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This Spud’s for You

This Spud’s for You Time to explore air pressure again! This is definitely one of my favorite topics, mostly because we get to do fun things like launch pieces of potato! This specific demonstration ... more»

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Welcome to the Third Dimension

Welcome to the Third Dimension For many people, when I say, "math," they curl up in a ball trying to block out bad memories of solving for "x." When I mention geometry, they curl up ... more»

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Off Like a Rocket

Off Like a Rocket Let's talk about propulsion! It all comes back to Newton's Third Law of Motion: "When a force is applies by one object onto a second object, the second object applies an ... more»

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Guar Gum Slime

Guar Gum Slime (Sorry for the late post on this one. It was supposed to go up back on Halloween, but I made a mistake on the scheduler for it. Better late than ... more»

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Full of Hot Air – Hot Air Balloon Making

Full of Hot Air – Hot Air Balloon Making I'm not a big fan of heights, which is probably why I have not personally taken a hot air balloon flight, nor do I plan to do so anytime soon. ... more»

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Black Light Up My Life

Black Light Up My Life Is there anything cooler than things that glow in the dark? Well, yes, I suppose so, but it is definitely up there. It's great fun experimenting with things that glow ... more»

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Singing Fish Dissection

Singing Fish Dissection I LOVE taking apart things. It's great to see how engineers designed things and figure out how they tick. Often, it is the first step I take when trying to ... more»

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Oobleck and the First Anniversary – THANKS!

Oobleck and the First Anniversary – THANKS! Believe it or not, one year ago today I posted the very first entry onto our blog site. It was my first attempt to create a science video and since then ... more»

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Tallest Soda Geyser World Record Attempt – Soda Geyser Series #7

Tallest Soda Geyser World Record Attempt – Soda Geyser Series #7 Spoiler Alert! - if you haven't watched our other episodes and had a chance to do the experiments yourself, we're about to release our results. So, you may want to ... more»

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Temperature vs. Height – Soda Geyser Series #6

Temperature vs. Height – Soda Geyser Series #6 To recap: In Episode 1, we discussed how to make a soda geyser generator In Episode 2, we discussed carbonation, the "fuel" for a soda geyser In Episode 3, we discussed nucleation, the ... more»

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