Mindworks Clips
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Phil experiments with gas pressure using fizzy drinks, an air compressor and mints.
Phil does an experiment on propulsion by building a mousetrap-powered boat.
Phil shows how to do a simple friction experiment. Then he maxes it out with frogs, rice and two books stuck together.
Phil looks at opposing forces. He shows how to make a water and gravity-powered boat based on Newton's Third Law.
Phil demonstrates material science by smashing some eggs. He does a pumpkin experiment using polymers, foam and armour.
Phil shows how you can build a rocket powered by an antacid tablet.
Phil discovers the science of polymers and shows where they can be found all around us.
Phil shows how to build a robot arm that can be powered by hydraulics.
Phil does some flying experiments. He builds a tumble wing – a paper airplane that flies on a cushion of air.
Phil builds a Rube Goldberg Machine and experiments with different types of energy to make a cake fly.
Phil creates a self-supporting bridge and a pencil cube.
Phil looks at the different forces that make things spin.
Phil builds a trebuchet - a giant lever-based catapult - and uses it to send a pumpkin flying.