2002 Clips from The Whys GuyTM
Remember: Science is fun, but some of the experiments shown here are dangerous and should not be tried at home.
For best results, the latest version of Windows Media Player should be used to view the streaming video clips posted below.
9/18/2002:
Clip 1 - Blow up a bottle with Liquid Nitrogen (6.3 MB)
Clip 2 - Soap Explosion (11 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
9/25/2002:
Clip 1 - Why spiral a football (8.2 MB)
Clip 2 - Why a curveball curves (8.6 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here and here.
See also Al Nathan's Physics of Baseball video for a deeper understanding.
10/2/2002:
Clip 1 - Throw & Drop Basketballs (6.1 MB)
Clip 2 - Shoot the Monkey (9.0 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here, here and here.
10/9/2002:
Clip 1 - Static Electricity (11 MB); some additional explanation (11 MB)
Clip 2 - Van der Graaf Generator & Emily's hair (10 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
10/16/2002:
Clip 1 - Volta's Hailstorm (7.8 MB)
Clip 2 - Big Bang Capacitor (11 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
10/23/2002:
Clip 1 - Jacobs Ladder (7.9 MB)
Clip 2 - Heat conduction, Emily & space-shuttle tile (9.6 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
10/30/2002:
Clip 1 - Radiant Heat Transfer - light match with mirrors (9.3 MB)
Clip 2 - Convection, chimney, hot air balloon (9.2 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
11/6/2002:
Clip 1 - Why things float & sink (8.0 MB)
Clip 2 - More floating & sinking. Exploding balloons (8.4 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.11/13/2002:
Clip 1 - Popping a balloon into a flask using atmospheric pressure (8.9 MB)
Clip 2 - Crushing a 55 gallon steel barrel using atmospheric pressure (9.2 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.11/20/2002:
Clip 1 - Picking up cement block with atmospheric pressure (8.4 MB)
Clip 2 - Marshmallow Man on the moon (12 MB) [more marshmallow-man comments next week]
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.11/27/2002:
Clip 1 - Boil water at room temperature (9.0 MB)
Clip 2 - Making ice-cream with liquid nitrogen (11 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here and here.
Question for next time: Why do we put salt on icy roads?12/4/2002:
Clip 1 - Boiling water makes ice (8.8 MB)
Clip 2 - Cooling ice with salt (9.3 MB)
Roberts Question - (1.6 MB) and our experimental results.
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here and here.
Question for next time: How does a steam engine work?12/11/2002:
Clip 1 - Steam, liquid nitrogen, and Stirling engines (10 MB)
Clip 2 - Thermoelectric electromagnet (6.8 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here.
More info on Steam and Stirling engines
Question for next time: Name as many sources of energy as you can.12/18/2002:
Clip 1 - Burn Oil, Coal & Natural Gas (12 MB)
Clip 2 - "Guess The Gas" exploding balloons (9.9 MB)
Some related Questions and Answers can be found here and here.
Question for next time:
In Clip 2, which balloon contains Helium, Propane, Hydrogen, and Hydrogen + Oxygen?.
