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Transcript: Generating Electricity
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 THIS EPISODE OF SCIENCE MAX
IS ALL ABOUT
GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
WHERE DO WE GET THIS ELECTRICITY
THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME?
Anthony appears generating electricity on a bike.
Phil says WE TRY TO GENERATE
AS MUCH AS WE CAN
USING HUMAN POWER,
PLUS SOLAR ENERGY,
TIDAL ENERGY, WIND
ENERGY, AND MORE.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
Sal says TURN THE GENERATOR.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil appears in a dark lab holding an oil lamp.
Phil says GREETINGS, SCIENCE MAXIMITES,
TAKE A MOMENT
AND IMAGINE WITH ME IF YOU
WILL, A TIME WHEN THE ONLY WAY
TO LIGHT YOUR HOUSE WAS
WITH CANDLES OR OIL LAMPS.
THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY.
THAT MEANT NO POWER TOOLS,
NO VIDEO GAMES,
NO TELEPHONES,
AND WORST OF ALL,
NO TV.
FORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN
A WORLD OF ELECTRICITY.
He turns the power on and blows the flame off the lamp.
He says IF YOU'VE EVER LOST POWER IN
YOUR CITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU KNOW HOW HARD
IT IS TO GET BY
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
EVEN FOR ONE DAY,
BUT WHERE DOES IT ALL COME FROM?
WHERE DO WE GET THIS ELECTRICITY
THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME?
WE MAKE IT, THAT'S
THE COOL THING.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE IT AS WELL.
CHECK IT OUT, ALL YOU
NEED IS AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.
ALL YOU DO IS GET A BATTERY
AND YOU ATTACH IT
TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
AND THAT MAKES IT
(BUZZING)
WORK.
THERE WE GO, ATTACHED TO
THE BATTERY, IT SPINS.
BUT IF YOU SPIN
THE ELECTRIC MOTOR,
IT CREATES
ELECTRICITY AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT
TODAY, CREATING ELECTRICITY.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD
A WIND TURBINE.
BUT FIRST YOU NEED
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
AND YOU CAN PROBABLY GET
ONE FROM A BROKEN TOY.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT
THE TOY IS BROKEN
AND THAT THE BROKEN PART
ISN'T THE ELECTRIC MOTOR.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED: INDEX
CARDS OR CONSTRUCTION PAPER,
SCISSORS, PUSHPINS,
SCIENCE TAPE,
IT'S THE SAME AS INVISIBLE TAPE,
EXCEPT I USE THIS
ONE FOR SCIENCE,
A CORK, CHOPSTICKS, CRAFT
STICKS, AND MODELING CLAY.
AND REMEMBER, ALL THE STEPS
FOR THIS EXPERIMENT
ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says TO BEGIN, CUT THE
INDEX CARDS INTO STRIPS
AND TAPE DOWN A PUSHPIN
SO IT STICKS OUT.
THEN FOLD OVER THE INDEX
CARD AND TAPE IT TOGETHER.
THEN STICK THE PIN INTO THE
CORK AND REPEAT THAT STEP.
IF YOU WANT AS MANY
BLADES AS YOU CAN GET
ON YOUR FAN, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO DO THAT.
NEXT, TAKE YOUR MODELING CLAY
AND STICK THE CHOPSTICKS IN,
THEN TAPE THE CRAFT STICKS
IN BETWEEN WITH SCIENCE TAPE.
THEN TAKE THE MOTOR AND
STICK THE CORK ON THE END
AND WEDGE THE MOTOR IN BETWEEN
THE CRAFT STICKS AND
TAPE IT DOWN SO IT STAYS PUT.
AND THERE YOU GO...
A FAN THAT WILL
SPIN IN THE WIND.
YOU WANT TO ADJUST
THE FAN BLADES
SO THEY ALL FACE ON
A BIT OF AN ANGLE.
THAT WAY THEY'LL CATCH
THE WIND AND SPIN.
He blows on the fan and the blades spin.
Phil says THERE WE GO.
NOW, WHEN IT SPINS,
IT WILL CREATE ELECTRICITY.
I'LL SHOW YOU WITH THIS.
IT'S A MULTIMETER,
AND A MULTIMETER MEASURES
LITTLE AMOUNTS OF
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
THERE.
He takes out a hairdryer and turns it on.
(HAIR DRYER WHIRS)
He says THE HAIRDRYER MAKES WIND,
SPINNING THE FAN BLADES
AND HA HA, WE ARE
CREATING ELECTRICITY!
NOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL ELECTRICITY
THAT YOU MAKE COMES DOWN
TO TURNING A GENERATOR.
A SMALL MOTOR LIKE THIS
ISN'T GONNA PRODUCE
A LOT OF ELECTRICITY,
BARELY ENOUGH
TO POWER ONE TINY LITTLE LED.
BUT IT'S A START.
AND A GOOD START IS ALL WE NEED,
'CAUSE...
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS
OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY,
PLUS I WANNA FIND OUT
JUST HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
ONE HUMAN BEING CAN GENERATE.
ALTHOUGH ONE HUMAN BEING'S
GONNA BE KINDA LONELY,
I'M GONNA NEED AN EXPERT.
OH, I KNOW, ANTHONY, FROM
THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTER.
HE CAN HELP.
I WONDER IF HE'S BUSY.
He puts on a yellow lab coat and gets in the portal.
He says WELL...
COME ON!
(ELECTRIC GUITAR)
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
He says OH, ANTHONY!
Anthony is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair. He wears gray trousers, a yellow T-shirt and a white lab coat.
Anthony says PHIL?
Phil says I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT.
I WANNA GENERATE AS MUCH
ELECTRICITY WITH HUMAN POWER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Anthony says I THINK THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
Phil says OKAY, GREAT, LET'S GO BACK
TO SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS.
Anthony says IS THAT THE PORTAL?
Phil says YEAH, DON'T WORRY.
ALL THE KINKS ARE WORKED OUT.
He tries several times until they both appear in the lab.
Phil says I KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S THIS.
WHERE DID YOU END UP?
Anthony says I WAS IN THE VENTS.
Phil says OH, I ENDED UP
IN THE BATHROOM.
ALL RIGHT, WELL NOW
THAT WE'RE HERE, OKAY.
He shows Anthony the fan he made.
Phil says SO THIS IS WHAT I
STARTED WITH AND THIS IS
JUST, YOU KNOW, AN
ELECTRIC MOTOR, RIGHT?
SO YOU CAN
GENERATE ELECTRICITY,
YOU SPIN IT, SO I
FIGURED IN ORDER
TO GENERATE MORE ELECTRICITY,
YOU GET A BIGGER GENERATOR?
Anthony says EXACTLY, YEAH, THE BIGGER
THE GENERATOR, THE BIGGER
THE MAGNET, THE MORE THE COPPER,
THE MORE THE ELECTRICITY.
Phil says AH, WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE
SHOULD JUST GET AN EVEN
BIGGER ONE LIKE A GIANT ONE
THAT THEY USE IN LIKE IN A
POWER PLANT OR SOMETHING OR...
Anthony says NOT QUITE, THAT
WOULD BE TOO BIG
FOR A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO TURN.
IT'D JUST BE IMPOSSIBLE.
Phil says OH.
SO YOU THINK THIS
IS A GOOD SIZE?
Anthony says I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SIZE.
Phil says OKAY, SO THAT'S GOOD.
Anthony says THIS IS CALLED A MULTIMETER.
WE'RE GONNA HOOK UP THE WIRES,
I WILL DO BLACK TO BLACK.
Phil says BLACK TO BLACK.
Anthony says RED TO RED.
AND AS YOU TURN OUR GENERATOR,
WE CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY WE'RE GENERATING.
Phil says HERE, YOU HOLD ON TO THAT.
Anthony says HOLD THIS...
Phil says AND I'LL TURN THE GENERATOR.
An electric sign appears on screen with the caption "How much electricity?"
A voice says NOW IT'S TIME TO PLAY
HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
DID THEY MAKE?
Anthony says TWO POINT FOUR
VOLTS, YEAH, THAT'S NOT BAD.
Phil says OH, TWO POINT FOUR,
YEAH, THAT'S NOT GREAT.
The voice says THAT'S
JUST ENOUGH TO POWER
A SMALL LED FLASHLIGHT.
BETTER KEEP TRYING, BOYS.
Phil says I GOT SOME HANDLES
HERE THAT WE'RE GOING
TO ATTACH TO THE END OF THE
GENERATOR SO WE CAN SPIN IT.
Anthony says OKAY, LET'S TRY.
Phil says NO MATTER
HOW FAST I CRANKED
THE LARGE HANDLE, I COULDN'T
MAKE ANY MORE ELECTRICITY
THAN BEFORE.
Anthony says OKAY, LET'S TRY
SOMETHING ELSE.
Phil says YEAH, I HAVE, BUT
IT'S A SMALLER HANDLE.
Anthony says PERFECT, OKAY, YEAH.
Phil says THAT'S GOOD?
Anthony says YEAH, IT'LL LET US GET
MORE SPINS IN, RIGHT?
Phil says OH YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE TO MAKE AS BIG A CIRCLE.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
IT'S WORKING ALREADY, WE'RE
UP TO THREE POINT FIVE.
The electric sign appears again.
The voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY IS PHIL MAKING?
Anthony says FOUR POINT FIVE.
The voice says THAT'S THE SAME
AS THREE DOUBLE A BATTERIES,
MAYBE ENOUGH TO POWER A TOY CAR.
STILL, A LONG WAY TO GO.
Anthony says YEAH, IT'S A LOT HIGHER
WITH THE FASTER SPINS.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, YOU OKAY?
Phil says I'M OKAY.
Anthony says MAYBE WE COULD USE
SOME GEARS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Phil says OH YES, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA,
BECAUSE THE CIRCLE
THAT I'M MAKING HERE,
I CAN ONLY GO SO FAST.
MAYBE WITH GEARS YOU
CAN DO ONE CIRCLE HERE
EQUALS 10 CIRCLES
ON THE OTHER GEAR.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says YEAH.
Anthony says OKAY, SO KINDA LIKE
THE GEARS ON A BIKE.
Phil says YEAH, THE GEARS ON A BIKE,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
(TRUMPET MUSIC)
They both say A BIKE!
Phil says OF COURSE, YES, SO WE
GET A BIKE AND WE ATTACH
THE BACK TIRE TO THE GENERATOR.
Anthony says THE GENERATOR, AND THEN
YOU CAN USE THE PEDALS
OF THE BIG GEAR TO
POWER THE SMALL GEARS.
Phil says OKAY, GREAT,
WE'LL GO GET A BIKE.
Anthony says YEAH.
Phil says YEAH, HIGH FIVE.
Both say ALRIGHT.
Phil says RIGHT,
THEY'RE OVER HERE.
(ELECTRIC GUITAR MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max!
A voice says MINI MAX.
Phil says THIS IS A GENERATOR.
IT GENERATES ELECTRICITY
WHEN YOU SPIN IT.
BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT WIZARDRY IS INSIDE?
WELL, ACTUALLY, GENERATING
AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.
ALL YOU NEED IS TWO THINGS:
FIRST, YOU NEED A CONDUCTOR,
LIKE THIS COIL OF COPPER
WIRE, AND YOU NEED A MAGNET.
NOW THIS IS A GALVANOMETER.
IT MEASURES SMALL AMOUNTS
OF ELECTRIC CURRENT,
AND I HAVE MY COPPER
WIRE ATTACHED TO IT.
WATCH AS I PUT THE
MAGNET INSIDE THE COPPER.
I GET A LITTLE BIT OF
AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.
AND THEN I TAKE IT OUT, IT
GOES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
A LITTLE BIT GOING THIS
WAY, AND THEN I TAKE IT OUT,
A LITTLE BIT GOING THAT WAY.
The needle on the galvanometer goes left and right.
Phil says POSITIVE, NEGATIVE,
POSITIVE, NEGATIVE.
THIS KIND OF CURRENT
THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH
IS CALLED ALTERNATING CURRENT,
OR AC.
IT'S THE SAME KIND
OF ELECTRICITY
YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE.
BUT HERE'S THE COOL THING...
WATCH THIS.
I PUT THE MAGNET IN,
AND I LEAVE IT...
IT GOES BACK TO ZERO.
YOU ONLY GET ELECTRICITY
WHEN YOU MOVE THE MAGNET.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S
CREATE OUR GENERATOR.
INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH
A COPPER COIL LIKE THIS,
WHAT IF WE JUST HAD THE MAGNET,
AND WE HAVE IT STAYING STILL...
LIKE THAT –
He puts the magnet in a piece of modelling clay.
He says AND WE MOVE THE CONDUCTOR
PAST IT,
LIKE SPINNING.
HM?
IT'S GOOD, BUT NOT GREAT,
BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GETTING
A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY
AS IT PASSES.
SO LET'S MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
LET'S PUT IN SOME MORE MAGNETS.
ONE ON EITHER SIDE,
AND ONE ON THE TOP.
He puts some large metal brackets with magnets on each side of the magnet and a wooden board with a magnet on top.
He says AND NOW WHEN WE SPIN IT, IT
GOES PAST ALL OF THESE MAGNETS
AND EVERY TIME WE GET A LITTLE
BIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.
WELL THIS IS HOW
A GENERATOR WORKS.
IF YOU TAKE AN ELECTRIC
MOTOR OR A GENERATOR APART,
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A COIL
OF COPPER WIRES ON THE SHAFT,
AND IT SPINS AROUND LIKE THIS.
AND ON THE INSIDE,
THERE ARE MAGNETS.
SO THERE YOU GO, WHEN YOU
PUT IT TOGETHER AND SPIN IT
YOU GET AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.
OR, IF YOU PUT AN ELECTRIC
CURRENT IN IT, IT WILL SPIN,
JUST LIKE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
AND THAT IS HOW A
GENERATOR WORKS.
A flask breaks and the logo of the show appears.
(GLASS BREAKING)
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I ARE TRYING TO CREATE
AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS WE
CAN USING JUST HUMAN POWER.
SO FAR IT HASN'T
BEEN GOING SO WELL.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW FAST
WE CAN SPIN THE GENERATOR.
Anthony says MAYBE WE COULD USE SOME
GEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Phil says IN ORDER TO
GET IT SPINNING REALLY FAST,
WE'RE GONNA USE A BIKE.
JUST A MATTER OF GETTING A
BIKE, TAKING OFF THE WHEEL,
PUTTING IT ON A STAND.
IT IS NOW A STATIONARY BIKE,
IT'LL BE EVEN MORE STATIONARY
ONCE WE SCREW IT DOWN.
AND
ATTACHING THE GENERATOR.
ALRIGHT, THE BIKE GENERATOR,
BIKE-ERATOR, WHAT SHOULD
WE CALL THIS THING?
Anthony says BIKENOMETER.
Phil says BIKENOMETER,
I LIKE IT.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO OVER
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
Anthony says OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT TWO
GEARS, WE GOT OUR BIG ONE,
WE GOT A SMALL ONE,
WE TURN OUR PEDALS,
AND THE BIG GEAR
TURNS THE SMALL ONE.
Phil says SO THIS IS THE WHOLE
POINT OF THIS BUILD,
IS SO WE CAN GET
ONE REVOLUTION HERE
MEANS A WHOLE BUNCH
OF SPINNING THERE.
Anthony says EXACTLY, THE MORE WE GET
HERE, THE MORE OUR GENERATOR
SPINS AND THE MORE ELECTRICITY
WE GET, WE GET TONS.
Phil says AWESOME, AND OBVIOUSLY USING
BIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE USING
YOUR LEGS...
Anthony says UH HUH,
THE STRONGEST
MUSCLES IN YOUR BODY.
Phil says AWESOME.
Anthony says UH HUH.
Phil says OKAY, SO WHAT'S
WITH THIS HORN?
Anthony says NO, NO, NO, NO.
(HORN BLARES)
They cover their ears.
Phil says THAT IS A LOUD HORN.
Anthony says I KNOW,
I KNOW, I TRIED TO WARN YOU.
Phil says THAT IS GREAT, I LOVE THAT.
SO
ANTHONY AND I HOP ON
AND GIVE IT A PEDAL.
WE PEDAL AS HARD AS WE CAN
AND WE PRODUCE A PRETTY
GOOD AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY.
The electric sign appears again.
Phil says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID THEY PRODUCE?
Anthony says WE GOT UP TO MAYBE 18 THERE,
WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
Phil says THAT'S ENOUGH
FOR A POWER TOOL, LIKE A DRILL.
IT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS WORKS WELL I THINK
FOR KEEPING A GOOD NUMBER
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
BECAUSE WE CAN GET UP TO 18, 20,
BUT IT DOESN'T, WE CAN'T REALLY
GET ANY HIGHER THAN THAT.
Anthony says YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED?
IS ONE REALLY HARD
PULL ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THAT WAY YOU GET A SPIKE.
Phil says YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, SO INSTEAD
OF PUTTING ALL THAT EFFORT
INTO GOING FOR A LONG
TIME, WE PUT ALL THE EFFORT
INTO ONE QUICK MOTION.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says YEAH, GOOD IDEA.
SO YOU WRAP A ROPE AROUND
HERE AND YOU JUST PULL IT.
Anthony says EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
Phil says AND THAT'D BE A REALLY FAST
MOTION, SPIN IT REALLY QUICK,
AND GET A VERY HIGH NUMBER.
Anthony says HIGH SPIKE. EXACTLY.
Phil says OKAY.
YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE THE BIKE APART, THOUGH.
Anthony says OKAY, WELL...
Phil says IT'S SCIENCE.
Anthony says OKAY, COOL.
I'LL JUST GET SOME
OF THIS TAPE OFF.
Phil says WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE THE WHOLE BIKE APART.
WE JUST HAVE TO
TAKE THE GENERATOR OFF.
Anthony says OH, RIGHT, OKAY.
HANG ON A SECOND. I GOT IT.
Phil says AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ATTACH
THE HORN TO THE NEXT THING TOO.
Anthony says YEAH,
YOU KNOW WHAT...
(HORN BLARES)
OH, WHAT ARE YOU, NO, NO!
TURN IT OFF!
(GROANING)
(UPBEAT 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.
Sal says SO YOU WANNA GENERATE
SOME ELECTRICITY.
BUT WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE TO
GENERATE THAT ELECTRICITY?
HYDRO, NUCLEAR, COAL,
SOLAR, WHO KNOWS?
I DO, I KNOW, AND
SOON, SO WILL YOU.
IN ORDER TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
TURN THE GENERATOR.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
WAYS TO TURN THE GENERATOR
IS TO USE ONE OF THESE.
He holds a miniature steam engine.
He says IT'S A STEAM ENGINE.
USUALLY THEY'RE A LOT BIGGER.
YOU SEE, YOU HEAT
THE WATER TO BOIL IT
AND TURN IT TO STEAM
WHICH WORKS THE PISTON,
WHICH TURNS THE GENERATOR.
PRETTY AMAZING, RIGHT?
BUT WHAT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO
IS HEATING WATER TO MAKE STEAM.
BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
COAL POWER, BURN THE
COAL TO BOIL WATER
TO MAKE STEAM TO
TURN THE GENERATOR.
NATURAL GAS, THAT'S
DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
NOPE, BURN THE GAS TO
BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
NUCLEAR POWER, THAT'S
DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
NOPE, IT CREATES
HEAT, WHICH YOU USE
TO BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
WIND POWER, WE DON'T
EVEN NEED HEAT FOR THAT.
JUST USE THE WIND TO SPIN THE
FAN TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
HYDRO POWER, JUST POUR
WATER ACROSS SOMETHING
THAT SPINS TO TURN
THE GENERATOR.
He pours some water on a pinwheel.
Sal says NO MATTER WHAT,
MAKING ELECTRICITY ALWAYS COMES
DOWN TO TURNING THE GENERATOR.
IT'S ALWAYS
YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA,
TURN THE GENERATOR.
EXCEPT FOR SOLAR!
SOLAR DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT'S ALWAYS YADDA YADDA,
YADDA YADDA, TO
TURN THE GENERATOR.
AND NOW YOU KNOW YOUR
ELECTRICITY GENERATION.
EH RAMONA, YOU WANNA COME
AND GIVE ME A HAND OVER HERE?
MY ARM IS GETTING TIRED.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears with the caption "Max Fax!"
Now Phil is in a parking lot. Behind him there’s a tub with hoses attached to a generator. Over the tub there’s a plate full of golf balls. The tub is filled with water and ping-pong balls.
Phil holds a small solar panel and says WHEW, IT IS HOT OUT HERE.
IN ORDER TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO SPIN A GENERATOR.
MOST FORMS OF ELECTRICITY
GENERATION WORK
LIKE THAT, BUT NOT SOLAR.
SOLAR PANELS LIKE THIS
ONE GENERATE ELECTRICITY
FROM THE SUN'S ENERGY.
SO, HOW DO THEY DO IT?
WELL, THIS IS A SOLAR PANEL.
OKAY, IT'S NOT REALLY
A SOLAR PANEL,
I JUST SORT OF
PUT THIS TOGETHER,
BUT IT WORKS THE SAME WAY.
THERE ARE TWO PLATES,
AND ON THESE PLATES
ARE ELECTRONS.
I'VE GOT GOLF BALL
ELECTRONS UP HERE,
PING PONG BALL
ELECTRONS DOWN HERE,
BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME THING.
He holds a yellow ball and says NOW, THIS HAPPY LITTLE
FELLOW IS A PHOTON.
ENERGY FROM THE SUN IN
HANDY-DANDY PARTICLE FORM.
WHAT HAPPENS IS PHOTONS
COME FROM THE SUN
AND HIT THE TOP PLATE
AND KNOCK SOME ELECTRONS
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE
OTHER, LIKE THIS.
(BOINGING SOUNDS)
Some golf balls fall in the tub.
Phil says AND THAT KNOCKS
OVER SOME ELECTRONS.
NOW THESE EXTRA ELECTRONS
TRAVEL UP A WIRE IN THE FORM
OF ELECTRICITY, AND WE CAN
USE THEM TO DO WORK FOR US.
THEN THEY CHANGE TO THE
OTHER CHARGE, GO BACK,
AND WE START THE
PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
THAT IS HOW SOLAR PANELS WORK.
BUT REMEMBER IT ONLY WORKS
WHEN THERE'S SUN AND PHOTONS.
(BOUNCING SOUNDS)
(LAUGHING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
A flask breaks and the logo of the show appears.
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I ARE TRYING TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY USING HUMAN POWER.
SPINNING THE GENERATOR
DIDN'T WORK TOO WELL.
BUT WE FOUND IF WE USE SOME
GEARS, LIKE THOSE ON A BIKE,
IT WORKED BETTER.
Anthony says YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED
IS ONE REALLY HARD PULL
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
Phil says USING GEARS IS
A GREAT WAY TO GET WORK DONE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE ARE GENERATORS
WITH GEARS ALREADY IN THEM.
THAT MEANS IF WE CAN
TURN THE SPINDLE ONCE,
THE GEARS INSIDE WILL SPIN
THE COIL A LOT OF TIMES.
THE ONLY DOWNSIDE, TURNING
THE SPINDLE GETS HARDER
THE HIGHER THE GEARS.
An animation illustrates the process.
Phil says ANTHONY AND I ATTACH A SPINDLE
AND THEN WE WIND UP THE ROPE......WHICH TAKES A WHILE.
OKAY, SO THE PLAN IS
IT'S ON A BIG SPOOL NOW,
AND YOU JUST RUN
AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
Anthony says GOT IT.
Phil says AND WE'LL HOPE
WE GET AS MANY
REVOLUTIONS AS WE CAN,
DEPENDING ON HOW FAST
YOUR TOP SPEED IS.
Anthony says OKAY.
Phil says SOUNDS GOOD?
Anthony says SOUNDS GOOD.
I CAN BE PRETTY QUICK.
Phil says OKAY, GOOD.
ALRIGHT, ON YOUR MARK!
GET SET...
GO!
Anthony runs with the rope across the place.
The electric sign appears again.
A voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID THEY CREATE?
24 VOLTS.
Phil says ACTUALLY, NOT BAD.
The voice says THAT'S
ENOUGH TO POWER
THEIR OWN PERSONAL SCOOTER.
NOT TOO SHABBY, BOYS.
Phil says WE NEED A HARD
PULL, ALL AT ONCE.
Anthony says YEAH, FROM
SOMETHING REALLY BIG.
SO WHAT IF WE COULD GET
REALLY HIGH, LIKE UP THERE?
COULD WE ATTACH THE
GENERATOR UP THERE?
YOU COULD JUMP DOWN FROM THERE.
He points at a large hook on the ceiling.
Phil says AND I WOULD HANG ON THE ROPE?
Anthony says YEAH.
Phil says YEAH, IT'S GOOD,
BUT I DON'T WANT TO
JUMP FROM UP THERE.
OH, WHAT IF WE PUT
A PULLEY UP THERE...
Anthony says THAT WOULD WORK.
Phil says AND THEN THE ROPE
GOES THROUGH THE PULLEY
AND THEN BACK DOWN, AND
THEN I JUMP FROM SOMEWHERE
MUCH SAFER, LIKE
JUST ON TOP OF HERE,
ONTO A CRASH MAT OR SOMETHING.
Anthony says THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
Phil says AND THAT'S MY FULL
BODY WEIGHT ON THE ROPE.
Anthony says THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVE.
Anthony says YEAH.
A slate appears with the caption "Tidal Power in 60 seconds."
A voice says TIDAL
POWER IN 60 SECONDS.
Phil stands next to a table with a container with a little water and a paddle wheel in the middle.
A countdown timer that starts at 60 seconds appears on screen.
Phil says BY NOW YOU KNOW THAT IN
ORDER TO CREATE ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO SPIN A GENERATOR.
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ARE
ALWAYS COMING UP WITH LOTS
OF NEW WAYS TO USE NATURAL
FORCES OF THE EARTH
TO SPIN A GENERATOR
AND CREATE ELECTRICITY.
ONE OF THOSE NATURAL FORCES
IS THE POWER OF THE TIDES.
YOU SEE, THE WATER IN THE
OCEANS DOESN'T STAY STILL.
EVERY FEW HOURS THE WATER,
OR THE TIDE, GOES OUT,
AND THEN A FEW HOURS
LATER IT COMES BACK IN.
SO IF YOU ATTACH A
PADDLE WHEEL IN THE WATER
AND ATTACH THAT TO A GENERATOR,
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT,
IT CREATES ELECTRICITY.
WHEN THE TIDE COMES BACK
IN, IT CREATES ELECTRICITY.
THAT IS HOW YOU
CREATE ELECTRICITY
USING THE POWER OF THE TIDES.
IT'S WATER POWER.
IN FACT, HYDROELECTRICITY
IS ALSO USING WATER POWER.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT HYDRO ELEC...
WE DON'T HAVE TIME?
WE DON'T, OKAY, COME
BACK, COME BACK.
A slate appears with the caption "Hydroelectric Power in 20 seconds."
A voice says HYDROELECTRIC
POWER IN 20 SECONDS.
Phil says 20 SECONDS?
UH, OKAY.
HYDROELECTRICITY
COMES FROM WATER.
HYDRO MEANS WATER.
SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
FIND A PLACE WHERE WATER
POURS DOWN FROM A HEIGHT.
He takes a gallon of water and a larger paddle wheel and pours the water on the wheel from a certain height.
A countdown timer starting at 20 seconds appear.
Phil says AND YOU CAN PUT A GENERATOR
IN THERE, AND TA-DA,
YOU'RE CREATING ELECTRICITY
WITH THE POWER OF HYDRO.
(LAUGHING) I DID IT.
(DRILLING)
The logo of the show appears breaking a table of elements on screen.
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I HAVE PULLED AND PEDALED,
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA
HANG ON TO THE ROPE
AND USE OUR WHOLE BODY
WEIGHT TO SPIN THE GENERATOR
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
Phil says OKAY.
Anthony says OKAY.
Phil says CRASH MAT, LET ME TEST IT OUT.
He jumps on the crash mat.
Anthony says LOOKS GOOD.
Phil says YEP,
IT'S GOOD FOR CRASHING.
SO I GO UP HERE, I'VE
GOTTA GO UP HERE.
He climbs up a large wooden box.
Anthony says CLIMB ON UP.
WE'LL GET YOU THE ROPE.
GOT YOUR HELMET FOR SAFETY.
Phil says HELMET FOR SAFETY.
CRASH MAT FOR SAFETY.
SO I HAVE THE ROPE,
AND IT GOES UP
THROUGH THAT PULLEY
AND THEN BACK DOWN
TO OUR GENERATOR
WITH A SPINDLE ON IT.
AND AS I FALL,
THAT SPINDLE WILL TURN.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says AND HOPEFULLY,
THE SPEED OF ME FALLING,
AND HOLDING,
AND YANKING IT DOWN
AS HARD AS I CAN
WILL BE THE BIGGEST SPIKE
OF ELECTRICITY YET.
Anthony says THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'LL BE MEASURING IT
ON OUR MULTIMETER.
Phil says OKAY.
READY?
Anthony says YOU READY?
Phil says YEAH.
Anthony says HERE WE GO.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
Phil says I JUMP DOWN
AND MY WHOLE BODY WEIGHT
PULLS ON THE LINE.
Anthony says OH, THAT WAS AWESOME,
THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST EVER,
THAT WAS AMAZING.
The multimeter marks 29.7 volts.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVES,
BIGGEST SPIKE EVER!
IS IT ENOUGH TO POWER MY HOUSE?
Anthony says NO.
The electric sign appears again.
The voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID PHIL GENERATE?
THIS MANY VOLTS.
HOW MANY DOES HE NEED
TO POWER HIS HOUSE?
120 VOLTS.
HE'S STILL OFF BY QUITE A BIT.
Phil says WELL, WE'VE LEARNED
SOMETHING, NUCLEAR,
Anthony says WIND,
Phil says HYDRO,
Anthony says SOLAR,
Phil says NATURAL GAS,
Anthony says COAL POWER.
Phil says IT'S ALL GREAT
WAYS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY,
AND HUMAN POWER...
Anthony says NOT SO MUCH.
Phil says NOT AS GOOD.
BUT HUMAN POWER IS MORE FUN.
Anthony says WAY MORE FUN.
Phil says YEAH, SO YOUR TURN?
A sayqs YES, GIMMIE, GIMMIE, GIMMIE.
Phil says OKAY, YOU TAKE THE HELMET
AND I'LL TAKE THE MULTIMETER,
AND THEN WE'LL GO AND
WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
BUT I GOTTA WIND IT UP.
Now Anthony steps on the box.
Phil says SCIENCE MAX
IS A SHOW WHERE WE TAKE
SMALL EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
IF YOU WANNA THESE
EXPERIMENTS YOURSELF,
GO TO OUR WEBSITE
FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says BUT NOT ALL THE
EXPERIMENTS ON SCIENCE MAX
ARE THE KIND YOU
SHOULD TRY AT HOME.
THIS ONE, YES,
Phil wears a lard glove and sticks his hand in icy water.
Phil says THIS, NO.
Phil wears a lard suit and gets inside a container full of icy water.
Phil says TRY THIS,
Phil spins a pot lid.
Phil says DON'T TRY THIS.
Phil spins a giant wooden circle.
Phil says A BIG YES,
He makes a house of cards.
Phil says A BIG NO.
He makes a house of cards with large isolation panels.
Phil says I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD
POSSIBLY DO THIS ONE AT HOME.
He balances on a flyboard.
Phil says AND REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE
EVER NOT SURE, ASK AN ADULT.
A clip shows Phil hanging from a beam with big magnets with the caption "Don’t do this!!!"
Phil says THANKS FOR WATCHING SCIENCE
MAX: EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
Phil says as a train pass behind him SO THIS IS A SOLAR PANEL,
AND THIS IS A TRAIN.
He pours water on a paddle wheel and says YOU'RE GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
At the parking lot, Phil says YOU'RE IN THE WAY
OF MY SOLAR PANEL.
Phil says OH NOW IT'S SPINNING
THE OTHER WAY.
He holds the galvanometer and says SO I FORGOT A STEP,
I FORGOT A STEP.
He sits in the parking lot waiting for the train to pass.
Phil says THE WATER IN THE OCEAN
DOESN'T STAY STILL.
(SIGH)
THE THING IN THE BACKGROUND
TOTALLY THREW ME OFF.
WHAT WAS THAT?
Once the train is gone, Phil says OKAY, OKAY, OKAY!
WHERE WERE WE?
WE WERE –
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 THIS EPISODE OF SCIENCE MAX
IS ALL ABOUT
GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
WHERE DO WE GET THIS ELECTRICITY
THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME?
Anthony appears generating electricity on a bike.
Phil says WE TRY TO GENERATE
AS MUCH AS WE CAN
USING HUMAN POWER,
PLUS SOLAR ENERGY,
TIDAL ENERGY, WIND
ENERGY, AND MORE.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
Sal says TURN THE GENERATOR.
ALL ON THIS EPISODE
OF SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil appears in a dark lab holding an oil lamp.
Phil says GREETINGS, SCIENCE MAXIMITES,
TAKE A MOMENT
AND IMAGINE WITH ME IF YOU
WILL, A TIME WHEN THE ONLY WAY
TO LIGHT YOUR HOUSE WAS
WITH CANDLES OR OIL LAMPS.
THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY.
THAT MEANT NO POWER TOOLS,
NO VIDEO GAMES,
NO TELEPHONES,
AND WORST OF ALL,
NO TV.
FORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN
A WORLD OF ELECTRICITY.
He turns the power on and blows the flame off the lamp.
He says IF YOU'VE EVER LOST POWER IN
YOUR CITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOU KNOW HOW HARD
IT IS TO GET BY
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
EVEN FOR ONE DAY,
BUT WHERE DOES IT ALL COME FROM?
WHERE DO WE GET THIS ELECTRICITY
THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME?
WE MAKE IT, THAT'S
THE COOL THING.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE IT AS WELL.
CHECK IT OUT, ALL YOU
NEED IS AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.
ALL YOU DO IS GET A BATTERY
AND YOU ATTACH IT
TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR
AND THAT MAKES IT
(BUZZING)
WORK.
THERE WE GO, ATTACHED TO
THE BATTERY, IT SPINS.
BUT IF YOU SPIN
THE ELECTRIC MOTOR,
IT CREATES
ELECTRICITY AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT
TODAY, CREATING ELECTRICITY.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD
A WIND TURBINE.
BUT FIRST YOU NEED
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
AND YOU CAN PROBABLY GET
ONE FROM A BROKEN TOY.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT
THE TOY IS BROKEN
AND THAT THE BROKEN PART
ISN'T THE ELECTRIC MOTOR.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED: INDEX
CARDS OR CONSTRUCTION PAPER,
SCISSORS, PUSHPINS,
SCIENCE TAPE,
IT'S THE SAME AS INVISIBLE TAPE,
EXCEPT I USE THIS
ONE FOR SCIENCE,
A CORK, CHOPSTICKS, CRAFT
STICKS, AND MODELING CLAY.
AND REMEMBER, ALL THE STEPS
FOR THIS EXPERIMENT
ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says TO BEGIN, CUT THE
INDEX CARDS INTO STRIPS
AND TAPE DOWN A PUSHPIN
SO IT STICKS OUT.
THEN FOLD OVER THE INDEX
CARD AND TAPE IT TOGETHER.
THEN STICK THE PIN INTO THE
CORK AND REPEAT THAT STEP.
IF YOU WANT AS MANY
BLADES AS YOU CAN GET
ON YOUR FAN, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO DO THAT.
NEXT, TAKE YOUR MODELING CLAY
AND STICK THE CHOPSTICKS IN,
THEN TAPE THE CRAFT STICKS
IN BETWEEN WITH SCIENCE TAPE.
THEN TAKE THE MOTOR AND
STICK THE CORK ON THE END
AND WEDGE THE MOTOR IN BETWEEN
THE CRAFT STICKS AND
TAPE IT DOWN SO IT STAYS PUT.
AND THERE YOU GO...
A FAN THAT WILL
SPIN IN THE WIND.
YOU WANT TO ADJUST
THE FAN BLADES
SO THEY ALL FACE ON
A BIT OF AN ANGLE.
THAT WAY THEY'LL CATCH
THE WIND AND SPIN.
He blows on the fan and the blades spin.
Phil says THERE WE GO.
NOW, WHEN IT SPINS,
IT WILL CREATE ELECTRICITY.
I'LL SHOW YOU WITH THIS.
IT'S A MULTIMETER,
AND A MULTIMETER MEASURES
LITTLE AMOUNTS OF
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
THERE.
He takes out a hairdryer and turns it on.
(HAIR DRYER WHIRS)
He says THE HAIRDRYER MAKES WIND,
SPINNING THE FAN BLADES
AND HA HA, WE ARE
CREATING ELECTRICITY!
NOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL ELECTRICITY
THAT YOU MAKE COMES DOWN
TO TURNING A GENERATOR.
A SMALL MOTOR LIKE THIS
ISN'T GONNA PRODUCE
A LOT OF ELECTRICITY,
BARELY ENOUGH
TO POWER ONE TINY LITTLE LED.
BUT IT'S A START.
AND A GOOD START IS ALL WE NEED,
'CAUSE...
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX:
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS
OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY,
PLUS I WANNA FIND OUT
JUST HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
ONE HUMAN BEING CAN GENERATE.
ALTHOUGH ONE HUMAN BEING'S
GONNA BE KINDA LONELY,
I'M GONNA NEED AN EXPERT.
OH, I KNOW, ANTHONY, FROM
THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTER.
HE CAN HELP.
I WONDER IF HE'S BUSY.
He puts on a yellow lab coat and gets in the portal.
He says WELL...
COME ON!
(ELECTRIC GUITAR)
He appears in the Ontario Science Centre.
He says OH, ANTHONY!
Anthony is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair. He wears gray trousers, a yellow T-shirt and a white lab coat.
Anthony says PHIL?
Phil says I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
HELP ME WITH AN EXPERIMENT.
I WANNA GENERATE AS MUCH
ELECTRICITY WITH HUMAN POWER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Anthony says I THINK THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
Phil says OKAY, GREAT, LET'S GO BACK
TO SCIENCE MAX HEADQUARTERS.
Anthony says IS THAT THE PORTAL?
Phil says YEAH, DON'T WORRY.
ALL THE KINKS ARE WORKED OUT.
He tries several times until they both appear in the lab.
Phil says I KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S THIS.
WHERE DID YOU END UP?
Anthony says I WAS IN THE VENTS.
Phil says OH, I ENDED UP
IN THE BATHROOM.
ALL RIGHT, WELL NOW
THAT WE'RE HERE, OKAY.
He shows Anthony the fan he made.
Phil says SO THIS IS WHAT I
STARTED WITH AND THIS IS
JUST, YOU KNOW, AN
ELECTRIC MOTOR, RIGHT?
SO YOU CAN
GENERATE ELECTRICITY,
YOU SPIN IT, SO I
FIGURED IN ORDER
TO GENERATE MORE ELECTRICITY,
YOU GET A BIGGER GENERATOR?
Anthony says EXACTLY, YEAH, THE BIGGER
THE GENERATOR, THE BIGGER
THE MAGNET, THE MORE THE COPPER,
THE MORE THE ELECTRICITY.
Phil says AH, WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE
SHOULD JUST GET AN EVEN
BIGGER ONE LIKE A GIANT ONE
THAT THEY USE IN LIKE IN A
POWER PLANT OR SOMETHING OR...
Anthony says NOT QUITE, THAT
WOULD BE TOO BIG
FOR A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO TURN.
IT'D JUST BE IMPOSSIBLE.
Phil says OH.
SO YOU THINK THIS
IS A GOOD SIZE?
Anthony says I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SIZE.
Phil says OKAY, SO THAT'S GOOD.
Anthony says THIS IS CALLED A MULTIMETER.
WE'RE GONNA HOOK UP THE WIRES,
I WILL DO BLACK TO BLACK.
Phil says BLACK TO BLACK.
Anthony says RED TO RED.
AND AS YOU TURN OUR GENERATOR,
WE CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY WE'RE GENERATING.
Phil says HERE, YOU HOLD ON TO THAT.
Anthony says HOLD THIS...
Phil says AND I'LL TURN THE GENERATOR.
An electric sign appears on screen with the caption "How much electricity?"
A voice says NOW IT'S TIME TO PLAY
HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
DID THEY MAKE?
Anthony says TWO POINT FOUR
VOLTS, YEAH, THAT'S NOT BAD.
Phil says OH, TWO POINT FOUR,
YEAH, THAT'S NOT GREAT.
The voice says THAT'S
JUST ENOUGH TO POWER
A SMALL LED FLASHLIGHT.
BETTER KEEP TRYING, BOYS.
Phil says I GOT SOME HANDLES
HERE THAT WE'RE GOING
TO ATTACH TO THE END OF THE
GENERATOR SO WE CAN SPIN IT.
Anthony says OKAY, LET'S TRY.
Phil says NO MATTER
HOW FAST I CRANKED
THE LARGE HANDLE, I COULDN'T
MAKE ANY MORE ELECTRICITY
THAN BEFORE.
Anthony says OKAY, LET'S TRY
SOMETHING ELSE.
Phil says YEAH, I HAVE, BUT
IT'S A SMALLER HANDLE.
Anthony says PERFECT, OKAY, YEAH.
Phil says THAT'S GOOD?
Anthony says YEAH, IT'LL LET US GET
MORE SPINS IN, RIGHT?
Phil says OH YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE TO MAKE AS BIG A CIRCLE.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
IT'S WORKING ALREADY, WE'RE
UP TO THREE POINT FIVE.
The electric sign appears again.
The voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY IS PHIL MAKING?
Anthony says FOUR POINT FIVE.
The voice says THAT'S THE SAME
AS THREE DOUBLE A BATTERIES,
MAYBE ENOUGH TO POWER A TOY CAR.
STILL, A LONG WAY TO GO.
Anthony says YEAH, IT'S A LOT HIGHER
WITH THE FASTER SPINS.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, YOU OKAY?
Phil says I'M OKAY.
Anthony says MAYBE WE COULD USE
SOME GEARS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Phil says OH YES, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA,
BECAUSE THE CIRCLE
THAT I'M MAKING HERE,
I CAN ONLY GO SO FAST.
MAYBE WITH GEARS YOU
CAN DO ONE CIRCLE HERE
EQUALS 10 CIRCLES
ON THE OTHER GEAR.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says YEAH.
Anthony says OKAY, SO KINDA LIKE
THE GEARS ON A BIKE.
Phil says YEAH, THE GEARS ON A BIKE,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
(TRUMPET MUSIC)
They both say A BIKE!
Phil says OF COURSE, YES, SO WE
GET A BIKE AND WE ATTACH
THE BACK TIRE TO THE GENERATOR.
Anthony says THE GENERATOR, AND THEN
YOU CAN USE THE PEDALS
OF THE BIG GEAR TO
POWER THE SMALL GEARS.
Phil says OKAY, GREAT,
WE'LL GO GET A BIKE.
Anthony says YEAH.
Phil says YEAH, HIGH FIVE.
Both say ALRIGHT.
Phil says RIGHT,
THEY'RE OVER HERE.
(ELECTRIC GUITAR MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears under a magnifying glass with the caption "Mini Max!
A voice says MINI MAX.
Phil says THIS IS A GENERATOR.
IT GENERATES ELECTRICITY
WHEN YOU SPIN IT.
BUT HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT WIZARDRY IS INSIDE?
WELL, ACTUALLY, GENERATING
AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.
ALL YOU NEED IS TWO THINGS:
FIRST, YOU NEED A CONDUCTOR,
LIKE THIS COIL OF COPPER
WIRE, AND YOU NEED A MAGNET.
NOW THIS IS A GALVANOMETER.
IT MEASURES SMALL AMOUNTS
OF ELECTRIC CURRENT,
AND I HAVE MY COPPER
WIRE ATTACHED TO IT.
WATCH AS I PUT THE
MAGNET INSIDE THE COPPER.
I GET A LITTLE BIT OF
AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.
AND THEN I TAKE IT OUT, IT
GOES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
A LITTLE BIT GOING THIS
WAY, AND THEN I TAKE IT OUT,
A LITTLE BIT GOING THAT WAY.
The needle on the galvanometer goes left and right.
Phil says POSITIVE, NEGATIVE,
POSITIVE, NEGATIVE.
THIS KIND OF CURRENT
THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH
IS CALLED ALTERNATING CURRENT,
OR AC.
IT'S THE SAME KIND
OF ELECTRICITY
YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE.
BUT HERE'S THE COOL THING...
WATCH THIS.
I PUT THE MAGNET IN,
AND I LEAVE IT...
IT GOES BACK TO ZERO.
YOU ONLY GET ELECTRICITY
WHEN YOU MOVE THE MAGNET.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S
CREATE OUR GENERATOR.
INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH
A COPPER COIL LIKE THIS,
WHAT IF WE JUST HAD THE MAGNET,
AND WE HAVE IT STAYING STILL...
LIKE THAT –
He puts the magnet in a piece of modelling clay.
He says AND WE MOVE THE CONDUCTOR
PAST IT,
LIKE SPINNING.
HM?
IT'S GOOD, BUT NOT GREAT,
BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GETTING
A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY
AS IT PASSES.
SO LET'S MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
LET'S PUT IN SOME MORE MAGNETS.
ONE ON EITHER SIDE,
AND ONE ON THE TOP.
He puts some large metal brackets with magnets on each side of the magnet and a wooden board with a magnet on top.
He says AND NOW WHEN WE SPIN IT, IT
GOES PAST ALL OF THESE MAGNETS
AND EVERY TIME WE GET A LITTLE
BIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.
WELL THIS IS HOW
A GENERATOR WORKS.
IF YOU TAKE AN ELECTRIC
MOTOR OR A GENERATOR APART,
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A COIL
OF COPPER WIRES ON THE SHAFT,
AND IT SPINS AROUND LIKE THIS.
AND ON THE INSIDE,
THERE ARE MAGNETS.
SO THERE YOU GO, WHEN YOU
PUT IT TOGETHER AND SPIN IT
YOU GET AN ELECTRIC CURRENT.
OR, IF YOU PUT AN ELECTRIC
CURRENT IN IT, IT WILL SPIN,
JUST LIKE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
AND THAT IS HOW A
GENERATOR WORKS.
A flask breaks and the logo of the show appears.
(GLASS BREAKING)
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I ARE TRYING TO CREATE
AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS WE
CAN USING JUST HUMAN POWER.
SO FAR IT HASN'T
BEEN GOING SO WELL.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW FAST
WE CAN SPIN THE GENERATOR.
Anthony says MAYBE WE COULD USE SOME
GEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Phil says IN ORDER TO
GET IT SPINNING REALLY FAST,
WE'RE GONNA USE A BIKE.
JUST A MATTER OF GETTING A
BIKE, TAKING OFF THE WHEEL,
PUTTING IT ON A STAND.
IT IS NOW A STATIONARY BIKE,
IT'LL BE EVEN MORE STATIONARY
ONCE WE SCREW IT DOWN.
AND
ATTACHING THE GENERATOR.
ALRIGHT, THE BIKE GENERATOR,
BIKE-ERATOR, WHAT SHOULD
WE CALL THIS THING?
Anthony says BIKENOMETER.
Phil says BIKENOMETER,
I LIKE IT.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO OVER
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
Anthony says OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT TWO
GEARS, WE GOT OUR BIG ONE,
WE GOT A SMALL ONE,
WE TURN OUR PEDALS,
AND THE BIG GEAR
TURNS THE SMALL ONE.
Phil says SO THIS IS THE WHOLE
POINT OF THIS BUILD,
IS SO WE CAN GET
ONE REVOLUTION HERE
MEANS A WHOLE BUNCH
OF SPINNING THERE.
Anthony says EXACTLY, THE MORE WE GET
HERE, THE MORE OUR GENERATOR
SPINS AND THE MORE ELECTRICITY
WE GET, WE GET TONS.
Phil says AWESOME, AND OBVIOUSLY USING
BIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE USING
YOUR LEGS...
Anthony says UH HUH,
THE STRONGEST
MUSCLES IN YOUR BODY.
Phil says AWESOME.
Anthony says UH HUH.
Phil says OKAY, SO WHAT'S
WITH THIS HORN?
Anthony says NO, NO, NO, NO.
(HORN BLARES)
They cover their ears.
Phil says THAT IS A LOUD HORN.
Anthony says I KNOW,
I KNOW, I TRIED TO WARN YOU.
Phil says THAT IS GREAT, I LOVE THAT.
SO
ANTHONY AND I HOP ON
AND GIVE IT A PEDAL.
WE PEDAL AS HARD AS WE CAN
AND WE PRODUCE A PRETTY
GOOD AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY.
The electric sign appears again.
Phil says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID THEY PRODUCE?
Anthony says WE GOT UP TO MAYBE 18 THERE,
WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
Phil says THAT'S ENOUGH
FOR A POWER TOOL, LIKE A DRILL.
IT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS WORKS WELL I THINK
FOR KEEPING A GOOD NUMBER
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
BECAUSE WE CAN GET UP TO 18, 20,
BUT IT DOESN'T, WE CAN'T REALLY
GET ANY HIGHER THAN THAT.
Anthony says YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED?
IS ONE REALLY HARD
PULL ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THAT WAY YOU GET A SPIKE.
Phil says YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, SO INSTEAD
OF PUTTING ALL THAT EFFORT
INTO GOING FOR A LONG
TIME, WE PUT ALL THE EFFORT
INTO ONE QUICK MOTION.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says YEAH, GOOD IDEA.
SO YOU WRAP A ROPE AROUND
HERE AND YOU JUST PULL IT.
Anthony says EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
Phil says AND THAT'D BE A REALLY FAST
MOTION, SPIN IT REALLY QUICK,
AND GET A VERY HIGH NUMBER.
Anthony says HIGH SPIKE. EXACTLY.
Phil says OKAY.
YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE THE BIKE APART, THOUGH.
Anthony says OKAY, WELL...
Phil says IT'S SCIENCE.
Anthony says OKAY, COOL.
I'LL JUST GET SOME
OF THIS TAPE OFF.
Phil says WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE THE WHOLE BIKE APART.
WE JUST HAVE TO
TAKE THE GENERATOR OFF.
Anthony says OH, RIGHT, OKAY.
HANG ON A SECOND. I GOT IT.
Phil says AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ATTACH
THE HORN TO THE NEXT THING TOO.
Anthony says YEAH,
YOU KNOW WHAT...
(HORN BLARES)
OH, WHAT ARE YOU, NO, NO!
TURN IT OFF!
(GROANING)
(UPBEAT 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.
Sal says SO YOU WANNA GENERATE
SOME ELECTRICITY.
BUT WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE TO
GENERATE THAT ELECTRICITY?
HYDRO, NUCLEAR, COAL,
SOLAR, WHO KNOWS?
I DO, I KNOW, AND
SOON, SO WILL YOU.
IN ORDER TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
TURN THE GENERATOR.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
WAYS TO TURN THE GENERATOR
IS TO USE ONE OF THESE.
He holds a miniature steam engine.
He says IT'S A STEAM ENGINE.
USUALLY THEY'RE A LOT BIGGER.
YOU SEE, YOU HEAT
THE WATER TO BOIL IT
AND TURN IT TO STEAM
WHICH WORKS THE PISTON,
WHICH TURNS THE GENERATOR.
PRETTY AMAZING, RIGHT?
BUT WHAT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO
IS HEATING WATER TO MAKE STEAM.
BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
COAL POWER, BURN THE
COAL TO BOIL WATER
TO MAKE STEAM TO
TURN THE GENERATOR.
NATURAL GAS, THAT'S
DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
NOPE, BURN THE GAS TO
BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
NUCLEAR POWER, THAT'S
DIFFERENT, RIGHT?
NOPE, IT CREATES
HEAT, WHICH YOU USE
TO BOIL WATER TO MAKE STEAM
TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
WIND POWER, WE DON'T
EVEN NEED HEAT FOR THAT.
JUST USE THE WIND TO SPIN THE
FAN TO TURN THE GENERATOR.
HYDRO POWER, JUST POUR
WATER ACROSS SOMETHING
THAT SPINS TO TURN
THE GENERATOR.
He pours some water on a pinwheel.
Sal says NO MATTER WHAT,
MAKING ELECTRICITY ALWAYS COMES
DOWN TO TURNING THE GENERATOR.
IT'S ALWAYS
YADDA YADDA YADDA YADDA,
TURN THE GENERATOR.
EXCEPT FOR SOLAR!
SOLAR DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT'S ALWAYS YADDA YADDA,
YADDA YADDA, TO
TURN THE GENERATOR.
AND NOW YOU KNOW YOUR
ELECTRICITY GENERATION.
EH RAMONA, YOU WANNA COME
AND GIVE ME A HAND OVER HERE?
MY ARM IS GETTING TIRED.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Now the logo of the show appears with the caption "Max Fax!"
Now Phil is in a parking lot. Behind him there’s a tub with hoses attached to a generator. Over the tub there’s a plate full of golf balls. The tub is filled with water and ping-pong balls.
Phil holds a small solar panel and says WHEW, IT IS HOT OUT HERE.
IN ORDER TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO SPIN A GENERATOR.
MOST FORMS OF ELECTRICITY
GENERATION WORK
LIKE THAT, BUT NOT SOLAR.
SOLAR PANELS LIKE THIS
ONE GENERATE ELECTRICITY
FROM THE SUN'S ENERGY.
SO, HOW DO THEY DO IT?
WELL, THIS IS A SOLAR PANEL.
OKAY, IT'S NOT REALLY
A SOLAR PANEL,
I JUST SORT OF
PUT THIS TOGETHER,
BUT IT WORKS THE SAME WAY.
THERE ARE TWO PLATES,
AND ON THESE PLATES
ARE ELECTRONS.
I'VE GOT GOLF BALL
ELECTRONS UP HERE,
PING PONG BALL
ELECTRONS DOWN HERE,
BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME THING.
He holds a yellow ball and says NOW, THIS HAPPY LITTLE
FELLOW IS A PHOTON.
ENERGY FROM THE SUN IN
HANDY-DANDY PARTICLE FORM.
WHAT HAPPENS IS PHOTONS
COME FROM THE SUN
AND HIT THE TOP PLATE
AND KNOCK SOME ELECTRONS
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE
OTHER, LIKE THIS.
(BOINGING SOUNDS)
Some golf balls fall in the tub.
Phil says AND THAT KNOCKS
OVER SOME ELECTRONS.
NOW THESE EXTRA ELECTRONS
TRAVEL UP A WIRE IN THE FORM
OF ELECTRICITY, AND WE CAN
USE THEM TO DO WORK FOR US.
THEN THEY CHANGE TO THE
OTHER CHARGE, GO BACK,
AND WE START THE
PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
THAT IS HOW SOLAR PANELS WORK.
BUT REMEMBER IT ONLY WORKS
WHEN THERE'S SUN AND PHOTONS.
(BOUNCING SOUNDS)
(LAUGHING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
A flask breaks and the logo of the show appears.
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I ARE TRYING TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY USING HUMAN POWER.
SPINNING THE GENERATOR
DIDN'T WORK TOO WELL.
BUT WE FOUND IF WE USE SOME
GEARS, LIKE THOSE ON A BIKE,
IT WORKED BETTER.
Anthony says YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED
IS ONE REALLY HARD PULL
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
Phil says USING GEARS IS
A GREAT WAY TO GET WORK DONE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE ARE GENERATORS
WITH GEARS ALREADY IN THEM.
THAT MEANS IF WE CAN
TURN THE SPINDLE ONCE,
THE GEARS INSIDE WILL SPIN
THE COIL A LOT OF TIMES.
THE ONLY DOWNSIDE, TURNING
THE SPINDLE GETS HARDER
THE HIGHER THE GEARS.
An animation illustrates the process.
Phil says ANTHONY AND I ATTACH A SPINDLE
AND THEN WE WIND UP THE ROPE......WHICH TAKES A WHILE.
OKAY, SO THE PLAN IS
IT'S ON A BIG SPOOL NOW,
AND YOU JUST RUN
AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
Anthony says GOT IT.
Phil says AND WE'LL HOPE
WE GET AS MANY
REVOLUTIONS AS WE CAN,
DEPENDING ON HOW FAST
YOUR TOP SPEED IS.
Anthony says OKAY.
Phil says SOUNDS GOOD?
Anthony says SOUNDS GOOD.
I CAN BE PRETTY QUICK.
Phil says OKAY, GOOD.
ALRIGHT, ON YOUR MARK!
GET SET...
GO!
Anthony runs with the rope across the place.
The electric sign appears again.
A voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID THEY CREATE?
24 VOLTS.
Phil says ACTUALLY, NOT BAD.
The voice says THAT'S
ENOUGH TO POWER
THEIR OWN PERSONAL SCOOTER.
NOT TOO SHABBY, BOYS.
Phil says WE NEED A HARD
PULL, ALL AT ONCE.
Anthony says YEAH, FROM
SOMETHING REALLY BIG.
SO WHAT IF WE COULD GET
REALLY HIGH, LIKE UP THERE?
COULD WE ATTACH THE
GENERATOR UP THERE?
YOU COULD JUMP DOWN FROM THERE.
He points at a large hook on the ceiling.
Phil says AND I WOULD HANG ON THE ROPE?
Anthony says YEAH.
Phil says YEAH, IT'S GOOD,
BUT I DON'T WANT TO
JUMP FROM UP THERE.
OH, WHAT IF WE PUT
A PULLEY UP THERE...
Anthony says THAT WOULD WORK.
Phil says AND THEN THE ROPE
GOES THROUGH THE PULLEY
AND THEN BACK DOWN, AND
THEN I JUMP FROM SOMEWHERE
MUCH SAFER, LIKE
JUST ON TOP OF HERE,
ONTO A CRASH MAT OR SOMETHING.
Anthony says THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
Phil says AND THAT'S MY FULL
BODY WEIGHT ON THE ROPE.
Anthony says THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVE.
Anthony says YEAH.
A slate appears with the caption "Tidal Power in 60 seconds."
A voice says TIDAL
POWER IN 60 SECONDS.
Phil stands next to a table with a container with a little water and a paddle wheel in the middle.
A countdown timer that starts at 60 seconds appears on screen.
Phil says BY NOW YOU KNOW THAT IN
ORDER TO CREATE ELECTRICITY,
YOU NEED TO SPIN A GENERATOR.
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ARE
ALWAYS COMING UP WITH LOTS
OF NEW WAYS TO USE NATURAL
FORCES OF THE EARTH
TO SPIN A GENERATOR
AND CREATE ELECTRICITY.
ONE OF THOSE NATURAL FORCES
IS THE POWER OF THE TIDES.
YOU SEE, THE WATER IN THE
OCEANS DOESN'T STAY STILL.
EVERY FEW HOURS THE WATER,
OR THE TIDE, GOES OUT,
AND THEN A FEW HOURS
LATER IT COMES BACK IN.
SO IF YOU ATTACH A
PADDLE WHEEL IN THE WATER
AND ATTACH THAT TO A GENERATOR,
WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT,
IT CREATES ELECTRICITY.
WHEN THE TIDE COMES BACK
IN, IT CREATES ELECTRICITY.
THAT IS HOW YOU
CREATE ELECTRICITY
USING THE POWER OF THE TIDES.
IT'S WATER POWER.
IN FACT, HYDROELECTRICITY
IS ALSO USING WATER POWER.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT HYDRO ELEC...
WE DON'T HAVE TIME?
WE DON'T, OKAY, COME
BACK, COME BACK.
A slate appears with the caption "Hydroelectric Power in 20 seconds."
A voice says HYDROELECTRIC
POWER IN 20 SECONDS.
Phil says 20 SECONDS?
UH, OKAY.
HYDROELECTRICITY
COMES FROM WATER.
HYDRO MEANS WATER.
SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
FIND A PLACE WHERE WATER
POURS DOWN FROM A HEIGHT.
He takes a gallon of water and a larger paddle wheel and pours the water on the wheel from a certain height.
A countdown timer starting at 20 seconds appear.
Phil says AND YOU CAN PUT A GENERATOR
IN THERE, AND TA-DA,
YOU'RE CREATING ELECTRICITY
WITH THE POWER OF HYDRO.
(LAUGHING) I DID IT.
(DRILLING)
The logo of the show appears breaking a table of elements on screen.
Phil says ANTHONY AND
I HAVE PULLED AND PEDALED,
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA
HANG ON TO THE ROPE
AND USE OUR WHOLE BODY
WEIGHT TO SPIN THE GENERATOR
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
Phil says OKAY.
Anthony says OKAY.
Phil says CRASH MAT, LET ME TEST IT OUT.
He jumps on the crash mat.
Anthony says LOOKS GOOD.
Phil says YEP,
IT'S GOOD FOR CRASHING.
SO I GO UP HERE, I'VE
GOTTA GO UP HERE.
He climbs up a large wooden box.
Anthony says CLIMB ON UP.
WE'LL GET YOU THE ROPE.
GOT YOUR HELMET FOR SAFETY.
Phil says HELMET FOR SAFETY.
CRASH MAT FOR SAFETY.
SO I HAVE THE ROPE,
AND IT GOES UP
THROUGH THAT PULLEY
AND THEN BACK DOWN
TO OUR GENERATOR
WITH A SPINDLE ON IT.
AND AS I FALL,
THAT SPINDLE WILL TURN.
Anthony says EXACTLY.
Phil says AND HOPEFULLY,
THE SPEED OF ME FALLING,
AND HOLDING,
AND YANKING IT DOWN
AS HARD AS I CAN
WILL BE THE BIGGEST SPIKE
OF ELECTRICITY YET.
Anthony says THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'LL BE MEASURING IT
ON OUR MULTIMETER.
Phil says OKAY.
READY?
Anthony says YOU READY?
Phil says YEAH.
Anthony says HERE WE GO.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
Phil says I JUMP DOWN
AND MY WHOLE BODY WEIGHT
PULLS ON THE LINE.
Anthony says OH, THAT WAS AWESOME,
THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST EVER,
THAT WAS AMAZING.
The multimeter marks 29.7 volts.
Phil says ALRIGHT, HIGH FIVES,
BIGGEST SPIKE EVER!
IS IT ENOUGH TO POWER MY HOUSE?
Anthony says NO.
The electric sign appears again.
The voice says HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY DID PHIL GENERATE?
THIS MANY VOLTS.
HOW MANY DOES HE NEED
TO POWER HIS HOUSE?
120 VOLTS.
HE'S STILL OFF BY QUITE A BIT.
Phil says WELL, WE'VE LEARNED
SOMETHING, NUCLEAR,
Anthony says WIND,
Phil says HYDRO,
Anthony says SOLAR,
Phil says NATURAL GAS,
Anthony says COAL POWER.
Phil says IT'S ALL GREAT
WAYS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY,
AND HUMAN POWER...
Anthony says NOT SO MUCH.
Phil says NOT AS GOOD.
BUT HUMAN POWER IS MORE FUN.
Anthony says WAY MORE FUN.
Phil says YEAH, SO YOUR TURN?
A sayqs YES, GIMMIE, GIMMIE, GIMMIE.
Phil says OKAY, YOU TAKE THE HELMET
AND I'LL TAKE THE MULTIMETER,
AND THEN WE'LL GO AND
WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
BUT I GOTTA WIND IT UP.
Now Anthony steps on the box.
Phil says SCIENCE MAX
IS A SHOW WHERE WE TAKE
SMALL EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
IF YOU WANNA THESE
EXPERIMENTS YOURSELF,
GO TO OUR WEBSITE
FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He says BUT NOT ALL THE
EXPERIMENTS ON SCIENCE MAX
ARE THE KIND YOU
SHOULD TRY AT HOME.
THIS ONE, YES,
Phil wears a lard glove and sticks his hand in icy water.
Phil says THIS, NO.
Phil wears a lard suit and gets inside a container full of icy water.
Phil says TRY THIS,
Phil spins a pot lid.
Phil says DON'T TRY THIS.
Phil spins a giant wooden circle.
Phil says A BIG YES,
He makes a house of cards.
Phil says A BIG NO.
He makes a house of cards with large isolation panels.
Phil says I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD
POSSIBLY DO THIS ONE AT HOME.
He balances on a flyboard.
Phil says AND REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE
EVER NOT SURE, ASK AN ADULT.
A clip shows Phil hanging from a beam with big magnets with the caption "Don’t do this!!!"
Phil says THANKS FOR WATCHING SCIENCE
MAX: EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Now the end credits roll as gag reels from the show play.
Phil says as a train pass behind him SO THIS IS A SOLAR PANEL,
AND THIS IS A TRAIN.
He pours water on a paddle wheel and says YOU'RE GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
At the parking lot, Phil says YOU'RE IN THE WAY
OF MY SOLAR PANEL.
Phil says OH NOW IT'S SPINNING
THE OTHER WAY.
He holds the galvanometer and says SO I FORGOT A STEP,
I FORGOT A STEP.
He sits in the parking lot waiting for the train to pass.
Phil says THE WATER IN THE OCEAN
DOESN'T STAY STILL.
(SIGH)
THE THING IN THE BACKGROUND
TOTALLY THREW ME OFF.
WHAT WAS THAT?
Once the train is gone, Phil says OKAY, OKAY, OKAY!
WHERE WERE WE?
WE WERE –
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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