Bill Nye the Science Guy 0507 Do It Yourself Science

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Ha_oyw6Oo

Summary

TLDRIn an educational segment dedicated to home experimentation, Richie, a young science enthusiast, explores fundamental scientific concepts using everyday household items. The experiments demonstrate key scientific ideas such as inertia, air pressure, and static electricity. Through a variety of engaging activities, such as collapsing water bottles with atmospheric pressure, floating eggs in salt water, and creating static electricity with a comb and hair, Richie's exploration highlights the pervasive nature of science in day-to-day life. This dynamic hands-on approach emphasizes how observational and repeatable experiments lead to understanding complex ideas, making science accessible and exciting for young learners and their families.

Takeaways

  • 🧪 Science can be explored using everyday items, making it accessible from home.
  • 🌬️ Atmospheric pressure plays a significant role in various physical phenomena.
  • 🔄 A good experiment should be repeatable to confirm scientific principles.
  • 🌿 Science is integral to understanding the world around us, from plants to weather.
  • 📚 Observing is a crucial step in scientific discovery and learning.
  • ⚗️ Engaging with science through hands-on activities deepens comprehension.
  • 🥚 Eggs demonstrate strong structural integrity due to their shape.
  • 🌡️ Heat and cooling effects can demonstrate fundamental principles of physics.
  • 📚 Static electricity can be generated and observed using simple tools like hair and a comb.
  • 🧒 Children can conduct significant scientific explorations with guidance and curiosity.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Richie is in his room conducting an experiment on chaos theory when his mother reminds him to clean his room because a visitor is coming. Despite distractions, Richie is engaged with his science kit, learning about fundamental scientific principles like inertia and the phases of matter. He performs simple home experiments, illustrating basic scientific concepts like atmospheric pressure and gas phases, using everyday items like a bottle, water, and ice.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The narrative continues with a focus on demonstrating science experiments at home, emphasizing the importance of repeatability in experiments. Various simple experiments demonstrate fundamental principles such as the effects of air pressure and matter phases. Richie is shown learning about static electricity by observing the behavior of charged objects in his home, further demonstrating that scientific exploration can happen anywhere. Through practical demonstrations, viewers are educated on how to conduct and understand experiments with easy-to-find household items.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:18:48

    As the science session progresses, Richie engages in more experiments that demonstrate principles like buoyancy with salt water and the interaction of static electricity. The program emphasizes the joy and accessibility of science, encouraging viewers to explore and conduct experiments themselves. Concluding remarks reinforce the idea that science is an omnipresent part of our environment, and suggests performing more experiments at home for a hands-on understanding of scientific principles.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What is the purpose of Richie's science experiment?

    Richie is trying to understand chaos theory and learn about science through various experiments.

  • Why does a water-filled glass with a card on top not spill?

    The atmospheric pressure outside the glass is greater than the pressure inside, pushing the card up and keeping the water from spilling.

  • How can you see air pressure using simple materials?

    By filling a glass with water, covering it with a card, and flipping it, you can see how atmospheric pressure holds the card in place.

  • What science concept explains why the bottle in the experiment collapses?

    The bottle collapses due to air pressure after hot water vapor inside turns into liquid, leaving a partial vacuum.

  • How can you demonstrate static electricity at home?

    You can use a comb and your hair to generate static electricity, which can be demonstrated by moving paper or bending water.

  • What makes eggs strong structures?

    The shape of the eggshell distributes weight evenly, making eggs capable of supporting heavy objects.

  • What is a repeatable science experiment mentioned in the video?

    Experiments with air pressure, such as using a bottle and hot water, or creating static electricity, are repeatable.

  • How is science integrated into everyday life, according to the video?

    Science is a part of everything we experience; it's in our food, the air, and every interaction we have with our environment.

  • What's a simple demonstration of atmospheric pressure using household items?

    The collapsing metal drum experiment demonstrates atmospheric pressure using a sealed drum that condenses water vapor.

  • How can observing the penny in a pie pan experiment illustrate light behavior?

    Pouring water into the pie pan bends light rays, making the hidden penny visible again.

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    a good science experiment is
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    repeatable try this get a big bowl and
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    now dump the hot water
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    when you cool it the water vapor turns
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    fist anyway the atmosphere is Big so the
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    me warm air takes up more space it
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    experiment of science but now instead of
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    we use this big metal
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    now we wait while the water boils and
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    the steam drives all the air from inside
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    find
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    out you can see air pressure by using a
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    clear glass of water like this and a
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    piece of paper a postcard or a card like
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    this all you have to do is put the card
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    over the glass of water like this now
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    flip
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    it the air pressure in the room pushes
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    the card up against the rim and holds
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    the water in the glass all right now
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    we're going to try it with something
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    a little bit bigger fill it with
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    water now we do the same experiment and
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    put the card over the top and it should
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    one and it's the same experiment well
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    anywhere you can yes yes son you can
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    coming off it's the same gas that
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    bubbles out of our soft drinks even
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    though it's invisible you can still pour
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    it just like you pour water or milk pour
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    the invisible gas into one of the bags
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    it pours even though you can't see
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    it the gas is heavier than the air and
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    the bag on this end goes down it's
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    invisible but it's matter it's in the
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    phase of matter that we scientists call
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    gas and it's total science why all this
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    emphasis on observing things all science
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    begins with observation because
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    observation is one of the very best ways
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    to
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    learn here's a light trick that doesn't
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    need mirrors put a penny in a pie
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    pan now move back so you don't see the
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    penny don't move cuz I'm going to pour
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    the water
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    in it's okay if you make a
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    mess pretty cool
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    hey see light's always bouncing off the
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    penny but when you pour the water in it
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    makes the light Bend and the bending of
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    the light makes the penny reappear but
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    this but don't take my word for it try
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    it son I think it's time we had that
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    talk about the birds and the bees uh
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    mom can I have a glass of water yes
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    Richie H that sounds tasty honey can I
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    have one too why of course dear
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    Hey look it's little air pressure
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    holding up the card under the glass of
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    water fast any experiment you can do at
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    home of science see the water in the
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    glass doesn't spill out because the
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    pressure of the atmosphere is pushing in
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    all directions at once so not only is it
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    pushing down on the glass it's pushing
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    up on the card and it's strong enough to
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    hold it
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    there let's think about that this time
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    I'm going to get some
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    help
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    cool okay so now we put the card on top
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    and flip it
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    exquisit here's how you can make an egg
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    tower all you need is an egg and a
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    couple of bottle caps take an egg and
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    put it between two bottle caps so that
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    you have a flat surface then balance a
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    book on
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    top eggs are strong structures because
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    the weight is spread out all over the
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    eggshell this is an egg experiment you
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    can try at home give gives a brilliant
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    performance on the tracking an egg
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    structure with one egg was insect right
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    with three eggs take your eggs and place
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    them between two bottle caps arrange
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    them in a triangle then set something
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    heavy on top
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    three eggs can hold more than one egg
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    because the weight of the book and the
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    Soup cans is spread out over all three
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    eggs eggs the one of Nature's Most
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    Beautiful structures and that's no Yol
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    eggs are strong structures I'll bet
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    these eggs could even hold up cinder
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    blocks no I bet you're right set them
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    down one at a
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    time eggs are amazing what
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    Richie
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    Richard see that's the weight of The
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    Columns of the air that press down upon
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    the
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    Earth dad and at
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    highering less
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    and Dad it might even take you 10
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    minutes Richie what is it why do my
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    clothes always get stuck together when I
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    dry them it's just not
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    fair here are two fun things you can do
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    with your hair and a comb one cut a
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    square paper tape it in a roll like
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    this then comb your hair very
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    fast hold the comb near the
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    paper wow
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    needle am I having a bad hair day or
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    what two comb your hair again now hold
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    the comb near running
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    water the water bends electrons went
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    from your hair to the comb all those
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    extra electrons are what pulled the
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    paper the comb build up a negative
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    charge that's what pulled the water
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    molecules
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    static well Richie let me show you
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    something hey let me try
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    what Richie doesn't realize is that he
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    and Dad have entered the static
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    electricity Zone a Zone where water
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    molecules allow electrons to flow from
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    one surface to another in this case the
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    sock was negative it had extra electrons
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    the shirt was positive it had fewer
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    electrons the water molecules allowed
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    the electrons to flow they evened out
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    the charges
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    neutralized you know this doesn't just
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    happen in the static electricity this
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    happens all the time I mean you can
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    repeat this experiment yourself hey Bill
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    it's
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    science let's try an experiment perhaps
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    your mother will let you perform this
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    experiment in her kitchen all you'll
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    need is a toy balloon and a tea kettle
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    of boiling
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    water here's an experiment that shows
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    how the salty ocean makes things float
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    better a raw egg won't float in fresh
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    water but if you pour some salt water in
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    a glass
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    it floats it floats it floats that's
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    because salt water has more stuff in it
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    so it can hold up the egg science
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    Rules we put the card over the
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    [Music]
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    top and flip it
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    W check it out it
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    worked science is everywhere in the
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    trees and birds and the air you can
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    experiment with everything discover is a
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    lovely thing watch the clouds Flow by
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    and think of water Raper in the sky the
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    water that you boil on the sto makes a
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    cloud and then begins to
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    r on the
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    sh if you experiment repeatedly and get
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    the same results continually then you
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    know that your Discovery has been a
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    successfully if you experiment
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    attentively you can make a great
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    discovery say you want to make a snazzy
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    boat experiment to see what things will
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    flow do it yourself
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    science on the sh science
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    well Partners that's our show thanks for
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    watching to excuse me I'm going to show
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    myself some scientific principles with
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    stuff I find around the house today it's
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    the angular momentum of flexible systems
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    see
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    you it's
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    repeatable produc in association with
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    the National Science
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    Foundation First what you do p them up
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    on the site bring it across your body
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    Palm down then you turn your palm over
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    into back there you know lady you've got
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    a lot of hair you want to look through
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    the loop that's what you want to do
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    you're a little close to me I can't
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    quite get the loop between you yeah
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    there and let it happen yes that's
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    really good man you look at your taret
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    you throw overand kind of like you throw
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    a ball yes yes yes all right two three
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    go that's not bad okay ow
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    it's a cut okay good
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