Science Max: Experiments at Large
(2015)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Nucleation Fountain
Episode 13
Diet cola and mints! A fun experiment that's even more awesome when maxxed out. Air pressure bubbles through this episode, including marshmallows in a vacuum chamber, pulling an egg into a flask and carbonating pickle juice!
Haven't Seen
Air Surfing
Episode 12
21m
Air is a fluid, just like water. That means you can surf it if you make a tumblewing. Phil explores lots of different methods of flight all while maxxing out the tumblewing.
Haven't Seen
Mousetrap Boat
Episode 11
Building a boat that propels itself with the spring tension of a mousetrap is just the start. How about a long line of rat traps? Propulsion and inertia are powering this episode as Phil explores how to make things go.
Haven't Seen
Friction Slide
Episode 10
21m
Who'd have thought something as simple as a wooden ramp could teach so much about science? Of course, it's helpful when it's 2 stories tall. Explore friction with frogs, rice, one detective and two books stuck together!
Haven't Seen
Gravity Boat
Episode 9
21m
Phil tries to max-out a boat that propels itself using just water and gravity. We pour over water specifically and fluids in general. Heavy air, fluid sand, Archimedes and the metric system; this overflows with science!
Haven't Seen
Pumpkin Drop
Episode 8
21m
How do you max out an egg drop? With pumpkins, of course! Material science is the focus of this episode: nitinol, ulexite, carbon nanotubes, hagfish slime, aerogel and a great deal of squashed pumpkins.
Haven't Seen
Antacid Rocket
Episode 7
21m
When antacid tablets mix with water, you get a chemical reaction. Phil harnesses this to make several variations on rockets! Plus, why acids and bases react and how to use chemistry to make light or instant crystals.
Haven't Seen
Slime
Episode 6
21m
Slime is made of polymers, which are long chains of molecules that explain how many things are made. From plastics, to fabrics to our own DNA, polymers are everywhere. And we have a lot of them contained in a tub of slime.
Haven't Seen
Geodesic Dome
Episode 5
21m
How do you max out a dome made of gumdrops and toothpicks? Well, how about trying to build one with oranges? Still not good enough? How about pumpkins!? Phil also gets the record in maxxed-out cup stacking.
Haven't Seen
Rotation
Episode 4
21m
Making a maxxed out spinning top is just the start. Phil experiments with the Magnus effect, gyroscopic precession, pushing string and Da Vinci's perpetual motion wheel.
Haven't Seen
Hydraulics
Episode 3
21m
Starting with a small, syringe powered hydraulic arm, Phil maxxes things out by learning how to use the mechanical advantage of hydraulics to crush stuff!!! Plus: Filtering water, the Archimedes screw, hydro dipping and more!
Haven't Seen
Trebuchet
Episode 2
A Trebuchet is a giant, lever-based catapult. Phil uses it to hurl pumpkins! Mechanical advantage and the history of the trebuchet are what's being tossed your way on this episode, along with a lot of pumpkins, heads up!
Haven't Seen
Rube Goldberg Machine
Episode 1
21m
Phil builds a maxxed out Rube Goldberg machine and learns a lot about different kinds of forces. Gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical, electrical you name the force, we've got it in this episode!
Haven't Seen
Season 2
Light Challenge
Episode 13
Bending light to your will! Phil gets challenged to use light to solve a puzzle that gets more and more difficult.
Haven't Seen
Sugar Cube Bridge
Episode 12
Building an arched bridge! Starting with sugar and ending with something strong enough to walk across – it’s all in how you build it. Plus: a giant house of cards, glass so strong you can hit it with a hammer and exactly how many eggs will support Phil’s weight!
Haven't Seen
Lightning
Episode 11
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! Plus: Phil harnesses the power behind lightning to make things stick, float, or make your hair stand on end!
Haven't Seen
Water Car
Episode 10
Phil builds a balloon powered car in the lab. Then he tries to make one big enough to ride. Can the Science Max build team find a big enough balloon? Or are balloons the way to go? Plus, Newton’s Cradle out of bowling balls, how Guinea Pigs got their name and Newton’s 3rd Law.
Haven't Seen
Stomp Rocket
Episode 9
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!
Haven't Seen
Spool Racer
Episode 8
Storing energy is how a home-made spool racer works. But can Phil build one out of a giant cable spool!? Plus: a run of giant dominoes, a maxed out craft stick chain reaction, mouse-traps and ping pong balls.
Haven't Seen
Hot Air Balloon
Episode 7
Hot and Cold. A home-made hot air balloon gets turned into a giant floating monstrosity! Plus: dry ice, the coldest temperature possible and Phil wears a suit of blubber and gets into a tub of ice water.
Haven't Seen
Vibrobot
Episode 6
Vibration is the idea behind a shaky vibrobot - one maxed out enough so Phil can ride it! Plus: spinning an 8-foot coin, suspending water in mid-air and lasers!
Haven't Seen
Electromagnet
Episode 5
Phil tries to make the strongest electromagnet he can. Plus: playing with ferro-fluid. Wizards! And Phil tries to make it to the North Pole using a compass.
Haven't Seen
Generating Electricity
Episode 4
22m
Just how much power can be generated by one human being? Phil tries to find out. Plus: How a generator works, make your own wind turbine and a solar panel described with a bathtub and ping-pong balls!
Haven't Seen
Hoop Glider
Episode 3
Defying gravity is Phil's mission, but maxing out a hoop glider proves to be harder than it seems. Plus: an egg drop with a pumpkin, hovering helium balloons and more anti-gravity fun!
Haven't Seen
Loudest Sound
Episode 2
Phil tries to bend the power of sound to his will by making the loudest sound he can. Plus: make cornstarch mud dance, shatter a wine glass and make patterns with sand - all with the power of sound!
Haven't Seen
Earthquake-Proof
Episode 1
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!
Haven't Seen
Season 1
Drag Racer
Episode 13 - 11-30-2015
21m
Phil builds a small drag racer in the lab that uses the inertia of its wheels to move. Then he tries to max it out. The final experiment involves a jacked up car and a large frame with Phil riding it. Plus, Newton's laws, pulling a tablecloth without breaking the dishes and a caveman trying to break down a door.
Haven't Seen
Balance
Episode 12 - 11-23-2015
How can you balance a potato on a stick? And, more importantly, can Phil balance on a tightrope using the same science? What's better for balance, staying put or using something that spins? Phil walks the tightrope then designs a gyroscopic stabilization backpack.
Haven't Seen
Air and Flight
Episode 11 - 11-16-2015
Start by learning how to fold the paper airplane that won the long distance record. Then Phil tries to make a giant paper airplane to see if it will still fly. Turns out, its way harder than you'd think. Plus, terminal velocity and indoor tornadoes!
Haven't Seen
Solids, Liquids and Gasses
Episode 10 - 11-09-2015
Solid, Liquid, Gas and all the things in-between. What's in between? Cornstarch mud. Sometimes it's a liquid, but sometimes a solid. Phil fills a giant trough with it to see if it's solid enough to run across. Plus, giant rock candy, giant bubbles and a giant sledgehammer made out of a frozen pumpkin.
Haven't Seen
Simple Machines
Episode 9 - 11-02-2015
22m
What good is Science if you can't use it to give you super strength? Phil does just that 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.
Haven't Seen
Pressure
Episode 8 - 10-26-2015
Learn how to use air pressure to make your own, home-made rocket out of a plastic water bottle. Phil maxes this out by using stronger bottles and even over-pressurizing them and finally by building a giant rocket out of plastic bottles. Plus, we blow up a bottle with liquid nitrogen and crush a steel drum using nothing but the air pressure around us every day.
Haven't Seen
Chemistry
Episode 7 - 10-19-2015
21m
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? Plus, Phil coats his whole outfit in hydrophobic spray and gets in the pool. Will he stay dry? Find out!
Haven't Seen
Volume, Mass and Density
Episode 6 - 10-12-2015
21m
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 wrong several times before he figures it out. Plus, Phil gets into a tub full of the main ingredient in diapers. Why would he do such a thing? For Science!
Haven't Seen
Magnets
Episode 5 - 10-05-2015
21m
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? Plus, watch magnets defy gravity all on their own.
Haven't Seen
How You Build It
Episode 4 - 9-29-2015
21m
Ever wanted to build a bridge out of pasta? It's not too hard and 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? Plus, learn how to build a sandcastle you can stand on!
Haven't Seen
Friction
Episode 3 - 9-21-2015
22m
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 two and then race them! Phil also tries to use the power of friction to climb the walls and even to fly.
Haven't Seen
Elasticity
Episode 2 - 9-14-2015
21m
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) of how catapults were used in medieval days.
Haven't Seen
Newton's 3rd Law
Episode 1 - 9-07-2015
21m
Phil builds a balloon powered car in the lab. Then he tries to make one big enough to ride. Can the Science Max build team find a big enough balloon? Or are balloons the way to go? Plus, Newton's Cradle out of bowling balls, how Guinea Pigs got their name and Newton's 3rd Law.
Haven't Seen
