science

Let's Make

Let's Make is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Let's Make rather than just read about it. In short: Let's Make (stylized as Let's Make a...) is a podcast hosted by comedians Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly, and Mark Chavez with production by Kelly & Kelly and the CBC. In each season, the hosts attempt to write a script for a specific genre of television show or film.

Key takeaways

Let's Make belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Let's Make to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Let's Make from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Let's Make (stylized as Let's Make a...) is a podcast hosted by comedians Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly, and Mark Chavez with production by Kelly & Kelly and the CBC. In each season, the hosts attempt to write a script for a specific genre of television show or film.

Background

Let's Make a Sci-fi Season one was called Let's Make a Sci-fi and was produced by Vancouver-based production studio Kelly & Kelly with the CBC. The first season is composed of eight episodes. Each episode is 30 minutes in length. The show is hosted by comedians Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly, and Mark Chavez. The hosts record themselves as they try to create a script for a sci-fi television show or film. The season won a Webby Award for best Limited Series in 2023.

Let's Make a Rom Com The second season was called Let's Make a Rom Com and followed the same hosts as they attempted to write a Rom Com. The season debuted on Valentine's day 2023. The show includes discussions between the hosts as they write a Rom Com as well as interviews with people who have experience with the genre. The second season also contained eight 30-minute episodes.

Let's Make a Horror The third season was called Let's Make a Horror. The season follows the hosts as they attempt to write a script for a horror film. The third season was 10 episodes long.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Let's Make

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Let's Make claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Let's Make before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Let's Make ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Let's Make

In research: Let's Make appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Let's Make in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Let's Make is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2022 podcast debuts, 2023 podcast endings, Audio podcasts, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Let's Make outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Let's Make in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Let's Make means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Let's Make out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Let's Make in simple terms?

Why does Let's Make matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Let's Make?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Let's Make.