Phil builds a balloon powered car in the lab. Then he tries to make one big enough to ride. Plus, Newton's Cradle out of bowling balls, how Guinea Pigs got their name and Newton's 3rd Law.
Phil starts with a Popsicle stick catapult, then he uses everything he knows about elastic energy to build a full-size catapult that hurls pumpkins! Plus, a maxed out paddle wheel boat and a historical re-enactment (sort of).
Phil starts with a balloon powered hover disc, then tries to make a maxed out version big enough to ride. In fact, why not make 2 & then race them! Phil also tries to use the power of friction to climb the walls & even to fly
Ever wanted to build a bridge out of pasta? It's not too hard & works better than you'd think. But what if we were to try to make a pasta bridge big enough for Phil to walk across?
Magnets have poles - when you put opposite ones together, they attract. But when you but the same ones together, they repel. Could we find magnets powerful enough to repel each other and float Phil off the ground?
What makes boats float? Tinfoil doesn't float, but a boat made of tinfoil does. It's all about how you build it. Watch as Phil builds his human-sized tinfoil boat several times before he figures it out.
The old 'vinegar and baking soda volcano' needs an overhaul. What happens if we use 60 times as much? What about using 100% acid? What about even more reactive chemicals?
Learn how to use air pressure to make your own, home-made rocket out of a plastic water bottle. Phil maxes this out by over-pressurising stronger bottles and finally by building a giant rocket out of plastic bottles.
Phil gives himself super strength using the power of simple machines to move, lift and roll a machine he could barely budge otherwise. Plus, lift yourself with one finger and watch cavemen discover the wheel.
Solid, Liquid, Gas and all things in-between. Phil fills a giant trough with corn starch mud to see if it's solid enough to run across. Plus, makes a giant sledgehammer out of a frozen pumpkin and giant rock candy.
Start by learning how to fold the paper airplane that won the long distance record. Phil finds out making a giant paper airplane that will still fly is way harder than you'd think. Plus, terminal velocity & indoor tornadoes!
How can you balance a potato on a stick and can Phil balance on a tightrope using the same science? What's better for balance, staying put or using something that spins? Phil designs a gyroscopic stabilization backpack.
Phil tries to build a tower strong enough to not fall apart when shaken in a massive earthquake. Plus: balancing on wood, getting sucked into sand, cookie towers and a table made of people!
Phil tries to bend the power of sound by making the loudest sound he can. Plus: make cornstarch mud dance.
Phil wants to max out the hoop glider, but will he be able to defy gravity?
Just how much power can be generated by one human being? Phil tries to find out. How a generator works, make your own wind turbine and a solar panel described with a bathtub and ping-pong balls!
Phil tries to make the strongest electromagnet he can; and he also tries to make it to the North Pole using a compass.
Vibration is the idea behind a shaky vibrobot, one maxed out enough so Phil can ride it.
Dry ice, the coldest temperature possible and Phil wears a suit of blubber and gets into a tub of ice water. Plus, a home-made hot air balloon.
Phil tries to build a spool racer out of a giant cable spool; a run of giant dominoes, a maxed out craft stick chain reaction, mouse-traps and ping pong balls.
Moving Air! A home-made stomp rocket gets maxed out into a giant version. Plus: Phil uses air pressure to break a piece of wood, makes a vortex cannon and vacuum-seals himself to the wall!
Water power! A home-made water-powered car gets maxed out to a 500 litre version. Plus: Phil flies on jets of water, and shows how to carve a pumpkin in 15 seconds with a pressure washer.
Static Electricity! That's what's behind lightning bolts, whether they come from the sky or are made in the lab using the power of science.
Building an arched bridge! Starting with sugar and ending with something strong enough to walk across - it's all in how you build it.
Bending light to your will! Phil gets challenged to use light to solve a puzzle that gets more and more difficult.
A Trebuchet is a giant, lever-based catapult. Phil uses it to hurl pumpkins!
Phil uses the mechanical advantage of hydraulics to crush stuff!!!
Phil experiments with the Magnus effect
Phil maxes out a Geodesic dome!
From plastics, to fabrics to our own DNA, polymers are everywhere.
Phil harnesses a chemical reaction to make several variations on rockets!
How do you max out an egg drop? With pumpkins, of course!
Phil tries to max out a boat that propels itself using nothing but water and gravity.
Explore friction with frogs, rice, one detective and two books stuck together!
Propulsion and inertia are powering this episode.
Phil explores lots of different methods of flight.
Diet cola and mints! A fun experiment that's even more awesome when maxxed out.
Gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical, electrical - you name the force, we've got it in this episode!
