Feel free to add suggestions: This series will be done on the fly as hip pocket classes. The second one is already made and has more live footage and the sound is better but still not perfect. We'll try to do the links to order these kits if we can find them in the catalog. As the series progresses, it will cover everything from building a fire to collecting and purifying water to signaling and so on. Not just demonstrations but the underlying science so you can improvise if need be.
Water filtration is a very useful skill in a tough spot. One simple method is to evaporate water with a condensing collector above it. The collector can be a leaf or piece of plastic that comes to a point. Aim the point down toward another water container to collect. Now you need some sort of active process here so the water doesn't just evaporate out of the second container as fast as the first. You can heat up the first container, cool down your collector, cover your container, or better yet, all of the above. Also, it is very slow. I've never had to actually do this myself, I know how from science, not survival experience. So I don't really know how slow. But I expect it would take pretty much all day to make enough water for a person to survive on. But you wouldn't need to be monitoring it constantly. You can set it up and do other things.
How to make a heater out of clay pots. I used them when the electricity went out for 4 days and the temperature dropped to -5. I was able to keep the house warm enough to prevent the water pipes from freezing. They are cheap and buying votive candles instead of tea lights help keep the heat more consistent and you can find more of them on closeout sales making them even cheaper.
Maybe add the links to the Army manuals when you inevitably start taking from them? Since you told me about them awhile ago I’ve found them so valuable I’ve probably downloaded them all.
I come from a long line of hardworking teachers. There are still excellent teachers and excellent schools... excellent students, too! I do miss show and tell, though!
LOL, my son has gotten to do more of this kind of experiment than I got to do. Although, that might say more about the time I grew up and my being dissuaded from math and science as a female.
@lornenoland8098 That’s such a dumb talking point. The US has some of the best schools in the world, and is only ranked lower than other countries “ON AVERAGE.”
Wait until the next video. In this you learned how to make a battery. In a future video, you'll learn how to use a battery and random objects to make a fire.
@@abraxasjinx5207in Australia we have a battery recycling system where you put them in a drop box at supermarkets and they are eventually taken away for proper disposal. Don't know if that's the norm in other countries 💜
I love your emergency preparedness videos. I use to teach 3-5 graders how to build a disaster preparedness pillowcase and the difference on when to use it (not in a fire but when they had a few minutes to grab what they want to take). My favorite part was to teach them different ways to calm themselves down from the stress that can override logical thinking. When I deploy to different disasters I find myself having to teach it to adults. Maybe you can teach or have a guest who can teach people how to get back to the right mindset for logical thinking. All the training in the world cannot help someone who does not know how to calm their own mind.❤
I've always been very fortunate, in a crisis my mind goes into a crisp clear command mode, I see the entire situation, the individual parts, know what to do and how to make it happen, including directing others effectively and efficiently. I have no idea how or why, it feels like random luck of the draw, as I am useless in some other situations. I've wished I could download the ability to others, but don't know how. (See the "useless in other situations" part). It sounds like you spent a lot of your time doing just that, and that is just about the coolest thing I can think of. There is no way to calculate how many injuries, deaths, and situations you have prevented, with your time and dedication.
Awesomeness! You can purchase a lot of the ingredients cheaply in the grocery store or online, such as your salt, distilled vinegar, peroxide, alcohol, baking soda, dish soap, etc. Be prepared for messes and spills. Outside is a good place to do fizzy, frothy, "explosive" ones. Btw explosive doesn't mean fire, just spurting messy. Go grandma! 💚✌️😎🍀
Absolutely love this!!! Teaching science on the surface, resilience underneath. Also, as a lifelong lover of science, my inner child is doing a happy dance.
Hey Beau! I’m a former Science teacher. This new series is right up my alley! Feel free to ask if you need information. If you need project ideas for your videos, I have a few. A couple easy projects I’ve done before with students include creating a powerful electromagnet using a lawnmower battery, an iron rod, and copper wire, and creating a small, toy sized motor with a neodymium magnet cylinder and a few common household items. I’ve recently created a cheap, portable air conditioner that just needs ice and electricity, which has been very useful when someone’s air conditioner goes out in the Summer. For my next project, I was thinking about creating a cheap, solar powered still for purifying water. I’ve never had much money to work with, so these projects are all reasonably inexpensive.
@@mackenziedrake The person that invents/Macgyvers that is going to be mighty popular. In fact, if it's a thing, I'm guessing there's an Indians or Africans doing YT vids about it because I've seen some pretty creative out of the pocket gadgets, fixes, etc, with bits and bobs, aka duct tape and baling wire. ✌️😸🍀
My apologies. My ADHD self hadn't read your comment all the way through. So, you indeed have a portable AC solution! ✊ That said, I'm very interested in your projects, especially the small motor with the magnet. I tutor middle/highschool students and do science projects over the summer with them. This year, I was thinking I'd like to do more and with small groups, but I know this will take more planning and money. However, I believe it's worthwhile to get get kids excited about science. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. ✌️😎🍀
@@mackenziedrake I have a TH-cam channel but I'm not very good at making videos. It's a lot more work than it looks. The AC, however, is quite easy. The design is similar to a swamp cooler. you need a styrofoam cooler, a copper pipe longer than the cooler, some adhesives including silicone and gorilla glue, and an electric air pump for air mattresses. Drill a hole in each side of the cooler so you can slide the pipe through lengthwise. It needs to be snug fit. This part will be touching the water, so use the silicone to make it watertight around the pipe. Use the gorilla glue to fix the air pump to one end of the pipe. Fill the cooler with ice, plug it in, and you're done. It works because of Coppers ability to conduct heat faster than air. All the heat in the air passing through the pipe gets rapidly dumped into the ice. Put the side air comes out over a sink or bucket, because the water in the air will condense inside the pipe.
@@erinmac4750 Motors are easier than you might think! If you know about generators, you know spinning a magnet in the middle of a copper coil creates an electric current, converting kinetic energy to electricity. That process is reversible by running an electric current through a magnet. You need a Neodymium magnet cylinder (the one I used was about 1 inch in diameter and 2 inches long), a battery, a screw, some electrical tape, and some copper wire. Attach two, separate pieces of copper wire to the positive and negative ends of the battery with electrical tape. Attach the other end of one of these wires to the top of the screw. Now the tricky part. Pick up the magnet with the tip of the screw in the middle one of the flat sides of the magnets. Gently touch the other flat end with the copper wire and complete the circuit. Like magic, the magnet will start to spin!
I love it. Finally someone showing that not everything we learned in school was useless. They just needed to show some real world applications to make it relevant. Looking forward to more.
@@spacebunsarah You're about the same age as my kids. They were yanking out practical classes to emphasize classes to pass tests around your age. As my son put it, the things that made school interesting.
I was electrocuted from an electric stove 30 years ago, ever since I get a fear whenever I need to plug in any appliance, and it seems that everything needs to be plugged in these days.. I assume that learning and understanding electricity would help me get over my fear but I have never set time aside to learn. I will now. Perfect short segment for those of us with zero understanding of the subject. Thank you, I am looking forward to this series.
Science with Beau would be an AMAZING product for elementary schools! You have a way of engaging your audience (students) that informs without talking down. If you ever decide that journalism isn't doing it for you anymore, I could see you making educational videos.
I’m a retired public educator. Spent most of my career teaching MS Science. Worked with elementary teachers, and high school teachers, to “do” hands on science like this. When you do it, you remember it. Great presentation and I hope everyone goes out and tries this things. Do it with your kids because you cannot assume they are experiencing events like this in a science classroom because Science has been given a backseat to ELA and Math test scores.
Yup, I’ve always learnt and retained things by actually doing it. Unfortunately we had very few teachers in our school in my time who actually taught that way. Wasn’t until I joined the military I actually discovered I can learn and retain.
In addition to testing concerns, science education has been under attack in red states for years as being unChristian. You can't totally overcome the anti-science movement but you can mitigate it by cooking with your kids, gardening with your kids, and practicing everyday life skills with your kids.
@@olderthandirt7061 Truth! Once I learned that cooking is pretty much ratios and chemistry things clicked. It's also about following directions, steps, in the proper order, which is good for ADHD kids....direct consequences. Found out as an adult, lol. ✌️😸
I attended a small school that had very little money for my first 6 years. We had very little science, much less hands-on. I love this!! It's like going back to elementary school!
There was a shortage of science teachers. In the 1960's, when I was a sophomore at university, I taught physics at a catholic girls' high school. I was requested to be ill when the accrediting commission came around. Both teacher and students survived and are now retired.
I think this series will be great for people, and I appreciate you starting from the basics. Those concepts will come in handy for folks for so many uses.
I’d be happy to throw in any support to explain how to start in HAM radio operation and what it takes to get your Technitian license (the lowest level) - and what that allows you to do. Most people stick with a Technitian license and are invaluable during an emergency with the right training.
When i was a kid, i had the pleasure of starting my day by watching Mr. Wizard before school, and ending it with G.I. Joe after school. Thank you for carrying on in that spirit Beau. I think knowing might actually be _more_ than half the battle. At any rate, having the right information might make all the difference. 😉👍
OMG!!!! I GOT MORE OF A CHARGE OUTTA THIS THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!!! GEEK EUPHORIA!!! (I went to Catholic school as a child, so not much $$ for any type of science experiments. I am also a retired urban public h.s. science teacher that was so underfunded that my class set of rulers were "procured" Tastycake rulers (yep, THAT Tastycake) from several local 7-11's so my students could have a class set of rulers to take measurements. BEAU- MAN our Phenomenal Community Everyday Hero!!! THANKS BEAU &. BEAU TEAM!! Best to BEAU & his Beau- Peeps everywhere!!
Suggestion: it might be good to specify the black wire is universal ground for DC circuits only...if you use AC green is ground and the black wire is hot. I love the this series of little things to know that can be a big deal in emergency situations. Thanks for all you do!
@@05Matz Thanks for your reply, I didn't know that. I am aware that in Europe 50Hz is used as opposed to 60Hz in the US but I would have assumed that color coding would be the same. Thank you, never to old to learn something new.
That was interesting :) I like learning stuff like this. (I do confess that when I saw the lemon I automatically made a mental note to be sure to have lemons and zinc and copper strips in case of a hurricane. )
Awesome. I love the idea. When I was a kid my grandfather bought me a kit for building a super simple radio with a nail, copper wire, a toilet paper tube and a little speaker. It didn't need a battery, I could hook the wires to the copper water heater pipes and get enough electricity to oower it. Teaching people to build those little radios could be very helpful for people who don't have power after a disaster.
Did it really pick up stations? How could you tune into the different wave lengths? I've got to check this out, could be so much fun for students. I'm imagining it would be pretty hilarious to see one of these "bumping" some base, lol. Though that's likely not reality. ✌️😸🍀
@@erinmac4750 They are called crystal radio sets, you can get kits to make them, they get the energy from the radio transmission from the station itself, but since there is no sound amplification, you just get a single earphone to listen to it and it won't be overly loud. Crude, but they get the job done in a pinch.
@@erinmac4750 yes it was a working little radio. To tune it a nail with wire connected to it was slid on the copper wire wrapped around the toilet paper tube. It was a kit that grandpa bought me. I'm sure you can find a TH-cam video about making them. I'll check. Edit, I checked and there are quite a few variations of the same idea on TH-cam.
@@comfortablynumb9342 Cool! Thank you for replying. I've been dealing this morning with a situation where a teacher hasn't been giving a student their appropriate IEP accommodations, as well as likely failing to properly log all the student's work. She's been at the job too long, not there for the students, not teaching. Frustrating and harmful. 🤬😥
This is what we in the pipeline industry refers to as a corrosion cell. When two dissimilar metals create a small direct current cell which can protect one metal in the circuit from corroding. Thank you for the lesson on creating a more complex battery to power larger current required devices.
I'm obsessed with Edutainment I find on TH-cam. From all the Hank channels to Kyle & all the Brady channels plus everything Minute & all the quality physics, technology, engineering, architecture, astronomy & geology channels i stumble on. I can't even describe my excitement for this.
A long time aerospace test engineer, one of the things I learned, no matter how many times you have conducted a test, be thorough and read over the procedure for your test. Refreshing yourself on simple concepts; chemical reactions, electrical circuits gets you to focus. Even if you have seen or done it many times before the exercise is to renew concepts on what you are doing. In the larger scheme, it is how to cope in emergency or survival situations.
@@erinmac4750 look for a 1943 D copper penny. Worth a small fortune. A limited number were struck while changing over to steel pennies during war production. The last one sold for a couple of million.
Beau (and co), you are such welcome beacons of good information...just wanted to let you know. I am a 'me' who is glad of all of ye. GOOD STUFF! Thanking you as ever.
Thanks for the scavenger hunt Beau. I used Tineye to search the picture of the patch on your hat cuz I had never seen that pic before. Didn't even know who the dude was and now I feel dumb lol. I hadnt seen that show since I was REALLY young and had forgotten what he looked like.
This is fantastic stuff. I think the information is important and it's laid out in an easy to understand and easy to follow structure. I think the length of the video is just about perfect to keep people engaged but not overdo it. I like that you started at the beginner level without coming off as pandering or talking down to folks who need that base level knowledge before you move on. More complicated stuff. With all of these subjects, there is probably an opportunity to provide A reminder or two that each individual should stay within the boundaries of their understanding. Sometimes a little more context might lead to someone knowing just enough to become a danger to themselves. Right now I'm thinking of lithium ion batteries.... Excited to see what's next! 7:44
I probably did this stuff with my dad but I have memory problems and I only remember making a compass and crushing a can for fun. Thanks for the refresher, I thought it was super interesting.
So cool to see Beau making a video where its clear its a topic he wants to cover and not one that he feels he needs to cover. Sure all that stuff that is going on lately is important to discuss, but its nice to teach and learn some fun topics. And i have a feeling the theme of changing your environment can be carried through just a little bit in those tough topics
The channel Nurdrage has a simple build/explanation for an aluminum air battery and a zinc air battery that are pretty good and short. Also don't keep 9V batteries in your pockets, they can short off your keys or change.
Beau, thank you so much and good luck with this series! Teaching these "science experiments" is so important. It's fun to do and shows that the only thing stopping folks from being MacGyver or doing some wizard shit is knowing how! Cant wait to see what you do next with this
I'm here for this series. All about prepper stuff. I'm a crazy food, water, ammo prepper. Not planning for Armageddon...just bad social unrest which if we don't figure out how to live together, will cause many to die. The keys to survival will be food, water, protection (thus ammo) and inventiveness. Here's Beau, right on time with the inventiveness part. Thanks Beau...Jamais arrière (Never Behind)
It disappoints me that the only reason, or at least the primary reason, that preppers give for ammo hoarding is "I might have to kill someone" and not "I might have to hunt game to feed myself". I don't think it reflects well on the prepper community. Also, as a side note: "gypsy" is a slur for the Romani. The US heavily romanticized the nomadic lifestyle that was forced on them so to some extent, people here have forgotten or failed to realize it's a slur. Do whatever you want with that information, it's just a thought.
I might have to hunt...which is a given. It's why I have rifles, shotguns and pistols. As for my name, take it up with she who named me. I was named after an Al Di Meola tune. EOD
Stuff I picked up in the past 5 years working with batteries and digital circuits: Batteries have a _rated_ voltage and capacity, but that just means that any circuit connected to them must accept that voltage plus or minus a volt or two. A typical 12 volt lead acid battery can go as high as 14 volts and as low as 9 to 10 volts depending on the amount of charge left. So if your 12 volt device cannot accept 14 or 10 volts, you will need a regulator circuit to ensure the device always gets 12 volts. There's also going to be limits to the current the battery can provide. Sometimes the limitations are due to the battery chemistry (e.g., LFP), sometimes it's safety; usually if you go above 1C (the mAh rating over an hour), you will shorten the lifespan of most batteries because of heat. If you need more current, hook up batteries in parallel, make sure they're balanced, and use nice fat wires and appropriately sized fuses or circuit breakers.
Copper is almost everywhere, pipes, pennies, wires. Zinc can be trickier. A good source is anti-corrosion anodes (they often look like little ingots with steel wires at both ends) from a marine supply store.
Left out of the explanation of the last experiment (which is a great demonstration of a voltaic pile, considered to be the first type of electrical battery!) is that if you plan to use pennies, you'll need to sand one side and the edges to remove the copper and expose the zinc. If you skip sanding one side down to zinc, you'll have copper on both sides of the cardboard separator and there won't be any useful chemical reactions. If you don't sand the edges you risk the copper cladding shorting out that one section of the pile.
Wow I'm really looking forward to how this series develops! I can't believe you somehow found time for another series. Did you find a long lost identical twin somewhere? Or make one out of caffeine and gumption? The sound quality was a bit distracting in this video. I wonder if some minor editing of the photos (like arrows that appear as you mention various parts of the photo, labels, etc) would make it even easier to follow. It would be awesome if you could partner with some of the production people who work doing science education here on YT who make those cool illustrations and animations to explain concepts. Maybe something to keep on the wishlist as this series grows?
Cleaning up the sound quality might be good, but I'm not so sure about the other stuff. The garage DIY aesthetic might help the videos reach and engage audiences who are repelled or repulsed by more mainstream science content. And at least for me personally, the lack of graphical flair makes the experiments feel more accessible and doable; I think I'm just too used to internally associating little animations and illustrations with the classic "don't try this at home" label, especially here on TH-cam.
For the first tip: It may help to know how to get zinc. We can make this sure, but if we ever needed to do most people know how to get zinc. Its everywhere but most of us have no idea where/how to find it. Edit: I'm glad you brought up pennies 😉.
One suggestion to maybe make a video on: knots with different purposes, such as never letting go unless you release it, easy to let go, and there's even a way to turn a loop of rope into a carrier for water containers. I don't know the names of knots, but I bet Beau will. If not, he needs to learn this, too. Lol. Thanks, Beau. This is a great idea. You never know when some random bit of knowledge could save the day.
So basically a battery is a certain kind of chemical reaction known as a redox (reduction oxidation) reaction. What a redox reaction does is transfer electrons, the electron receiving substance is reduced, and the electron donating substance is oxidized. What a battery requires is an electron donor and electron receiver, an electrolyte solution for the reaction to occur in, and a path for the electrons to flow (what you're trying to power).
Perhaps a moral to this segment... ...something to consider Or, should I say -- it's just a thought: Gilligan's Island... ...and a seemingly trivial question: Who were the most -- and least -- valuable people among the castaways? The millionaire? ...or the professor? The movie star? ...or the farm girl? While the answers are obvious, the social implications -- especially in today's atmosphere of contempt for knowledge -- are easily overlooked. Which is most important to have around... ...when the chips are down? So, to what should we aspire? ...and who deserves our respect and gratitude?
Really cool! My youngest son used to do these things with experimental batteries he was really into it for a couple years. I'm going to let him watch this video. Thank you and I appreciate you so very much very much
After this you should show your audience how to make a Rocket Stove ! Easy to make and if someone is without power they can make an outdoor Rocket stove to cook on or just for heat !
Feel free to add suggestions: This series will be done on the fly as hip pocket classes. The second one is already made and has more live footage and the sound is better but still not perfect. We'll try to do the links to order these kits if we can find them in the catalog. As the series progresses, it will cover everything from building a fire to collecting and purifying water to signaling and so on. Not just demonstrations but the underlying science so you can improvise if need be.
Water filtration is a very useful skill in a tough spot. One simple method is to evaporate water with a condensing collector above it. The collector can be a leaf or piece of plastic that comes to a point. Aim the point down toward another water container to collect.
Now you need some sort of active process here so the water doesn't just evaporate out of the second container as fast as the first. You can heat up the first container, cool down your collector, cover your container, or better yet, all of the above.
Also, it is very slow. I've never had to actually do this myself, I know how from science, not survival experience. So I don't really know how slow. But I expect it would take pretty much all day to make enough water for a person to survive on. But you wouldn't need to be monitoring it constantly. You can set it up and do other things.
Learning the 'why' has always made it easier for me to understand and retain information.
Beau, it looks like you're using a different camera and/or lighting. And that's okay. But the sound varies but is too low, in general.
How to make a heater out of clay pots. I used them when the electricity went out for 4 days and the temperature dropped to -5. I was able to keep the house warm enough to prevent the water pipes from freezing. They are cheap and buying votive candles instead of tea lights help keep the heat more consistent and you can find more of them on closeout sales making them even cheaper.
Maybe add the links to the Army manuals when you inevitably start taking from them? Since you told me about them awhile ago I’ve found them so valuable I’ve probably downloaded them all.
“You did this in school”
Beau, you seriously underestimate the deterioration of our school systems
I come from a long line of hardworking teachers. There are still excellent teachers and excellent schools... excellent students, too! I do miss show and tell, though!
@@justthefactslibrarian3935Respect! My folks were educators for decades. ♥️✊
LOL, my son has gotten to do more of this kind of experiment than I got to do. Although, that might say more about the time I grew up and my being dissuaded from math and science as a female.
@lornenoland8098 That’s such a dumb talking point. The US has some of the best schools in the world, and is only ranked lower than other countries “ON AVERAGE.”
@@justthefactslibrarian3935 share a picture of an Aguargauzu and the apple
Is Beau seriously about to teach us how to light a fire using only a lemon and some wires? Because that would be the coolest party trick of all time
Wait until the next video. In this you learned how to make a battery. In a future video, you'll learn how to use a battery and random objects to make a fire.
@@roadswithbeau We tried that in Boy Scouts once, but the person doing it in our group couldn't get it going because of the wind.
@@roadswithbeau In the age of lithium ion, all you need is a hammer to burn down an entire forest 😅
@@BurntTransGarage A bad startup day with the Tesla suffices.
@@BurntTransGarageok this legit cracked me up 🤣
It’s MacGyver on the hat. Because Beau is cool like that.
Thanks! Couldn't quite make it out. Pretty sure RDA would approve.
It's Curious George. Lol 🐒
...what? It's the same Curious George he's been wearing since at least the beginning of the Trump presidency.
And the Swiss Army Knife to go with it.
@@GuntherRommel watch the video again.
Wow Beau really is the dad we all wanted.
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yup 💫
Yes.
Seriously.
That last part with the 9volt is why you aren't supposed to throw batteries in your household trash.
They're also toxic/caustic but I guess people are more likely to respond to "that's how you get house fires" than "it's bad for the environment"
What should I do with them? I have dozens of dead batteries sitting around.
build a shrine to the dead batteries
Where are you? Don't you have dead battery bins in the supermarkets? @@abraxasjinx5207 Or just the tidy tips have specific battery bays.
@@abraxasjinx5207in Australia we have a battery recycling system where you put them in a drop box at supermarkets and they are eventually taken away for proper disposal. Don't know if that's the norm in other countries 💜
I love your emergency preparedness videos. I use to teach 3-5 graders how to build a disaster preparedness pillowcase and the difference on when to use it (not in a fire but when they had a few minutes to grab what they want to take). My favorite part was to teach them different ways to calm themselves down from the stress that can override logical thinking. When I deploy to different disasters I find myself having to teach it to adults. Maybe you can teach or have a guest who can teach people how to get back to the right mindset for logical thinking. All the training in the world cannot help someone who does not know how to calm their own mind.❤
An even bigger problem these days is too many people don't even _want_ to calm their own mind.
I've always been very fortunate, in a crisis my mind goes into a crisp clear command mode, I see the entire situation, the individual parts, know what to do and how to make it happen, including directing others effectively and efficiently. I have no idea how or why, it feels like random luck of the draw, as I am useless in some other situations. I've wished I could download the ability to others, but don't know how. (See the "useless in other situations" part). It sounds like you spent a lot of your time doing just that, and that is just about the coolest thing I can think of. There is no way to calculate how many injuries, deaths, and situations you have prevented, with your time and dedication.
Have 3 11,12 year old grandsons coming end of May… hope I’m the most impressive grandma around to be able to show them your video!!
Instead of the video do the experiments.
The Science kits are available online.
I have a book called "Backyard Ballistics." It's great at helping you teach useful science under the guise of fun. 😉
You already are!
Awesomeness! You can purchase a lot of the ingredients cheaply in the grocery store or online, such as your salt, distilled vinegar, peroxide, alcohol, baking soda, dish soap, etc. Be prepared for messes and spills. Outside is a good place to do fizzy, frothy, "explosive" ones. Btw explosive doesn't mean fire, just spurting messy.
Go grandma! 💚✌️😎🍀
@@shawnr771 definitely!!
Weird science hosted by Beau. The internet gods apparently got my wish list this year
you know, I admit not something I had on my 2024 bingo card, but I'll take it!
I'm 70 now: I haven't enjoyed a "Show & Tell" like this since elementary school! Great job with great info!!! Thanks, & kind regards❣
"Mine" , "Not secret", "303" made from horseshoes... that's hysterical.
Absolutely love this!!! Teaching science on the surface, resilience underneath. Also, as a lifelong lover of science, my inner child is doing a happy dance.
Where's my mud? :D
Still a great video.
Mine too ❤
Yes! My favorite happy dance!✌️😎
Hey Beau! I’m a former Science teacher. This new series is right up my alley! Feel free to ask if you need information. If you need project ideas for your videos, I have a few. A couple easy projects I’ve done before with students include creating a powerful electromagnet using a lawnmower battery, an iron rod, and copper wire, and creating a small, toy sized motor with a neodymium magnet cylinder and a few common household items. I’ve recently created a cheap, portable air conditioner that just needs ice and electricity, which has been very useful when someone’s air conditioner goes out in the Summer. For my next project, I was thinking about creating a cheap, solar powered still for purifying water. I’ve never had much money to work with, so these projects are all reasonably inexpensive.
Would you consider doing a video building the portable air conditioner?
@@mackenziedrake The person that invents/Macgyvers that is going to be mighty popular. In fact, if it's a thing, I'm guessing there's an Indians or Africans doing YT vids about it because I've seen some pretty creative out of the pocket gadgets, fixes, etc, with bits and bobs, aka duct tape and baling wire. ✌️😸🍀
My apologies. My ADHD self hadn't read your comment all the way through. So, you indeed have a portable AC solution! ✊
That said, I'm very interested in your projects, especially the small motor with the magnet. I tutor middle/highschool students and do science projects over the summer with them. This year, I was thinking I'd like to do more and with small groups, but I know this will take more planning and money. However, I believe it's worthwhile to get get kids excited about science. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated.
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@@mackenziedrake I have a TH-cam channel but I'm not very good at making videos. It's a lot more work than it looks. The AC, however, is quite easy. The design is similar to a swamp cooler. you need a styrofoam cooler, a copper pipe longer than the cooler, some adhesives including silicone and gorilla glue, and an electric air pump for air mattresses. Drill a hole in each side of the cooler so you can slide the pipe through lengthwise. It needs to be snug fit. This part will be touching the water, so use the silicone to make it watertight around the pipe. Use the gorilla glue to fix the air pump to one end of the pipe. Fill the cooler with ice, plug it in, and you're done. It works because of Coppers ability to conduct heat faster than air. All the heat in the air passing through the pipe gets rapidly dumped into the ice. Put the side air comes out over a sink or bucket, because the water in the air will condense inside the pipe.
@@erinmac4750 Motors are easier than you might think! If you know about generators, you know spinning a magnet in the middle of a copper coil creates an electric current, converting kinetic energy to electricity. That process is reversible by running an electric current through a magnet. You need a Neodymium magnet cylinder (the one I used was about 1 inch in diameter and 2 inches long), a battery, a screw, some electrical tape, and some copper wire. Attach two, separate pieces of copper wire to the positive and negative ends of the battery with electrical tape. Attach the other end of one of these wires to the top of the screw. Now the tricky part. Pick up the magnet with the tip of the screw in the middle one of the flat sides of the magnets. Gently touch the other flat end with the copper wire and complete the circuit. Like magic, the magnet will start to spin!
I love it. Finally someone showing that not everything we learned in school was useless. They just needed to show some real world applications to make it relevant. Looking forward to more.
I’m 30 and this was never covered in school for me.
@@spacebunsarah You're about the same age as my kids. They were yanking out practical classes to emphasize classes to pass tests around your age. As my son put it, the things that made school interesting.
I was electrocuted from an electric stove 30 years ago, ever since I get a fear whenever I need to plug in any appliance, and it seems that everything needs to be plugged in these days.. I assume that learning and understanding electricity would help me get over my fear but I have never set time aside to learn. I will now. Perfect short segment for those of us with zero understanding of the subject. Thank you, I am looking forward to this series.
Beau's Mr. Wizard moment
Science with Beau would be an AMAZING product for elementary schools! You have a way of engaging your audience (students) that informs without talking down. If you ever decide that journalism isn't doing it for you anymore, I could see you making educational videos.
Education and journalism have always been kissing cousins.
Absolutely you can quickly tell who is good at teaching and communicating, Beau’s all that and more
Thanks!! This granny wants to brush up on old skills with granddaughter
This was so weird and unexpected! Literally made me smile 😂 Can't wait to see what's next. Go BeauGyver!
Beaugyver 😂
Because of your channels I now have a playlist called MacGyver survival skills.
my leatherman arc is in the proccess
I’m a retired public educator. Spent most of my career teaching MS Science. Worked with elementary teachers, and high school teachers, to “do” hands on science like this. When you do it, you remember it. Great presentation and I hope everyone goes out and tries this things. Do it with your kids because you cannot assume they are experiencing events like this in a science classroom because Science has been given a backseat to ELA and Math test scores.
Yup, I’ve always learnt and retained things by actually doing it. Unfortunately we had very few teachers in our school in my time who actually taught that way. Wasn’t until I joined the military I actually discovered I can learn and retain.
In addition to testing concerns, science education has been under attack in red states for years as being unChristian. You can't totally overcome the anti-science movement but you can mitigate it by cooking with your kids, gardening with your kids, and practicing everyday life skills with your kids.
May I ask about how long ago you retired and what state you were teaching in?
Not to mention that schools don't fund supplies like that, nor do they want the liability of the komplainers suing them. 😢
@@olderthandirt7061 Truth! Once I learned that cooking is pretty much ratios and chemistry things clicked. It's also about following directions, steps, in the proper order, which is good for ADHD kids....direct consequences. Found out as an adult, lol. ✌️😸
Maybe basic navigation. How to use a compass and a map. Hell, maybe even how to make a compass on the fly.
Yaaay! Beaugyver!!!
Good one.
Super fun and excellent. Seriously though this is gonna be a great series I can already tell & I'm thrilled for the entirety of it.
The patch.✊I’m ready for this series. Kids are as well
As an older person this is great. Brings back a lot of basic electric science to everyone. Fantastic Beau!
I attended a small school that had very little money for my first 6 years. We had very little science, much less hands-on. I love this!! It's like going back to elementary school!
Went to a catholic girls' schooling the 60's with no physics class. This is great. Look forward to more. Thank you
Me, too, and I agree wholeheartedly.
There was a shortage of science teachers. In the 1960's, when I was a sophomore at university, I taught physics at a catholic girls' high school. I was requested to be ill when the accrediting commission came around. Both teacher and students survived and are now retired.
I never thought I'd get to relive my Bill Nye days when I subbed to Beau. Truly a bonus!
I think this series will be great for people, and I appreciate you starting from the basics. Those concepts will come in handy for folks for so many uses.
I’d be happy to throw in any support to explain how to start in HAM radio operation and what it takes to get your Technitian license (the lowest level) - and what that allows you to do. Most people stick with a Technitian license and are invaluable during an emergency with the right training.
When i was a kid, i had the pleasure of starting my day by watching Mr. Wizard before school, and ending it with G.I. Joe after school.
Thank you for carrying on in that spirit Beau. I think knowing might actually be _more_ than half the battle.
At any rate, having the right information might make all the difference. 😉👍
Showing us a jail lighter beau
Hey Beau and internet folks. We are on the road to understanding batteries!
OMG!!!! I GOT MORE OF A CHARGE OUTTA THIS THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!!! GEEK EUPHORIA!!!
(I went to Catholic school as a child, so not much $$ for any type of science experiments. I am also a retired urban public h.s. science teacher that was so underfunded that my class set of rulers were
"procured" Tastycake rulers (yep, THAT Tastycake) from several local 7-11's so my students could have a class set of rulers to take measurements. BEAU- MAN our Phenomenal Community Everyday Hero!!! THANKS BEAU &. BEAU TEAM!! Best to BEAU &
his Beau- Peeps everywhere!!
Oh my God.... BEAU HAS HANDS! 🤣
I kid. I've been watching your channels for over 6 months now. Never once seen you lift something...
Suggestion: it might be good to specify the black wire is universal ground for DC circuits only...if you use AC green is ground and the black wire is hot. I love the this series of little things to know that can be a big deal in emergency situations. Thanks for all you do!
Unfortunately AC wire colouring is apparently different in different countries.
@@05Matz Thanks for your reply, I didn't know that. I am aware that in Europe 50Hz is used as opposed to 60Hz in the US but I would have assumed that color coding would be the same. Thank you, never to old to learn something new.
That was interesting :) I like learning stuff like this. (I do confess that when I saw the lemon I automatically made a mental note to be sure to have lemons and zinc and copper strips in case of a hurricane. )
Awesome. I love the idea.
When I was a kid my grandfather bought me a kit for building a super simple radio with a nail, copper wire, a toilet paper tube and a little speaker. It didn't need a battery, I could hook the wires to the copper water heater pipes and get enough electricity to oower it. Teaching people to build those little radios could be very helpful for people who don't have power after a disaster.
Did it really pick up stations? How could you tune into the different wave lengths?
I've got to check this out, could be so much fun for students. I'm imagining it would be pretty hilarious to see one of these "bumping" some base, lol. Though that's likely not reality. ✌️😸🍀
@@erinmac4750 They are called crystal radio sets, you can get kits to make them, they get the energy from the radio transmission from the station itself, but since there is no sound amplification, you just get a single earphone to listen to it and it won't be overly loud. Crude, but they get the job done in a pinch.
@@erinmac4750 yes it was a working little radio. To tune it a nail with wire connected to it was slid on the copper wire wrapped around the toilet paper tube. It was a kit that grandpa bought me. I'm sure you can find a TH-cam video about making them. I'll check.
Edit, I checked and there are quite a few variations of the same idea on TH-cam.
Crystal radios. Yes, actually was a thing, and the only type of radio receiver for a short while at the start of the radio era.
@@comfortablynumb9342 Cool! Thank you for replying. I've been dealing this morning with a situation where a teacher hasn't been giving a student their appropriate IEP accommodations, as well as likely failing to properly log all the student's work. She's been at the job too long, not there for the students, not teaching. Frustrating and harmful. 🤬😥
A friend's response was, "He's so cool." Legit seeing something inspirational in seeing somebody know and share this sort of thing.
This is what we in the pipeline industry refers to as a corrosion cell. When two dissimilar metals create a small direct current cell which can protect one metal in the circuit from corroding. Thank you for the lesson on creating a more complex battery to power larger current required devices.
Thanks to Beau and Crew for all their hard work.😎
I don't need a battery. I can pop the clutch in my 'Cuda to get her started!
What year?! That's my dream car!
I see where this is heading and I always knew it would come to this. Beau's going to put us back in hhop class - gonna be embarrassing on my end...
Remembering things I forgot long ago. Thank you!!
I'm obsessed with Edutainment I find on TH-cam. From all the Hank channels to Kyle & all the Brady channels plus everything Minute & all the quality physics, technology, engineering, architecture, astronomy & geology channels i stumble on.
I can't even describe my excitement for this.
I'm guessing you're familiar with Cody's Lab, as well. He definitely has Macguyver energy and is super down to earth. ✌️😎🍀
A long time aerospace test engineer, one of the things I learned, no matter how many times you have conducted a test, be thorough and read over the procedure for your test. Refreshing yourself on simple concepts; chemical reactions, electrical circuits gets you to focus. Even if you have seen or done it many times before the exercise is to renew concepts on what you are doing. In the larger scheme, it is how to cope in emergency or survival situations.
New MacGyver love it
Thank you for the lesson.
Post 1982 US pennies are copper coated zinc.
There are only 2.5% copper.
1962-1982 95% copper 5% zinc.
Used to save "wheat" pennies as a kid. Now save "copper" pennies and "zinc" ones. ✌️😎🍀
@@erinmac4750 look for a 1943 D copper penny.
Worth a small fortune.
A limited number were struck while changing over to steel pennies during war production.
The last one sold for a couple of million.
Edit: I love science. Even when I already know what’s being taught. Watching and refreshing is always fun.
❤❤, hello everybody
Beau (and co), you are such welcome beacons of good information...just wanted to let you know. I am a 'me' who is glad of all of ye. GOOD STUFF! Thanking you as ever.
I'll be introducing you to my 8yo son this evening! Thank you for doing this...and in the way you're doing it!
Thanks for the scavenger hunt Beau. I used Tineye to search the picture of the patch on your hat cuz I had never seen that pic before. Didn't even know who the dude was and now I feel dumb lol. I hadnt seen that show since I was REALLY young and had forgotten what he looked like.
Who is he?
@@mantha6912 Macguyver
We are witnesses to a birth of a new Bob Ross-esq series. And I’m here for it ❤
And this right here is how I recognized the title of the main channel isn't just for show. Keep up the good work, Beau.
Thank you Beau of the fifth column. You're an immeasurable treasure. Thank you
My husband enjoyed this video. It brought back science fair vibes for me!
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Thanks Beau and crew 😊.
This is fantastic stuff. I think the information is important and it's laid out in an easy to understand and easy to follow structure. I think the length of the video is just about perfect to keep people engaged but not overdo it. I like that you started at the beginner level without coming off as pandering or talking down to folks who need that base level knowledge before you move on. More complicated stuff.
With all of these subjects, there is probably an opportunity to provide A reminder or two that each individual should stay within the boundaries of their understanding. Sometimes a little more context might lead to someone knowing just enough to become a danger to themselves. Right now I'm thinking of lithium ion batteries....
Excited to see what's next! 7:44
Such a cool video -- can't wait for more of the series!
I probably did this stuff with my dad but I have memory problems and I only remember making a compass and crushing a can for fun. Thanks for the refresher, I thought it was super interesting.
So cool to see Beau making a video where its clear its a topic he wants to cover and not one that he feels he needs to cover. Sure all that stuff that is going on lately is important to discuss, but its nice to teach and learn some fun topics. And i have a feeling the theme of changing your environment can be carried through just a little bit in those tough topics
Absolutely wonderful! Go get the kids and have them watch! Your content is always top of the line!
So many forget that survival is about basics .. and so very many out there do not know those basics ..this is a really smart idea Beau !!
The channel Nurdrage has a simple build/explanation for an aluminum air battery and a zinc air battery that are pretty good and short.
Also don't keep 9V batteries in your pockets, they can short off your keys or change.
TY. My education was sorely lacking. We never learned any of this stuff (or if we did it rings no bells in my memory).
Love the last tip.
Loved everything about this, but especially the changed shelf and look of Beau himself. ❤😊❤
Audio is low no problem for Headphones, so maybe a Mic is needed, im glad he addressed it.
Beau, thank you so much and good luck with this series! Teaching these "science experiments" is so important. It's fun to do and shows that the only thing stopping folks from being MacGyver or doing some wizard shit is knowing how! Cant wait to see what you do next with this
What a pleasant trip back to my cub scout days in the ninteen fifties. Thank you!
I'm here for this series. All about prepper stuff. I'm a crazy food, water, ammo prepper. Not planning for Armageddon...just bad social unrest which if we don't figure out how to live together, will cause many to die. The keys to survival will be food, water, protection (thus ammo) and inventiveness. Here's Beau, right on time with the inventiveness part.
Thanks Beau...Jamais arrière (Never Behind)
It disappoints me that the only reason, or at least the primary reason, that preppers give for ammo hoarding is "I might have to kill someone" and not "I might have to hunt game to feed myself". I don't think it reflects well on the prepper community.
Also, as a side note: "gypsy" is a slur for the Romani. The US heavily romanticized the nomadic lifestyle that was forced on them so to some extent, people here have forgotten or failed to realize it's a slur. Do whatever you want with that information, it's just a thought.
I might have to hunt...which is a given. It's why I have rifles, shotguns and pistols.
As for my name, take it up with she who named me. I was named after an Al Di Meola tune. EOD
When I originally saw the thumbnail I really thought it was Beau burning a piece of his beard. Beau is seriously awesome.
The Roads with Mr Wizard!
Stuff I picked up in the past 5 years working with batteries and digital circuits:
Batteries have a _rated_ voltage and capacity, but that just means that any circuit connected to them must accept that voltage plus or minus a volt or two. A typical 12 volt lead acid battery can go as high as 14 volts and as low as 9 to 10 volts depending on the amount of charge left. So if your 12 volt device cannot accept 14 or 10 volts, you will need a regulator circuit to ensure the device always gets 12 volts.
There's also going to be limits to the current the battery can provide. Sometimes the limitations are due to the battery chemistry (e.g., LFP), sometimes it's safety; usually if you go above 1C (the mAh rating over an hour), you will shorten the lifespan of most batteries because of heat. If you need more current, hook up batteries in parallel, make sure they're balanced, and use nice fat wires and appropriately sized fuses or circuit breakers.
Copper is almost everywhere, pipes, pennies, wires.
Zinc can be trickier. A good source is anti-corrosion anodes (they often look like little ingots with steel wires at both ends) from a marine supply store.
The newer pennies, 2000 onward are mostly zinc with a coating of copper. So, they should work.✌️😎
Left out of the explanation of the last experiment (which is a great demonstration of a voltaic pile, considered to be the first type of electrical battery!) is that if you plan to use pennies, you'll need to sand one side and the edges to remove the copper and expose the zinc.
If you skip sanding one side down to zinc, you'll have copper on both sides of the cardboard separator and there won't be any useful chemical reactions. If you don't sand the edges you risk the copper cladding shorting out that one section of the pile.
And remember the copper side goes at the top.... copper top....
Wow I'm really looking forward to how this series develops! I can't believe you somehow found time for another series. Did you find a long lost identical twin somewhere? Or make one out of caffeine and gumption?
The sound quality was a bit distracting in this video. I wonder if some minor editing of the photos (like arrows that appear as you mention various parts of the photo, labels, etc) would make it even easier to follow.
It would be awesome if you could partner with some of the production people who work doing science education here on YT who make those cool illustrations and animations to explain concepts. Maybe something to keep on the wishlist as this series grows?
Cleaning up the sound quality might be good, but I'm not so sure about the other stuff. The garage DIY aesthetic might help the videos reach and engage audiences who are repelled or repulsed by more mainstream science content. And at least for me personally, the lack of graphical flair makes the experiments feel more accessible and doable; I think I'm just too used to internally associating little animations and illustrations with the classic "don't try this at home" label, especially here on TH-cam.
Thank you for this. And no, we didn’t all learn this stuff in school. I only knew about part of this, the bits about pencils and pennies was new.
Whoa Beau! Wouldn't 'ya know? Ken's got nothing on your STEM-themed glow up!😊
For the first tip: It may help to know how to get zinc. We can make this sure, but if we ever needed to do most people know how to get zinc. Its everywhere but most of us have no idea where/how to find it.
Edit: I'm glad you brought up pennies 😉.
I have absolutely GOT to check my email more often!!😊
Thanks, Beau!
One suggestion to maybe make a video on: knots with different purposes, such as never letting go unless you release it, easy to let go, and there's even a way to turn a loop of rope into a carrier for water containers. I don't know the names of knots, but I bet Beau will. If not, he needs to learn this, too. Lol. Thanks, Beau. This is a great idea. You never know when some random bit of knowledge could save the day.
The history channel had a documentary with a guy called apocalypse man. I learned about 9 volts and steel wool.
Learned the 9v battery/steel wool piece as a Boy Scout, in the 70’s. It always works…. Science
Beau the Science Dude!!! Love this!!
This has me giddy, I really enjoyed watching this since I’m not feeling well today and it’s miserable weather here.
Beau has just shifted from Mr Rodgers to Mr Wizard. Love it!
Seems bright in there, those batteries aren't messing around
Cool! Gives me fond memories of grade 12 chemistry❤️👏👏👏👏👏
So basically a battery is a certain kind of chemical reaction known as a redox (reduction oxidation) reaction. What a redox reaction does is transfer electrons, the electron receiving substance is reduced, and the electron donating substance is oxidized. What a battery requires is an electron donor and electron receiver, an electrolyte solution for the reaction to occur in, and a path for the electrons to flow (what you're trying to power).
Good Morning Peeps from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Nice explanation of the basics.
The coolest part, though, was the flick of the assisted opening knife! 😅
Thank you! I love this.
This is awesome! Like a Crash Course for useful emergency preparedness skills.
Perhaps a moral to this segment...
...something to consider
Or, should I say -- it's just a thought:
Gilligan's Island...
...and a seemingly trivial question:
Who were the most -- and least -- valuable people among the castaways?
The millionaire?
...or the professor?
The movie star?
...or the farm girl?
While the answers are obvious, the social implications -- especially in today's atmosphere of contempt for knowledge -- are easily overlooked.
Which is most important to have around...
...when the chips are down?
So, to what should we aspire?
...and who deserves our respect and gratitude?
Nice, Beau the science guy 👍
Really cool! My youngest son used to do these things with experimental batteries he was really into it for a couple years. I'm going to let him watch this video. Thank you and I appreciate you so very much very much
Ooooh! I want to be a scientist when I grow up! That was fun - and very useful.
After this you should show your audience how to make a Rocket Stove ! Easy to make and if someone is without power they can make an outdoor Rocket stove to cook on or just for heat !
Is that a MacGyver patch?! Wow. Been waiting for this series of videos to be released, @Beau. 🎉