As Close as You Can Get to Chemistry Magic! | John Thomas | TEDxYouth@ABPatersonCollege

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2018
  • Dr John Thomas is a passionate educator of chemistry who aims to educate … and entertain! Armed with the chemical understanding of fireworks, smoke machines and other exciting reactions, Dr Thomas is no stranger to the flashy and dramatic side of chemistry. In this presentation, Dr Thomas showcases some fascinating and explosive reactions, whilst teaching a thing or two about the chemistry going on! So, enjoy this educational and entertaining chemistry show! Dr John Thomas is a passionate educator of chemistry who aims to educate … and entertain! Armed with the chemical understanding of fireworks, smoke machines and other exciting reactions, Dr Thomas is no stranger to the flashy and dramatic side of chemistry. In this presentation, Dr Thomas showcases some fascinating and explosive reactions, whilst teaching a thing or two about the chemistry going on! So, enjoy this educational and entertaining chemistry show! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

КОМЕНТАРІ • 121

  • @ScottNeill91
    @ScottNeill91 2 роки тому +17

    Oh my god, this is one of my old chemistry teachers from Bishop Gore school in Swansea. I will never forget his classes, things blew up and caught fire every week. Stuff of magic! Surreal seeing him and hearing his voice here after so long

  • @BingoBoiJim
    @BingoBoiJim 4 роки тому +126

    I feel like the audience isn't giving this guy enough credit

  • @davidurfer7632
    @davidurfer7632 4 роки тому +28

    Rarely is the best teacher the most knowledgeable teacher. More often it is the teacher that shares their passion and love of the subject with their students. Grabbing and holding ones attention is one of the best ways to start the learning process. It's not the knowledge the teacher has, but rather the knowledge they are able to pass onto their students.

  • @miranda.cooper
    @miranda.cooper 4 роки тому +67

    The camera man needs to learn to set focus and then set it to manual to keep focus lol

    • @HappyfoxBiz
      @HappyfoxBiz 3 роки тому +1

      this is America, they need to learn to pay real camera operators and keep an eye on the footage they are recording

    • @grigorysukhov4743
      @grigorysukhov4743 2 роки тому

      If he was truly concerned about the future of the Free World, he wouldn't be making such inflammatory remarks.

  • @sebastianzaczek
    @sebastianzaczek 5 років тому +146

    Take a shot of liquid nitrogen Everytime he says "basically"

    • @larsabbes6579
      @larsabbes6579 3 роки тому +1

      are you trying to cause another ice age?

  • @jeremy_rigged
    @jeremy_rigged 5 років тому +65

    I'm glad he wore his tap shoes...

  • @mephistovonfaust
    @mephistovonfaust 5 років тому +95

    Good talk but that close up camera was pretty much the worst I've ever seen from a TEDx video.

    • @minecraftminertime
      @minecraftminertime 5 років тому +1

      The camera was not close up. TEDx talks are talks independent from TED.

    • @mephistovonfaust
      @mephistovonfaust 5 років тому +1

      @@minecraftminertime and you just commented to have something said, didn't you?

  • @drivenbycuriosity
    @drivenbycuriosity 3 роки тому +9

    Now, only if we have teachers like this in schools/colleges

  • @rohitkrishnan2269
    @rohitkrishnan2269 4 роки тому +20

    11:32 was that an owl?

    • @M.Al-Naib
      @M.Al-Naib 2 роки тому

      Do this on april fools dude

    • @rohitkrishnan2269
      @rohitkrishnan2269 2 роки тому

      @@M.Al-Naib lol. I live in India next thing I know, I would be deemed as a terrorist.

  • @thenobleone-3384
    @thenobleone-3384 3 роки тому +10

    Learning elements of the periodic table and what elements react with each other. Doing experiments is fun when u know what u are doing

  • @din0ville68
    @din0ville68 5 років тому +26

    This guy is just so nice! I like him.

  • @STONEDay
    @STONEDay 5 років тому +12

    Magic without smoke and mirrors. Just lots of smoke!

  • @Mr.Caligos
    @Mr.Caligos 3 роки тому +5

    where are the colours??

  • @teddybearable
    @teddybearable 5 років тому +1

    awesome!

  • @satyampriyadarshi5349
    @satyampriyadarshi5349 3 роки тому +2

    Video passed just in a minute🔥🔥❤

  • @cheshirewarcat5336
    @cheshirewarcat5336 5 років тому +30

    This video is about 5 times louder than the last Tedx video I watched and just about blew my speakers and ear drums out. How about some continuity guys?

  • @JeremieBPCreation
    @JeremieBPCreation 3 роки тому +2

    The only experiment I had not already done in high school, at 4:10, he doesn't explain! Are you kidding me?

    • @kellywagner1995
      @kellywagner1995 3 роки тому

      Clock Reaction

    • @justie1220
      @justie1220 7 місяців тому

      One of the solutions is probably a solution of hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid. The other solution is probably a solution of sodium thiosulfate, potassium iodide and starch. I’m no chemist to explain the actual reaction conditions, but the iodine gets liberated from the potassium and reacts with the starch to form the blue color.

  • @jubjubs1000
    @jubjubs1000 4 роки тому +21

    passionate heh, he must have been tired that day.

  • @dannydanny9875
    @dannydanny9875 5 років тому

    Fun Science with Charlie is so cool like

  • @rruysch
    @rruysch 3 роки тому +2

    What a strut he has.

  • @michaelb367
    @michaelb367 2 роки тому +1

    nearly had a heart attack in the first minute

  • @someidiot4570
    @someidiot4570 5 років тому +3

    How did he do that one where he changed the color of the solution instantly?

  • @blkcortex6545
    @blkcortex6545 3 роки тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂 the first part was so nice

  • @busman2000
    @busman2000 2 роки тому

    I am curious what ratio you had the hydrogen gas mixed with oxygen in the balloon ? Or was that a wee fib..? As I saw when Hydrogen meets oxygen there's an explosion. My high school Chemistry teacher used to get a 3 litre plastic bottle of frozen oxygen and a 3 litre bottle of frozen hydrogen and place them a sensible distence apart and pull stings on the lids and it didn't take long for a big boom.

    • @fooferutter3001
      @fooferutter3001 2 роки тому

      You're teacher didnt have 3 liters of frozen hydrogen, due to tell how he managed that and how his magic soda bottle was able to withstand and enable the cooling down to 14 degree kelvin

    • @fooferutter3001
      @fooferutter3001 2 роки тому

      And no it wasn't a wee fib they don't detonate on contact you are recalling something inaccurately.

  • @rajanprajapati8993
    @rajanprajapati8993 4 роки тому +6

    Me and my Bois are ready to perform in chemistry lab 😂😂😂

  • @yeoldefoxeh254
    @yeoldefoxeh254 4 роки тому +2

    Maybe next time get a cameraman who knows how to turn that little auto-focus fella off.

  • @ssaustin21
    @ssaustin21 5 років тому +1

    This guy rides the JV bench compared to varsity chem ted talks

  • @alekzych1105
    @alekzych1105 9 місяців тому

    Cudos for the pan at physicists! 🎉😂
    Chemists rule!!!!!

  • @TheRealDean123
    @TheRealDean123 5 років тому +4

    i love your channel First

  • @khalilkhalaf712
    @khalilkhalaf712 4 роки тому +2

    Will you please stop moving the camera around and let it focus FFS?

  • @cetaceans4progress375
    @cetaceans4progress375 5 років тому +12

    He sounds like Paul McCartney

  • @eggsnhashbrowns
    @eggsnhashbrowns 5 років тому +49

    am i the only one that likes him? dont be such downers, dont watch it if its boring.

  • @Marhathor
    @Marhathor 4 роки тому +8

    Blast-enchanted Water Gun:
    Damage: 0
    Accuracy: 70
    Fire rate: 4
    Ammo explodes on impact.

  • @davidevans1978
    @davidevans1978 4 роки тому

    Welsh lad!!!

  • @bakulsova3039
    @bakulsova3039 Рік тому

    There shd be a CHAIR... wHERE the Lecturer can sit when nessesary.

  • @kotogray8335
    @kotogray8335 2 роки тому

    Lesson learned...
    People love explosions

  • @thinginground5179
    @thinginground5179 3 роки тому +2

    This is so cringey with the audience. They didnt even laugh when he inhaled the helium lol i enjoyed it. Damn.. and even the balloons at the end turned against him.. F

  • @lohyiquan8701
    @lohyiquan8701 4 роки тому

    watch 7:56

  • @roxyissmall8765
    @roxyissmall8765 5 років тому +8

    The audience is not impressed enough

  • @robinwhitemore5409
    @robinwhitemore5409 4 роки тому

    Is that James Cameron?

  • @zioma500
    @zioma500 5 років тому +39

    Unfortunately not very educational at all. Neither of the chemical reactions were explained...

    • @biggstavros5876
      @biggstavros5876 5 років тому +1

      Zioma - you must be a very dull person with a remark like that

    • @zioma500
      @zioma500 5 років тому +2

      @@biggstavros5876 I simply expect a little more ED in a tED video.
      The iodine reaction is quite an interesting one.. He could elaborate a little bit. All we got is that H2 + O2 goes boom.

  • @johnbullion5430
    @johnbullion5430 2 роки тому

    Tough crowd.

  • @anadoloresjarachavez5646
    @anadoloresjarachavez5646 5 років тому

    Locclo

  • @chairrust3801
    @chairrust3801 5 років тому

    3rd

  • @sam6007
    @sam6007 3 роки тому

    My mom and dad smoke more twice that much in 5 minutes

  • @user-wz9bn9to7v
    @user-wz9bn9to7v 5 років тому

    pofosur baltazar

  • @dilwalarohit6853
    @dilwalarohit6853 4 роки тому +3

    In thumbnail he looks like akshay kumar

  • @offroad914
    @offroad914 4 роки тому +1

    Every chemist on stage does the same thing. It's not a experiment if you already know what is going to happen.

  • @MaliciousCat
    @MaliciousCat 5 років тому +12

    Chemist are scary.

  • @ChrisLocke1969
    @ChrisLocke1969 5 років тому +2

    *yaaaaaawwwwwn*

  • @roygbiv2146
    @roygbiv2146 5 років тому

    And there is the usual annoying explosion of sound from Ted at the very start of the video, putting off many listeners before the talk even begins.

  • @joashbowles8695
    @joashbowles8695 5 років тому

    Ok

  • @daviddredge1178
    @daviddredge1178 5 років тому +4

    Without explanation this is pretty weak.

  • @claudemaximus9409
    @claudemaximus9409 5 років тому +7

    This is why the school system terribly failed...

    • @minecraftminertime
      @minecraftminertime 5 років тому +4

      That doesn't make sense. This video can't cause the school system to fail. The school system can cause this video to fail.

    • @mastablasta224
      @mastablasta224 5 років тому

      i could'nt agree more

  • @Gowerrr
    @Gowerrr 5 місяців тому

    Why would he specifically say there are different things in each balloon but not let each of them be seen individually??? Such a waste

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    @matinbetman8401 3 роки тому

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  • @thenobleone-3384
    @thenobleone-3384 3 роки тому

    He's dangerous

  • @OatmealDonk
    @OatmealDonk 5 років тому +3

    Stop putting high school tedx's on your official channels. I'm sure this would be fun as a student but as a viewer its not the most exciting and the camerawork is absolutely awful!

  • @JesusParangaricutirimicuaro
    @JesusParangaricutirimicuaro 4 роки тому

    Worst crowd and worst camera crew.

  • @ThomasGodart
    @ThomasGodart 5 років тому +4

    Well, for a TEDx, this was disappointing. --boom--. Yes, and...?

  • @geraldwagner8467
    @geraldwagner8467 3 роки тому

    The uninterested appeal regretfully pump because sparrow relevantly hang near a lacking swedish. dusty, foamy cabbage

  • @keepchrispy8589
    @keepchrispy8589 5 років тому +4

    Lame!

  • @yoboiskinnyp9026
    @yoboiskinnyp9026 5 років тому +1

    Well that was extremely disappointing

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  • @papa-ic9nd
    @papa-ic9nd 5 років тому +7

    I don't like this old guy talking talking talking.... Waffling on....

    • @RatedRKO4Live
      @RatedRKO4Live 5 років тому +6

      I´m pretty sure this "old guy" is not presenting his eperiments all day in front of a crowd looking at him and expecting "Magic tricks". So he might be a bit nervous. I liked his way of presentating though, because it was like improvised and not a strict show :)

  • @maryannreyes1338
    @maryannreyes1338 3 роки тому

    The parsimonious bay intraspecifically explain because daisy additonally borrow as a nebulous judge. squealing, healthy accelerator

  • @justingaga84
    @justingaga84 5 років тому +2

    This was all kinda cringy and anticlimactic

  • @Biomaterials_Science
    @Biomaterials_Science 5 років тому +1

    Nothing particularly inventive here.

  • @MikaelTCIPElmblad
    @MikaelTCIPElmblad Місяць тому

    He is a very bad teachers! He SHOULD tell everyone about laud sound

  • @bomxacalaka2033
    @bomxacalaka2033 4 роки тому +1

    I don’t like him he made a joke abt physics I feel offended

  • @AussieWalkthroughs
    @AussieWalkthroughs 5 років тому +10

    I wanna know what reaction between liquids that was

    • @petemccarthy5819
      @petemccarthy5819 5 років тому +1

      AmbushKush420 me too !!

    • @Dorizaz
      @Dorizaz 5 років тому +7

      I believe it's called the iodine clock reaction.

    • @ZombyLP
      @ZombyLP 5 років тому +13

      Hey chemist student here!
      It is a reaktion between Iodate IO3^(-) and Sulfite HSO3^(-).
      Dat reaktion seems to be delayed because the Iodate reaktion with the sulfite to iodid [I^(-)] and the iodid with iodate to elemental iodine [I2]. That Iodine reakts now with the sulfite to iodid again. All those reaktions are colourless, hence we do not see them.
      The last one however when no Sulfite is left the iodine will lay in some starch which creates this beautiful blue colour seemingly instantenious ^^

    • @ZeHoSmusician
      @ZeHoSmusician 4 роки тому

      @@ZombyLP It's spelt with a 'c'... What are you, German?

    • @carcrashhearts
      @carcrashhearts 4 роки тому +4

      @@ZeHoSmusician was "reaktion" the only word you looked at lmao? His explaination is actually good tbh

  • @cecilioncarmila2382
    @cecilioncarmila2382 3 роки тому

    Take a shot of liquid nitrogen Everytime he says "basically"