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  • Опубліковано 28 бер 2018
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    Summary: To understand how mousetrap cars work you first need to understand the concept of mechanical advantage. There are 4 principles to win with a long distance car:
    And 4 principles for winning with a speed car:
    Finally, we visit the Science Olympiad to see these principles in action
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  • @danieljensen2626
    @danieljensen2626 4 роки тому +2795

    When we did this in highschool our speed/acceleration contest was only over a meter, so I just used the mouse trap to catapult my car over the finish line.

    • @kyleguajardo
      @kyleguajardo 4 роки тому +686

      Modern problems require ancient solutions

    • @a_stone
      @a_stone 4 роки тому +246

      *yeet*

    • @James-tv2bm
      @James-tv2bm 4 роки тому +86

      How’d that work for you

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 4 роки тому +277

      @@James-tv2bm Great, I won easily. It was so fast you couldn't really hand time it properly. Of course it rarely landed on its wheels so it wasn't any good over a longer distance.

    • @fieldmarshal7298
      @fieldmarshal7298 4 роки тому +81

      That's actually smart

  • @PotatoJet
    @PotatoJet 6 років тому +6436

    The internet needs more people like Mark Rober. UA-cam should give incentives for NASA employees to become creators.

    • @sunglassesdude4819
      @sunglassesdude4819 6 років тому +122

      Potato Jet my science teacher is a scientist with the opportunity rover. Its cool because there is a club thing where we get to work with nasa with it. However that teacher isn’t very nice and I have been yelled at for doing what I was supposed to be doing a couple times. One specific instance of this was with force vectors. She asked the class how to do them without telling us first. I connected it to vectors which we saw in geometry but I was yelled at to stop doing geometry because this is science. She then explained how to do it and it was geometry... I wouldn’t like to see her on UA-cam tbh.

    • @pasghikhami1342
      @pasghikhami1342 6 років тому +51

      NASA employees should stick to being important

    • @sunglassesdude4819
      @sunglassesdude4819 6 років тому +61

      Pasgh ikhami getting to Mars is important but following your passion and having a life is also important

    • @goblingamer606
      @goblingamer606 6 років тому +16

      Has anyone ever tried using this same concept to propell something like a paper airplane? Doesnt necessarily need to be made out of paper because thats flimsy, but i think that would be a fun idea too

    • @jamesg265
      @jamesg265 5 років тому +13

      Not all NASA employees are like him they are mostly old

  • @robertboyd2223
    @robertboyd2223 3 роки тому +710

    Can you imagine how lucky some future kid is gonna be to be able to call Mark Rober their physics teacher??

    • @bwbacthe2nd589
      @bwbacthe2nd589 2 роки тому +9

      omg now thats something mind blowing

    • @Rentaro_dev
      @Rentaro_dev 2 роки тому +5

      yes,I wish we could study again

    • @chriswilliamson806
      @chriswilliamson806 2 роки тому +14

      Could you imagine the school board looking at what he would want to do? Lol

    • @robertboyd2223
      @robertboyd2223 2 роки тому +23

      @@chriswilliamson806 so today we’re gonna catapult an entire cafeteria

    • @andyrockism
      @andyrockism 2 роки тому +6

      Well we can also call him our physics teacher too. Just for us he teaches us here on UA-cam as oppose to a classroom.

  • @superblooperboss1638
    @superblooperboss1638 3 роки тому +72

    no one is talking about how mark was outside IN THE RAIN for a bit just so he can explain the topic he was on. I want him to be my teacher.

  • @itzsophxo8154
    @itzsophxo8154 3 роки тому +2085

    The way Mark explains physics is not only easier to understand than school ever taught me but he makes it so much more interesting

    • @JupiterKnight
      @JupiterKnight 3 роки тому +29

      chicken nuggets

    • @rockhopper6316
      @rockhopper6316 3 роки тому +12

      Yes exactly

    • @wren7195
      @wren7195 3 роки тому +13

      @@rockhopper6316 What scares me is "go dominate the competition" means you won by like 1.5 mm

    • @LawrenceLS
      @LawrenceLS 3 роки тому +4

      @@JupiterKnight chicken numgies

    • @rockhopper6316
      @rockhopper6316 3 роки тому +2

      @@wren7195 yea lol

  • @jean-philipebouvier6932
    @jean-philipebouvier6932 4 роки тому +647

    - Dad, why is my sister called Rose?
    - Because your mother loves flowers.
    - Oh ok, thanks dad..
    - No problem, Mechanical Advantage.

    • @BlitzBodyBeats
      @BlitzBodyBeats 3 роки тому +4

      *D E L E T E T H I S C O M M E N T*

    • @WarmongerSlays
      @WarmongerSlays 3 роки тому +5

      @@BlitzBodyBeats Why

    • @TheDogBasti
      @TheDogBasti 3 роки тому +4

      @@WarmongerSlays some man want to watch the world burn

    • @croccroc4000
      @croccroc4000 3 роки тому +9

      No problem. *communism*

    • @order66pizzas
      @order66pizzas 3 роки тому +2

      EEE EEE no problem democracy

  • @josephdreamz
    @josephdreamz 2 роки тому +124

    It’s almost 2022 and I’m still enjoying this video, I mean the way Mark explains engineering is so amazing.

    • @DUDEFISH_
      @DUDEFISH_ 2 роки тому +1

      yes ikr he also inspired me to make a montage in my video

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Рік тому

      Welcome to Joseph's nightmare

    • @limeedhot
      @limeedhot Рік тому

      It's almost 2023 and I'm still enjoying this video, I mean the way Mark explains engineering is so amazing.

    • @megagatlingpea2322
      @megagatlingpea2322 5 місяців тому

      its already 2023 for me

    • @itzpogboy
      @itzpogboy 2 місяці тому

      Hello its 2024 buddy wake u0

  • @luigio8484
    @luigio8484 2 роки тому +10

    this has sat in my brain for 3 years and has silently been supporting me through my physics classes. Thank you.

  • @Spock1777
    @Spock1777 5 років тому +5084

    I wish Mark was my physics teacher...

    • @alexbaker9996
      @alexbaker9996 5 років тому +67

      That would be amazing class would never be boring

    • @owenmarsh1985
      @owenmarsh1985 5 років тому +10

      You and everyone else. Move to Denver Mark

    • @nataliaray7315
      @nataliaray7315 5 років тому +3

      I know!

    • @Wintercourse
      @Wintercourse 5 років тому +27

      My Physic teachers failed me with a 59.6 in high school. I went after school everyday to work on crap because everything was group based. My friend didn't know anything, and stoner girl didn't show up. The workload was added on as the first group finished, so it was impossible to actually keep up. Two years after I graduate I found out he was sleeping with a sophomore girl and was caught and he fled the country....Yeah I wish this guy had been my Physics teacher.

    • @Wintercourse
      @Wintercourse 5 років тому +3

      @@neb4587 I couldn't get full credit because I didn't have group members to finish their stuff. Yeah he was a creep.

  • @Mo-dp6rc
    @Mo-dp6rc 6 років тому +360

    Hey! That's me at 12:50 ! Super cool to see a Science Olympiad event highlighted on your channel! It was great to meet you and talk about my car.

    • @nyensimpfenderfer4980
      @nyensimpfenderfer4980 6 років тому +2

      Seriously

    • @Yeujer
      @Yeujer 6 років тому +5

      SCIOLY IS LIFE

    • @RSpudieD
      @RSpudieD 6 років тому

      Sweet! Congratz!

    • @db_d.a.b651
      @db_d.a.b651 6 років тому +1

      just finished my SCOILY event at 4:00

    • @waterlubber
      @waterlubber 6 років тому

      >TFW States is already over
      I didn't work on my teams mousetrap. I did 3D print the bearing mounts though. I think it actually got first at states.

  • @_reddical_5813
    @_reddical_5813 2 роки тому +41

    in my 8th grade science class we are actually doing something where you can either build a lander or a rover, no electricity and stuff like that. I had the egg drop thing as an idea for a lander and this for a rover and I'm super excited to test both out and see which one is better.

  • @giusepperesponte8077
    @giusepperesponte8077 3 роки тому +4

    I think I just found a lifetime hobby. Every science teacher I’ve ever had said I possess an extremely intuitive understanding of physics and this seems to be a perfect application of that. Just seeing this video makes my mind go crazy thinking of all the ways I could attempt to improve the design. I wonder if you could devise an equation that could predictably determine what the optimal ratio of mechanical advantage for a given car would be, accounting for factors like weight, wheel diameter, coefficient of friction on the wheels, axels, and every other moving part where friction is present. Obviously there’s a perfectly optimal car that could be made if you could fully understand all these factors and that’s what is most alluring to me.

  • @twobladedswordsandmauls2120
    @twobladedswordsandmauls2120 4 роки тому +4801

    When mr. Rober is a physics teacher to almost 10 million people and doesn't realize it.

    • @sentientmouse5332
      @sentientmouse5332 4 роки тому +62

      On-Plot-Point physics, engineering, math, science, medical information, problem solving, and FUN!!!

    • @Ivara4226
      @Ivara4226 4 роки тому +6

      @@Shrin3Iroh 10.2 mil

    • @salteds0cks
      @salteds0cks 4 роки тому +3

      @flowazx 10.3 mil

    • @adi-sngh
      @adi-sngh 4 роки тому +3

      @@salteds0cks 10.4 mil

    • @notoctoboy5703
      @notoctoboy5703 4 роки тому +3

      *don't

  • @jonathanhuang6156
    @jonathanhuang6156 4 роки тому +707

    1:36
    Mark: But I could lift 10lbs 50 times.
    *Uses a 12 pound weight*

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 роки тому +5

      Also said his car weighed 500 lbs soooooo

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 роки тому +3

      YoYO Semite which is my point, the weight was also an example to keep math simple

    • @arzonfyre8421
      @arzonfyre8421 4 роки тому +2

      @@zestymushr00m85 it was only one corner of the car being lifted. Which he estimated at 500 pounds

    • @zestymushr00m85
      @zestymushr00m85 4 роки тому

      Guys he was just giving an example🙃🙃 I’m agreeing with Jonathan Huang just using the car weight example

    • @GamingWO-
      @GamingWO- 4 роки тому

      YoYO Semite what, where’s the acceleration? You have distance.

  • @kennethborden929
    @kennethborden929 2 роки тому +14

    I never did this as a kid but being an auto mechanic now I got a huge kick out of this video! Made me think about the mathematics of transmissions and differential final drive ratios. Super fun keep up the great work!

  • @EbenVisher
    @EbenVisher 3 роки тому +11

    Wonderful! From your intro, I thought you were going to make your own design, better than any other. Even so, I enjoyed the lesson.

  • @luxraylloyd7932
    @luxraylloyd7932 3 роки тому +2706

    I learned more in the first 5 minutes than a whole semester in high school

    • @ferretrevelvent6793
      @ferretrevelvent6793 3 роки тому +50

      Sad but tru

    • @marylawrence2218
      @marylawrence2218 3 роки тому +32

      Maybe short term, but learning is (or should be) based on retained understanding and application.

    • @asbuilt0017
      @asbuilt0017 3 роки тому +21

      Mary Lawrence yeah you are right but you can re watch the video

    • @avitus2
      @avitus2 3 роки тому +15

      I feel this. I just wish I had a physics teacher in high school that didn't play favorites to their special projects group (in this case, the solar bike team). If you were on the team, you got her complete attention, if you weren't then tough cookies read the book and too bad if you don't understand it from reading the chapter.

    • @luxraylloyd7932
      @luxraylloyd7932 3 роки тому +18

      @@avitus2 If you have a teacher that has favorites, that sucks.

  • @kinju6227
    @kinju6227 4 роки тому +732

    “Thank yo-“
    Niece: ** *Slaps Ice Cream* **
    “O WOAAH”

    • @Yehe13
      @Yehe13 4 роки тому +19

      so rude

    • @emmaly8993
      @emmaly8993 4 роки тому +18

      Trenity R salty slap

    • @rapiintheskyy3585
      @rapiintheskyy3585 3 роки тому +3

      that was cringe

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 роки тому +4

      @@Yehe13 it was scripted, you can see they love him

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 роки тому +9

      @@rapiintheskyy3585 it was part of the joke, much like your continued existence

  • @LuckyBoi-vg3ch
    @LuckyBoi-vg3ch 3 роки тому +74

    The way he explained physics is so much better then the 9 years of science class I've taken

  • @ItsJayTho
    @ItsJayTho 5 років тому +6148

    Press F to pay respects to icecream

  • @kartikgohansiwach
    @kartikgohansiwach 4 роки тому +369

    If he was a teacher at my high school I would never leave the class

    • @MJaneth
      @MJaneth 4 роки тому +4

      Or fail

    • @tychus7
      @tychus7 3 роки тому +15

      @@MJaneth no i would fail so i would have him again

    • @olerius1235
      @olerius1235 3 роки тому +2

      Bruh so u skip wooowwwwww

    • @olerius1235
      @olerius1235 3 роки тому +1

      @@tychus7 that's not a good thing

    • @andycunningham1731
      @andycunningham1731 3 роки тому

      Ditto

  • @bonook8
    @bonook8 2 роки тому +5

    I first did this project in 1987 during my student teaching in Industrial arts. We used two mouse traps which allowed options on how to best utilize them. I continued this project for the next 12 years as an engineering project in Drafting class. Best run was 437 feet in a 12 foot wide hallway so straight tracking was important. The best wheels were 33rpm vinyl record albums. I didn't invent this project and don't know it's origins.

  • @ttimmythy
    @ttimmythy 2 роки тому +8

    I used this video back in seventh grade over the course of 4 weeks to build a fully optimized (realistically) car. Sadly the pandemic hit and I never got to see how far it went.

  • @Shrew-22O1
    @Shrew-22O1 4 роки тому +391

    Mark: “I want to be a physics teacher later on”
    Every subscribers: ^ *has been learning from him since the beginning* ^ 👀

  • @fabianklevenz4800
    @fabianklevenz4800 3 роки тому +1812

    i was expecting a mouse trap that catches a mouse and drives away with it

  • @danielliang2946
    @danielliang2946 Рік тому +15

    Hey Mark! Nice Video.
    I wanted to point out that, at 2:03, mechanical advantage doesn't necessarily equal number of pulleys in all pulley systems. This is because fixed pulleys (pulleys which don't move while the load does) have a mechanical advantage of 1, while movable pulleys (pulleys which do move while the load does) have a mechanical advantage of 2. This is why, in your case, the pulley system had a mechanical advantage of 4: the specific arrangement and positioning of 2 movable and 2 fixed pulleys allowed the system to have a mechanical advantage of 4. However, it is important to note that this doesn't happen to all arrangements of 4 pulleys, as if you were to line up 4 fixed pulleys, you would still get an mechanical advantage of 1, not 4. Thus, you cannot say that mechanical advantage equals number of pulleys in all pulley systems. Instead, you could "split" up the tension along the ropes of a pulley through a diagram. Here's the procedure: you first can imagine that you are holding the end of whatever pulley system you are trying to solve with such a force such that the system is in static equilibrium. Next, you can split the tension caused by the force of the load among the ropes of the pulley system. The key to remember is that each unbroken piece of rope will have uniform tension along it. Finally, you keep splitting the tension all the way until you reach the rope which you are holding. The mechanical advantage of the pulley system will simply be the the load force divided by the effort force, which is simply equal to the tension in that rope you are holding, since the system is in static equilibrium. THAT is the correct way to solve for the mechanical advantage of a pulley system (sorry if I explained it badly).
    Additionally, I wanted to point out that, at 2:08, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane does not equal the ratio of the length to the height unless the inclined plane is just flat and not inclined, in which case I wouldn't really call it an "inclined" plane. But instead, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the height. This can be derived like this: the load force on the inclined plane is simply equal to its downward force caused by gravity, which is simple equal to f = ma = mg. We can split this force into its x- and y- components, which we can then deduce that the force of the load in the direction parallel to and going down the hypotenuse of the inclined plane is equal to mgsin(theta), in which theta is the angle of the elevation of the inclined plane. This means that, if we were to push the load up on the inclined plane with force mgsin(theta), then the system would achieve static equilibrium. In other words, the load would stay in place. Since we know that mechanical advantage is defined as the ratio of the output force to the input force, that would simply mean that the mechanical advantage of the inclined plane would be mg/mgsin(theta), as mg is the output force in this case and mgsin(theta) is the input force in this case. This simplifies to 1/sin(theta). This is simply equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite angle theta, which in this case is height. Thus, mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is equal to the ratio of the hypotenuse to the height.

    • @penflex8997
      @penflex8997 Рік тому +1

      I’m to lazy to read gib a summary

    • @FluffyDragonDrawing
      @FluffyDragonDrawing Рік тому +3

      you are absolutley correct but remember mark is tying to simplify these things so people with zero knowledge can understad.
      he would have lost a LOT of people hadd he tried to explain all of that. hence why he ust suggests we do it ourselves

    • @penflex8997
      @penflex8997 Рік тому

      @@FluffyDragonDrawing summary cool waited awhile

  • @nika.5223
    @nika.5223 3 роки тому +2

    This is a fantastic video, but I will say that in 8th grade my best friend and I were tasked with building a mouse trap car that didn't use a pulley system as a sort of "bonus" project. We built a tiny car, launched it with the mousetrap, and won the competition for our class. It believe it went almost double the next best vehicle's distance, and I personally built the 2nd place car.

  • @ChaoticCrimsonX
    @ChaoticCrimsonX 3 роки тому +524

    Mark: "A little bit of water spills out every time"
    Also mark: *Purposely misses cup*

    • @prinzeszelda3650
      @prinzeszelda3650 3 роки тому +4

      He is Like realy Bad at pouring

    • @prinzeszelda3650
      @prinzeszelda3650 3 роки тому +1

      @The Demon Under Your Bed • 3 years ago thx

    • @umbraltears3434
      @umbraltears3434 3 роки тому +1

      you should see liam thompson pour liquid

    • @manuelpatino5879
      @manuelpatino5879 3 роки тому

      Mark: Talks like a smart person
      Me: I don't know what you're talking about, but it seems interesting

    • @richardlooch2109
      @richardlooch2109 3 роки тому +1

      the winning model is the one where the mousetrap lever activates a electric motor...

  • @bigandfluffy2000
    @bigandfluffy2000 6 років тому +894

    i dont watch because its relevant, i watch because its entertaining...

  • @kjteitel
    @kjteitel 2 роки тому +2

    Great video, small thing, had this same mouse trap challenge in my junior year in high school physics class in 1989. It was a great learning experience! Don't remember who won, we had an incredible teacher, just like Mr. Karud. Big props to him for his dedication to his students!

    • @bonook8
      @bonook8 2 роки тому +1

      You are correct. I taught Industrial arts and did this beginning in 1987. I did not come up with the idea and don't know it's origins but I do know it did not begin in 1991.

  • @notsiddhi2820
    @notsiddhi2820 2 роки тому +4

    1:43
    my guy literally standing in the rain for science.... +1 respect

  • @lavissebruh3144
    @lavissebruh3144 4 роки тому +825

    Breaking news:
    Worker in NASA go to school to totally annihilate kids in mousetrap car race

    • @MineShineMarshal
      @MineShineMarshal 4 роки тому +2

      Yuen Kik Li former

    • @chaosincarnate7304
      @chaosincarnate7304 4 роки тому +8

      Correction: Former Worker at NASA went to a school to totally annihilate kids -in mousetrap car race-

    • @kirtan__
      @kirtan__ 4 роки тому +4

      This was for the mousetrap vehicle event for Science Olympiad. Teams spend forever on designs so that’s why Mark did not show the design the team he was visiting was using. They were actually going to nationals and why would Mark leak a teams design if they’re going to Cornell.

    • @cogn0765
      @cogn0765 4 роки тому +1

      lol

  • @lunaabney6312
    @lunaabney6312 5 років тому +575

    you would be a GREAT science or tech ed teacher

  • @daneykev
    @daneykev 3 роки тому +1

    WOW so nicely done. Wish I had this when I was teaching mousetrap cars years ago.

  • @t-6273
    @t-6273 2 роки тому

    When I was in HS I built many of them. Our rules wouldn't allow for any modifications to the trap and had overall dimension regulations so it could only be so large. Mine would go the full length of the basketball gym at the school. Great memories. Cool video

  • @DarthBil1
    @DarthBil1 5 років тому +1504

    I laughed so hard when your niece knocked the ice-cream out of your hand.

  • @theevauwu7853
    @theevauwu7853 3 роки тому +1044

    Lesson of the day: don't make a bet with mark

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 роки тому +9

      Yes that is so true

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 роки тому +6

      You’re really correct

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 роки тому +3

      Im just doing this so it Will look like People comment

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 роки тому +3

      : )

    • @lucron12
      @lucron12 3 роки тому +3

      You welcome Eva Slyva

  • @mdfyui8000
    @mdfyui8000 2 роки тому

    This was a fun high school competition back in the day. I still keep my car as a momento as it's just such a satisfying design - the comp was a speed one and we took the win. The car we made was four wheel drive and light - the four wheel drive was chosen to maximise the traction availability along with tricks to manage traction and energy. We had hypothesised about friction and traction in class, none of us had real karting or racing experience at the time but this was certainly a time where it became apparent. The result was fast enough to be challenging to time.

  • @thomasfplm
    @thomasfplm 2 роки тому +2

    In a design class, we had to make a bridge using two pieces of ondulated paper (it had a standard size, but I don't remember anyone) and one roll of masking tape each team.
    It would be placed linking tow tables 0,5m apart and then we would place 1L bottles over it to see what design would hold more.
    Many bridges had problems with tortion, or with the paper bending, but my idea avoided those two problems and was able to hold all the bottles available (about 20 bottles) and we started adding other stuff.

  • @Frank_142
    @Frank_142 4 роки тому +568

    If he was my physics teacher I would skip other classes to go to his class

  • @ldbeastmode0689
    @ldbeastmode0689 4 роки тому +1976

    Me: This is boring, I can’t wait till schools out
    *Schools out*
    Me:*watches educational videos for fun*

    • @DreidMusicalX
      @DreidMusicalX 4 роки тому +28

      Learning is never over.

    • @OeshenNix
      @OeshenNix 4 роки тому +5

      Hey thats me

    • @mamabear9467
      @mamabear9467 4 роки тому +4

      Same bro I watch them all the time

    • @ndzd9941
      @ndzd9941 4 роки тому +1

      This is me I used to just binge watch every large educational channel, then I stopped and now I'm finally getting back into it

    • @ldw0696
      @ldw0696 4 роки тому +3

      Yea in quarantine I'm out of school but I wish I was in it

  • @refundy5873
    @refundy5873 3 роки тому +3

    The satisfaction you get when you learn about the stuff he’s talking about

  • @aarushprasad4493
    @aarushprasad4493 2 роки тому +2

    the longer lever arm also increased the amount of string pulled, and the smaller of the ratio of axle to wheel makes the rotations let the car go further

  • @nwiiho4215
    @nwiiho4215 3 роки тому +220

    Mark: Talks like a smart person
    Me: I don't know what you're talking about, but it seems interesting

  • @megamaz108
    @megamaz108 5 років тому +186

    Can you believe I had to watch my favorite youtuber for homework on my Mouse trap car?? :O

  • @LeFishee
    @LeFishee 7 місяців тому +2

    Mark Rober, im making it, the current best for my school is 33 feet, thanks mark, we will win

  • @HALO-nv1xv
    @HALO-nv1xv 2 роки тому +2

    The fact that I saw this video when it came out and just today I was assigned to make a mousetrap car in my high school physics class.

    • @samuelgunter
      @samuelgunter 2 роки тому

      Same. This is the optional assignment this quarter that counts as a major grade and my teacher will give out a ton of bonus points for furthest travelled, nicest looking design, etc.

    • @HALO-nv1xv
      @HALO-nv1xv 2 роки тому

      @@samuelgunter Its not optional for me but im sure our assignments are very similar regarding the rules and such

  • @amauryd
    @amauryd 5 років тому +3492

    When you learn more in a 15min video then in 13 years school

    • @fezankhan536
      @fezankhan536 5 років тому +14

      true

    • @ballistic3666
      @ballistic3666 5 років тому +11

      Exactly

    • @akefayamenay104
      @akefayamenay104 5 років тому +75

      *than. Now you’ve got some grammar too 😜

    • @jococallos9361
      @jococallos9361 5 років тому +4

      fck yeah

    • @myaopsahl999
      @myaopsahl999 5 років тому +6

      Happy birthday to you and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play a game because I am BORED and I really want to play

  • @ExperimentalFun
    @ExperimentalFun 6 років тому +1630

    I wish we did something cool like this when I was in school... good job on the video! :)

    • @AzimuthSolutions
      @AzimuthSolutions 6 років тому +23

      We didn't even have a science fair at my school.

    • @connermcgibbon6934
      @connermcgibbon6934 6 років тому +7

      I was supposed to do mouse trap cars but my school canceled it.

    • @victorcho1242
      @victorcho1242 6 років тому +2

      Experimental Fun I hate u

    • @ExperimentalFun
      @ExperimentalFun 6 років тому +8

      why do you hate me?

    • @Rikardo35
      @Rikardo35 6 років тому +2

      Experimental Fun yep same

  • @harrystoyadventures817
    @harrystoyadventures817 2 роки тому

    I love watching you because you teach me things without making it boring

  • @Ha1ivan
    @Ha1ivan 3 роки тому

    I think he would is a really cool, chill, inspirational, and wholesome teacher in my opinion. 10/10

  • @FlorenzVillegas
    @FlorenzVillegas 3 роки тому +183

    Somebody: Creates a contest that's a thing just in the USA.
    USA: Yay, World Record!
    ;-)

    • @Sillimant_
      @Sillimant_ 3 роки тому +22

      It's like the miss universe thing, hardly any competition when it's just earth

    • @Jaybuyshoe
      @Jaybuyshoe 3 роки тому

      Somebody: Creates a contest that's a thing just in the USA.
      USA: Yay, World Record!
      ;-)

    • @nathanielkidd2840
      @nathanielkidd2840 3 роки тому

      Yeah. The rest of the world just doesn’t show up to compete.

  • @gdal6961
    @gdal6961 5 років тому +166

    He deserves more. He literally travels soo far for just a video!😸

  • @Chandrius4263
    @Chandrius4263 Рік тому

    Bro's filming in rain.. And I didn't notice the first time.. That is dedication! Keep the lessons going! I love your videos!!

  • @Nintendofan295
    @Nintendofan295 6 днів тому +1

    Love your videos and I am making a mouse trap car for mine and I decided to watch your video to get an idea of how to do it

  • @wink9114
    @wink9114 6 років тому +165

    al is my current physics teacher, ama.

    • @angiebeattie4113
      @angiebeattie4113 6 років тому +4

      What is your favorite demo so far

    • @wink9114
      @wink9114 6 років тому +27

      thanks for the heart mark, now i'm finally famous.
      angie - probably the one where he blew up the ceiling with a bottle. that one was pretty neat. cos he blew stuff up. with a bottle.
      will - because i have the mind of a third grader

    • @zAznInVaznz
      @zAznInVaznz 6 років тому +2

      best teacher ever or what???

    • @perluc_
      @perluc_ 6 років тому +3

      Did you ever get the „Hammertreatment“?

    • @MrDabien
      @MrDabien 6 років тому +1

      do you like bread?

  • @sev1011
    @sev1011 3 роки тому +63

    I remember building mine out of legos. It impressed my Physics Teacher so much that he asked if he could take pictures of it to use for future examples.
    I hated him as a person, but I respect him as a teacher.

  • @adissentingopinion848
    @adissentingopinion848 Рік тому

    I remember making one in highschool when I had terrible time management. I had to reach a certain distance, and all I had was cardboard and 6 hours the day before it was due. I used a thread spool as a front wheel, comically large lever arm, and the largest circle I could cut out in the back. The thing went 5x the distance of almost everyone else, only being beaten out by the super low friction speedster of my buddy. It's a cherished memory of mine.

  • @Mem3Daddy
    @Mem3Daddy Рік тому

    i just lovw how mark just continued to explain physics in the rain

  • @Hubbmade
    @Hubbmade 6 років тому +58

    13:30 this is how happy I imagine Mark is *ALL THE TIME* when he's learning, making, and teaching! Keep up the great work!

    • @jimmesc
      @jimmesc 6 років тому +1

      Hub Han
      Great minds think alike.
      I saw that and thought the very same thing as you did.
      I wish I had as great a mind as Mark.

  • @bumpusjones.1978
    @bumpusjones.1978 4 роки тому +26

    The ice cream cone slap was the funniest thing I’ve seen in awhile.

  • @malikthemadman
    @malikthemadman 2 роки тому

    I remember doing something like this in school but with bottle cars and their were two types that worked really well because we were going off a ramp aiming to get in a bin, one that worked well was light weight and hand wings to glide in so used hardly any power, the other was heavy and basically dropped in like a rock so used more power (my group was the wings one), their was this one group that tried to just copy both designs and combine them together so the heavy thing combined with the wings, so theirs didn't work well because they tried to combine two completely different methods.

  • @ZeroQuantum.
    @ZeroQuantum. 2 роки тому +5

    Mark is better at teaching me this than school ever has

  • @liamlabelle8653
    @liamlabelle8653 3 роки тому +47

    I remember building one of these in my 8th-grade science class. Once I finished the project, and presented it at school, my father attached Estes Model Rocket Engines to the car.

    • @J0.n.
      @J0.n. 2 роки тому +3

      Please tell what supplies you got for the car need help for my science project

  • @hayleygrimes8804
    @hayleygrimes8804 4 роки тому +63

    Mark: Talking about Mechanical advantages
    Weather: RAIN!
    Mark: Keeps talking!

  • @fir0fox109
    @fir0fox109 2 роки тому

    My high-school science teacher showed this video to the class as an example of conversion of energy. It was epic

  • @simplegunsmith
    @simplegunsmith Рік тому +8

    I made a mousetrap car in 10th grade with a gearbox that made it run for over 30 seconds continuously, but the wheels spun on the tile floor it was tested on and barely went anywhere. Needless to say I didn't win but I've never seen anyone else make one like mine.

  • @d1rtworm
    @d1rtworm 3 роки тому +105

    I'm never going to let Mark pour me a glass of tea.

    • @goldenmichael9981
      @goldenmichael9981 3 роки тому +1

      A robot to support robot to give you the part that will attach to a robot that will pour you a tea

  • @kosmosan12
    @kosmosan12 4 роки тому +14

    This video is a tutorial for almost all kind of rolling. I mean, it explains drag racing cars tweaks, bicycle gears/wheelsize, etc.
    Love the video, thx

  • @AbasnailPlayz
    @AbasnailPlayz 2 роки тому +2

    We were assigned to watch this in our science class today
    Amazing decision

  • @The1987irocz28
    @The1987irocz28 2 роки тому

    I did this like 16 years ago. Tip to anyone reading the comments researching build ideas. Give your spring more tension by putting pennies under the opposite side compressing spring a little bit more.

  • @Dumbassfish63
    @Dumbassfish63 5 років тому +745

    Just get an electric mousetrap and use it as a motor
    *modern problems require modern solutions*

    • @jdwolf55
      @jdwolf55 5 років тому +3

      I love this comment

    • @vye6737
      @vye6737 5 років тому +10

      in the case of science Olympiad at least, you're not allowed to use electronic devices

    • @tacosauce6268
      @tacosauce6268 5 років тому +13

      *outstanding move*

    • @Doughy3205
      @Doughy3205 5 років тому +1

      Satria Sutena haha

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o 4 роки тому +3

      Solar panel 😂

  • @rxq8289
    @rxq8289 3 роки тому +1067

    Nobody:
    Mark:
    Dang it I wanted to be a physics teacher but I ended up working at nasa

    • @blahnomnomnom
      @blahnomnomnom 3 роки тому +7

      Lolol definitely

    • @finn596
      @finn596 3 роки тому +40

      Aw I wanted to be a millionare not a billionare

    • @Tyrantstorm
      @Tyrantstorm 3 роки тому +30

      @DrewZull Káędîij NASA* but yeah

    • @GrandpaPapi
      @GrandpaPapi 3 роки тому +8

      YourDudeBk because it is really annoying to many people when someone corrects a small issue, ‘cause it makes them feel like they can’t make mistakes or else they get a red flag. i know many people who hate that.

    • @zane1623
      @zane1623 3 роки тому

      @@GrandpaPapi werent you the one that corrected first?
      and who called someone a nerd?

  • @tomtrinchera8405
    @tomtrinchera8405 3 роки тому

    Built a pinewood derby car a long time ago and my dad gave me some of the graphite he had -- those wheels had NO resistance, nice advantage!

  • @petitloup5059
    @petitloup5059 7 місяців тому +1

    your has a bigger wheel, so a bigger scirconference, so just spin faster if the rotation force is aplied to the center of it
    and the theet are for more friction

  • @grimace5800
    @grimace5800 5 років тому +581

    My friend built a mousetrap car and it exploded when he tested it in competition

    • @verendus7712
      @verendus7712 5 років тому +5

      A.D.E 35 oh my hahahahaha

    • @wilag8er85
      @wilag8er85 5 років тому +32

      Wtf did he make it with?

    • @sashimi0003
      @sashimi0003 5 років тому +20

      wilag8er I think he meant like the spring broke and destroyed the car

    • @mr.peanutharry7723
      @mr.peanutharry7723 5 років тому +7

      Your picture makes this comment better

    • @ratrat5072
      @ratrat5072 5 років тому +1

      A.D.E 35 wow

  • @danknoodle657
    @danknoodle657 5 років тому +8

    1:44
    Mark:blah blah blah
    Rain:my time has come

  • @ChachoGSX
    @ChachoGSX 2 роки тому

    I made one with 2 mouse traps in series with the string attached to a 2 sided fishing hook so it could be tranferred to the second bar. It was a cool idea and worked but not as well as the long armed ones.

  • @MS6870
    @MS6870 2 роки тому

    I love how committed he is, he filmed even when it was raining!

  • @ralph7349
    @ralph7349 6 років тому +85

    i just love how she punches the icecream out of marks hand

  • @jasonbaker541
    @jasonbaker541 6 років тому +145

    I love what you do and patiently wait for each video.Thank you for making me and my family smarter and more interested in science.

  • @rebelflag_4206
    @rebelflag_4206 Рік тому +1

    Ive done this in 5th grade and it was very fun trying to build one and getting it to go far

  • @dontavious3772
    @dontavious3772 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for the video Mark Rober, I'm doing mouse trap racers for an engineering unit!

  • @silverturtle0213
    @silverturtle0213 6 років тому +246

    All I said was "new Mark Rober video" and the 5 yr old and 9 yr old came a-runnin' :) We love science in this house.

    • @reicintron
      @reicintron 6 років тому +1

      UgniusKas ja 💀

    • @silverturtle0213
      @silverturtle0213 6 років тому +4

      UgniusKas yes, I was a physics major for 2 years so i can clarify but I'm not great at getting them excited. They somewhat get it but Mark is very entertaining too.

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 років тому

      Nice wip

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 років тому

      Mr. mouse is getting all the honeys in his car

    • @davantebaptiste5038
      @davantebaptiste5038 6 років тому

      Do your thing Mr. mouse

  • @mattfromwiisports2293
    @mattfromwiisports2293 4 роки тому +107

    Can we get a R.I.P in the chat for Mark's ice cream

  • @calebisaverage1069
    @calebisaverage1069 2 роки тому

    Bro thank you so much, I needed this for my school physics project

  • @jlouzy3829
    @jlouzy3829 3 роки тому

    We use to race RC cars before they came out with li-ion batteries. I generally raced stock that meant 6 cells, no ball bearing motor with less turns.
    I think we ran either 3 minute heats or 5 and it was a great feeling when you could get your car across the finish line and then the battery run dead on another lap or two.
    The goal was to use all the stored energy even if it was a crappy battery pack.

  • @Kevin-rc5ec
    @Kevin-rc5ec 5 років тому +6

    The street fighter transition at 4:27 is amazing.
    Thank you for putting in that extra effort into your videos!

  • @lettuce7378
    @lettuce7378 4 роки тому +109

    "I could move the earth if I had a lever strong and long enough" -Archimedes (supposedly)

  • @intheovaloffice
    @intheovaloffice Рік тому +3

    Explained mechanical advantage in five minutes with twenty or so examples better than my physics teacher did for a whole school year . . .

    • @romanski5811
      @romanski5811 Рік тому

      Seems like you have some animosity toward your teacher. Stop intentionally disrupting his class and not listening.

  • @chelseynegron
    @chelseynegron 2 роки тому

    Such a fun idea for a snow day craft with my science-obsessed kiddo :D

  • @parklloyd6690
    @parklloyd6690 6 років тому +6

    Holy cow! Thank you for another amazing video. I have two sons studying engineering at Utah State and we all love your videos. We're going to have to have a family mousetrap car competition. and then AFTER that, I'll show them the video. Keep up the great work.

  • @tetardfoo8863
    @tetardfoo8863 4 роки тому +337

    "I can lift 10 pounds 50 times" *has a 12 pound weight*

  • @TheKnockOffTRex
    @TheKnockOffTRex 6 місяців тому +2

    0:31
    Mark: Wait wait wait, don't leave.
    Me: I wasn't going to-

  • @jessmarsuen2784
    @jessmarsuen2784 3 роки тому +15

    I have no idea what he’s talking about but I just listen

  • @DrFistyCuffs
    @DrFistyCuffs 5 років тому +9

    I made one in middle school using just the mousetrap for the body and I glued the string to the rear axle. It was exactly long enough to go the minimum distance required for the project before it caught itself and caused the car to do a sweet drift and stop right on the line

  • @dais6155
    @dais6155 5 років тому +5

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Mark stood outside while it was sprinkling/raining all for a video for us...👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

  • @KingEggAlot
    @KingEggAlot 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you mark for making learning fun

  • @barry.winchester5998
    @barry.winchester5998 2 роки тому

    I’m starting my build in school tomorrow thank you so much for this