The Extreme Challenge - No leak magic bag
The extreme challenge on The Late Show goes scientific with the No Leak Magic Bag. What do you think would happen when you piece pencils through a plastic bag filled with water?
This week The Late show is putting party tricks to the test for the extreme challenge and this is one that will appeal to all ages.
The No Leak Magic Bag is a fun experiment that is easy to do and will make you look like a pro magician.
Frankie took a stab a it, check it out below.
Kriya Gangiah goes scientific tonight, what do you think will happen when Frankie Du Toit pushes 5 pencils through a plastic bag filled with water? The result will definitely surprise you. #TheLateShow.
Posted by Jacaranda 94.2 on Monday, November 23, 2015
If you want to try it out at home this is what you are going to need.
- Zip Bag
- Water
- Sharpened Pencils
Fill the zip bag about half-way with water and sealed it. That the pencil and poke it straight through the bag, from one side to the other. You can add as many pencils as you like.
The reason that this works is plastic bags are made out of polymers, chains of molecules that are flexible and give the bag its stretchiness. When the sharp pencil pokes through the bag, the stretchy plastic hugs around the pencil, creating a watertight seal around the pencil and the bag doesn’t leak.