Watermelon Rubber Band Experiment

If you only put a hundred or so rubber bands on a watermelon it isn t going to make it explode but over time it may cause it to split because the force on the rind has changed and continues to do so as the rubber bands want to go back to their original shape.

Watermelon rubber band experiment.

The structure of the watermelon is a solid albeit with a fair amount of water that isn t strongly kept to any given location. Watermelon rubber band experiment. Gav and dan forgot to bring a knife to the picnic. Then again that s part of the reason it makes a great activity to add to your kids summer bucket list.

He needed a seatbelt. What s balanced and unbalanced. Our hypothesis we thought around 400 rubber bands would make it work. Subscribe to our newsletter.

What is kinetic energy. Watermelon physics video of explosion our prediction rubber band force kinetic energy graph balanced and unbalanced forces watermelon cantaloupe results quick review what force is used to make the watermelon pop. Physics forces and flying fruit have you ever wondered how many rubber bands it takes to implode a watermelon. Shot at 1600fps with a phantom flex follow gav on twitter htt.

Thankfully they brought 500 elastic bands. The big watermelon experiment. 10 science experiments you can eat with your kids. I highly suggest doing this watermelon challenge outside as it can make a mess as the name exploding watermelon suggests.

Like a watermelon and dozens and dozens of rubber bands. Does it take more than 500. The material bonds in the rind and the pulp have some characteristic bond strength and corresponding properties like bul. If we put the rubber bands in the very middle of the watermelon then it would.

Rubber bands destroying watermelon watermelon destruction rubber band experiment protective goggles. Ariel mia andrea 8z the question how many rubber bands does it really take to explode a watermelon. Dr rob certainly has and he s destroyed many melons seeking the answer. This guy tried the famous watermelon destruction using rubber band experiment but he wore protective goggles.