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Transcript: Hoop Glider
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!
Clips from today’s show roll.
Phil says MY NAME IS PHIL,
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
THIS IS SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil says SCIENCE MAX!
Phil says GRAVITY,
GRAVITY,
Sal says GRAVITY.
Phil says GRAVITY MAKES THINGS FALL,
BUT ON THIS EPISODE I AM DOING
EVERYTHING I CAN
TO DEFY GRAVITY.
YOU WIN THIS ONE GRAVITY.
FROM A HOOP GLIDER
TO AN EGG DROP,
TO A HOVER BALLOON,
IT'S A GRAVITYDEFYING
DANCE PARTY.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears.
Phil hangs from a beam on the lab ceiling ans says GREETINGS, SCIENCE MAXIMITES!
WELCOME TO SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
MY NAME IS PHIL AND
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX!
WE'RE GONNA BE
LOOKING AT GRAVITY.
WHAT GOES UP
MUST COME DOWN.
He tosses a basketball and hits a shelf down.
A caption reads "Phil 0. Gravity 1."
Phil says TODAY
GRAVITY IS THE FORCE
THAT MAKES THINGS FALL...
(AWKWARD LAUGH)...TOWARDS THE GROUND.
BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S
A FORCE OF NATURE,
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT.
NO, TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA USE EVERYTHING
IN THE POWER OF SCIENCE
TO DEFY GRAVITY!
(LAUGHS)
(BELL)
He tosses a ball up in the air.
The caption changes to "Phil 1. Gravity 1"
Phil says WE ARE GOING TO BE
MAKING A HOOP GLIDER.
NOW HOOP GLIDERS MAY
NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH,
BUT THEY FLY JUST
LIKE PAPER AIRPLANES.
WOO HOO!
The ball comes down and bounces on the table.
The caption changes to "Phil 1. Gravity 2."
Phil says AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN
MAKE A HOOP GLIDER
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN MAKE
A HOOP GLIDER ALL YOUR OWN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED.
INDEX CARDS,
SCISSORS,
A STRAW,
RULER, PENCIL,
AND OF COURSE
SCIENCE TAPE,
WHICH IS JUST LIKE REGULAR TAPE,
EXCEPT YOU USE THIS KIND OF TAPE
FOR SCIENCE.
SO HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
Phil says TAKE YOUR INDEX CARD
AND CUT IT INTO
THREE EQUAL LENGTHS.
YOU TAKE TWO STRIPS,
AND YOU TAKE YOUR SCIENCE TAPE,
AND YOU TAPE THOSE TWO STRIPS,
AND MAKE A HOOP OUT OF IT.
AND, WITH THE SMALL STRIP,
YOU WANNA MAKE ANOTHER HOOP.
NOW WHAT YOU WANNA DO
IS TAKE YOUR STRAW.
NOW THIS STRAW HAS
A LITTLE SCOOP AT THE END
AND THAT'S NOT VERY AERODYNAMIC,
SO WE'RE GONNA
GET RID OF THAT...
OOH!
He cuts the scoop off and it goes flying up.
Phil says MAYBE IT WAS KINDA AERODYNAMIC.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT
WE'VE GOT THE STRAW,
THEN YOU HAVE TO ALIGN THE
HOOP AND THE STRAW TOGETHER.
SO HERE'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO.
TAKE SOME SCIENCE TAPE
AND STICK IT ON THE STRAW.
AND THEN, ALIGN IT SO THAT
IT'S PERFECTLY STRAIGHT
AND THEN STICK IT ON.
IT LOOKS STRAIGHT TO ME.
ALL RIGHT, THE SMALL HOOP ALSO
HAS TO BE PERFECTLY ALIGNED
WITH THE FIRST HOOP.
SO AGAIN, PUT THE TAPE
ON THE STRAW FIRST.
AND THEN, I'LL LINE THEM UP,
AND THEN START LOOKING DOWN
THROUGH IT AND MAKE
SURE IT'S ALIGNED.
THERE.
ONCE YOU HAVE IT ALL TAPED
TOGETHER, YOU'RE DONE,
YOU'RE A HOOP GLIDER.
AND IT FLIES JUST
LIKE A PAPER AIRPLANE.
AWESOME!
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO TODAY.
(CRASH)
He trips on the items that fell from the shelf and says WE'RE GONNA
OH YEAH, I GOTTA CLEAN THAT UP.
WE ARE GOING TO MAX OUT
THE HOOP GLIDER!
I'M GONNA GO MEET SONYA
AT THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE
AND...
WE ARE GOING TO MAX OUT
THE HOOP GLIDER
INTO A GIANT VERSION.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO
CHANGE THE MATERIALS WE USE,
BECAUSE, OH OH, I DON'T
THINK WE CAN GET A STRAW
THAT BIG OR A CARDBOARD.
BUT STILL, WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT...
(BEEPING)
He puts on a lab coat and enters the portal.
Phil says HERE I GO.
HA HA!
(ROCK MUSIC)
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
Phil says WELL, OKAY.
Behind a round window, he says SOYNIA!
SONYA!
Soynia is in her twenties, with long brown hair in a low bun. She wears black clothes and a white lab coat.
Soynia says OH HI, PHIL!
Phil says HOW'S IT GOIN'?
Soynia says GOOD... WHAT?
Phil says I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT.
Soynia says PARDON?
Phil says I WONDERED IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT!
YOU WANT ME TO HELP
YOU WITH AN EXPERIMENT?
Phil says YEAH, YOU AND ME AND
WE GO AND MAKE SOMETHING?
Soynia says OKAY.
Phil says HOLD ON,
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, OKAY.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT.
(BEEP)
(SHOUT)
Phil clicks on the portal remote and then both of them appear at Phil’s lab.
Phil says OOF!
SONYA, I CAME IN
YOU CAME IN HERE?
Soynia says ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAY?
Phil says YEAH, I'M FINE.
COME ON, LET ME SHOW YOU.
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO MAX OUT.
IT WAS IN MY POCKET
WHEN I FELL, SO...
Soynia says WHAT IS THAT?
Phil says IT'S A HOOP GLIDER.
IT WAS A HOOP GLIDER.
SONYA, HOW DO WE MAX THIS OUT?
Soynia says FIRST WE'RE GONNA
NEED A LARGER TUBE.
Phil says TO REPLACE THE STRAW.
Soynia says A LARGE TUBE.
EXACTLY, AND WE'RE
GONNA NEED TWO HOOPS.
BUT WE NEED SOMETHING
THAT'S FLEXIBLE,
THAT WILL CONVERT INTO A HOOP.
Phil says OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED?
Soynia says SOUNDS GOOD.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVE!
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max."
Phil says MINI MAX!
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS.
IT IS A SLINKY,
YES GOOD FOR YOU.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
SLINKIES CAN DEFY GRAVITY?
WHOA! GRAVITY DEFYING.
GRAVITY DEF
GRAVITY DEF
He tosses the slinky up and says LOOK AT IT FLY!
FLYING, OKAY NOT EXACTLY.
BUT, WHAT IF I WAS TO
HOLD THE SLINKY LIKE THIS
AND LET IT GO?
WHAT'LL HAPPEN?
IT'LL FALL, YES IT'LL
FALL, THAT IS TRUE.
BUT, WHILE IT'S FALLING
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS END?
DOES IT STAY IN ONE PLACE?
DOES IT GO UP?
OR DOES IT GO DOWN?
LET'S FIND OUT.
I'LL BRING THIS IN SO
YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT.
OKAY, READY?
WATCH CLOSE.
DID YOU SEE? NO?
OKAY, TELL YOU WHAT
WE'LL WATCH IT AGAIN,
THIS TIME IN SLOW MOTION.
A clip in slow motion plays.
Phil says SEE, THE BOTTOM DOESN'T MOVE
AND HERE'S WHY.
WHEN THE TOP OF
THE SPRING IS RELEASED,
GRAVITY AND THE TENSION
OF THE SPRING
ARE PULLING ON IT.
THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING
IS BEING PULLED DOWN BY GRAVITY
AND UP BY THE TENSION
OF THE SPRING.
THESE FORCES CANCEL OUT,
STOPPING THE BOTTOM OF
THE SPRING FROM FALLING
UNTIL THE TOP REACHES IT...
UNTIL THERE'S NO MORE TENSION
AND THEN THE TOP
PASSES THE BOTTOM,
AND THE WHOLE THING...
(THUD)
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
BUT HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION
WILL IT HAPPEN DIFFERENTLY
WITH A LONGER SLINKY?
HUH?
WELL, I JUST HAPPEN
TO HAVE A LONGER ONE!
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
(ROCK MUSIC)
A clip shows Phil trying to handle the longer spring.
He goes outside and says SO, NOW THAT I'M UP HIGH
ON THIS FIRE ESCAPE!
(TRUMPET FANFARE)
LET'S TEST IT OUT.
OKAY.
THREE, TWO, ONE...
GO!
He lets go of the spring.
He says A LONGER SPRING STILL HAS
THE SAME FORCES WORKING ON IT
THE TENSION OF THE SPRING,
PULLING IT UP,
AND GRAVITY PULLING IT DOWN.
NO MATTER WHAT SIZE OF SPRING,
THESE FORCES CANCEL OUT
FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE
SPRING UNTIL THE TOP
MEETS UP WITH IT.
THERE YOU GO, AND ALMOST
GRAVITYDEFYING SLINKY!
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
HEY, THERE'S NO DOOR
HANDLE ON THIS DOOR!
I GUESS I'LL HAVE
TO TAKE THE STAIRS.
The logo of the show now appears exploding.
A the lab, Phil says SONYA AND I ARE MAXING
OUT THE HOOP GLIDER
OUT OF BIGGER AND
BETTER MATERIALS.
THIS IS THE LARGEST
TUBE I HAVE, RIGHT?
A GIANT ABS PIPE AND
SOME BENDABLE METAL
TO MAKE INTO HOOPS.
THEN WE ATTACH THEM ALL TOGETHER
AND OKAY, BIG HOOP IS DONE.
AND THE LITTLE HOOP
IS ALSO DONE.
Phil says AWESOME!
Soynia says NOT BAD.
Phil says NOT BAD AT ALL.
SUPER SOLID.
Soynia says AND THAT'S THE THING.
WE HAVE PRETTY HEAVY MATERIALS
SO IT MIGHT NOT FLY
AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE.
Phil says BUT SOMETHING HEAVY CAN
ALWAYS BE GOOD, RIGHT?
The hoop glider falls from the table.
Soynia says OH NO.
Phil says THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
SEE HOW SOLID IT IS?
Soynia says IT'S PRETTY SOLID.
Phil says NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.
YOU WANNA TEST IT?
Soynia says I THINK WE SHOULD.
Phil says OKAY.
I'M EXCITED.
WE TAKE OUR PLASTIC AND METAL
HOOP GLIDER OUTSIDE TO TEST IT
AND...
READY?
Soynia says READY!
Phil says ONE, TWO, THREE!
He throws the glider but it falls only a few feet from where they stand.
They both say HUH!
Phil says IT DIDN'T REALLY FLY, DID IT?
SONYA AND I MADE A
VERY SOLID DESIGN
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH IT BECAME
PRETTY OBVIOUS.
YEAH.
Soynia says IT'S JUST TOO HEAVY.
Phil says WELL, THAT'S WHAT SCIENCE
IS, BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max."
Phil says HERE'S SOMETHING FUN
YOU CAN DO IF YOU EVER
GET YOUR HANDS ON
A HELIUM BALLOON.
NOW HELIUM BALLOONS FLOAT UP,
NOT BECAUSE THEY DEFY
GRAVITY, BUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE LIGHTER THAN AIR.
IT'S BECAUSE THE
HEAVIER AIR AROUND IT
ACTUALLY FALLS PAST THE
BALLOON AND THAT ENDS UP
PUSHING THE BALLOON UP.
BUT, WHAT IF THIS HELIUM
BALLOON WASN'T LIGHTER
THAN AIR, OR HEAVIER THAN AIR?
IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME?
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO DO.
JUST TAKE A HELIUM
BALLOON WITH A LONG RIBBON
AND A BUNCH OF PAPER
CLIPS, AND ADDING
A LITTLE BIT OF
WEIGHT EVERY TIME.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO
IS MAKE THIS BALLOON
NEUTRALLY BUOYANT, THAT
MEANS IT WON'T GO UP
OR DOWN, BUT IT WILL BE NEUTRAL.
YOU WANNA CHECK IT
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
LET'S SEE THREE PAPERCLIPS
IS, CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH.
FIVE PAPERCLIPS IS,
OOH, FIVE PAPERCLIPS
IS PRETTY CLOSE!
IT STILL MIGHT FLOAT DOWN,
SO YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT.
MAYBE ABOUT THERE.
He trims the end of the ribbon off.
Phil says WATCH THIS.
YOU JUST TAKE THE BALLOON
AND YOU PUT IT SOMEWHERE,
AND IT'S STAYS!
IT STAYS PUT, IT DOESN'T
GO UP, IT DOESN'T GO DOWN.
IT'S ATTACHED TO NOTHING.
NOW, LET'S MAX IT OUT!
A big balloon appears with a paper towel roll attached to it ribbon.
Phil says HUH, I HAD A BIG BALLOON
AND IT WAS A, IT
HAD A, OH THERE!
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
A GIANT BALLOON, AND LOOK!
IT'S A GREAT PAPER
TOWEL DELIVERY DEVICE.
SAY, DID YOU WANT
SOME PAPER TOWEL?
HERE YOU GO!
He gives the balloon a little push and it moves forward.
Phil says SCIENCE!
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.
(HORNS BEEP)
Sal says YEAH, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT RAMONA,
JUST PUT 'EM UP HIGH.
PUT 'EM UP.
YEAH, HIGHER, GOOD.
HEY!
He grabs a sign with the caption "Gravity" on it. He tries to put it on the counter put the sign keep falling.
Sal says GRAVITY!
WHOOP...
GRAVITY.
GRAVITY MAKES THINGS FALL.
He lets go of a book and a ball and they fall to the floor.
Sal says BUT WHERE DO THEY FALL?
THEY FALL DOWN, OKAY, OH.
TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
OKAY...
GRAVITY.
He tries to hang a sign on the shelf but the sign falls.
He says IT FELL, DIDN'T IT?
SO, THE EARTH CAUSES
GRAVITY, RIGHT?
WELL, YES.
GRAVITY
The sign falls again.
He says OH, COME ON.
EVERYTHING THAT HAS
MASS, HAS GRAVITY.
GRAVITY...
BUT THE EARTH HAS SO MUCH MASS
THAT THE GRAVITY PRODUCED
BY EVERYTHING ELSE
IS LIKE NOTHING, I
MEAN FORGET ABOUT IT.
BUT LET'S SAY
I WAS IN SPACE WITH......WITH THIS CHICKEN.
I WOULD HAVE GRAVITY
AND I COULD EXERT
A GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
ON THIS CHICKEN.
AND IF I GET MY ANGLES
RIGHT, I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET THE CHICKEN TO ORBIT ME,
LIKE A MOON.
BEHOLD, MY CHICKEN MOON, HUH?
GRAVITY.
BUT LET'S GET SERIOUS.
WHAT CAUSES GRAVITY?
WE DON'T KNOW.
He sits on the counter and falls backwards.
He says WAH!
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW,
IS THAT WITHOUT GRAVITY
THERE WOULD BE NO
UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT.
NO YOU, NO ME, NO CHICKEN MOON.
I'D MISS MY CHICKEN MOON.
He sings a song that goes CHICKEN MOON, YOU ARE
He says GRAVITY, LIKE IT OR NOT,
THE UNIVERSE WOULDN'T
EXIST WITHOUT IT.
Now the sign hangs the sign with two ropes.
He says YOU LIKE THE SIGN?
I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD DEAL.
One of the ropes gives in and the sign falls.
He says OH, HALF OFF.
Now an animation shows the logo of the show crush the screen.
Phil says BACK TO OUR HOOP GLIDER,
WHICH WAS TOO HEAVY.
HERE'S WHAT I DON'T GET.
THIS IS HEAVY BUT I
CAN STILL PICK IT UP
AND THROW IT.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says AN AIRPLANE IS WAY
HEAVIER, I COULD NEVER
PICK UP AN AIRPLANE,
BUT THAT CAN FLY.
Soynia says THAT'S BECAUSE
AIRPLANES HAVE ENGINES,
SO IT HAS A CONSTANT
SOURCE OF THRUST.
WHEN WE THROW IT, WE
JUST HAVE AN INITIAL
SOURCE OF THRUST, SO
WE'RE THROWIN' IT.
EVENTUALLY, IT LOSES IT'S
ENERGY, THEREFORE, BLOOP.
Phil says IT FALLS TO THE GROUND, I SEE.
IT FALLS, SO WE NEED
SOMETHING THAT'S LIGHT.
Phil says LIGHT.
Soynia says AND SOMETHING
THAT'S STRONG.
Phil says AND STRONG.
OKAY WELL, LET'S SEE
WHAT WE CAN FIND.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT.
Phil says SONYA AND I TRIED
A PLASTIC TUBE
AND SOME HEAVYDUTY PAPER.
WE MAKE HOOPS AND ATTACHED
THEM WITH SOME DUCT TAPE.
AND RUN OUTSIDE TO TRY IT OUT.
WOO!
At the parking lot, they do a dance.
Phil says HOOP GLIDER DANCE!
(GENTLE DISCO MUSIC)
OKAY, THREE, TWO, ONE.
(ROCK MUSIC)
(BOTH CHEER)
He throws the glider and it travels quite a distance.
Soynia says THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
Phil says LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil says I THROW THE HOOP GLIDER
AND ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T
KEEP FLYING FOREVER,
IT GOES MUCH FURTHER
THAN OUR FIRST VERSION,
AND ALSO FURTHER
THAN I COULD HAVE JUST
THROWN THE PIPE BY ITSELF.
Soynia says PRETTY GOOD.
Phil says SO, WE'VE DONE A GOOD
JOB OF MAKING SOMETHING
THAT FLIES.
WHY DON'T WE MAKE A
COUPLE DIFFERENT KINDS
OUT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS?
AND, WE'LL SEE IF WE
CAN GET ONE THAT FLIES
EVEN BETTER THAN THIS.
Soynia says I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Phil says YEAH! OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
SONYA AND I HAVE CREATED
A PRETTY GOOD MAXED OUT
HOOP GLIDER,
BUT WE WANTED TO SEE
IF DIFFERENT MATERIALS
WOULD MAKE AN EVEN BETTER ONE.
SONYA MADE A MUCH
LIGHTER VERSION.
Soynia says THIS TIME I USED CARDBOARD.
Phil says AND I, I MADE THIS!
I MADE A SLIGHTLY HEAVIER ONE.
LET'S DO IT.
(music plays)
Phil says OKAY.
THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.
Soynia tosses hers.
Phil says NOT BAD. MY TURN.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil says OKAY.
THAT REALLY DIDN'T REALLY
GO VERY FAR AT ALL, DID IT?
Soynia says NO.
Phil says OKAY, SO NOW WE CAN
MEASURE IT AGAINST
THE ONE THAT WE THREW BEFORE.
Soynia says AND THAT WENT PRETTY FAR.
Phil says THIS WENT PRETTY FAR.
TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT A
BETTER DESIGN, HERE.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil throws the first glider again.
Phil says READY?
WOW!
Soynia says AWESOME!
Phil says SO, HEAVY ONE, NO.
LIGHT ONE, NO.
INTERESTING.
He picks ups the first glider and says THIS DESIGN SEEMS
TO BE THE BEST ONE.
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THRUST.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says ALL THE THRUST THAT
WE CAN PUT IN IS JUST
WHAT WE CAN PUT
IN WITH ONE THROW.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says WHAT IF WE COULD GIVE
IT MORE THRUST THAN THAT?
Soynia says HOW CAN WE DO THAT?
Phil says UH, I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE SOME SORT
OF SLING SHOT OR SOMETHING.
LIKE IT'D HAVE TO BE A
PRETTY BIG SLING SHOT.
Soynia says A PRETTY BIG SLING SHOT.
Phil says DO YOU THINK WE CAN MAKE IT?
Soynia says I THINK THAT
SOUNDS GREAT, THOUGH.
Phil says I THINK MAKE A BIG
SLING SHOT FOR THIS.
Soynia says WHY NOT?
Phil says OKAY, HIGH FIVE!
Soynia says ALRIGHT.
Phil says LET'S DO IT.
Phil takes the fire escape stairs again.
He says THIS IS AN EGG.
EGGS DO NOT LIKE TO BE DROPPED.
An animation shows Phil dropping the egg from the landing of the stairs and then rushing in fast motion to catch it before it hits the floor.
(MUSIC FANFARE)
Phil says OH, FORTUNATELY WE
CAN USE THE POWER
OF SCIENCE TO DESIGN
SOMETHING THAT'LL KEEP
THE EGG SAFE AS IT FALLS.
BEHOLD, MY EGGDROP
CONTRAPTIONS.
On a table appears a bunch of helium balloons attached to a wire structure.
Phil says THE THING I REALLY LIKE
ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENT
IS THERE'S NO WRONG
WAY TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN COME UP WITH
ANY DESIGN YOU WANT
AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
THIS ONE HERE IS A BUNCH
OF HELIUM BALLOONS.
THIS STRUCTURE IS JUST
TO KEEP THE HELIUM
BALLOONS ON, SO THE EGG
CAN TOUCH DOWN VERY GENTLY.
HERE IT GOES.
He drops the structure from the landing of the stairs.
(ROCK MUSIC)
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
Phil says AND, AND, THE EGG IS UNHARMED.
MIRACULOUSLY SOUND, THAT
ONE WORKED REALLY WELL.
SUCCESS!
(BELL RINGS)
A big check mark appears on screen.
Now he stands next to a giant balloon attached to a wooden model house.
Phil says THIS IS A GIANT HELIUM
BALLOON THAT I THINK WILL WORK
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY,
'CAUSE I THINK THIS BALLOON
WILL DROP JUST SLOWLY
ENOUGH THAT THE EGG
CAN ACTUALLY JUST TOUCH
AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
He tries the same trick but the balloon goes up.
He says UH, YEAH, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
(LAUGH)
(BUZZER)
A cross mark appears on screen.
Now he grabs a large yellow cone with that holds an egg in the opening.
He says AND THEN THERE'S THIS
ONE WHICH HAS NO SLOWING
AT ALL, IT'S ALL DESIGNED
TO JUST ABSORB THE IMPACT.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT
THE CONE WILL CRUMPLE
AND ABSORB THE FORCE
WHEN IT HITS THE BOTTOM.
He climbs up the stairs again and drops the cone.
He climbs down and says OH NO!
OH, NO.
(LAUGHING)
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
WORKED IF IT HADN'T
TURNED IN THE AIR.
BUT IT DID, AND WELL,
I GUESS THE EGG IS
COMPLETELY BROKEN.
SO, I'D CALL THAT ONE A FAIL.
(BUZZER)
Another cross mark appears.
Phil says THIS ONE IS THE PARACHUTE
AND SEE, THE EGG
HAS BEEN NESTLED INTO
THIS FOAM CONTAINER
AND THIS IS A PARACHUTE,
THAT WILL HOPEFULLY
SLOW THE EGG DOWN.
He goes upstairs again and drops the parachute.
He says WOO HOO!
OH OH, WHOA, OVER, OVER.
GOOD, AND...
The egg lands safe and sound.
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGH)
Phil says THAT ONE SEEMED TO WORK WELL.
YUP, THE EGG IS TOTALLY FINE.
THE PARACHUTE WORKED.
(BELL RINGS)
A check mark appears.
Phil says ALL RIGHT, EGGDROP EXPERIMENT,
TOTALLY FUN EXPERIMENT TO DO,
BUT THE QUESTION IS
HOW DO WE MAX IT OUT?
AND THE ANSWER IS...
PUMPKIN DROP!
(LAUGH)
SAME THING, EXCEPT WITH
A PUMPKIN INSTEAD OF AN EGG.
COME ON!
OKAY.
(LAUGH)
ALRIGHT, PUMPKIN DROP WITH
EVERYTHING ATTACHED ALL AT ONCE.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
READY?
ONE, TWO, THREE!
The pumpkin plummets.
Phil says SO WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED FROM THIS
IS THE HEAVIER
SOMETHING IS,
THE MORE FORCE IS
ACTING ON IT FROM GRAVITY,
WHICH MEANS THE HARDER
IT IS TO SLOW DOWN
WHEN IT'S FALLING.
OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
YOU WIN THIS ONE, GRAVITY.
BUT I'LL BEAT YOU NEXT TIME!
Now the sign of the show appears crushing a flask.
A slate appears with the caption "Please stand by."
Now Buster appears in his kitchen. He has short wavy dark blond hair and wears a striped shirt and a red apron.
Buster says I'M...
I'M GONNA GET A BROOM.
BEING A CHEF IS
MY ABSOLUTE PASSION,
AND COOKING UP SCIENCE RECIPES
IS MY SPECIALITY.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER,
AND THIS IS
COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
The logo of the show appears: an orange oval with an image of a flask and the caption "Cooking with science."
Buster says OH HELLO, WELCOME TO
COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER, DELICIOUS.
NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO HAVE FRESH
THAN YOUR SEAFOOD.
He stands before a working table with two fish on it.
He says IT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A FRESH FISH...
He sniffs a fish and says AH!
He says ...AND ONE THAT ISN'T SO FRESH.
He sniffs the other fish and coughs.
He says IF YOU LIVE BY THE OCEAN,
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE WATER
GETS HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE.
He shows two pictures of the same location on a calendar. One picture shows the location with high tide and the other ono with low tide.
He says LOOK CLOSELY.
IT'S THE SAME LOCATION.
AMAZING!
BUT DID YOU KNOW THIS
IS CAUSED BY THE GRAVITY
OF THE MOON AND THE SUN?
SAY THIS COOKIE IS THE EARTH,
AND THIS LITTLE
HAPPY FELLOW IS ME...
He pins a tiny toy man on a large cookie.
He says HELLO!
AND THIS STRING REPRESENTS
THE WATER AROUND THE EARTH.
He puts a string circle around the cookie.
He says IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
GRAVITY TO WORRY ABOUT,
THE WATER WOULD ALL BE
EQUALLY DEEP AROUND THE EARTH.
BUT HERE COMES THE
MOON, THIS MUSHROOM.
NOW, THE MOON HAS GRAVITY
AND THAT PULLS THE OCEANS
TOWARDS IT A LITTLE BIT
LIKE THIS.
He moves the string circle towards the mushroom.
He says AND THAT CREATES HIGH TIDE
THERE, AND LOW TIDE HERE,
AND A LITTLE BUMP OF HIGH
TIDE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE EARTH.
AND AS THE EARTH ROTATES
AND I'M ON IT, I EXPERIENCE
LOW TIDE, AND HIGH TIDE,
AND LOW TIDE AND HIGH TIDE.
He makes the cookie with the pinned man spin on its axis.
He says VERY INTERESTING, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR.
THE SUN, OR THIS LEMON.
NOW THE SUN ALSO
AFFECTS THE TIDES,
BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THE MOON.
NOW THE SUN DOES
NOT AFFECT THE TIDES
AS MUCH AS THE
MOON, BECAUSE IT'S
MUCH FURTHER AWAY.
BUT, IT STILL HAS AN EFFECT.
IF THE SUN WAS HERE, THEN THE
TIDES WOULD BE PULLED AWAY
A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT, AND
THE TIDES WOULD BE LESS SEVERE.
BUT, IF THE MOON
AND THE SUN LINE UP,
LIKE OVER HERE, YOU'D GET
A VERY, VERY HIGH TIDE
AND VERY, VERY LOW TIDE.
He puts the lemon behind the mushroom and moves the string circle towards the.
He says SO THERE YOU ARE,
THAT'S HOW THE TIDES
ARE AFFECTED BY THE
GRAVITY OF THE MOON
AND THE SUN.
He takes a bite of the mushroom and says MM, DELICIOUS.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME
ON COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
He bites the lemon and says UGH!
Now the logo of the show appears on screen.
Phil says OUR MAXED OUT HOOP GLIDER
WAS WORKING PRETTY WELL...
Soynia says PRETTY GOOD!
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
BUT WE COULD ONLY
GIVE IT SO MUCH THRUST
BY THROWING IT.
SO, WE CAME UP WITH THE
PERFECT SCIENCE MAX!
SOLUTION, OUR GIANT SLING SHOT!
They make a device with a bungee cord attached to two poles on two big spools.
(TRUMPET FANFARE)
He says WE PULL THE BUNGEE CORD BACK
AND HOOK IT ONTO
OUR HOOP GLIDER.
I AM READY TO FIRE,
COUNT ME DOWN.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT, THREE,
TWO, LAUNCH IT!
The glider lands really far.
(WHOOPS, CHEERS, AND LAUGHTER)
Sonya says VERY NICE!
Phil says THE SLING
SHOT WORKS AMAZING.
BY GIVING THE
GLIDER MORE THRUST,
THAT IS MORE ENERGY
AT THE BEGINNING,
SO IT'S GOING FASTER
WHEN WE LAUNCH IT.
THE GLIDER SOARS THROUGH THE AIR
AND FLIES A LONG WAY.
THAT WAS GREAT!
SO THERE YOU GO,
GIANT HOOP GLIDER!
YEAH, SCIENCE MAX
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE!
NICELY DONE.
Soynia says NICE.
Phil says WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?
Soynia grabs the glider and says WELL, MY TURN.
Phil chases her and says HEY!
SEE YA NEXT TIME.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
The director says MARKER.
Buster says TAKE EIGHT.
MY GOODNESS.
Soynia says I'M PLAYIN'
THE WOBBLE.
Phil shakes the heavy glider and says THE WOBBLE.
Soynia says THE WOBBLE.
Sal says THAT'S MY LIFE,
THAT'S MY LINE, GOIN' BACK DOWN.
DID I
Soynia says WOBBLE, WOBBLE,
WOBBLE, WOBBLE, WOBBLE.
Phil pretends that the small glider is a phone and says HELLO? HELLO?
HOOP GLIDER CENTRAL CALLING.
YES, YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR HOOP GLIDER?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
OH, YOU'RE USING IT
AS A PHONE?
YES, WELL, THAT'S YOUR
FIRST MISTAKE, YEAH, MMHMM.
Now Phil holds a basketball and says TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX, WE'RE
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU MY NAME.
MY NAME IS
I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
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!
Clips from today’s show roll.
Phil says MY NAME IS PHIL,
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
THIS IS SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil says SCIENCE MAX!
Phil says GRAVITY,
GRAVITY,
Sal says GRAVITY.
Phil says GRAVITY MAKES THINGS FALL,
BUT ON THIS EPISODE I AM DOING
EVERYTHING I CAN
TO DEFY GRAVITY.
YOU WIN THIS ONE GRAVITY.
FROM A HOOP GLIDER
TO AN EGG DROP,
TO A HOVER BALLOON,
IT'S A GRAVITYDEFYING
DANCE PARTY.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears.
Phil hangs from a beam on the lab ceiling ans says GREETINGS, SCIENCE MAXIMITES!
WELCOME TO SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
MY NAME IS PHIL AND
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX!
WE'RE GONNA BE
LOOKING AT GRAVITY.
WHAT GOES UP
MUST COME DOWN.
He tosses a basketball and hits a shelf down.
A caption reads "Phil 0. Gravity 1."
Phil says TODAY
GRAVITY IS THE FORCE
THAT MAKES THINGS FALL...
(AWKWARD LAUGH)...TOWARDS THE GROUND.
BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S
A FORCE OF NATURE,
DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT.
NO, TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA USE EVERYTHING
IN THE POWER OF SCIENCE
TO DEFY GRAVITY!
(LAUGHS)
(BELL)
He tosses a ball up in the air.
The caption changes to "Phil 1. Gravity 1"
Phil says WE ARE GOING TO BE
MAKING A HOOP GLIDER.
NOW HOOP GLIDERS MAY
NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH,
BUT THEY FLY JUST
LIKE PAPER AIRPLANES.
WOO HOO!
The ball comes down and bounces on the table.
The caption changes to "Phil 1. Gravity 2."
Phil says AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN
MAKE A HOOP GLIDER
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN MAKE
A HOOP GLIDER ALL YOUR OWN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED.
INDEX CARDS,
SCISSORS,
A STRAW,
RULER, PENCIL,
AND OF COURSE
SCIENCE TAPE,
WHICH IS JUST LIKE REGULAR TAPE,
EXCEPT YOU USE THIS KIND OF TAPE
FOR SCIENCE.
SO HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
Phil says TAKE YOUR INDEX CARD
AND CUT IT INTO
THREE EQUAL LENGTHS.
YOU TAKE TWO STRIPS,
AND YOU TAKE YOUR SCIENCE TAPE,
AND YOU TAPE THOSE TWO STRIPS,
AND MAKE A HOOP OUT OF IT.
AND, WITH THE SMALL STRIP,
YOU WANNA MAKE ANOTHER HOOP.
NOW WHAT YOU WANNA DO
IS TAKE YOUR STRAW.
NOW THIS STRAW HAS
A LITTLE SCOOP AT THE END
AND THAT'S NOT VERY AERODYNAMIC,
SO WE'RE GONNA
GET RID OF THAT...
OOH!
He cuts the scoop off and it goes flying up.
Phil says MAYBE IT WAS KINDA AERODYNAMIC.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT
WE'VE GOT THE STRAW,
THEN YOU HAVE TO ALIGN THE
HOOP AND THE STRAW TOGETHER.
SO HERE'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO.
TAKE SOME SCIENCE TAPE
AND STICK IT ON THE STRAW.
AND THEN, ALIGN IT SO THAT
IT'S PERFECTLY STRAIGHT
AND THEN STICK IT ON.
IT LOOKS STRAIGHT TO ME.
ALL RIGHT, THE SMALL HOOP ALSO
HAS TO BE PERFECTLY ALIGNED
WITH THE FIRST HOOP.
SO AGAIN, PUT THE TAPE
ON THE STRAW FIRST.
AND THEN, I'LL LINE THEM UP,
AND THEN START LOOKING DOWN
THROUGH IT AND MAKE
SURE IT'S ALIGNED.
THERE.
ONCE YOU HAVE IT ALL TAPED
TOGETHER, YOU'RE DONE,
YOU'RE A HOOP GLIDER.
AND IT FLIES JUST
LIKE A PAPER AIRPLANE.
AWESOME!
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO TODAY.
(CRASH)
He trips on the items that fell from the shelf and says WE'RE GONNA
OH YEAH, I GOTTA CLEAN THAT UP.
WE ARE GOING TO MAX OUT
THE HOOP GLIDER!
I'M GONNA GO MEET SONYA
AT THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE
AND...
WE ARE GOING TO MAX OUT
THE HOOP GLIDER
INTO A GIANT VERSION.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO
CHANGE THE MATERIALS WE USE,
BECAUSE, OH OH, I DON'T
THINK WE CAN GET A STRAW
THAT BIG OR A CARDBOARD.
BUT STILL, WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT...
(BEEPING)
He puts on a lab coat and enters the portal.
Phil says HERE I GO.
HA HA!
(ROCK MUSIC)
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
Phil says WELL, OKAY.
Behind a round window, he says SOYNIA!
SONYA!
Soynia is in her twenties, with long brown hair in a low bun. She wears black clothes and a white lab coat.
Soynia says OH HI, PHIL!
Phil says HOW'S IT GOIN'?
Soynia says GOOD... WHAT?
Phil says I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT.
Soynia says PARDON?
Phil says I WONDERED IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT!
YOU WANT ME TO HELP
YOU WITH AN EXPERIMENT?
Phil says YEAH, YOU AND ME AND
WE GO AND MAKE SOMETHING?
Soynia says OKAY.
Phil says HOLD ON,
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, OKAY.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT.
(BEEP)
(SHOUT)
Phil clicks on the portal remote and then both of them appear at Phil’s lab.
Phil says OOF!
SONYA, I CAME IN
YOU CAME IN HERE?
Soynia says ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAY?
Phil says YEAH, I'M FINE.
COME ON, LET ME SHOW YOU.
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO MAX OUT.
IT WAS IN MY POCKET
WHEN I FELL, SO...
Soynia says WHAT IS THAT?
Phil says IT'S A HOOP GLIDER.
IT WAS A HOOP GLIDER.
SONYA, HOW DO WE MAX THIS OUT?
Soynia says FIRST WE'RE GONNA
NEED A LARGER TUBE.
Phil says TO REPLACE THE STRAW.
Soynia says A LARGE TUBE.
EXACTLY, AND WE'RE
GONNA NEED TWO HOOPS.
BUT WE NEED SOMETHING
THAT'S FLEXIBLE,
THAT WILL CONVERT INTO A HOOP.
Phil says OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED?
Soynia says SOUNDS GOOD.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVE!
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max."
Phil says MINI MAX!
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS.
IT IS A SLINKY,
YES GOOD FOR YOU.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
SLINKIES CAN DEFY GRAVITY?
WHOA! GRAVITY DEFYING.
GRAVITY DEF
GRAVITY DEF
He tosses the slinky up and says LOOK AT IT FLY!
FLYING, OKAY NOT EXACTLY.
BUT, WHAT IF I WAS TO
HOLD THE SLINKY LIKE THIS
AND LET IT GO?
WHAT'LL HAPPEN?
IT'LL FALL, YES IT'LL
FALL, THAT IS TRUE.
BUT, WHILE IT'S FALLING
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS END?
DOES IT STAY IN ONE PLACE?
DOES IT GO UP?
OR DOES IT GO DOWN?
LET'S FIND OUT.
I'LL BRING THIS IN SO
YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT.
OKAY, READY?
WATCH CLOSE.
DID YOU SEE? NO?
OKAY, TELL YOU WHAT
WE'LL WATCH IT AGAIN,
THIS TIME IN SLOW MOTION.
A clip in slow motion plays.
Phil says SEE, THE BOTTOM DOESN'T MOVE
AND HERE'S WHY.
WHEN THE TOP OF
THE SPRING IS RELEASED,
GRAVITY AND THE TENSION
OF THE SPRING
ARE PULLING ON IT.
THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING
IS BEING PULLED DOWN BY GRAVITY
AND UP BY THE TENSION
OF THE SPRING.
THESE FORCES CANCEL OUT,
STOPPING THE BOTTOM OF
THE SPRING FROM FALLING
UNTIL THE TOP REACHES IT...
UNTIL THERE'S NO MORE TENSION
AND THEN THE TOP
PASSES THE BOTTOM,
AND THE WHOLE THING...
(THUD)
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
BUT HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION
WILL IT HAPPEN DIFFERENTLY
WITH A LONGER SLINKY?
HUH?
WELL, I JUST HAPPEN
TO HAVE A LONGER ONE!
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
(ROCK MUSIC)
A clip shows Phil trying to handle the longer spring.
He goes outside and says SO, NOW THAT I'M UP HIGH
ON THIS FIRE ESCAPE!
(TRUMPET FANFARE)
LET'S TEST IT OUT.
OKAY.
THREE, TWO, ONE...
GO!
He lets go of the spring.
He says A LONGER SPRING STILL HAS
THE SAME FORCES WORKING ON IT
THE TENSION OF THE SPRING,
PULLING IT UP,
AND GRAVITY PULLING IT DOWN.
NO MATTER WHAT SIZE OF SPRING,
THESE FORCES CANCEL OUT
FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE
SPRING UNTIL THE TOP
MEETS UP WITH IT.
THERE YOU GO, AND ALMOST
GRAVITYDEFYING SLINKY!
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
HEY, THERE'S NO DOOR
HANDLE ON THIS DOOR!
I GUESS I'LL HAVE
TO TAKE THE STAIRS.
The logo of the show now appears exploding.
A the lab, Phil says SONYA AND I ARE MAXING
OUT THE HOOP GLIDER
OUT OF BIGGER AND
BETTER MATERIALS.
THIS IS THE LARGEST
TUBE I HAVE, RIGHT?
A GIANT ABS PIPE AND
SOME BENDABLE METAL
TO MAKE INTO HOOPS.
THEN WE ATTACH THEM ALL TOGETHER
AND OKAY, BIG HOOP IS DONE.
AND THE LITTLE HOOP
IS ALSO DONE.
Phil says AWESOME!
Soynia says NOT BAD.
Phil says NOT BAD AT ALL.
SUPER SOLID.
Soynia says AND THAT'S THE THING.
WE HAVE PRETTY HEAVY MATERIALS
SO IT MIGHT NOT FLY
AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE.
Phil says BUT SOMETHING HEAVY CAN
ALWAYS BE GOOD, RIGHT?
The hoop glider falls from the table.
Soynia says OH NO.
Phil says THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
SEE HOW SOLID IT IS?
Soynia says IT'S PRETTY SOLID.
Phil says NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.
YOU WANNA TEST IT?
Soynia says I THINK WE SHOULD.
Phil says OKAY.
I'M EXCITED.
WE TAKE OUR PLASTIC AND METAL
HOOP GLIDER OUTSIDE TO TEST IT
AND...
READY?
Soynia says READY!
Phil says ONE, TWO, THREE!
He throws the glider but it falls only a few feet from where they stand.
They both say HUH!
Phil says IT DIDN'T REALLY FLY, DID IT?
SONYA AND I MADE A
VERY SOLID DESIGN
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH IT BECAME
PRETTY OBVIOUS.
YEAH.
Soynia says IT'S JUST TOO HEAVY.
Phil says WELL, THAT'S WHAT SCIENCE
IS, BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max."
Phil says HERE'S SOMETHING FUN
YOU CAN DO IF YOU EVER
GET YOUR HANDS ON
A HELIUM BALLOON.
NOW HELIUM BALLOONS FLOAT UP,
NOT BECAUSE THEY DEFY
GRAVITY, BUT BECAUSE
THEY'RE LIGHTER THAN AIR.
IT'S BECAUSE THE
HEAVIER AIR AROUND IT
ACTUALLY FALLS PAST THE
BALLOON AND THAT ENDS UP
PUSHING THE BALLOON UP.
BUT, WHAT IF THIS HELIUM
BALLOON WASN'T LIGHTER
THAN AIR, OR HEAVIER THAN AIR?
IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME?
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO DO.
JUST TAKE A HELIUM
BALLOON WITH A LONG RIBBON
AND A BUNCH OF PAPER
CLIPS, AND ADDING
A LITTLE BIT OF
WEIGHT EVERY TIME.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO
IS MAKE THIS BALLOON
NEUTRALLY BUOYANT, THAT
MEANS IT WON'T GO UP
OR DOWN, BUT IT WILL BE NEUTRAL.
YOU WANNA CHECK IT
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
LET'S SEE THREE PAPERCLIPS
IS, CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH.
FIVE PAPERCLIPS IS,
OOH, FIVE PAPERCLIPS
IS PRETTY CLOSE!
IT STILL MIGHT FLOAT DOWN,
SO YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT.
MAYBE ABOUT THERE.
He trims the end of the ribbon off.
Phil says WATCH THIS.
YOU JUST TAKE THE BALLOON
AND YOU PUT IT SOMEWHERE,
AND IT'S STAYS!
IT STAYS PUT, IT DOESN'T
GO UP, IT DOESN'T GO DOWN.
IT'S ATTACHED TO NOTHING.
NOW, LET'S MAX IT OUT!
A big balloon appears with a paper towel roll attached to it ribbon.
Phil says HUH, I HAD A BIG BALLOON
AND IT WAS A, IT
HAD A, OH THERE!
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
A GIANT BALLOON, AND LOOK!
IT'S A GREAT PAPER
TOWEL DELIVERY DEVICE.
SAY, DID YOU WANT
SOME PAPER TOWEL?
HERE YOU GO!
He gives the balloon a little push and it moves forward.
Phil says SCIENCE!
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.
(HORNS BEEP)
Sal says YEAH, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT RAMONA,
JUST PUT 'EM UP HIGH.
PUT 'EM UP.
YEAH, HIGHER, GOOD.
HEY!
He grabs a sign with the caption "Gravity" on it. He tries to put it on the counter put the sign keep falling.
Sal says GRAVITY!
WHOOP...
GRAVITY.
GRAVITY MAKES THINGS FALL.
He lets go of a book and a ball and they fall to the floor.
Sal says BUT WHERE DO THEY FALL?
THEY FALL DOWN, OKAY, OH.
TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
OKAY...
GRAVITY.
He tries to hang a sign on the shelf but the sign falls.
He says IT FELL, DIDN'T IT?
SO, THE EARTH CAUSES
GRAVITY, RIGHT?
WELL, YES.
GRAVITY
The sign falls again.
He says OH, COME ON.
EVERYTHING THAT HAS
MASS, HAS GRAVITY.
GRAVITY...
BUT THE EARTH HAS SO MUCH MASS
THAT THE GRAVITY PRODUCED
BY EVERYTHING ELSE
IS LIKE NOTHING, I
MEAN FORGET ABOUT IT.
BUT LET'S SAY
I WAS IN SPACE WITH......WITH THIS CHICKEN.
I WOULD HAVE GRAVITY
AND I COULD EXERT
A GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
ON THIS CHICKEN.
AND IF I GET MY ANGLES
RIGHT, I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET THE CHICKEN TO ORBIT ME,
LIKE A MOON.
BEHOLD, MY CHICKEN MOON, HUH?
GRAVITY.
BUT LET'S GET SERIOUS.
WHAT CAUSES GRAVITY?
WE DON'T KNOW.
He sits on the counter and falls backwards.
He says WAH!
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW,
IS THAT WITHOUT GRAVITY
THERE WOULD BE NO
UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT.
NO YOU, NO ME, NO CHICKEN MOON.
I'D MISS MY CHICKEN MOON.
He sings a song that goes CHICKEN MOON, YOU ARE
He says GRAVITY, LIKE IT OR NOT,
THE UNIVERSE WOULDN'T
EXIST WITHOUT IT.
Now the sign hangs the sign with two ropes.
He says YOU LIKE THE SIGN?
I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD DEAL.
One of the ropes gives in and the sign falls.
He says OH, HALF OFF.
Now an animation shows the logo of the show crush the screen.
Phil says BACK TO OUR HOOP GLIDER,
WHICH WAS TOO HEAVY.
HERE'S WHAT I DON'T GET.
THIS IS HEAVY BUT I
CAN STILL PICK IT UP
AND THROW IT.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says AN AIRPLANE IS WAY
HEAVIER, I COULD NEVER
PICK UP AN AIRPLANE,
BUT THAT CAN FLY.
Soynia says THAT'S BECAUSE
AIRPLANES HAVE ENGINES,
SO IT HAS A CONSTANT
SOURCE OF THRUST.
WHEN WE THROW IT, WE
JUST HAVE AN INITIAL
SOURCE OF THRUST, SO
WE'RE THROWIN' IT.
EVENTUALLY, IT LOSES IT'S
ENERGY, THEREFORE, BLOOP.
Phil says IT FALLS TO THE GROUND, I SEE.
IT FALLS, SO WE NEED
SOMETHING THAT'S LIGHT.
Phil says LIGHT.
Soynia says AND SOMETHING
THAT'S STRONG.
Phil says AND STRONG.
OKAY WELL, LET'S SEE
WHAT WE CAN FIND.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT.
Phil says SONYA AND I TRIED
A PLASTIC TUBE
AND SOME HEAVYDUTY PAPER.
WE MAKE HOOPS AND ATTACHED
THEM WITH SOME DUCT TAPE.
AND RUN OUTSIDE TO TRY IT OUT.
WOO!
At the parking lot, they do a dance.
Phil says HOOP GLIDER DANCE!
(GENTLE DISCO MUSIC)
OKAY, THREE, TWO, ONE.
(ROCK MUSIC)
(BOTH CHEER)
He throws the glider and it travels quite a distance.
Soynia says THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
Phil says LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil says I THROW THE HOOP GLIDER
AND ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T
KEEP FLYING FOREVER,
IT GOES MUCH FURTHER
THAN OUR FIRST VERSION,
AND ALSO FURTHER
THAN I COULD HAVE JUST
THROWN THE PIPE BY ITSELF.
Soynia says PRETTY GOOD.
Phil says SO, WE'VE DONE A GOOD
JOB OF MAKING SOMETHING
THAT FLIES.
WHY DON'T WE MAKE A
COUPLE DIFFERENT KINDS
OUT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS?
AND, WE'LL SEE IF WE
CAN GET ONE THAT FLIES
EVEN BETTER THAN THIS.
Soynia says I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
Phil says YEAH! OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
SONYA AND I HAVE CREATED
A PRETTY GOOD MAXED OUT
HOOP GLIDER,
BUT WE WANTED TO SEE
IF DIFFERENT MATERIALS
WOULD MAKE AN EVEN BETTER ONE.
SONYA MADE A MUCH
LIGHTER VERSION.
Soynia says THIS TIME I USED CARDBOARD.
Phil says AND I, I MADE THIS!
I MADE A SLIGHTLY HEAVIER ONE.
LET'S DO IT.
(music plays)
Phil says OKAY.
THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.
Soynia tosses hers.
Phil says NOT BAD. MY TURN.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil says OKAY.
THAT REALLY DIDN'T REALLY
GO VERY FAR AT ALL, DID IT?
Soynia says NO.
Phil says OKAY, SO NOW WE CAN
MEASURE IT AGAINST
THE ONE THAT WE THREW BEFORE.
Soynia says AND THAT WENT PRETTY FAR.
Phil says THIS WENT PRETTY FAR.
TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT A
BETTER DESIGN, HERE.
Soynia says HERE WE GO.
Phil throws the first glider again.
Phil says READY?
WOW!
Soynia says AWESOME!
Phil says SO, HEAVY ONE, NO.
LIGHT ONE, NO.
INTERESTING.
He picks ups the first glider and says THIS DESIGN SEEMS
TO BE THE BEST ONE.
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT THRUST.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says ALL THE THRUST THAT
WE CAN PUT IN IS JUST
WHAT WE CAN PUT
IN WITH ONE THROW.
Soynia says YEAH.
Phil says WHAT IF WE COULD GIVE
IT MORE THRUST THAN THAT?
Soynia says HOW CAN WE DO THAT?
Phil says UH, I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE SOME SORT
OF SLING SHOT OR SOMETHING.
LIKE IT'D HAVE TO BE A
PRETTY BIG SLING SHOT.
Soynia says A PRETTY BIG SLING SHOT.
Phil says DO YOU THINK WE CAN MAKE IT?
Soynia says I THINK THAT
SOUNDS GREAT, THOUGH.
Phil says I THINK MAKE A BIG
SLING SHOT FOR THIS.
Soynia says WHY NOT?
Phil says OKAY, HIGH FIVE!
Soynia says ALRIGHT.
Phil says LET'S DO IT.
Phil takes the fire escape stairs again.
He says THIS IS AN EGG.
EGGS DO NOT LIKE TO BE DROPPED.
An animation shows Phil dropping the egg from the landing of the stairs and then rushing in fast motion to catch it before it hits the floor.
(MUSIC FANFARE)
Phil says OH, FORTUNATELY WE
CAN USE THE POWER
OF SCIENCE TO DESIGN
SOMETHING THAT'LL KEEP
THE EGG SAFE AS IT FALLS.
BEHOLD, MY EGGDROP
CONTRAPTIONS.
On a table appears a bunch of helium balloons attached to a wire structure.
Phil says THE THING I REALLY LIKE
ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENT
IS THERE'S NO WRONG
WAY TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN COME UP WITH
ANY DESIGN YOU WANT
AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
THIS ONE HERE IS A BUNCH
OF HELIUM BALLOONS.
THIS STRUCTURE IS JUST
TO KEEP THE HELIUM
BALLOONS ON, SO THE EGG
CAN TOUCH DOWN VERY GENTLY.
HERE IT GOES.
He drops the structure from the landing of the stairs.
(ROCK MUSIC)
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGHTER)
Phil says AND, AND, THE EGG IS UNHARMED.
MIRACULOUSLY SOUND, THAT
ONE WORKED REALLY WELL.
SUCCESS!
(BELL RINGS)
A big check mark appears on screen.
Now he stands next to a giant balloon attached to a wooden model house.
Phil says THIS IS A GIANT HELIUM
BALLOON THAT I THINK WILL WORK
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY,
'CAUSE I THINK THIS BALLOON
WILL DROP JUST SLOWLY
ENOUGH THAT THE EGG
CAN ACTUALLY JUST TOUCH
AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
He tries the same trick but the balloon goes up.
He says UH, YEAH, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
(LAUGH)
(BUZZER)
A cross mark appears on screen.
Now he grabs a large yellow cone with that holds an egg in the opening.
He says AND THEN THERE'S THIS
ONE WHICH HAS NO SLOWING
AT ALL, IT'S ALL DESIGNED
TO JUST ABSORB THE IMPACT.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT
THE CONE WILL CRUMPLE
AND ABSORB THE FORCE
WHEN IT HITS THE BOTTOM.
He climbs up the stairs again and drops the cone.
He climbs down and says OH NO!
OH, NO.
(LAUGHING)
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
WORKED IF IT HADN'T
TURNED IN THE AIR.
BUT IT DID, AND WELL,
I GUESS THE EGG IS
COMPLETELY BROKEN.
SO, I'D CALL THAT ONE A FAIL.
(BUZZER)
Another cross mark appears.
Phil says THIS ONE IS THE PARACHUTE
AND SEE, THE EGG
HAS BEEN NESTLED INTO
THIS FOAM CONTAINER
AND THIS IS A PARACHUTE,
THAT WILL HOPEFULLY
SLOW THE EGG DOWN.
He goes upstairs again and drops the parachute.
He says WOO HOO!
OH OH, WHOA, OVER, OVER.
GOOD, AND...
The egg lands safe and sound.
(TRIUMPHANT LAUGH)
Phil says THAT ONE SEEMED TO WORK WELL.
YUP, THE EGG IS TOTALLY FINE.
THE PARACHUTE WORKED.
(BELL RINGS)
A check mark appears.
Phil says ALL RIGHT, EGGDROP EXPERIMENT,
TOTALLY FUN EXPERIMENT TO DO,
BUT THE QUESTION IS
HOW DO WE MAX IT OUT?
AND THE ANSWER IS...
PUMPKIN DROP!
(LAUGH)
SAME THING, EXCEPT WITH
A PUMPKIN INSTEAD OF AN EGG.
COME ON!
OKAY.
(LAUGH)
ALRIGHT, PUMPKIN DROP WITH
EVERYTHING ATTACHED ALL AT ONCE.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
READY?
ONE, TWO, THREE!
The pumpkin plummets.
Phil says SO WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED FROM THIS
IS THE HEAVIER
SOMETHING IS,
THE MORE FORCE IS
ACTING ON IT FROM GRAVITY,
WHICH MEANS THE HARDER
IT IS TO SLOW DOWN
WHEN IT'S FALLING.
OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
YOU WIN THIS ONE, GRAVITY.
BUT I'LL BEAT YOU NEXT TIME!
Now the sign of the show appears crushing a flask.
A slate appears with the caption "Please stand by."
Now Buster appears in his kitchen. He has short wavy dark blond hair and wears a striped shirt and a red apron.
Buster says I'M...
I'M GONNA GET A BROOM.
BEING A CHEF IS
MY ABSOLUTE PASSION,
AND COOKING UP SCIENCE RECIPES
IS MY SPECIALITY.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER,
AND THIS IS
COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
The logo of the show appears: an orange oval with an image of a flask and the caption "Cooking with science."
Buster says OH HELLO, WELCOME TO
COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER, DELICIOUS.
NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO HAVE FRESH
THAN YOUR SEAFOOD.
He stands before a working table with two fish on it.
He says IT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A FRESH FISH...
He sniffs a fish and says AH!
He says ...AND ONE THAT ISN'T SO FRESH.
He sniffs the other fish and coughs.
He says IF YOU LIVE BY THE OCEAN,
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE WATER
GETS HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE.
He shows two pictures of the same location on a calendar. One picture shows the location with high tide and the other ono with low tide.
He says LOOK CLOSELY.
IT'S THE SAME LOCATION.
AMAZING!
BUT DID YOU KNOW THIS
IS CAUSED BY THE GRAVITY
OF THE MOON AND THE SUN?
SAY THIS COOKIE IS THE EARTH,
AND THIS LITTLE
HAPPY FELLOW IS ME...
He pins a tiny toy man on a large cookie.
He says HELLO!
AND THIS STRING REPRESENTS
THE WATER AROUND THE EARTH.
He puts a string circle around the cookie.
He says IF WE DIDN'T HAVE
GRAVITY TO WORRY ABOUT,
THE WATER WOULD ALL BE
EQUALLY DEEP AROUND THE EARTH.
BUT HERE COMES THE
MOON, THIS MUSHROOM.
NOW, THE MOON HAS GRAVITY
AND THAT PULLS THE OCEANS
TOWARDS IT A LITTLE BIT
LIKE THIS.
He moves the string circle towards the mushroom.
He says AND THAT CREATES HIGH TIDE
THERE, AND LOW TIDE HERE,
AND A LITTLE BUMP OF HIGH
TIDE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE EARTH.
AND AS THE EARTH ROTATES
AND I'M ON IT, I EXPERIENCE
LOW TIDE, AND HIGH TIDE,
AND LOW TIDE AND HIGH TIDE.
He makes the cookie with the pinned man spin on its axis.
He says VERY INTERESTING, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR.
THE SUN, OR THIS LEMON.
NOW THE SUN ALSO
AFFECTS THE TIDES,
BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THE MOON.
NOW THE SUN DOES
NOT AFFECT THE TIDES
AS MUCH AS THE
MOON, BECAUSE IT'S
MUCH FURTHER AWAY.
BUT, IT STILL HAS AN EFFECT.
IF THE SUN WAS HERE, THEN THE
TIDES WOULD BE PULLED AWAY
A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT, AND
THE TIDES WOULD BE LESS SEVERE.
BUT, IF THE MOON
AND THE SUN LINE UP,
LIKE OVER HERE, YOU'D GET
A VERY, VERY HIGH TIDE
AND VERY, VERY LOW TIDE.
He puts the lemon behind the mushroom and moves the string circle towards the.
He says SO THERE YOU ARE,
THAT'S HOW THE TIDES
ARE AFFECTED BY THE
GRAVITY OF THE MOON
AND THE SUN.
He takes a bite of the mushroom and says MM, DELICIOUS.
I'M BUSTER BEAKER
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME
ON COOKING WITH SCIENCE.
He bites the lemon and says UGH!
Now the logo of the show appears on screen.
Phil says OUR MAXED OUT HOOP GLIDER
WAS WORKING PRETTY WELL...
Soynia says PRETTY GOOD!
Phil says THAT WAS AMAZING!
BUT WE COULD ONLY
GIVE IT SO MUCH THRUST
BY THROWING IT.
SO, WE CAME UP WITH THE
PERFECT SCIENCE MAX!
SOLUTION, OUR GIANT SLING SHOT!
They make a device with a bungee cord attached to two poles on two big spools.
(TRUMPET FANFARE)
He says WE PULL THE BUNGEE CORD BACK
AND HOOK IT ONTO
OUR HOOP GLIDER.
I AM READY TO FIRE,
COUNT ME DOWN.
Soynia says ALL RIGHT, THREE,
TWO, LAUNCH IT!
The glider lands really far.
(WHOOPS, CHEERS, AND LAUGHTER)
Sonya says VERY NICE!
Phil says THE SLING
SHOT WORKS AMAZING.
BY GIVING THE
GLIDER MORE THRUST,
THAT IS MORE ENERGY
AT THE BEGINNING,
SO IT'S GOING FASTER
WHEN WE LAUNCH IT.
THE GLIDER SOARS THROUGH THE AIR
AND FLIES A LONG WAY.
THAT WAS GREAT!
SO THERE YOU GO,
GIANT HOOP GLIDER!
YEAH, SCIENCE MAX
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE!
NICELY DONE.
Soynia says NICE.
Phil says WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?
Soynia grabs the glider and says WELL, MY TURN.
Phil chases her and says HEY!
SEE YA NEXT TIME.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
The director says MARKER.
Buster says TAKE EIGHT.
MY GOODNESS.
Soynia says I'M PLAYIN'
THE WOBBLE.
Phil shakes the heavy glider and says THE WOBBLE.
Soynia says THE WOBBLE.
Sal says THAT'S MY LIFE,
THAT'S MY LINE, GOIN' BACK DOWN.
DID I
Soynia says WOBBLE, WOBBLE,
WOBBLE, WOBBLE, WOBBLE.
Phil pretends that the small glider is a phone and says HELLO? HELLO?
HOOP GLIDER CENTRAL CALLING.
YES, YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR HOOP GLIDER?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?
OH, YOU'RE USING IT
AS A PHONE?
YES, WELL, THAT'S YOUR
FIRST MISTAKE, YEAH, MMHMM.
Now Phil holds a basketball and says TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX, WE'RE
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU MY NAME.
MY NAME IS
I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
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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