Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction

Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction - Sick Science!

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@SBS8219K 10 жыл бұрын

The key to the Popsicle Chain Reaction comes from potential and kinetic energy. As you weave the popsicle sticks together, you are continually building potential energy. Each popsicle stick is bent over the stick before it and pinned under the stick before that, creating tension in the wood. When you finally have the chain length that you want, you let go and all of the tension and potential energy is released in a chain reaction of kinetic energy!

@Captain1diot 11 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a longer chain! That looked awesome!

@TheOpinionLover 11 жыл бұрын

Nice. That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Science is full of wonder.

@mkwpros124 11 жыл бұрын

i have known this for a long time and i always love watching it! once again another great video steve!!!!

@UltraSpyAgent12345 10 жыл бұрын

This works because the energy contained inside the stick bomb is potential energy and when it is let go, the potential energy turns into kinetic energy.

@Scalooosh 11 жыл бұрын

I'VE WAITED FOR THIS! and yes, the slow mo guys definitely need to do this.

@sylvielmna 11 жыл бұрын

0:50 when he's just standing there as though nothings happening. I laughed so hard!

@varunspidey99 11 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is fascinating! And it is so easy to do at home!

@WeirdGuy207 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I have always wanted to know how to do this!

@arzola0999 11 жыл бұрын

This is awesome i am definitely using this at school

@MrMica22 11 жыл бұрын

yup, that was an awesome experiment!

@txoohwaxiong2269 Күн бұрын

This guy really had four hands to hold it still and make it

@almahaalshehri2615 11 жыл бұрын

that was soooo awesome !!!

@brendamage08 9 жыл бұрын

Science is the most incredible and amazing thing that exist in this world

@teodorwestholm7004 9 жыл бұрын

science is this world. sort of

@alienware166 11 жыл бұрын

Some sick science right there.

@jenniferkhuu8433 11 жыл бұрын

It has kinetic energy when you do that.

@610hannah 11 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@gamer100z 10 жыл бұрын

theyre pushed in together really hard with that weave and letting go of that hardness makes it go boom

@firekirby123 11 жыл бұрын

Ah, I always wanted to know how the kids in the gif were able to pull that little trick off. Now I know. Brilliant!

@dantheman2k 11 жыл бұрын

that was pretty sick!!!

@strokesfan1107 11 жыл бұрын

I'm putting the dominoes back in the box and heading to the frozen foods section

@steveruiz5488 10 жыл бұрын

kinetic energy is released

@ainaathiraa 11 жыл бұрын

woahhhhh! thats is so cooolllll!!!

@SocialNomad 11 жыл бұрын

Stick Bombs are always fun to play with :D

@alinstoi 11 жыл бұрын

I like this experiment because it requires very simple materials!

@NanaQ365 11 жыл бұрын

o.o wow that is a good idea... gonna show the kids at camp! XD

@BigAndFatGamer 11 жыл бұрын

Nice cool little trick :D

@bigshot4512 11 жыл бұрын

awesome. i think it's kinetic energy

@KelseyTheOfficial 11 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a contestant on America's got Talent a couple of seasons back!

@sonrisamarie 11 жыл бұрын

neat...I can't wait for my son to get home to show him

@Greynwolf 11 жыл бұрын

That's so cool.

@GlowyKangaroo 11 жыл бұрын

That's like a wooden Prince Rupert's Drop o.o I've got to try that!

@crazyzippyfumblefish 11 жыл бұрын

someone did this on America's got talent! now i know how! such a cool little trick

@KholdStare54 11 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool.

@AlayGuagBaq 11 жыл бұрын

aww.. dang! im gonna be eating LOTS of popsicles.... this summer.

@monishaprasad6519 10 жыл бұрын

Force from the popsicle sticks!

@jadariusjones8777 11 жыл бұрын

he was using potential and kinetic energy

@nyko.productions 9 жыл бұрын

Tension does it

@hunteranddajman2 11 жыл бұрын

The kinetic king does that, but wit a thousand sticks!

@themaskedcrusader 11 жыл бұрын

Bending the Popsicle sticks stores energy as potential energy. The force of the finger on the leading edge maintains the potential energy, until that force is removed. This converts the potential energy into kinetic energy, and removing the pressure holding the next stick's potential energy, and so on down the line.... Booyah!

@saramonDGX2 11 жыл бұрын

awesome

@TineyTinkerr 11 жыл бұрын

AWESOME

@Beastmode1234567able 10 жыл бұрын

What happens is kinetic energy it has all this energy built up and when you release pressure all the energy is real eased

@NoMoreLles 11 жыл бұрын

Just from looking at it, as far as i can tell, since every stick is trying to lift every other stick on a sort of seesaw fashion, if both sides are being held down on the seesaw, all the energy from the recoil when they pop back up to a normal position is what causes them all to pop

@attill2508 11 жыл бұрын

This makes my 6 years old Brother laugh so hard.

@christaylor6112 10 жыл бұрын

you made a spring of sorts ..the purple is under tension..when its released it forces the blue stick up and the rest follow

@MrItsthething 11 жыл бұрын

I want to set someone's school binder on the end of this so they pick it up and it surprises them.

@CatIsHappy 11 жыл бұрын

Pretty awesome.

@YouMightNeedToHearThis 11 жыл бұрын

This is so much better than dominos.

@TAABird 11 жыл бұрын

Spring like force.

@MadCodex 11 жыл бұрын

Elastic force is strong with this one.

@mikeyfreestone4397 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@cool19947 11 жыл бұрын

this reminds me of my childhood days where we use to see all those cut-off head...:p

@lavender_honey03 9 жыл бұрын

Why does it need adult supervision??????

@joseluisjasa6875 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah like we kids don't have amazing eyes

@blakeawesome10 9 жыл бұрын

damn thats cool

@MrPSH97 11 жыл бұрын

The reaction is caused by the amount of force holding those popsicles together from the one end to your hand and letting go leaving the force nowhere to hang on to thus launching the popsicles in the air... Science!

@lamboreo 11 жыл бұрын

Potential energy from the bend was then converted to kinetic creating a reaction

@montano0222 11 жыл бұрын

Its the potental energy

@o0Diomedes0o 11 жыл бұрын

that's awesome

@wstampede5 11 жыл бұрын

the potontial energy is released and it pops

@olivenicholl1710 2 жыл бұрын

this is so cool but it is also hard

@Kai-Made 11 жыл бұрын

I want to see this done with larger scale

@MistaCheezySTEAM 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@fashiongonewild9 10 жыл бұрын

looks hard i dont think i could do it

@TheMoonlightlove123 10 жыл бұрын

Well it is very simple if you go by the " things in motion must stay in motion and thins not in motion can't stay in motion"( kinda forgot the saying a bit I am tiyord) if you were pushing down the sticks the kinetic energy is not in motion so the fact is that if you put a Popsicle stick in the far left and right then took it out it would create a bigger affect on it ( I am not normally this smart).

@rishabhdeep7990 11 жыл бұрын

potential energy gets stored in sticks

@SamanthaPortUkulele 11 жыл бұрын

I like how you capitalized "Transformed." It makes it look like Transformers have something to do with this.

@sickscience 11 жыл бұрын

Maybe those were my feet!

@XempireX18 11 жыл бұрын

this guy is an octopus that he has many hands.

@CharlieilrahC 10 жыл бұрын

There is pressure holding each stick down. Each stick holds the next stick down and so on... When the pressure held on the last one is released, it jumps off. There is therefore no pressure holding the next sticks down, so they jump away, and this repeats over and over until you get to the end of the chain of sticks.

@elementrmc 10 жыл бұрын

Potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy

@MultiPaulinator 11 жыл бұрын

*"Tongue depressors" And that specific technique is known as the "cobra weave" eponymous to the snake it resembles after being "detonated" from the opposite side.

@rogeliocantillas1722 10 жыл бұрын

it looks like a kinetic motion

@SourCakezMC 11 жыл бұрын

i like both.

@FrostarmyN7 10 жыл бұрын

Something like chain reaction. Every popsicle stick influence from it's neighbor. If you affect one of them all will make the same thing like the first. I think it is something like that.

@Tomswift1234 11 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@crystalyoung7907 11 жыл бұрын

Whats happening is that sence they are tucked under each other when you let go it flicks up cuz it cant stay down and the rest follow

@AnySub 11 жыл бұрын

good one XD

@sweettooth80 11 жыл бұрын

thats so cool XD

@shahtahoor 11 жыл бұрын

hahaha.....so cool dude

@lilrapunzel1338 11 жыл бұрын

Steve PLZ be my science teacher you are soo good at science lol

@ayyawar 11 жыл бұрын

My Brother used to make then, I used to push him, before he was almost done!! ;)

@NawtieBoy96 11 жыл бұрын

Energy is stored which in releasing our finger is changed into. Work and heat

@ScarFace9797 11 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@felixcroc 11 жыл бұрын

I think what causes the reaction is at the end of the line, the sticks are bent and they have nothing to keep them bent. They then flip to straight, and that moves them out of the way. Then the next pair of sticks is at the end, and repeat.

@emiletetrt 11 жыл бұрын

It has something to do with potential stored energy? or something like that, can't remember.

@omarha7578 10 жыл бұрын

It's because of the kinetic energy being released. It's the same force as punching someone.

@zkilling 11 жыл бұрын

I loved to make a version of this as a kid that would hold until one of the Popsicle sticked was removed then you could toss them for a colorful Explosion

@simerpreet11 10 жыл бұрын

I think they are called toes. xD

@Arcanttos 11 жыл бұрын

WGUAGUU ! SUPER COOL

@ToChangeABlightBulb 11 жыл бұрын

the Popsicle sticks bend when you place them over each other that way. when you release the Popsicle sticks want to snap back to being straight, but they cant because of the other popsicle sticks. this causes the end stick to pop up first, and that allows the next two to pop up, allowing the next to pop up, and so on and so forth... was i correct..? thats just my guess. :P once again, great video spangler!

@CaryDominic123 10 жыл бұрын

potential energy is the cause of the reaction....the greater the potential energy as the chain is longer. and when letting go the potential energy stored becomes kinetic energy, which creates the stick bomb to explode...

@alisabri2237 11 жыл бұрын

Tension

@wojeh 11 жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew you would show stick bombs on this channel!

@EhmegerdUsernerm 10 жыл бұрын

Its is cause by the sudden realese of potential energy hidden with it

@nicholasdunn999 2 жыл бұрын

"the key is potential energy . . . ' - the KEY is using large craft sticks. This doesn't work with normal, more common regular size craft sticks. They are too small.