From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A list of episodes from the series Popular Mechanics for Kids.
Season 1: 1997–1998
| Number |
Title |
Overview |
Original Air Date
|
| 1 |
"Underground" |
Sewers and tunnels; subway trains; underground escape tunnel; Channel tunnel. |
September 7, 1997
|
| 2 |
"Submarines" |
Coral reefs; nuclear sub; the Titanic. |
September 14, 1997
|
| 3 |
"Special Effects" |
Special effects; movie makeup; illusions; robots; fake blood. |
September 21, 1997
|
| 4 |
"Zoos" |
Learning how zoos and biodome environments are as close to animal natural habitats as possible. |
September 28, 1997
|
| 5 |
"Cool Cars" |
Stereo lithography and car design; gasoline engines; alternative fuels; race cars; monster trucks. |
October 5, 1997
|
| 6 |
"Coasters" |
How roller coasters work; weightlessness. |
October 12, 1997
|
| 7 |
"Sports" |
Basketball; ball bearings; bike of the future; curve balls; golf balls; skating; lifts; ramps. |
October 19, 1997
|
| 8 |
"Garbage" |
Garbage trucks; solid waste disposal; garbage archaeologist. |
October 26, 1997
|
| 9 |
"Boats" |
Powerboats; tugboat; ocean research vessel; tall ships; Coast Guard cutter; high-tech navigation. |
November 3, 1997
|
| 10 |
"Buildings" |
Building skyscrapers; demolition; fear of heights; elevators; concrete. |
November 10, 1997
|
| 11 |
"Aircraft Carriers" |
Aircraft-carrier landing; G-force suits and survival equipment; navigation. |
November 17, 1997
|
| 12 |
"Electricity" |
Electricity: lightning; power-line maintenance; resuscitation. |
November 24, 1997
|
| 13 |
"Food Production" |
Visits to an ice-cream store and a potato-chip factory; how bacteria spreads. |
December 1, 1997
|
| 14 |
"Emergency" |
Firefighters and emergency services; forest fires; firefighter training; an airport crash-crew. |
December 18, 1997
|
| 15 |
"Aquariums" |
Aquariums; training sea-mammals; Monterey Bay Aquarium; fishing for specimens. |
December 15, 1997
|
| 16 |
"Toys and Games" |
LEGO factory; classic toys; video games. |
December 22, 1997
|
| 17 |
"Spaceships" |
Johnson Space Center in Houston; space suits; flight simulation. |
December 29, 1997
|
| 18 |
"Robots" |
Robotic technology; artificial limbs; personality simulation; sensory reactions; "Robocop." |
January 5, 1998
|
| 19 |
"Our Greatest Hits" |
A collaboration of clips from the most exciting, fascinating, and educational episodes. |
January 12, 1998
|
| 20 |
"Money" |
The stock market; the Royal Canadian Mint; collectors coins. |
January 19, 1998
|
| 21 |
"Air Transportation" |
Air-crash survival; a hot-air balloon; a jet-engine factory. |
January 26, 1998
|
| 22 |
"Music Production" |
Recording studio; sound-mixing; rock band. |
February 2, 1998
|
Season 2: 1998–1999
| Number |
Title |
Overview |
Original Air Date
|
| 23 |
"Fly At Your Own Risk" |
Elisha flies in a vertical wind tunnel; pedal plane; wing-walker. |
September 6, 1998
|
| 24 |
"North Pole" |
Inuit of the Arctic Circle; dog sled; building an igloo; traditional feast. |
September 13, 1998
|
| 25 |
"Whodunnit!?" |
Tyler and Elisha help detectives investigate a break-in; surveillance gadgets; polygraph. |
September 20, 1998
|
| 26 |
"Gross Out" |
Tyler and Elisha visit a recycling plant; digestive system; manure. |
September 27, 1998
|
| 27 |
"Ocean Adventures" |
Diving with sharks; whale blubber; bottled water from icebergs. |
October 4, 1998
|
| 28 |
"Police Force" |
Police training; LAPD high-speed pursuit; handling handguns. |
October 11, 1998
|
| 29 |
"Sports: Riding, Gliding and Sliding" |
Snowboarding with the Canadian Olympic team; NHL goalie for a day; surfing. |
October 18, 1998
|
| 30 |
"FX!" |
Special effects; blue-screen studio; sound tracks; Kung Fu battle. |
October 25, 1998
|
| 31 |
"Earth Power" |
Molten lava; Universal Studios Twister ride; setting off an avalanche. |
November 1, 1998
|
| 32 |
"Talk To the Animals" |
Communicating with dolphins; animal actors; training birds of prey to clear airport runways. |
November 8, 1998
|
| 33 |
"After Dark" |
Night owls; bat cave; nightmare lab; neon signs. |
November 15, 1998
|
| 34 |
"Emergency Rescues!" |
Rescue dog searches for an avalanche victim; hostage situation; lifeguards. |
November 22, 1998
|
| 35 |
"Under the Big Top" |
Circus school; acrobatics; Cirque du Soleil; trapeze artist; clowning. |
November 29, 1998
|
| 36 |
"Zero Gravity" |
Free-falling bodies; heavenly bodies; Keck Observatory; rocket ride; astronaut training. |
December 6, 1998
|
| 37 |
"Swamps and Gators" |
Secrets of the wetlands; nutria; Everglades safari; Florida's Gatorland. |
December 13, 1998
|
| 38 |
"Mega Trucks" |
Big rigs; cleaning trucks; mining trucks; bicycle gears. |
December 20, 1998
|
| 39 |
"Boom!" |
Detonators and dynamite; pyrotechnics; rock-blasting at a quarry; special-effects explosion. |
December 27, 1998
|
| 40 |
"The Fastest..." |
Jet-powered truck; Olympian Donovan Bailey. |
January 3, 1999
|
| 41 |
"Our Greatest Hits II" |
A collection of Tyler and Elisha's best and most exciting adventures from Season 2 of Popular Mechanics for Kids. |
January 10, 1999
|
| 42 |
"Creepy Crawlers" |
Insects; leech farm; honeybees; exterminator. |
January 17, 1999
|
| 43 |
"Monster Trucks" |
Megasaurus eats cars for lunch. |
January 24, 1999
|
| 44 |
"How Do They Do That?" |
How to get an egg into a bottle; various other adventures requested by the audience. |
January 31, 1999
|
Season 3: 1999–2000
| Number |
Title |
Overview |
Original Air Date
|
| 45 |
"Cool Schools" |
Underwater acting school; school for bodyguards; Hummer land vehicle. |
September 5, 1999
|
| 46 |
"Ticket To Ride" |
Universal Studios Islands of Adventure; water rides; roller coasters; dinosaurs. |
September 12, 1999
|
| 47 |
"Sea Creatures" |
Dolphins; turtles; manatees; humpback whales. |
September 19, 1999
|
| 48 |
"Dirty Work" |
In New York City; city garbage dump; rhinos in a zoo; fish-gutting factory. |
September 26, 1999
|
| 49 |
"Slimy and Slithery" |
Octopus; frozen frog; worm farm. |
October 3, 1999
|
| 50 |
"Body Mechanics" |
Break dancing; orthopedic surgeon; witnessing an operation; triathletes. |
October 10, 1999
|
| 51 |
"Spook Out" |
USS Hornet; venom from a tarantula; Thrillvania theme park. |
October 17, 1999
|
| 52 |
"Super Bikes" |
Motorcycle daredevils; Tyler takes the new slide machine for a drive. |
October 24, 1999
|
| 53 |
"Freaky Flying" |
Behind the wheel of a blimp; para-gliding; military spy plane. |
October 31, 1999
|
| 54 |
"Our Greatest Hits III" |
Some of the most awesome adventures returns in this special episode. |
November 7, 1999
|
| 55 |
"Pirates and Gold" |
Elisha strikes gold; Tyler examines the goo on cave walls; mysteries of the ocean. |
November 14, 1999
|
| 56 |
"Ice" |
Snow scenes in movies; preparing a hockey rink; driving a Zamboni machine; NASA's ice tunnel. |
November 21, 1999
|
| 57 |
"Fun In the Desert" |
Tyler learns how to ride a sand board and race a vehicle across dry sand. |
November 28, 1999
|
| 58 |
"Life Savers" |
Elisha visits a family of crash test dummies and an armored car factory. |
December 5, 1999
|
| 59 |
"Down Below" |
Searching the ocean floor; ancient shipwreck; making false gold. |
December 12, 1999
|
| 60 |
"Navy Seals" |
Combat training; underwater explosives; parachute team. |
December 19, 1999
|
| 61 |
"Killer Creatures" |
Meeting the most dangerous animals on the planet including Komodo dragons and polar bears. |
December 26, 1999
|
| 62 |
"Real Life Science Fiction" |
Vanessa helps put together the comic book Spawn. |
January 2, 2000
|
| 63 |
"Our Greatest Hits IV" |
More of the best adventures. |
January 9, 2000
|
| 64 |
"Space Station" |
Defying gravity; NASA laboratory; how space stations are built. |
January 16, 2000
|
| 65 |
"Water" |
Behind Niagara Falls; emergency oil-spill team; indestructible-raft ride. |
January 23, 2000
|
| 66 |
"Behind the Scenes" |
Staging a rock concert; professional wrestling; Hockey; Cirque du Soleil. |
January 30, 2000
|
Season 4: 2001
| Number |
Title |
Overview |
Original Air Date
|
| 67 |
"Extreme Rides" |
Powered parachute plane; street luge; kite skiing; build an extreme ride. |
January 7, 2001
|
| 68 |
"Fighting Disaster" |
Front-end loader; collapse rescue team; firefighting technology. |
January 14, 2001
|
| 69 |
"Escape" |
Escape artist Dean Gunnarson; underwater helicopter; life chute. |
January 21, 2001
|
| 70 |
"Horseplay" |
Strathcona Mounted Troop; jousting; ranch in Alberta. |
January 28, 2001
|
| 71 |
"In Deep Water" |
Underwater adventures; submarine canyon; underwater hotel; increasing one's buoyancy. |
February 4, 2001
|
| 72 |
"On the Front Lines" |
Canadian parachute team the Skyhawks; Army surveillance truck; messenger kite. |
February 11, 2001
|
References
