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Theory of Awesome

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Hosts Sophie Shrand and Trace Dominguez explain the science behind amazing videos seen online.
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    Theory of Awesome ----- Turn Turn Turn
    Theory of Awesome ----- Do Not Try This At Home
    Theory of Awesome ----- Boom Goes The Dynamite
    Theory of Awesome ----- Under Pressure
    Theory of Awesome ----- Stuck On You
    No Parachute

  • Sophie and Trace watch a video of skateboarders working up enough speed to complete a full loop, then look at what makes it possible for a skateboarder to successfully get all the way around a vertical loop.

  • Looking at the blob, a giant airbag on the water that launches a person in the air; the teeterboard, where acrobats land on opposite ends of a seesaw and launch the other; the Russian swing, where acrobats rock back and forth and fling someone.

  • Trace and Sophie watch some mesmerizing clips of sound being used to manipulate all kinds of matter. In one experiment they break down how sound waves can keep water drops suspended in the air.

  • Sophie and Trace create a simple experiment demonstrating the principles of jet propulsion, then try to make a miniature hydrojet support greater and greater weight.
  • Theory of Awesome ----- Turn Turn Turn

    Trace and Sophie watch clips of somersaulting, and then use an array of clips highlighting the talent - and physics - required to complete the perfect somersault or two ... or three, or four, or five.
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  • Theory of Awesome ----- Do Not Try This At Home

    Trace and Sophie take a look at successful, and not so successful, home and classroom science experiments. Concepts include combustion, air pressure, chemical reactions and plenty of fire.
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Hosts Sophie Shrand and Trace Dominguez explain the science behind amazing videos seen online.

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