Exploration Production Inc.
Larger-than-life science guy Alan Nursall takes science on the road and challenges YOU to learn in a hands-on rodeo of discovery. Experiments any one can do touching on Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Meteorology and Technology, Science and the City does it all.
Titles in this series
2007 · 4m 18s
When liquids are weightless, they form a sphere. Make a sphere of oil inside a beaker of water…
2008 · 4m 33s
A simple safety tip, very graphically illustrated. Water makes oil fires much, much worse!
2008 · 5m 44s
A polymer is a long chain molecule composed of smaller, similar units bonded together, like the boxcars in…
2007 · 4m 41s
Inertia is the resistance to a change in motion - whether already moving or standing still. Here are…
2008 · 4m 42s
Passing light through a polarizing filter gives it intriguing properties that are exploited all around us, particularly in…
2008 · 4m 21s
Alan demonstrates how mechanical advantage helps humans do things that would normally require superhuman strength.
2008 · 6m 18s
Let's find out how to get maximum projectile distance out of an air-powered pumpkin cannon!
2009 · 4m 53s
What will roll down a ramp faster - an empty jar or a jar full of water? What…
2009 · 5m 20s
Rolling soup cans down a ramp reveals a great deal about rotational motion and answers the age-old question:…
2008 · 5m 42s
Violins and cellos make beautiful music when a skilled musician runs a bow across the strings. But why…
2009 · 6m 7s
We challenge two of Canada's top curlers - Wayne and Sherry Middaugh - to throw a curling stone…
2009 · 6m 29s
The surface of curling ice is purposely covered with little ice bumps called 'pebble'. How does sliding a…
2009 · 5m 40s
Sweeping is the most distinctive and unusual element of curling. We run some tests to get an understanding…
2009 · 5m 28s
We epxlore the peculiar physics that accounts for the curl in the stone as it slides across the…
2006 · 5m 5s
Using simple materials and tools, extract visible strands of DNA from fruit cells.
2008 · 5m 14s
Explore the strange physics that keep spinning tops from falling down. What is it about spinning that makes…
2007 · 5m 43s
Salt water and acids both conduct electricity. So what about saliva, which is both salty and acidic?
2008 · 5m 22s
Capacitors are used to store an electric charge for quick release. They are common components of electronic devices,…
2007 · 5m 10s
Learn about the properties of the remarkable metal by panning for gold and plating gold onto metallic objects.
2008 · 4m 47s
Changing the pressure of a gas is accompanied by a temperature change. This segment illustrates everyday examples of
2006 · 4m 37s
Explore what makes the dipping duck dip, and what it can tell us about the weather!
2006 · 4m 30s
Cornstarch and water combine to make a marvellous substance that looks like runny goo until you apply pressure…
2006 · 4m 21s
The rate at which combustion can take place is determined by the availability of oxygen. In this demonstration,…
2008 · 5m 55s
A shopvac can be transformed into a simple cannon, launching projectiles using air pressure.