELBOW,
AND A SHORT PIECE, THEN
SECURE THEM ALL DOWN.
WE ATTACH THE
PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE,
AND TAPE IT SO IT'S AIRTIGHT,
AND THEN THE ONLY THING TO DO
IS MAKE A NEW ROCKET THAT
FITS OVER THE LARGER PIPE.
READY TO TRY IT?
Chris says I'M READY TO TRY IT.
Phil says ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
Chris says LET'S GO.
Phil says THEN WE HEAD
OUTSIDE TO TRY IT OUT.
They go to a parking lot.
Phil says 1, 2, 3, GO.
(STOMP)
He stomps on the bottle and the rocket flies much higher.
He says HUMPH!
(CHEERING)
(LAUGHTER)
Now Chris says 3, 2, 1...
(STOMPING)
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
IN THE END, THOUGH IT
WORKED, IT WASN'T MUCH BETTER
THAN THE SMALLER ROCKET.
I THINK WE COULD STILL
DO BETTER, RIGHT?
Chris says OH, YEAH.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE
MAX, NOT SCIENCE...
MEDIUM.
RIGHT, OKAY, LET'S GO BACK
TO SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS.
(ROCK MUSIC)
The logo appears under a magnifying glass. The caption on the logo reads "Mini Max!"
A voice says MINI MAX!
At a different lab, Phil says VACUUM SEALING, THAT'S WHAT
YOU CALL IT WHEN YOU TAKE
ALL OF THE AIR OUT OF SOMETHING.
OFTEN, A BAG, TO SEAL IN
THE FRESHNESS OF FOOD!
I WILL DEMONSTRATE USING
THIS SCIENCE MAX BANANA,
100 PERCENT BANANA, BUT
WITH ADDED SCIENCE.
The scene freezes. Hands of bananas pictures appear.
Phil says NOT ALL
BANANAS CONTAIN SCIENCE.
HERE'S HOW YOU
CAN DO IT AT HOME,
PUT YOUR FOOD IN A BAG,
SEAL IT MOST OF THE WAY,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE
OUT THE AIR FROM THE BAG.
AND WE WILL DO
THAT WITH A STRAW!
PUT A STRAW INSIDE THE BAG,
AND THEN SUCK THE AIR
OUT OF THE BAG,
AND THEN SEAL IT
AT THE VERY LAST SECOND.
(DRUM ROLL)
THERE, A VACUUM SEALED BANANA.
NOW, I KNOW IT'S KINDA
HARD TO SEE THAT IT'S
BEEN VACUUM SEALED, BECAUSE
BANANAS DON'T REALLY
CRUSH MUCH WHEN YOU
TAKE THE AIR OUT,
SO I LIKE TO USE STUFF
THAT HAS A LOT OF AIR IN IT
TO BEGIN WITH, IN FACT,
THERE ARE SPECIAL BAGS
THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY
FOR VACUUM SEALING,
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
STORE BIG AND BULKY ITEMS
THAT HAVE A LOT OF AIR IN
THEM, LIKE THIS PILLOW.
SEE THIS NOZZLE RIGHT HERE?
IT'S DESIGNED TO BE
USED WITH A VACUUM.
(CLICK)
A-HA! SO, WHAT YOU DO...
IS YOU PUT THE VACUUM
ON THIS NOZZLE,
OPEN IT UP, AND THEN
YOU TURN THE VACUUM ON.
OH.
(VACUUM SUCKING)
THE VACUUM IS SUCKING ALL
THE AIR OUT OF THE BAG,
JUST LIKE WE DID
WITH THE BANANA.
BUT BECAUSE THE PILLOW
IS FULL OF AIR AS WELL,
IT STARTS TO SHRINK!
AND SHRINK.
THEN, WE PULL OUT THE
VACUUM, AND TIE THE SEAL OFF.
AND...
(CLICK)
OH, RIGHT...
AND, TA-DA!
(TA-DA MUSIC)
A VACUUM SEALED PILLOW.
OKAY, LET'S MAX IT OUT.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
BE MORE MAXED OUT
THAN A VACUUM SEALED PILLOW?
He now appears standing on a crate in a bag and taped to a door.
He says VACUUM SEALED PHIL!
OKAY, I PUT PLASTIC
BAGS AGAINST THE DOOR,
AND THEN SEALED THE
EDGES WITH DUCT TAPE,
AND OF COURSE, I DIDN'T PUT
ANY PLASTIC OVER MY HEAD,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER PUT YOUR
HEAD IN A PLASTIC BAG, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S SEE IF
VACUUM SEALED PHIL WORKS!
He turns on the vacuum with a broom stick.
(GRUNTING)
(VACUUM SUCKING)
Phil says WOAH! HEY, IT'S
WORKING! (LAUGHS)
THE VACUUM SUCKS ALL
THE AIR FROM THE BAG,
WHICH SEALS THE BAG, AND
ME IN IT, TO THE WALL.
THAT MEANS...
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
KNOCK THIS MILK CRATE
OUT FROM UNDER ME!
AIR PRESSURE, OR THE
LACK OF AIR PRESSURE,
IS KEEPING ME
SEALED TO THE DOOR.
I'M COMPLETELY
SUSPENDED! (LAUGHS)
He tosses the broom. The vacuum is still working.
Phil says UH-OH.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
(GRUNTING)
He tries to move the door open to reach the switch but can’t reach it.
He says NO...
(ROCK MUSIC)
A table of elements appears crushing on screen.
Phil says SO, OUR LARGER VERSION OF
THE STOMP ROCKET WORKED,
BUT IT DIDN'T GO AS HIGH
AS THE FIRST VERSION.
CHRIS AND I SEE HOW WE
CAN IMPROVE THE DESIGN.
THE LARGER PIPE, AND
THE LARGER ROCKET,
WORKS REALLY WELL...
Chris says IT DOES WORK REALLY
WELL, I AM AFRAID, THOUGH,
THAT THE LARGER PIPE MEANS
THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF AIR
IS FLOWING SLOWER OUT THE
NOZZLE THAN IT DID BEFORE.
Phil says OH, SO BECAUSE WE'RE
MOVING ONLY THIS MUCH AIR,
IT'S NOT GONNA GO AS FAST,
BECAUSE THIS IS A BIGGER TUBE.
Chris says WE NEED A BIGGER VOLUME OVER
HERE TO MATCH OUR LARGER...
Phil says SO, A BIGGER BOTTLE.
Chris says THAT'S RIGHT.
Phil says I GOT A BIGGER BOTTLE
RIGHT HERE. HA-HA!
BIGGER BOTTLE!
(TA-DA MUSIC)
He shows a water dispenser bottle.
He says SO, HOLD THAT, AND
THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS TAPE THE BIGGER BOTTLE…
Chris says I'M NOT SURE IF
THAT'S GONNA...
Phil says YEAH, LIKE THIS...
Chris says STILL, THOUGH, I'M AFRAID
THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT...
Phil says YEAH, SO THEN ALL
I NEED TO DO IS TAPE IT ON.
SO, CHRIS AND I ATTACHED THE
LARGER BOTTLE TO OUR TUBE.
WE JUST NEED SOME RISERS
TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT,
AND THEN WE TAPE IT ON,
AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
EVERYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING
THE ROCKET, STAYS THE SAME.
Chris says I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU'RE GONNA STEP ON THIS ONE.
IT'S JUST TOO STIFF, I...
Phil says I HAVE A PLAN.
(LAUGHING)
SLEDGEHAMMER!
READY?
Chris says YEAH, I'M READY.
Phil says OKAY.
1, 2, 3!
He bangs the bottle with the sledge hammer.
(SPITTING)
He laughs and says I BLEW THE
TOP OFF THE ROCKET.
IT ALSO BLEW THE BOTTOM...
Chris says LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A BIT RIGID
TO CHANGE ITS VOLUME SO QUICKLY.
Phil says SO IT'S KIND OF
A ONE-TIME USE THING, HUH?
Chris says I THINK SO.
Phil says SO, WHY DON'T WE TRY
INCREASING THE VOLUME?
EVEN BIGGER TUBE, EVEN
BIGGER CONTAINER...
Chris says WHAT'S BIGGER THAN...
THAT'S THE BIGGEST
BOTTLE THEY MAKE.
Phil says WELL, WHAT
ELSE HOLDS AIR?
Chris says WHAT ABOUT AN AIR MATTRESS?
Phil says DO YOU THINK WE COULD
USE AN AIR MATTRESS?
Chris says I THINK WE COULD, YEAH,
A REALLY BIG AIR MATTRESS.
Phil says OH, TOTALLY, HIGH FIVE.
I LOVE THAT IDEA.
(ROCK MUSIC)
A voice says MINI MAX!
Phil says MOVING AIR IS A LOT OF FUN,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU
USE ONE OF THESE,
A VORTEX CANNON, THEY'RE
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE,
AND THEY USE SOME
PRETTY AMAZING SCIENCE.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD ONE.
IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, ALL
YOU NEED IS A PLASTIC CUP,
YOU WANT A BALLOON,
SOMETHING ROUND, AN ELASTIC,
SCISSORS, OR A CRAFT
KNIFE, AND A PEN.
HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
TAKE YOUR BALLOON,
AND CUT IT JUST
WHERE IT GETS WIDE.
YOU TAKE THE MOUTH OF
THE CUP RIGHT THERE,
AND YOU HAVE TO
STRETCH THE BALLOON
OVER THE TOP...
AND THEN YOU WANNA PUT
AN ELASTIC AROUND IT,
KEEP IT IN PLACE, AND THIS
NOW IS A SURFACE ON THE TOP,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GONNA USE TO PULL BACK,
AND CREATE YOUR BURST OF AIR.
BUT OF COURSE THE AIR'S
NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE
UNTIL YOU MAKE A
HOLE IN THE BOTTOM.
SO, HERE'S WHAT YOU DO,
YOU TAKE YOUR ROUND THING,
AND DRAW A CIRCLE, AND
TAKE YOUR CRAFT KNIFE,
OR SCISSORS, AND AN ADULT, AND
GET THEM TO HELP YOU CUT OUT
A HOLE, AND WHEN YOU
PULL BACK ON THE BALLOON,
A BURST OF AIR COMES
THROUGH THE HOLE,
BUT THE AIR HAS AN
INTERESTING SHAPE.
NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING, YOU'RE THINKING,
"PHIL, AIR IS INVISIBLE, YOU
CAN'T TELL WHAT SHAPE IT IS."
WELL, I CAN SHOW YOU, COME ON.
THIS IS MY MAXED
OUT VORTEX CANNON,
IT'S MADE OUT OF A GARBAGE CAN,
I'VE GOT A HOLE IN HERE, AND
THIS IS A SHOWER CURTAIN,
WITH A BALL THAT I CAN
GET A GRIP ON, AND PULL.
AND THEN IT SHOOTS
FORWARD, LIKE THIS.
NOW, IT MAKES A BIG
PUFF OF AIR, BUT AGAIN,
THE AIR IS INVISIBLE, SO WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT SHAPE IT IS,
BUT, I CAN HELP WITH THAT,
BECAUSE I'VE GOT THIS!
A FOG MACHINE!
I FILL THE INSIDE
OF THE GARBAGE CAN,
SO WE CAN SEE WHAT
THE AIR IS DOING
WHEN I FIRE THE VORTEX CANNON,
OKAY COME ON OVER HERE.
READY?
(ROCK MUSIC)
He fires the cannon and a ring of fog comes out.
He says WOAH...
OKAY, READY? CHECK IT OUT.
THE VORTEX CANNON SHAPES
THE AIR INTO A RING,
CALLED A VORTEX.
IT MAKES A RING! WELL,
ACTUALLY SORT OF A DOUGHNUT.
BECAUSE OF ITS SHAPE,
THE AIR IN A VORTEX
CAN MOVE MUCH FARTHER THAN
AIR THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SHAPE.
VORTEX CANNON!
AIR THAT HAS A SHAPE
GOES A LOT FURTHER
THAN AIR THAT
DOESN'T HAVE A SHAPE.
One of the rings knocks down a pile of cups on a table.
Phil says AND IT'S ALSO WAY
MORE FUN. WOO-HOO!
(EXCITING MUSIC)
Music plays as a neon science appears with the caption "Sal’s Science Shop."
Sal is in his twenties, clean-shaven and with short side parted dark blond hair. He wears glasses, jeans, an orange shirt and a green blazer.
He says LITTLE TO THE LEFT.
LITTLE TO THE LEFT FROM OVER...
OKAY NOW THAT'S TOO FAR LEFT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
OH, HEY!
NOW, I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'RE GOING ON VACATION
ANY TIME SOON, WELL IF
YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE,
MAY I SUGGEST UNDERWATER...
BUT, DON'T FORGET TO PACK
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
WHEN YOU GO.
He starts taking items out of a suitcase.
He says HAT? NAH...
UKULELE, NAH FORGET ABOUT IT.
RUBBER CHICKEN, NO.
SUNSCREEN, FORGET ABOUT IT.
TEDDY...
He keeps the teddy.
He says NO, IF YOU'RE GOIN' UNDERWATER,
THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU GOTTA PACK IS:
AIR.
YOU SEE, HUMAN BEINGS HAVE
BEEN COMING UP WITH WAYS
TO GO UNDERWATER
FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THE THING IS, YOU
GOTTA BRING AIR WITH YOU,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
BREATHING IS GOOD.
He takes a deep breath and holds it as an animation paints water on the screen.
(LOSES BREATH ABRUPTLY)
(GASPING)
He says CHECK THIS OUT...
IT'S A DIVING BELL, ONE OF
THE FIRST WAYS HUMANS USED TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE AIR WITH THEM
WHEN THEY WENT UNDERWATER.
He sticks his head in the diving bell.
He says YOU SEE, IT'S A BIG, HEAVY
BELL, AND IT'S LOWERED FROM
A SHIP ABOVE, ON A ROPE,
AND WHEN IT GETS LOWERED
INTO THE WATER, IT TRAPS A
BUBBLE OF AIR UNDERNEATH.
SO, YOU CAN SWIM
AROUND UNDERWATER,
BUT THEN WHEN YOU
NEED TO BREATHE AGAIN,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
ALL THE WAY BACK UP,
YOU JUST POP UNDER THE BELL,
AND TAKE ANOTHER BREATH!
(INHALING)
(EXHALING)
BELLS LIKE THIS WERE
ACTUALLY MUCH BIGGER
WHEN THEY USED TO
USE THEM FOR DIVING,
TO HOLD MORE AIR!
EH? RING-A-DING-DING,
WADDYA THINK, YOU WANT THIS?
NO? EH, IT'S OKAY, I GOT
SOMETHING ELSE, HOLD ON.
He takes out a model diver.
He says CHECK THIS OUT, IT'S AN
OLD-TIMEY DIVING SUIT.
AIR IS PUMPED IN THROUGH
THESE HOSES HERE,
WHICH MEANS THE DIVER HAS
A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF AIR,
WHICH MEANS HE CAN
STAY UNDERWATER LONGER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO?
OKAY, HOLD ON, I GOT SOMETHING
ELSE, I GOT SOMETHING ELSE.
UM...
YEAH.
(SCUBA BREATHING)
He puts on scuba diving gear.
He says THIS IS IT, THE ULTIMATE
IN BRINGING AIR WITH YOU.
THE SCUBA SUIT, THIS TANK
HOLDS COMPRESSED AIR,
WHICH MEANS IT CAN CARRY
A LOT OF AIR WITH YOU,
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN STAY
UNDERWATER FOR LONGER.
(AIR HISSING)
SO, I TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL
WRAP UP ALL THREE THINGS,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
YEAH? YOU'LL TAKE 'EM?
OKAY, GREAT. LET ME
JUST WRAP 'EM UP FOR YA.
COME ON, TEDDY,
LET'S GO FIND A BAG.
The teddy bear hangs from the air tube.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Phil says SO, OUR LARGE STOMP ROCKET
HASN'T WORKED PERFECTLY.
OUR SMALL MODEL DIDN'T
MOVE ENOUGH AIR,
BUT OUR LARGER BOTTLE
WAS TOO RIGID TO STOMP,
AND WHEN I USED
THE SLEDGEHAMMER,
IT WAS SO SUDDEN,
THE BOTTLE BROKE,
AND ALSO BLEW APART THE ROCKET.
CHRIS AND I NEED A
LARGE CONTAINER OF AIR
THAT'S SOFT ENOUGH TO
CHANGE THE SHAPE EASILY.
SO, HERE'S THE CURRENT PLAN:
AN EVEN LARGER PIPE,
AN EVEN LARGER ROCKET,
AND WE USE AN AIR MATTRESS.
WE MAKE TWO HOLES
IN THE AIR MATTRESS,
ONE TO FILL IT UP
WITH A LEAF BLOWER,
AND THE OTHER HOLE TO GO
OUT THE TUBE TO THE ROCKET.
SINCE AN AIR MATTRESS
HOLDS LOTS OF AIR,
AND IT'S VERY EASY
TO CHANGE THE SHAPE
BY JUMPING ON IT, WE FIGURE
IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY
TO GET LOTS OF AIR THROUGH
THE TUBE TO LAUNCH OUR ROCKET.
Ana animation illustrates the process on a white board.
At the parking lot, Phil says OKAY, LET'S DO IT!
Chris says LET'S DO IT.
They step on two wooden boxes.
Phil says ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA
GO 1, 2, 3, JUMP, RIGHT?
Chris says OKAY, YEAH.
Phil says 1, 2, 3...
(GLASS SHATTERING)
A slate appears with the caption "Please stand by."
Buster appears in his kitchen.
Buster has short curly dark blond hair and wears a striped shirt and a red apron.
He says BEING A CHEF IS MY
ABSOLUTE PASSION.
AND COOKING UP SCIENCE
RECIPES IS MY SPECIALITY.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER, AND
THIS COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
An oval logo with flask appears with the caption "Cooking with science."
(APPLAUSE)
Buster says AH. OH, HELLO, WELCOME
TO COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER.
WHENEVER FRIENDS COME OVER,
I LIKE TO MAKE MY FAMOUS
POTATO CHIP RECIPE.
(APPLAUSE)
AND LOOK AT THIS
BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
QUITE LARGE, SO THERE MUST BE
A LOT OF POTATO
CHIPS IN HERE, RIGHT?
WELL, LET'S OPEN IT.
WHAT? THIS POTATO CHIP
BAG IS MOSTLY AIR!
WHY DO POTATO CHIP BAGS
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
HAVE SO MUCH AIR?
WELL, TO TELL YOU
THE ANSWER TO THAT,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE STORY
OF TWO BAGS OF POTATO CHIPS.
(APPLAUSE)
HERE THEY ARE.
THIS ONE FULL OF AIR, AND
THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
THERE'S NOT MUCH
AIR IN IT AT ALL,
WHY DON'T THEY MAKE
THEM LIKE THIS?
WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.
FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS,
IS THE POTATO CHIP BAGS
COME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT
AT THE POTATO CHIP FACTORY
WHERE THEY GET
PACKED INTO A CRATE.
HERE'S A CRATE HERE, SO
LET'S REALLY STUFF THEM IN.
(LAUGHTER)
AND THEN THE CRATE GETS
BOXED UP, AND SHIPPED
OFF TO THE STORE.
(AUDIENCE SHOCKED)
OH, IT'S A BUMPY RIDE
TO THE STORE TODAY.
NOW WE'RE AT THE STORE,
AND THEN YOU COME ALONG...
He puts the potato chips bags in a larger bag and then thorws some fruit in it.
He says "AH! BAGS OF POTATO CHIPS,
WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BUY TODAY?
"OH, I KNOW, HOW
'BOUT A CANTALOUPE?
"VERY NICE. SOME APPLES."
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
YES, AND TAKE IT
HOME, WALK ALONG...
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
AND YOU GET TO THE KITCHEN.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS,
WHERE ALL THE POTATO CHIPS
ARE LIGHT AND FLUFFY.
(CLAPPING)
OR THIS BAG OF POTATO CHIPS
(AUDIENCE OOHING)
WHICH IS NOT EXCITING AT ALL.
AND THAT'S WHY POTATO CHIP BAGS
HAVE SO MUCH AIR.
TO PROTECT THE POTATO
CHIPS FROM GETTING CRUSHED.
SPEAKING OF POTATO CHIPS,
(CLAPPING)
TIME TO GET BACK TO MY RECIPE.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S POTATO CHIP SOUP.
WELL, I'M BUSTER BEAKER,
AND THANKS FOR JOINING ME
ON COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
(APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT
MORE COOKING. (LAUGHS)
(ROCK MUSIC)
Back in the parking lot, Phil says OKAY, SO, WHERE WERE WE?
OH, RIGHT,
OUR MAXED OUT ROCKET.
(TAPE REWINDING)
A MUCH LARGER PIPE,
A LARGE AIR MATTRESS, AND
THE LARGEST ROCKET YET.
LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES.
1, 2, 3, JUMP.
1, 2, 3...
(ROCK MUSIC)
Chris says WOAH!
Phil says WOAH!
YEAH! THERE YOU GO!
ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
Chris says OKAY.
Phil says 1, 2, 3...
They both jump on the mattress.
(AIR BURST)
(GRUNTING)
(LAUGHTER)
The air in the mattress sends the rocket across the parking lot.
Phil says IT WORKS AMAZING.
THE LARGE VOLUME OF AIR
CHRIS AND I CAN MOVE
BY BOTH JUMPING ON
THE AIR MATTRESS
GETS TRANSFERRED
THROUGH THE LARGE PIPE,
AND EVEN THOUGH
IT'S A GIANT ROCKET,
IT SAILS HIGHER THAN
ANY OTHER VERSION.
(GUFFAWING)
Chris says THAT WAS GREAT!
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
THERE YOU GO, SCIENCE
MAX, EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
MOVING A LOT OF AIR.
Chris says THAT HAS TO BE THE
BIGGEST STOMP ROCKET EVER.
Phil says BIGGEST STOMP ROCKET
EVER! LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
Chris says OKAY.
Phil says OKAY.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
Sal bangs his head against the diving bell.
(METAL CLUNK)
(ROCK MUSIC)
Phil untapes himself off the door and laughs.
Buster stirs the soup and says AH. OH, IT SMELLS SO
HORRIBLE... (LAUGHING)
Sal says IT'S A DIVING BELL!
He pushes the bell and bell sways back and hits him in the head.
(METAL CLUNK)
Phil tries to wrap paper around a pipe and says AND THAT, (LAUGHS)
DIDN'T WORK. AT ALL.
Sal says THAT'S ACTING, MY
FRIEND. (LAUGHING)
OH, GOD IT'S SO BAD.
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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