The science of macaroni salad: What's in a molecule? - Josh Kurz

What do macaroni salad and gasoline have in common? They are made of exactly the same stuff -- specifically, the same atoms, just rearranged. So, while we put the former in our mouths and the latter in our cars, they are really just variations on the same atomic theme. Josh Kurz breaks macaroni salad down to its smallest chemical components.

Lesson and animation by Josh Kurz.

[KeithDart]

Kids these days have such a great advantage having access to educational material like this for free.

[ShawnRavenfire]

I'm going to start putting macaroni salad in my car's gas tank.

[PHZadeW]

I love this video! If only science teaching was like this at school or Uni, then I'm sure there would be a lot more people studying science and understanding the way the world works then there is now, and once students learned the basics this way then they could go into the more boring and complex methods of teaching! :)

[allinavydal]

I can't believe I'm literally watching this video 7 years later...

[Gugi]

I love these kinds of videos, so well done animations, simple explained and funny :D

[Dastweeper]

This was one of the best animated ones in awhile.

[GHhurrduurr]

It is surprisingly mild, with a lingering metallic aftertaste.

[robloxandotherstuff]

who else has this for there science assignment

[GTSA-eoes]

1:45 and subatomic particles (protons etc) are the building blocks of the building blocks of the building blocks. and fundamental particles are the building blocks of the building blocks of the building blocks of the building blocks

[KillTheJester]

.. Wow. Very clear and fun animation. It's hard not to understand the matter when it's explained like this.

[Phloneme]

because enzymes have specific binding regions, meaning that we do not have enzymes to split up bonds in cellulose... or gasoline :)

[bennyboi]

Simple and beautiful animation. Great video!

[meganisturtlecameron]

Mind totally blown ... how complex can macaroni salad be!

[prgalois]

"The stuff that things are made of is always in flux..."
♥ Great video!

[seaofmoon]

The end implies that they drank gasoline and with the possibility he likes the taste of gasoline

[Ryakki]

That's cool. Glad you learned some stuff.

[Narsuaq]

Gotta love me a nice tasty glass of gasoline. Yum!

[erc]

True. That is a deep, and true statement.

[carterpfaff]

Gasoline and macaroni salad are similiar...

[fourbabies]

Go science. Thanks for making it easy to understand for non-scientists like me.