2006 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.
1/11/2006:
Clip 1 - Nuclear Power and Radioactivity (18 MB)
Clip 2 - Common radioactive things (14 MB)
1/18/2006:
Clip 1 - Static electricity, lightning, lightning rods (15 MB)
Clip 2 - More about static electricity (12 MB)
Note: This and next weeks shows are in honor of Benjamin Franklins 300th birthday (Jan 17, 2006)
1/25/2006:
Clip 1 - Wimshurst Generator, electrostatic force, Volta's hailstorm (14 MB)
Clip 2 - Shock yourself with your own elecrtophorus (14 MB)
2/1/2006:
Clip 1 - Moving magnets and currents (12 MB)
Clip 2 - Electromagnetic Cannon (12 MB)
2/8/2006:
Clip 1 - How a microwave oven works (16 MB)
Clip 2 - Some things you should never do with a microwave oven (14 MB)
Note - never these experiments yourself - you could be blinded or killed !!
(or even worse, you might ruin a perfectly good microwave oven.)
2/15/2006:
Clip 1 - Insects (15 MB)
Clip 2 - More Insects (12 MB)
2/22/2006:
Clip 1 - How a TV works (digitization failed)
Clip 2 - More about how a TV works (13 MB)
3/1/2006:
Clip 1 - Polarization and liquid crystals (16 MB)
Clip 2 - Liquid crystal displays (14 MB)
Some great websites explaining LCD displays can be found here and here.
3/8/2006:
Clip 1 - RGB - combining light of different colors (15 MB)
Clip 2 - Plasma screens (14 MB)
4/12/2006: Shooting a ping-pong ball through a pop can
Clip 1 - Vacuum Cannon I (14 MB)
Clip 2 - Vacuum Cannon II (15 MB)
4/19/2006:
Clip 1 - Water Towers I (19 MB)
Clip 2 - Water Towers II (14 MB)
5/3/2006:
Clip 1 - Egg Engineering I (15 MB)
Clip 2 - Egg Engineering II (14 MB)
5/10/2006:
Clip 1 - Eggs Benedict & Meringue I (17 MB)
Clip 2 - Eggs Benedict & Meringue II (16 MB)
A great website on the science of eggs can be found here.
5/17/2006:
Clip 1 - Whipping cream (18 MB)
Clip 2 - Liquid nitrogen ice cream (16 MB)
5/24/2006:
Clip 1 - Chocolate I (16 MB)
Clip 2 - Chocolate II (15 MB)
A great website on the science of chocolate can be found here.
6/7/2006:
Clip 1 - Slime (15 MB)
Clip 2 - More slime (12 MB)
The slime recipe can be can be found here.
6/14/2006:
Clip 1 - Lemon batteries (16 MB)
Clip 2 - Vinegar batteries (14 MB)
6/21/2006:
Clip 1 - Electrocuting a pickle (14 MB)
Clip 2 - Punishing various other foods (13 MB)
6/28/2006:
Clip 1 - Carbonation (15 MB)
Clip 2 - Menthos & Diet Coke eruption (14 MB)
7/12/2006:
Clip 1 - Gun Powder (15 MB)
Clip 2 - More Gun Powder (13 MB)
7/26/2006:
Clip 1 - Floating & Sinking (15 MB)
Clip 2 - Which floats best - diet or regular coke ? (15 MB)
8/23/2006:
Clip 1 - Giant water-balloon slingshot (15 MB)
Clip 2 - Giant water-balloon slingshot (more) (13 MB)
8/30/2006:
Clip 1 - Throwing Football (14 MB)
Clip 2 - More football & some collisions (13 MB)
9/13/2006:
Clip 1 - Be careful throwing eggs in the studio... (16 MB)
Clip 2 - and when you drop a watermelon off the roof (15 MB)
9/20/2006:
Clip 1 - Acceleration of gravity (17 MB)
Clip 2 - Acceleration and motion along a ramp (14 MB)
If you are a teacher or a student that wants to come on the show in October, please email me with ideas that you would like to present.
10/4/2006:
Clip 1 - Nanotechnology with guest kid & teacher (17 MB)
Clip 2 - More nanotech with guest kid & teacher (18 MB)
10/11/2006:
Clip 1 - Kid scientists: Vinegar & Baking Soda balloon - doesn't work (15 MB)
10/18/2006:
Clip 1 - Kid scientists: Vinegar & Baking Soda rocket - doesn't work (13 MB)
Clip 2 - Kid scientists: More Vinegar & Baking Soda rocket (12 MB)
10/25/2006:
Clip 1 - Hydrogen Peroxide & MnO (Genie in a bottle) (12 MB)
Clip 2 - Hydrogen Peroxide & Soap & KI (Puking Pumpkin) (11 MB)
11/22/2006:
Clip 1 - Marshmallow Expansion (17 MB)
Clip 2 - Marshmallow Explosion (13 MB)
11/29/2006:
Clip 1 - LN2 & Robert (balloons & racquetball & orange) (21 MB)
Clip 2 - LN2 & Robert (soap explosion) (13 MB)
12/06/2006:
Clip 1 - Breaking a TV set - I (16 MB)
Clip 2 - Breaking a TV set - II (15 MB)