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Transcript: Pasta Bridge
Fast clips show Phil doing a series of science experiments.
Phil is in her twenties, clean-shaven and with short curly dark blond hair. He wears gray trousers, a blue T-shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says HAVE YOU EVER
DONE A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
AND WONDERED IT WOULD BE
LIKE IF YOU DID IT BIG?
I HAVE.
MY NAME IS PHIL
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
Phil appears under the water, in a skydiving chamber and on a trolley.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears. It's a black and yellow triangle with an exploding element inside and a blue sign across that reads "Experiments at Large."
A Voice shouts SCIENCE MAX!
Phil xxx
Phil says TAKING SOMETHING FLIMSY, AND
MAKING SOMETHING STRONG.
WOW, PASTA BRIDGE!
WE BUILD THINGS OUT OF PASTA,
SAND AND PAPER TO SHOW
HOW YOU CAN USE SCIENCE
TO MAKE SOMETHING STRONG
OUT OF SOMETHING WEAK.
DRY SAND, WET SAND,
SCIENCE SAND.
IT'S ALL HOW YOU BUILD IT.
WOO-HOO-HOO!
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil stands in his workshop eating pasta.
Phil says OH, HI SCIENCE MAXIMITES.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EATING
PASTA AND WONDERED
WHAT COULD I BUILD WITH THIS?
COULD I BUILD SOMETHING
THAT COULD HOLD
AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT?
WELL, I HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY
ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
BUT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
USE COOKED PASTA BECAUSE
IT'S TOO DELICIOUS.
WE'RE GONNA USE UNCOOKED PASTA.
WHICH IS LESS DELICIOUS.
BUT, IT'S GREAT FOR BUILDING!
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PASTA BRIDGE.
HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT:
FIRST, YOU WANNA
START WITH A PLAN.
He shows the drawing of a bridge on a notebook.
He continues AND THEN YOU WANNA TAKE
YOUR PASTA - I'M SAYING PASTA
BUT OF COURSE SPAGHETTI IS
USUALLY THE BEST THING TO USE...
AND LAY IT OUT ON YOUR PLAN.
THE REASON YOU HAVE A PLAN
IS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE
ALL OF THE SPAGHETTI IS
EXACTLY THE RIGHT LENGTH.
LAY IT OUT ON YOUR PLAN.
PERFECTLY ALIGNED
LIKE THAT.
THERE.
AND NOW, IT'S TIME
TO GLUE IT ALL TOGETHER.
NOW YOU CAN USE WHITE GLUE,
BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
SO I SUGGEST A HOT GLUE GUN.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET
AN ADULT'S PERMISSION
BEFORE YOU USE
ONE OF THESE, OKAY?
SO, YOU TAKE YOUR PLAN, YOU
LAY IT OUT, YOU GLUE IT UP.
DON'T GLUE IT ON THE PAPER,
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE BAD.
AND YOU WILL END UP
WITH YOUR TRUSS.
AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS.
NOW REMEMBER YOU WANT
TWO SIDES BECAUSE
THOSE ARE THE SIDES
OF YOUR BRIDGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE
USED SEVERAL STRANDS OF PASTA
BECAUSE THAT'LL MAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR
TRUSSES, IT'S TIME
FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE PLAN.
He turns on the page and shows another drawing.
He continues THIS IS THE ROAD WAY, AND
IT WORKS THE SAME WAY.
LAY OUT YOUR PASTA,
GLUE IT UP, AND
BAM.
THERE IT IS.
NOW YOU PUT YOUR TRUSSES
ON YOUR ROADWAY,
AND YOU GLUE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AND YOU ALSO WANNA PUT SOME
STRUTS ALONG THE TOP HERE
PROBABLY, TO KEEP
IT NICE AND RIGID.
IN THE END, YOU
WILL END UP WITH...
A FANTASTIC LOOKING
PASTA BRIDGE!
He shows a small bridge made up with spaghetti.
He continues PRETTY GOOD, HUH?
AAAAH, PASTA BRIDGE!
NO OTHER BRIDGE COULD
CLAIM TO BE 100 percent PASTA.
MINUS THE GLUE.
99.8 percent PASTA.
0.2 percent GLUE.
With the bridge on his head, he says I SAY THERE CAPTAIN, SET SAIL!
SET SAIL FOR THE LAND
OF PASTA BRIDGES.
NOW IF THAT WAS PRETTY
FAST FOR YOU, DON'T WORRY.
ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
GONNA BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He continues NOW A BRIDGE ISN'T A
BRIDGE UNLESS IT SPANS
A GAP.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
BRIDGES ARE FOR.
SO YOU PUT YOUR PASTA
BRIDGE UP THERE,
ACROSS THE BOOKS
LIKE THAT.
He places the book over two piles of books.
He continues AND THEN
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH
WEIGHT THE BRIDGE HOLDS.
IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. IF YOU
BUILD IT RIGHT, EVEN SOMETHING
AS FLIMSY AND DELICATE AS PASTA
CAN HOLD QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT.
I LIKE TO USE
BIG HEAVY BLOCKS
AND PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE
WHERE THERE IS NO SUPPORT
FROM THE BOOKS WHATSOEVER
AND JUST KEEP ADDING
HEAVY THINGS AND
SEE HOW MUCH WEIGHT THE BRIDGE
WILL HOLD BEFORE IT BREAKS.
HOW MUCH WILL IT HOLD?
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO
BE SCIENCE MAXIMITES
AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELVES.
AND NOW, WE'RE GONNA MAX IT OUT.
TODAY ON... OH, MY PASTA...
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT HOW FRAGILE THINGS CAN
BECOME STRONG IF YOU
BUILD THEM RIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MAXING
OUT THE PASTA BRIDGE EXPERIMENT
TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ONE
THAT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD ME.
YOU THINK WE CAN DO IT?
I KNOW I HAVE NO IDEA
BUT I'M GOING TO THE
CENTRE FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AND TRAINING TO FIND OUT.
He lowers a lever and crosses a magical portal.
Phil says OH, HEY, KYLE!
Kyle is in his twenties, with a beard and brown hair. He wears glasses and a yellow lab coat.
Kyle says PHIL!
Phil says HOW YOU DOIN?
Kyle says GREAT, THANKS.
Phil says AWESOME! THIS IS KYLE,
HE'S GOT A MASTER'S
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
NOW, DID YOU WANT SOME PASTA?
Kyle says I'M GOOD.
Phil says I CAN GO BACK AND
GET SOME MORE.
Kyle says REALLY, I'M GOOD.
Phil says OKAY. SO WHAT DOES
CIVIL ENGINEER DO?
Kyle says WELL A CIVIL ENGINEER
BUILDS THE WORLD AROUND US.
I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR HOMES,
KEEPING US WARM IN THE WINTER,
OUR ROADS. HEY,
EVEN OUR BRIDGES.
Phil says BRIDGES! THAT'S FANTASTIC
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I NEED
YOUR HELP WITH.
I WANT TO MAX OUT
THE PASTA BRIDGE.
Kyle says AWESOME!
Phil says I WANNA MAKE ONE BIG ENOUGH
THAT I CAN WALK ACROSS IT.
Kyle says OKAY, THAT'S NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE.
Phil says I KNOW, RIGHT. YOU
THINK WE CAN DO IT?
Kyle says WE'RE GONNA NEED A
LOT OF HELP TO DO THAT.
Phil says NAH, WE DON'T NEED HELP.
ALL WE NEED IS A LOT OF PASTA...
WHICH I HAVE! HA-HA!
They look at several cardboard boxes.
Kyle says NICE.
Phil says WHAT DO YOU SAY?
Kyle says YEAH, LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.
Phil says OKAY, WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE
SOME TO START, AND THEN...
IN ORDER TO MAX OUT
OUR PASTA BRIDGE,
THE IDEA IS TO TAKE MANY,
MANY STRANDS OF PASTA
AND JUST KEEP GLUING
THEM TOGETHER.
An animation shows the procedure explained.
He continues SO THE LONG BEAMS OF
PASTA IN OUR GIANT BRIDGE
IS NOTHING BUT MANY, MANY
REGULAR-SIZED STRANDS OF PASTA.
HERE'S WHERE WE WERE AFTER
TWENTY MINUTES OF GLUING.
THERE, THAT'S NICE.
Kyle says YEAH, I THINK THIS
PIECE IS DONE.
Phil says OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT
WORK? IS IT STRONG?
Kyle says WELL, LET'S GIVE IT A GO.
YEAH, I THINK THIS WILL HOLD.
Phil says GREAT! SO WE JUST NEED TO BUILD
A FEW MORE OF THESE THEN, RIGHT?
Kyle says YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
Phil says HOW MANY MORE?
Kyle says 212 MORE.
Phil says 212 OF THESE.
Kyle says MORE.
Phil says 212? BUT IT TOOK US LIKE
TWENTY MINUTES TO
MAKE THIS ONE.
Kyle says YEAH.
Phil says WELL I GUESS SO.
I MEAN, THIS IS
SCIENCE MAX, EXPERIMENTS
AT LARGE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE JUST KEEP BUILDING AND
BUILDING. I DON'T HAVE ANY
PLANS FOR THE NEXT WHILE, SO...
Kyle says UH, PHIL, I THINK THERE'S A
BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS.
Phil says I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO
KNOW THERE'S A BETTER WAY.
IT WOULD BE FASTER THAN THIS.
Kyle says MUCH FASTER.
Phil says SURE, LET'S DO IT!
Kyle says AWESOME!
Phil says I'M JUST GONNA PUT THE PASTA
BACK IN THE BAG BECAUSE
IT'LL GO STALE.
Kyle says YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
Phil says NO NO, BUT IT'LL GET STALE.
Kyle says I'M GOING TO CALL IN
ONE OF MY FRIENDS
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED
SOME MORE HELP WITH THIS.
Phil says OH MAN, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
He accidentally drops spaghetti to the floor and says SORRY! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA
CAUSE AT LEAST WE CAN
GET YOUR FRIEND TO
HELP CLEAN UP.
A blue slate reads "Better sand castles in 80 seconds."
Back in his workshop, Phil says BUILDING SAND CASTLES IS FUN,
BUT YOU CAN'T USE DRY SAND
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
STAY UP VERY WELL.
YOU HAVE TO USE WET SAND.
BUT EVEN IF YOU USE WET SAND,
IT DOESN'T HOLD A LOT OF WEIGHT.
He places a bowling ball on a sand tower that breaks.
He continues BUT IF YOU USE SAND WITH
THE POWER OF SCIENCE
IT DOES HOLD THE WEIGHT!
Now, he places the ball on a sand tower that holds still.
He continues DRY SAND,
WET SAND,
SCIENCE SAND.
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
SAY THESE PING PONG BALLS
ARE GRAINS OF SAND.
WHEN THEY'RE DRY,
THEY DON'T HOLD
TOGETHER VERY WELL.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T BUILD A
SAND CASTLE OUT OF DRY SAND.
BUT IF YOU GET THE SAND
WET A LITTLE BIT,
THE GRAINS OF SAND WILL HOLD
TOGETHER A LITTLE BETTER
BECAUSE OF THE SURFACE
TENSION OF THE WATER.
THAT'S WHY IT'S EASIER TO BUILD
A SAND CASTLE WITH WET SAND.
BUT, THEY STILL WON'T
HOLD MUCH WEIGHT.
He places a pool ball over three wet ping pong balls, but it falls.
He continues BUT IF YOU ADD SOMETHING THAT
CREATES EVEN MORE FRICTION
BETWEEN THE GRAINS OF SAND,
LIKE SAY THIS SANDPAPER,
IT WILL HOLD THE WEIGHT.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
TAKE WINDOW SCREEN
AND CUT IT INTO CIRCLES.
MAKE SURE YOU GET AN ADULT'S
PERMISSION FIRST, OKAY? DEAL?
PUT IN A LAYER OF SAND,
PACK IT DOWN,
AND PUT IN A CIRCLE
OF WINDOW SCREEN.
AND A LAYER OF SAND,
PACK IT DOWN,
CIRCLE OF WINDOW SCREEN!
THEN?
YOU GUESSED IT,
LAYER OF SAND.
PACK IT DOWN.
CIRCLE OF WINDOW SCREEN.
THE WINDOW SCREENS ARE
GONNA ADD MORE FRICTION
BETWEEN THE GRAINS OF SAND
AND WILL MAKE YOUR SAND CASTLE
STRONG.
STRONG WITH THE
POWER OF SCIENCE.
AND THEN YOU CAN PUT
LOTS OF WEIGHT ON IT.
AND THERE YOU GO.
After building the sand tower, he places the bowling ball on top of it.
Phil says SAND WITH THE POWER OF SCIENCE!
HA-HA!
OKAY, I HAD TO MAX IT OUT.
LET'S SEE HOW STRONG
SCIENCE SAND REALLY IS.
Phil stands on a sand tower sitting on the floor.
He laughs and says SCIENCE!
Next, Phil says OUR PASTA BRIDGE WAS
GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME
TO BUILD OUT OF
INDIVIDUAL PIECES,
SO WE HAVE A NEW PLAN.
HEY, MICHAELA!
Michaela is in her mid-twenties, with long straight black hair. She wears a yellow lab coat and blue latex gloves.
Michaela says HEY, PHIL.
Phil says HOW YA' DOING?
Michaela says I'M GREAT. HOW ARE YOU?
Phil says GOOD. THIS IS MICHAELA
AND SHE'S AN UNDERGRAD IN
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, RIGHT?
Michaela says I AM.
Phil says AND YOU AND KYLE HAVE A
NEW PLAN FOR HOW WE CAN
BUILD OUR PASTA BRIDGE THAT'S
NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
Michaela says OH, MAN!
Phil says THIS IS THE BEST THAT KYLE
AND I COULD DO WITH 20 MINUTES.
Michaela says OKAY. WELL, I HAVE BETTER.
Phil says GOOD. I'M GLAD.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?
Michaela says SO, INSTEAD OF THAT,
WE'RE GOING TO TRY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
She hands him a rolled pasta tube.
Phil says OH, OKAY.
THIS IS SORT OF LIKE GIANT
BURRITO KIND OF THING, RIGHT?
Michaela says YEP.
Phil says BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
A BRIDGE OUT OF THIS.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Phil says UH, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE
IT LONGER, THOUGH?
Michaela says YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE IT EIGHT FEET LONG.
WE HAVE THIS
LONG POLE, RIGHT?
Phil says YEP.
Michaela says AND WE HAVE SHEETS
OF THIS PASTA.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM
ON THE DIAGONAL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IT.
I'M GOING TO START
FROM THIS CORNER
AND WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP ROLLING. ALRIGHT?
Kyle says AND DON'T FORGET TO ADD WATER.
Michaela says AND WE GOTTA ADD WATER!
Phil says I'LL ADD THE
WATER. ADDING WATER.
JUST LIKE THIS?
Michaela says YEP.
IT HELPS THE PASTA
TO STICK TOGETHER.
SO, AS WE'RE ROLLING, WE'RE
ROLLING, WE'RE ROLLING
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING
THIS WITH A BUNCH MORE SHEETS
SO THAT IT GETS REALLY, REALLY
LONG. LIKE, EIGHT FEET LONG.
AND WHEN WE'RE FINALLY
DONE ROLLING, WE GOTTA
SPRAY IT WITH SOME VARNISH.
Phil says YEP.
Michaela says AND SO IT ALL HOLDS TOGETHER.
Phil says GREAT. AND THEN IT'S GOING
TO BE ABOUT THIS THICK.
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH IT.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Kyle says THIS IS GOING TO BE
ONE OF THE PARTS
OF THE DECK OF OUR BRIDGE.
Phil says GREAT! SO EACH ONE OF THESE
LARGE PIECES IS GOING TO BE
LIKE ONE SINGLE STRAND OF PASTA
IN THE LITTLE BRIDGE WE MAKE.
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says WE NEED A LOT OF THESE.
Michaela says A LOT.
Phil says A LOT.
STILL, IT'S A LOT FASTER THAN
DOING IT PIECE BY PIECE WITH
JUST THE SPAGHETTI.
Michaela says AWWW.
Phil says EVERY TIME I HOLD IT UP,
YOU MAKE THAT NOISE.
Michaela says AWW.
Phil shows her the spaghetti piece he made over and over again.
Michaela says AWW.
AWWWW!
Phil laughs and says AWESOME.
A slate appears with the caption "Mini Max!"
Phil says THE SHAPE OF SOMETHING
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE
IN HOW STRONG IT IS. GET
SOME TOILET PAPER ROLLS
AND PUT THEM IN A SQUARE.
AND THEN STACK BOOKS
ON TOP OF THEM.
THEY CAN HOLD WEIGHT.
THING IS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY
HOLD A LOT MORE WEIGHT
THAN YOU PROBABLY THINK.
IN FACT,
THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT
JUST PAPER IN A TUBE
CAN HOLD
IS REALLY
KIND OF IMPRESSIVE!
He stacks almost 20 books with one big one on top of the four paper rolls.
He says HA-HA! AND NOW...
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON TWO
TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
HN.
MM.
NOPE!
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON FOUR
TOILET PAPER ROLLS!
He places a wooden board on top of the paper rolls. Then, hanging on a bar, he stands on the board but the rolls crash.
He continues NOPE.
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON SIX
TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
NOPE.
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON
10 TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
HUH! HA-HA!
PHIL'S WEIGHT CAN BE SUPPORTED
BY 10 TOILET PAPER ROLLS!
BUT WHAT IF PHIL JUMPS?
The paper rolls crash and he laughs.
Phil says DIDN'T REALLY WORK.
Back in the centre, Phil says KYLE AND MICHAELA'S PLAN
IS TO USE A LONG POLE
AND SHEETS OF UNCOOKED PASTA.
WE ROLL THE PASTA
AROUND THE POLE
AND SPRAY IT WITH
A LITTLE VARNISH.
WE ROLL SHEETS AND SHEETS OF
PASTA ALONG AN 8-FOOT LONG POLE
MAKING MANY, MANY
LAYERS OF PASTA.
THEN WE WAIT FOR IT TO
DRY AND REMOVE THE POLE.
WHAT WE HAVE IS
AN EIGHT-FOOT LONG
HOLLOW TUBE OF PASTA.
THAT BECOMES A SINGLE
PIECE OF THE BRIDGE.
THEN WE ATTACH A BUNCH
OF THESE PIECES TOGETHER
AND USE MORE SHEETS OF PASTA
TO GLUE THEM INTO THE SHAPE
WE USED FOR OUR
SMALL PASTA BRIDGE.
WE'RE MAKING OUR
GIANT PASTA BRIDGE
BY WRAPPING SHEETS OF PASTA
AROUND AND AROUND THE POLES
USING THE TECHNIQUE WE JUST HAD,
MAKING A WHOLE, LARGE POLE OUT
OF MANY, MANY SHEETS OF PASTA
ROLLED AROUND EACH OTHER
AND WE'VE MADE A GIANT
TRUSS. LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS GREAT, GUYS!
They hold a bridge made of three triangles.
Kyle says IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
Phil says YEAH! IF I HIT IT, YOU
THINK IT'D STAY TOGETHER?
Kyle says NO! STOP!
Phil says WHAT?
Kyle says THIS IS PASTA, NOT STEEL. IT'S
ONLY MADE TO JUST HOLD YOU.
Phil says KYLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE
THE CHANCES THAT THIS IS GOING
TO HOLD ME WHEN WE BUILD IT?
Kyle says SOMETHING LIKE 50-50.
Phil says NOT BAD! MICHAELA,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Michaela says I'M GOING TO
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
Phil says HOPING FOR THE BEST. THAT'S
EXACTLY THE KIND OF GREY AREA
WE LIKE TO WORK IN AT SCIENCE
MAX! EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S
EVEN EVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
Kyle says NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
Michaela says I DON'T THINK SO.
Phil says WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE NO
IDEA IF IT'S GOING TO WORK.
OKAY, SO ONE MORE OF THESE,
'CAUSE THESE ARE THE SIDES.
Kyle and Michaela say YEP.
Phil says A ROADWAY, AND THEN THE TOP.
Kyle and Michaela say YEP.
Phil says ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT!
WHILE WE'RE WAITING, IT'S
A GOOD MOMENT TO POINT OUT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES OUR BRIDGE REALLY STRONG.
THAT IS TRIANGLES!
AS YOU CAN SEE THE TRUSS, THE
SIDE, OF OUR BRIDGE IS REALLY
JUST THREE BIG TRIANGLES.
TRIANGLES ARE VERY STRONG SHAPES
TO BUILD WITH AND THEY
WORK GREAT IN BRIDGES.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR
SCIENCE SO SIMPLE
A CAVEMAN COULD DO IT.
THIS IS A CAVEMAN.
A caveman with long hair and baggy clothes appears in a gray room.
Caveman says UH?
Phil says TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TEACH
THIS CAVEMAN HOW TO BUILD
A
STRONG STRUCTURE.
HERE ARE SOME BOXES.
The caveman grunts.
Phil says GO ON AND BUILD A SHELTER.
I'LL COME BACK AND SEE
HOW IT WORKED OUT.
The boxes are scattered around.
Phil says NO, NO, NO!
THAT'S NOT RIGHT!
Caveman says NUH?
Phil says YOU NEED TO BUILD WALLS
BY STACKING BOXES ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER.
THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD.
UNDERSTAND?
Caveman says OHHHHH! YEAH-AH.
Phil says I'LL COME BACK LATER
AND SEE HOW IT WORKED OUT.
Caveman says YEAH.
Phil says UH-OH!
DOES THAT
LOOK RIGHT TO YOU?
Caveman says YEAH.
Phil says LOOK AT THOSE BOXES. THEY'RE
STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
BUT IF THEY'RE IN TALL STACKS,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
YOU PUSH ON THE WALL?
YOU SEE!
WALLS DON'T STAY UP
IF YOU BUILD LIKE THAT.
LET'S TRY AGAIN.
I'LL HELP YOU THIS TIME.
Caveman says UH.
Phil says FIRST,
LAY OUT THE FOUNDATION.
Caveman says AH!
Phil says WHERE YOUR WALLS SHOULD GO.
Caveman says OH! AH AH.
Phil says GOOD! NOW LET'S MAKE
THE SECOND LEVEL.
NO, NO!
DON'T PUT IT RIGHT ON TOP. YOU
NEED TO STACK IN BETWEEN.
THAT'S HOW YOU
MAKE A STRONG WALL!
Caveman says OH!
Phil says OKAY, I'LL COME BACK LATER.
Caveman says YEAH, YEAH.
Phil says NICE WORK!
Caveman says YEAH!
Phil says WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT A TRY?
The caveman hits one of the boxes with a long bone.
Caveman says AH!
AHHH!
Phil says LOOKS STRONG BUT
YOU FORGOT A BOX!
Caveman says AH!
HUH?
Phil says JOIN US NEXT TIME
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE A DOOR.
Caveman says WHA...?
(music plays)
Now, Phil stands behind a table outdoors. He stacks books in two piles.
Phil says BUILDING A DOOR
IN A WALL IS HARD.
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU MAKE A BIG,
GAPING HOLE IN YOUR WALL
WITHOUT YOUR WALL...
FALLING
OVER?
WELL, PEOPLE HAVE COME
UP WITH LOTS OF WAYS
TO PUT DOORS AND WINDOWS
IN WALLS MADE OF STONE BLOCKS
OVER THE CENTURIES.
AND YOU CAN DO THIS AT HOME
WITH BOOKS, LIKE I'M DOING,
OR WITH BUILDING BLOCKS.
JUST GO UP UNTIL YOU'RE
HAPPY WITH THE HEIGHT
AND THEN STACK EACH NEXT LAYER
A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE
UNTIL THE FINAL LAYER TOUCHES,
JUST LIKE THIS,
AND THEN
YOU TAKE A BIG HEAVY
BOOK AND YOU DROP IT
RIGHT ON TOP! AND...
IT'S PRETTY STABLE.
AND YOU'VE JUST MADE A DOORWAY.
IT WORKS EVEN BETTER
IF IT'S PART OF A WALL BECAUSE
YOU WANT EXTRA WEIGHT ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THESE BOOKS HERE.
SO, OF COURSE, I
HAD TO BUILD ONE
THAT WAS PART OF A WHOLE WALL.
THIS IS THE SAME CORBELLED ARCH
BUILT OUT OF LITTLE BUILDING
BLOCKS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I
WENT CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER
UNTIL IT MEETS AT THE TOP
AND IT IS VERY STRONG.
He places a book on top of the arch made of building blocks.
He continues WHOA. HA-HA! NOW,
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
THE KIND OF ARCH WE'RE
BUILDING IS A CORBELLED ARCH
AND THE SCIENCE MAX BUILD TEAM
AND I ARE USING PIECES OF WOOD
CUT TO DIFFERENT LENGTHS.
HOW HIGH CAN IT GO?
WE COULD USE MY
HEAD TO... NO, OKAY.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET
TOGETHER, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE KINDS
OF DOORWAYS STONE BUILDINGS
HAD IN ANCIENT TIMES.
TA-DA! THERE YOU GO! A
MAXXED-OUT CORBELLED ARCH!
WE WENT STRAIGHT UP UNTIL
WE GOT TO THESE LAYERS
AND THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE
UNTIL THE LAST PIECE IS
ONE, BIG SOLID PIECE.
AND, IF WE BUILT THIS RIGHT,
IT SHOULD BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO HOLD ME UP.
(grunts and efforts)
He hangs on the bridge and says YEAH! SCIENCE!!
Half of the bridge falls down.
Phil says WELL, IT HELD ME UP FOR
A MINUTE, DIDN'T IT?
WE ROLLED OUR PASTA
AND CONSTRUCTED ONE TRUSS.
OF PASTA AND CONNECTED THEM
ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE A
SECOND TRUSS AND A ROADWAY,
AS WELL AS THE
CROSSPIECES ON THE TOP,
AND WHEN WE GET IT ALL
TOGETHER, WE END UP WITH...
WHOA! PASTA BRIDGE!
Michaela and Kyle say PASTA BRIDGE!
Phil says WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
WE DID IT! WE BUILT IT. WE HAVE
NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL STAY UP
BUT IT'S UP, IT'S DOING
ITS BRIDGE THING.
FOR NOW, ANYWAY.
I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE,
AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
I'M THE ONLY ONE
TO TRY TO CROSS A BRIDGE
MADE OUT OF PASTA.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
Kyle says I THINK I DON'T WANT YOU
TO BE THE LAST PERSON
TO CROSS A PASTA BRIDGE.
Phil says YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT.
I THINK WE'RE READY. YEAH?
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says OKAY. HERE WE GO.
Phil steps on one of the bars and it breaks.
Michaela says AHHH!
Phil says OH-NO!
THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL
FOR OUR PASTA BRIDGE.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE, KYLE?
Kyle says YOU PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE JOIST. IT SNAPPED.
Phil says UH-HUH.
Michaela says IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY
TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT.
MAYBE IF YOU CRAWLED?
Kyle says DO, LIKE, THE
MILITARY-STYLE KIND OF...
Phil says OH, RIGHT!
SO THAT I'M PUTTING MY WEIGHT
ON MORE THAN ONE SPOT.
Kyle says YEAH, YEAH.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Phil says OH, WAIT A MINUTE! THAT
GIVES ME AN IDEA!
YOU GUYS STAY RIGHT
THERE! I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO!
I KNOW WHAT TO DO!
Michaela says YOU'RE COMING BACK, RIGHT?
Phil says SKIS DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT
OVER A LARGE AREA, SO YOU DON'T
SINK IN THE SNOW.
THAT'S WHAT SKIS DO!
WHICH IS PERFECT
FOR THE PASTA BRIDGE.
HA-HA.
Phil walks over the bridge using skis.
Kyle says COME ON. OKAY. OKAY.
COME ON.
Phil says AH. HA-HA-HA-HA.
UH-HUH.
IS IT WORKING?
Michaela says YEAH.
Kyle says IT'S WORKING!
Phil says I HEAR SOME CRACKING.
Kyle says THIS MIGHT DO IT.
Michaela says OH NO.
Phil says AH-HA.
Michaela says GOTTA TRY TO SPREAD
YOUR LEGS APART.
Phil says SPREADING MY LEGS APART!
Michaela says DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT!
Phil says DISTRIBUTING MY WEIGHT!
SWAYING A LOT!
Michaela says OH, MAN.
Phil says OH, WHOA!
WHOA!
[laughter] I CROSSED
THE PASTA BRIDGE!
OOH. HIGH FIVES!
THERE YOU GO! SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
PASTA BRIDGE, SKIS.
WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
MAYBE A PASTA CHAIR-
LIFT OF SOME SORT.
The end credits roll. Clips from the episode play.
Caveman says UH-OH.
Phil says SCIENCE!
Using a small pasta bridge as a bracelet, he says WEAR IT. IT IS THE FASHION
ACCESSORY OF THE YEAR.
YOU WANNA TRAVEL DOWN IT.
SHOULD'VE MADE IT BIGGER.
He dances and says SCIENCE!
SCIENCE!
SCIENCE!
Next, holding the truss, he says HOW LONG DO I HOLD
THIS PIECE FOR?
Michaela says A LONG TIME.
Phil says GUYS?
GUYS?
THIS ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE, GUYS!
Copyright 2015, Maximite Productions Inc.
Phil is in her twenties, clean-shaven and with short curly dark blond hair. He wears gray trousers, a blue T-shirt and a yellow lab coat.
Phil says HAVE YOU EVER
DONE A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
AND WONDERED IT WOULD BE
LIKE IF YOU DID IT BIG?
I HAVE.
MY NAME IS PHIL
AND I TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
AND DO THEM BIG.
Phil appears under the water, in a skydiving chamber and on a trolley.
Phil says THIS IS SCIENCE MAX!
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
The logo of the show appears. It's a black and yellow triangle with an exploding element inside and a blue sign across that reads "Experiments at Large."
A Voice shouts SCIENCE MAX!
Phil xxx
Phil says TAKING SOMETHING FLIMSY, AND
MAKING SOMETHING STRONG.
WOW, PASTA BRIDGE!
WE BUILD THINGS OUT OF PASTA,
SAND AND PAPER TO SHOW
HOW YOU CAN USE SCIENCE
TO MAKE SOMETHING STRONG
OUT OF SOMETHING WEAK.
DRY SAND, WET SAND,
SCIENCE SAND.
IT'S ALL HOW YOU BUILD IT.
WOO-HOO-HOO!
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
Phil stands in his workshop eating pasta.
Phil says OH, HI SCIENCE MAXIMITES.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EATING
PASTA AND WONDERED
WHAT COULD I BUILD WITH THIS?
COULD I BUILD SOMETHING
THAT COULD HOLD
AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT?
WELL, I HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY
ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
BUT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
USE COOKED PASTA BECAUSE
IT'S TOO DELICIOUS.
WE'RE GONNA USE UNCOOKED PASTA.
WHICH IS LESS DELICIOUS.
BUT, IT'S GREAT FOR BUILDING!
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PASTA BRIDGE.
HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT:
FIRST, YOU WANNA
START WITH A PLAN.
He shows the drawing of a bridge on a notebook.
He continues AND THEN YOU WANNA TAKE
YOUR PASTA - I'M SAYING PASTA
BUT OF COURSE SPAGHETTI IS
USUALLY THE BEST THING TO USE...
AND LAY IT OUT ON YOUR PLAN.
THE REASON YOU HAVE A PLAN
IS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE
ALL OF THE SPAGHETTI IS
EXACTLY THE RIGHT LENGTH.
LAY IT OUT ON YOUR PLAN.
PERFECTLY ALIGNED
LIKE THAT.
THERE.
AND NOW, IT'S TIME
TO GLUE IT ALL TOGETHER.
NOW YOU CAN USE WHITE GLUE,
BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
SO I SUGGEST A HOT GLUE GUN.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET
AN ADULT'S PERMISSION
BEFORE YOU USE
ONE OF THESE, OKAY?
SO, YOU TAKE YOUR PLAN, YOU
LAY IT OUT, YOU GLUE IT UP.
DON'T GLUE IT ON THE PAPER,
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE BAD.
AND YOU WILL END UP
WITH YOUR TRUSS.
AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS.
NOW REMEMBER YOU WANT
TWO SIDES BECAUSE
THOSE ARE THE SIDES
OF YOUR BRIDGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE
USED SEVERAL STRANDS OF PASTA
BECAUSE THAT'LL MAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR
TRUSSES, IT'S TIME
FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE PLAN.
He turns on the page and shows another drawing.
He continues THIS IS THE ROAD WAY, AND
IT WORKS THE SAME WAY.
LAY OUT YOUR PASTA,
GLUE IT UP, AND
BAM.
THERE IT IS.
NOW YOU PUT YOUR TRUSSES
ON YOUR ROADWAY,
AND YOU GLUE THEM ALL TOGETHER
AND YOU ALSO WANNA PUT SOME
STRUTS ALONG THE TOP HERE
PROBABLY, TO KEEP
IT NICE AND RIGID.
IN THE END, YOU
WILL END UP WITH...
A FANTASTIC LOOKING
PASTA BRIDGE!
He shows a small bridge made up with spaghetti.
He continues PRETTY GOOD, HUH?
AAAAH, PASTA BRIDGE!
NO OTHER BRIDGE COULD
CLAIM TO BE 100 percent PASTA.
MINUS THE GLUE.
99.8 percent PASTA.
0.2 percent GLUE.
With the bridge on his head, he says I SAY THERE CAPTAIN, SET SAIL!
SET SAIL FOR THE LAND
OF PASTA BRIDGES.
NOW IF THAT WAS PRETTY
FAST FOR YOU, DON'T WORRY.
ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
GONNA BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
A caption reads "tvokids.com/sciencemax."
He continues NOW A BRIDGE ISN'T A
BRIDGE UNLESS IT SPANS
A GAP.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
BRIDGES ARE FOR.
SO YOU PUT YOUR PASTA
BRIDGE UP THERE,
ACROSS THE BOOKS
LIKE THAT.
He places the book over two piles of books.
He continues AND THEN
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH
WEIGHT THE BRIDGE HOLDS.
IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. IF YOU
BUILD IT RIGHT, EVEN SOMETHING
AS FLIMSY AND DELICATE AS PASTA
CAN HOLD QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT.
I LIKE TO USE
BIG HEAVY BLOCKS
AND PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE
WHERE THERE IS NO SUPPORT
FROM THE BOOKS WHATSOEVER
AND JUST KEEP ADDING
HEAVY THINGS AND
SEE HOW MUCH WEIGHT THE BRIDGE
WILL HOLD BEFORE IT BREAKS.
HOW MUCH WILL IT HOLD?
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU.
THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO
BE SCIENCE MAXIMITES
AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELVES.
AND NOW, WE'RE GONNA MAX IT OUT.
TODAY ON... OH, MY PASTA...
TODAY ON SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT HOW FRAGILE THINGS CAN
BECOME STRONG IF YOU
BUILD THEM RIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MAXING
OUT THE PASTA BRIDGE EXPERIMENT
TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ONE
THAT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD ME.
YOU THINK WE CAN DO IT?
I KNOW I HAVE NO IDEA
BUT I'M GOING TO THE
CENTRE FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AND TRAINING TO FIND OUT.
He lowers a lever and crosses a magical portal.
Phil says OH, HEY, KYLE!
Kyle is in his twenties, with a beard and brown hair. He wears glasses and a yellow lab coat.
Kyle says PHIL!
Phil says HOW YOU DOIN?
Kyle says GREAT, THANKS.
Phil says AWESOME! THIS IS KYLE,
HE'S GOT A MASTER'S
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
NOW, DID YOU WANT SOME PASTA?
Kyle says I'M GOOD.
Phil says I CAN GO BACK AND
GET SOME MORE.
Kyle says REALLY, I'M GOOD.
Phil says OKAY. SO WHAT DOES
CIVIL ENGINEER DO?
Kyle says WELL A CIVIL ENGINEER
BUILDS THE WORLD AROUND US.
I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR HOMES,
KEEPING US WARM IN THE WINTER,
OUR ROADS. HEY,
EVEN OUR BRIDGES.
Phil says BRIDGES! THAT'S FANTASTIC
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I NEED
YOUR HELP WITH.
I WANT TO MAX OUT
THE PASTA BRIDGE.
Kyle says AWESOME!
Phil says I WANNA MAKE ONE BIG ENOUGH
THAT I CAN WALK ACROSS IT.
Kyle says OKAY, THAT'S NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE.
Phil says I KNOW, RIGHT. YOU
THINK WE CAN DO IT?
Kyle says WE'RE GONNA NEED A
LOT OF HELP TO DO THAT.
Phil says NAH, WE DON'T NEED HELP.
ALL WE NEED IS A LOT OF PASTA...
WHICH I HAVE! HA-HA!
They look at several cardboard boxes.
Kyle says NICE.
Phil says WHAT DO YOU SAY?
Kyle says YEAH, LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.
Phil says OKAY, WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE
SOME TO START, AND THEN...
IN ORDER TO MAX OUT
OUR PASTA BRIDGE,
THE IDEA IS TO TAKE MANY,
MANY STRANDS OF PASTA
AND JUST KEEP GLUING
THEM TOGETHER.
An animation shows the procedure explained.
He continues SO THE LONG BEAMS OF
PASTA IN OUR GIANT BRIDGE
IS NOTHING BUT MANY, MANY
REGULAR-SIZED STRANDS OF PASTA.
HERE'S WHERE WE WERE AFTER
TWENTY MINUTES OF GLUING.
THERE, THAT'S NICE.
Kyle says YEAH, I THINK THIS
PIECE IS DONE.
Phil says OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT
WORK? IS IT STRONG?
Kyle says WELL, LET'S GIVE IT A GO.
YEAH, I THINK THIS WILL HOLD.
Phil says GREAT! SO WE JUST NEED TO BUILD
A FEW MORE OF THESE THEN, RIGHT?
Kyle says YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
Phil says HOW MANY MORE?
Kyle says 212 MORE.
Phil says 212 OF THESE.
Kyle says MORE.
Phil says 212? BUT IT TOOK US LIKE
TWENTY MINUTES TO
MAKE THIS ONE.
Kyle says YEAH.
Phil says WELL I GUESS SO.
I MEAN, THIS IS
SCIENCE MAX, EXPERIMENTS
AT LARGE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE JUST KEEP BUILDING AND
BUILDING. I DON'T HAVE ANY
PLANS FOR THE NEXT WHILE, SO...
Kyle says UH, PHIL, I THINK THERE'S A
BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS.
Phil says I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO
KNOW THERE'S A BETTER WAY.
IT WOULD BE FASTER THAN THIS.
Kyle says MUCH FASTER.
Phil says SURE, LET'S DO IT!
Kyle says AWESOME!
Phil says I'M JUST GONNA PUT THE PASTA
BACK IN THE BAG BECAUSE
IT'LL GO STALE.
Kyle says YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
Phil says NO NO, BUT IT'LL GET STALE.
Kyle says I'M GOING TO CALL IN
ONE OF MY FRIENDS
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED
SOME MORE HELP WITH THIS.
Phil says OH MAN, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
He accidentally drops spaghetti to the floor and says SORRY! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA
CAUSE AT LEAST WE CAN
GET YOUR FRIEND TO
HELP CLEAN UP.
A blue slate reads "Better sand castles in 80 seconds."
Back in his workshop, Phil says BUILDING SAND CASTLES IS FUN,
BUT YOU CAN'T USE DRY SAND
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
STAY UP VERY WELL.
YOU HAVE TO USE WET SAND.
BUT EVEN IF YOU USE WET SAND,
IT DOESN'T HOLD A LOT OF WEIGHT.
He places a bowling ball on a sand tower that breaks.
He continues BUT IF YOU USE SAND WITH
THE POWER OF SCIENCE
IT DOES HOLD THE WEIGHT!
Now, he places the ball on a sand tower that holds still.
He continues DRY SAND,
WET SAND,
SCIENCE SAND.
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
SAY THESE PING PONG BALLS
ARE GRAINS OF SAND.
WHEN THEY'RE DRY,
THEY DON'T HOLD
TOGETHER VERY WELL.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T BUILD A
SAND CASTLE OUT OF DRY SAND.
BUT IF YOU GET THE SAND
WET A LITTLE BIT,
THE GRAINS OF SAND WILL HOLD
TOGETHER A LITTLE BETTER
BECAUSE OF THE SURFACE
TENSION OF THE WATER.
THAT'S WHY IT'S EASIER TO BUILD
A SAND CASTLE WITH WET SAND.
BUT, THEY STILL WON'T
HOLD MUCH WEIGHT.
He places a pool ball over three wet ping pong balls, but it falls.
He continues BUT IF YOU ADD SOMETHING THAT
CREATES EVEN MORE FRICTION
BETWEEN THE GRAINS OF SAND,
LIKE SAY THIS SANDPAPER,
IT WILL HOLD THE WEIGHT.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
TAKE WINDOW SCREEN
AND CUT IT INTO CIRCLES.
MAKE SURE YOU GET AN ADULT'S
PERMISSION FIRST, OKAY? DEAL?
PUT IN A LAYER OF SAND,
PACK IT DOWN,
AND PUT IN A CIRCLE
OF WINDOW SCREEN.
AND A LAYER OF SAND,
PACK IT DOWN,
CIRCLE OF WINDOW SCREEN!
THEN?
YOU GUESSED IT,
LAYER OF SAND.
PACK IT DOWN.
CIRCLE OF WINDOW SCREEN.
THE WINDOW SCREENS ARE
GONNA ADD MORE FRICTION
BETWEEN THE GRAINS OF SAND
AND WILL MAKE YOUR SAND CASTLE
STRONG.
STRONG WITH THE
POWER OF SCIENCE.
AND THEN YOU CAN PUT
LOTS OF WEIGHT ON IT.
AND THERE YOU GO.
After building the sand tower, he places the bowling ball on top of it.
Phil says SAND WITH THE POWER OF SCIENCE!
HA-HA!
OKAY, I HAD TO MAX IT OUT.
LET'S SEE HOW STRONG
SCIENCE SAND REALLY IS.
Phil stands on a sand tower sitting on the floor.
He laughs and says SCIENCE!
Next, Phil says OUR PASTA BRIDGE WAS
GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME
TO BUILD OUT OF
INDIVIDUAL PIECES,
SO WE HAVE A NEW PLAN.
HEY, MICHAELA!
Michaela is in her mid-twenties, with long straight black hair. She wears a yellow lab coat and blue latex gloves.
Michaela says HEY, PHIL.
Phil says HOW YA' DOING?
Michaela says I'M GREAT. HOW ARE YOU?
Phil says GOOD. THIS IS MICHAELA
AND SHE'S AN UNDERGRAD IN
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, RIGHT?
Michaela says I AM.
Phil says AND YOU AND KYLE HAVE A
NEW PLAN FOR HOW WE CAN
BUILD OUR PASTA BRIDGE THAT'S
NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
Michaela says OH, MAN!
Phil says THIS IS THE BEST THAT KYLE
AND I COULD DO WITH 20 MINUTES.
Michaela says OKAY. WELL, I HAVE BETTER.
Phil says GOOD. I'M GLAD.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?
Michaela says SO, INSTEAD OF THAT,
WE'RE GOING TO TRY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
She hands him a rolled pasta tube.
Phil says OH, OKAY.
THIS IS SORT OF LIKE GIANT
BURRITO KIND OF THING, RIGHT?
Michaela says YEP.
Phil says BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
A BRIDGE OUT OF THIS.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Phil says UH, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE
IT LONGER, THOUGH?
Michaela says YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE IT EIGHT FEET LONG.
WE HAVE THIS
LONG POLE, RIGHT?
Phil says YEP.
Michaela says AND WE HAVE SHEETS
OF THIS PASTA.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM
ON THE DIAGONAL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IT.
I'M GOING TO START
FROM THIS CORNER
AND WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP ROLLING. ALRIGHT?
Kyle says AND DON'T FORGET TO ADD WATER.
Michaela says AND WE GOTTA ADD WATER!
Phil says I'LL ADD THE
WATER. ADDING WATER.
JUST LIKE THIS?
Michaela says YEP.
IT HELPS THE PASTA
TO STICK TOGETHER.
SO, AS WE'RE ROLLING, WE'RE
ROLLING, WE'RE ROLLING
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING
THIS WITH A BUNCH MORE SHEETS
SO THAT IT GETS REALLY, REALLY
LONG. LIKE, EIGHT FEET LONG.
AND WHEN WE'RE FINALLY
DONE ROLLING, WE GOTTA
SPRAY IT WITH SOME VARNISH.
Phil says YEP.
Michaela says AND SO IT ALL HOLDS TOGETHER.
Phil says GREAT. AND THEN IT'S GOING
TO BE ABOUT THIS THICK.
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH IT.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Kyle says THIS IS GOING TO BE
ONE OF THE PARTS
OF THE DECK OF OUR BRIDGE.
Phil says GREAT! SO EACH ONE OF THESE
LARGE PIECES IS GOING TO BE
LIKE ONE SINGLE STRAND OF PASTA
IN THE LITTLE BRIDGE WE MAKE.
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says WE NEED A LOT OF THESE.
Michaela says A LOT.
Phil says A LOT.
STILL, IT'S A LOT FASTER THAN
DOING IT PIECE BY PIECE WITH
JUST THE SPAGHETTI.
Michaela says AWWW.
Phil says EVERY TIME I HOLD IT UP,
YOU MAKE THAT NOISE.
Michaela says AWW.
Phil shows her the spaghetti piece he made over and over again.
Michaela says AWW.
AWWWW!
Phil laughs and says AWESOME.
A slate appears with the caption "Mini Max!"
Phil says THE SHAPE OF SOMETHING
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE
IN HOW STRONG IT IS. GET
SOME TOILET PAPER ROLLS
AND PUT THEM IN A SQUARE.
AND THEN STACK BOOKS
ON TOP OF THEM.
THEY CAN HOLD WEIGHT.
THING IS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY
HOLD A LOT MORE WEIGHT
THAN YOU PROBABLY THINK.
IN FACT,
THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT
JUST PAPER IN A TUBE
CAN HOLD
IS REALLY
KIND OF IMPRESSIVE!
He stacks almost 20 books with one big one on top of the four paper rolls.
He says HA-HA! AND NOW...
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON TWO
TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
HN.
MM.
NOPE!
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON FOUR
TOILET PAPER ROLLS!
He places a wooden board on top of the paper rolls. Then, hanging on a bar, he stands on the board but the rolls crash.
He continues NOPE.
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON SIX
TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
NOPE.
PHIL'S WEIGHT ON
10 TOILET PAPER ROLLS.
HUH! HA-HA!
PHIL'S WEIGHT CAN BE SUPPORTED
BY 10 TOILET PAPER ROLLS!
BUT WHAT IF PHIL JUMPS?
The paper rolls crash and he laughs.
Phil says DIDN'T REALLY WORK.
Back in the centre, Phil says KYLE AND MICHAELA'S PLAN
IS TO USE A LONG POLE
AND SHEETS OF UNCOOKED PASTA.
WE ROLL THE PASTA
AROUND THE POLE
AND SPRAY IT WITH
A LITTLE VARNISH.
WE ROLL SHEETS AND SHEETS OF
PASTA ALONG AN 8-FOOT LONG POLE
MAKING MANY, MANY
LAYERS OF PASTA.
THEN WE WAIT FOR IT TO
DRY AND REMOVE THE POLE.
WHAT WE HAVE IS
AN EIGHT-FOOT LONG
HOLLOW TUBE OF PASTA.
THAT BECOMES A SINGLE
PIECE OF THE BRIDGE.
THEN WE ATTACH A BUNCH
OF THESE PIECES TOGETHER
AND USE MORE SHEETS OF PASTA
TO GLUE THEM INTO THE SHAPE
WE USED FOR OUR
SMALL PASTA BRIDGE.
WE'RE MAKING OUR
GIANT PASTA BRIDGE
BY WRAPPING SHEETS OF PASTA
AROUND AND AROUND THE POLES
USING THE TECHNIQUE WE JUST HAD,
MAKING A WHOLE, LARGE POLE OUT
OF MANY, MANY SHEETS OF PASTA
ROLLED AROUND EACH OTHER
AND WE'VE MADE A GIANT
TRUSS. LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS GREAT, GUYS!
They hold a bridge made of three triangles.
Kyle says IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
Phil says YEAH! IF I HIT IT, YOU
THINK IT'D STAY TOGETHER?
Kyle says NO! STOP!
Phil says WHAT?
Kyle says THIS IS PASTA, NOT STEEL. IT'S
ONLY MADE TO JUST HOLD YOU.
Phil says KYLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE
THE CHANCES THAT THIS IS GOING
TO HOLD ME WHEN WE BUILD IT?
Kyle says SOMETHING LIKE 50-50.
Phil says NOT BAD! MICHAELA,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Michaela says I'M GOING TO
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
Phil says HOPING FOR THE BEST. THAT'S
EXACTLY THE KIND OF GREY AREA
WE LIKE TO WORK IN AT SCIENCE
MAX! EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S
EVEN EVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
Kyle says NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
Michaela says I DON'T THINK SO.
Phil says WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE NO
IDEA IF IT'S GOING TO WORK.
OKAY, SO ONE MORE OF THESE,
'CAUSE THESE ARE THE SIDES.
Kyle and Michaela say YEP.
Phil says A ROADWAY, AND THEN THE TOP.
Kyle and Michaela say YEP.
Phil says ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT!
WHILE WE'RE WAITING, IT'S
A GOOD MOMENT TO POINT OUT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES OUR BRIDGE REALLY STRONG.
THAT IS TRIANGLES!
AS YOU CAN SEE THE TRUSS, THE
SIDE, OF OUR BRIDGE IS REALLY
JUST THREE BIG TRIANGLES.
TRIANGLES ARE VERY STRONG SHAPES
TO BUILD WITH AND THEY
WORK GREAT IN BRIDGES.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR
SCIENCE SO SIMPLE
A CAVEMAN COULD DO IT.
THIS IS A CAVEMAN.
A caveman with long hair and baggy clothes appears in a gray room.
Caveman says UH?
Phil says TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TEACH
THIS CAVEMAN HOW TO BUILD
A
STRONG STRUCTURE.
HERE ARE SOME BOXES.
The caveman grunts.
Phil says GO ON AND BUILD A SHELTER.
I'LL COME BACK AND SEE
HOW IT WORKED OUT.
The boxes are scattered around.
Phil says NO, NO, NO!
THAT'S NOT RIGHT!
Caveman says NUH?
Phil says YOU NEED TO BUILD WALLS
BY STACKING BOXES ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER.
THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD.
UNDERSTAND?
Caveman says OHHHHH! YEAH-AH.
Phil says I'LL COME BACK LATER
AND SEE HOW IT WORKED OUT.
Caveman says YEAH.
Phil says UH-OH!
DOES THAT
LOOK RIGHT TO YOU?
Caveman says YEAH.
Phil says LOOK AT THOSE BOXES. THEY'RE
STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
BUT IF THEY'RE IN TALL STACKS,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
YOU PUSH ON THE WALL?
YOU SEE!
WALLS DON'T STAY UP
IF YOU BUILD LIKE THAT.
LET'S TRY AGAIN.
I'LL HELP YOU THIS TIME.
Caveman says UH.
Phil says FIRST,
LAY OUT THE FOUNDATION.
Caveman says AH!
Phil says WHERE YOUR WALLS SHOULD GO.
Caveman says OH! AH AH.
Phil says GOOD! NOW LET'S MAKE
THE SECOND LEVEL.
NO, NO!
DON'T PUT IT RIGHT ON TOP. YOU
NEED TO STACK IN BETWEEN.
THAT'S HOW YOU
MAKE A STRONG WALL!
Caveman says OH!
Phil says OKAY, I'LL COME BACK LATER.
Caveman says YEAH, YEAH.
Phil says NICE WORK!
Caveman says YEAH!
Phil says WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT A TRY?
The caveman hits one of the boxes with a long bone.
Caveman says AH!
AHHH!
Phil says LOOKS STRONG BUT
YOU FORGOT A BOX!
Caveman says AH!
HUH?
Phil says JOIN US NEXT TIME
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE A DOOR.
Caveman says WHA...?
(music plays)
Now, Phil stands behind a table outdoors. He stacks books in two piles.
Phil says BUILDING A DOOR
IN A WALL IS HARD.
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU MAKE A BIG,
GAPING HOLE IN YOUR WALL
WITHOUT YOUR WALL...
FALLING
OVER?
WELL, PEOPLE HAVE COME
UP WITH LOTS OF WAYS
TO PUT DOORS AND WINDOWS
IN WALLS MADE OF STONE BLOCKS
OVER THE CENTURIES.
AND YOU CAN DO THIS AT HOME
WITH BOOKS, LIKE I'M DOING,
OR WITH BUILDING BLOCKS.
JUST GO UP UNTIL YOU'RE
HAPPY WITH THE HEIGHT
AND THEN STACK EACH NEXT LAYER
A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE
UNTIL THE FINAL LAYER TOUCHES,
JUST LIKE THIS,
AND THEN
YOU TAKE A BIG HEAVY
BOOK AND YOU DROP IT
RIGHT ON TOP! AND...
IT'S PRETTY STABLE.
AND YOU'VE JUST MADE A DOORWAY.
IT WORKS EVEN BETTER
IF IT'S PART OF A WALL BECAUSE
YOU WANT EXTRA WEIGHT ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THESE BOOKS HERE.
SO, OF COURSE, I
HAD TO BUILD ONE
THAT WAS PART OF A WHOLE WALL.
THIS IS THE SAME CORBELLED ARCH
BUILT OUT OF LITTLE BUILDING
BLOCKS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I
WENT CLOSER AND CLOSER TOGETHER
UNTIL IT MEETS AT THE TOP
AND IT IS VERY STRONG.
He places a book on top of the arch made of building blocks.
He continues WHOA. HA-HA! NOW,
LET'S MAX IT OUT!
THE KIND OF ARCH WE'RE
BUILDING IS A CORBELLED ARCH
AND THE SCIENCE MAX BUILD TEAM
AND I ARE USING PIECES OF WOOD
CUT TO DIFFERENT LENGTHS.
HOW HIGH CAN IT GO?
WE COULD USE MY
HEAD TO... NO, OKAY.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET
TOGETHER, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE KINDS
OF DOORWAYS STONE BUILDINGS
HAD IN ANCIENT TIMES.
TA-DA! THERE YOU GO! A
MAXXED-OUT CORBELLED ARCH!
WE WENT STRAIGHT UP UNTIL
WE GOT TO THESE LAYERS
AND THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE
UNTIL THE LAST PIECE IS
ONE, BIG SOLID PIECE.
AND, IF WE BUILT THIS RIGHT,
IT SHOULD BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO HOLD ME UP.
(grunts and efforts)
He hangs on the bridge and says YEAH! SCIENCE!!
Half of the bridge falls down.
Phil says WELL, IT HELD ME UP FOR
A MINUTE, DIDN'T IT?
WE ROLLED OUR PASTA
AND CONSTRUCTED ONE TRUSS.
OF PASTA AND CONNECTED THEM
ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE A
SECOND TRUSS AND A ROADWAY,
AS WELL AS THE
CROSSPIECES ON THE TOP,
AND WHEN WE GET IT ALL
TOGETHER, WE END UP WITH...
WHOA! PASTA BRIDGE!
Michaela and Kyle say PASTA BRIDGE!
Phil says WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
WE DID IT! WE BUILT IT. WE HAVE
NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL STAY UP
BUT IT'S UP, IT'S DOING
ITS BRIDGE THING.
FOR NOW, ANYWAY.
I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE,
AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
I'M THE ONLY ONE
TO TRY TO CROSS A BRIDGE
MADE OUT OF PASTA.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
Kyle says I THINK I DON'T WANT YOU
TO BE THE LAST PERSON
TO CROSS A PASTA BRIDGE.
Phil says YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!
BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT.
I THINK WE'RE READY. YEAH?
Michaela says YEAH.
Phil says OKAY. HERE WE GO.
Phil steps on one of the bars and it breaks.
Michaela says AHHH!
Phil says OH-NO!
THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL
FOR OUR PASTA BRIDGE.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE, KYLE?
Kyle says YOU PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE JOIST. IT SNAPPED.
Phil says UH-HUH.
Michaela says IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY
TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT.
MAYBE IF YOU CRAWLED?
Kyle says DO, LIKE, THE
MILITARY-STYLE KIND OF...
Phil says OH, RIGHT!
SO THAT I'M PUTTING MY WEIGHT
ON MORE THAN ONE SPOT.
Kyle says YEAH, YEAH.
Michaela says EXACTLY.
Phil says OH, WAIT A MINUTE! THAT
GIVES ME AN IDEA!
YOU GUYS STAY RIGHT
THERE! I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW WHAT TO DO!
I KNOW WHAT TO DO!
Michaela says YOU'RE COMING BACK, RIGHT?
Phil says SKIS DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT
OVER A LARGE AREA, SO YOU DON'T
SINK IN THE SNOW.
THAT'S WHAT SKIS DO!
WHICH IS PERFECT
FOR THE PASTA BRIDGE.
HA-HA.
Phil walks over the bridge using skis.
Kyle says COME ON. OKAY. OKAY.
COME ON.
Phil says AH. HA-HA-HA-HA.
UH-HUH.
IS IT WORKING?
Michaela says YEAH.
Kyle says IT'S WORKING!
Phil says I HEAR SOME CRACKING.
Kyle says THIS MIGHT DO IT.
Michaela says OH NO.
Phil says AH-HA.
Michaela says GOTTA TRY TO SPREAD
YOUR LEGS APART.
Phil says SPREADING MY LEGS APART!
Michaela says DISTRIBUTE YOUR WEIGHT!
Phil says DISTRIBUTING MY WEIGHT!
SWAYING A LOT!
Michaela says OH, MAN.
Phil says OH, WHOA!
WHOA!
[laughter] I CROSSED
THE PASTA BRIDGE!
OOH. HIGH FIVES!
THERE YOU GO! SCIENCE MAX,
EXPERIMENTS AT LARGE.
PASTA BRIDGE, SKIS.
WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
MAYBE A PASTA CHAIR-
LIFT OF SOME SORT.
The end credits roll. Clips from the episode play.
Caveman says UH-OH.
Phil says SCIENCE!
Using a small pasta bridge as a bracelet, he says WEAR IT. IT IS THE FASHION
ACCESSORY OF THE YEAR.
YOU WANNA TRAVEL DOWN IT.
SHOULD'VE MADE IT BIGGER.
He dances and says SCIENCE!
SCIENCE!
SCIENCE!
Next, holding the truss, he says HOW LONG DO I HOLD
THIS PIECE FOR?
Michaela says A LONG TIME.
Phil says GUYS?
GUYS?
THIS ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE, GUYS!
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