Popular Mechanics for Kids

- Season 2

(1998)

Episode 2 - North Pole Elisha travels to the North Pole to explore the 2000-year-old way of life of the Inuit people. She learns to handle a dog sled and leads an expedition near the North Pole. She builds an igloo that is stronger than a brick house, and when she's done she invites friends over for a traditional feast - seal eyes and brains, anyone? At least there's ice cream for dessert.

Episode 3 - Whodunnit? Who hasn't dreamt of being James Bond for a day? Tyler and Elisha enter the cloak and dagger world of spies and detectives as they learn how to solve crimes with the high-tech gadgetry you see in the movies. Elisha learns how to collect evidence at a crime scene. And when they come under suspicion, they discover how difficult it is to fool a lie detector.

Elisha and Tyler discover our wonderfully disgusting world when they visit a recycling plant that turns rotten leftovers into animal food.

Tyler goes solo and embarks on a wild adventure in the ocean.

Episode 6 - Police Force Tyler and Charlie become police officers for a day. Tyler joins the L.A.P.D to learn how to handle a car safely in a high-speed chase and learns how to fire a gun in a reflex-testing "Fun House" chamber where cardboard people, good and bad, jump out at them - can he recognize the difference in time? Charlie discovers how to keep his bicycle safe from thieves.

Tyler and Elisha set out to conquer the elements.

Enter the wonderful world of make-believe as Tyler and Elisha explain the secrets of moviemaking.

Episode 9 - Earth Power Our co-hosts go up against the most powerful force ever - Mother Nature! Elisha hovers above the Kilauea volcano, close enough to feel the heat from its flowing lava. Tyler gets blown away by a tornado at Universal Studios and Charlie shows us how to make a fake hurricane. Next Tyler learns how scientists set off an explosion to create controlled avalanches.

Check out the world of animal training as Elisha and Tyler meet a biologist.

Episode 11 - After Dark Co-hosts Elisha and Tyler light up the exciting world of the night. In Las Vegas, home of the neon sign, Elisha learns how to make neon lights out of different gases, bent glass and electrodes. Tyler is wired up in a sleep lab to learn how active our brains are during sleep. And Elisha discovers that bats are intelligent, good-natured creatures - not so scary after all!

The co-hosts race against time to make some daring rescues including a person who is buried in an avalanche!

Elisha goes to circus school and discovers just how much effort it takes to walk a tightrope. It's time to run away and join the circus with our co-hosts!

Episode 14 - Zero Gravity Our co-hosts reach for the stars. Travelling to Hawaii's Keck Observatory Elisha operates one of the world's largest optic infrared telescopes. She experiences negative gravity and weightlessness riding the Power Tower. And our host learns that the closest simulation to of zero gravity is created in a swimming pool - and how hard it is to move when you are weightless.

Our thrill-seeking co-hosts take us on a journey inside swamplands, one of nature's most eerie universes.

Based on the famous magazine, this series takes young viewers on a ride to some of the world's most exciting places where they get a first-hand look and feel of what it takes to operate everything they see. Featuring Jay Baruchel and Elisha Cuthbert.

Episode 17 - Boom! This is explosive! Elisha learns to set up and design a fireworks show, with its centuries of tradition; Tyler helps blast rocks at a quarry and learns how these materials are used to make skyscrapers, tunnels bridges and roads. We learn how huge explosions are safely set off for movies, and Charlie show how to experience a fun explosion - safely!

In an episode that goes by faster than a speeding bullet, Tyler rides in a RamJet and races against Olympic champion Donovan Bailey.

Episode 19 - Greatest Hits A collection of Tyler and Elisha's best and most exciting adventures from Season 2 of Popular Mechanics for Kids.

Episode 20 - Creepy Crawlers Tyler and Elisha discover what makes bugs both gross and fascinating. Elisha cleans a leech tank and learns why they are being used in medicine again. Tyler learns that cockroaches have survived for 300 million years and are the only creature that would survive a nuclear blast. Elisha walks into a swarm of bees and learns about their complicated society.

Episode 21 - Monster Machines How monstrous! Tyler and Elisha explore the world of monumental machines. Tyler travels to Illinois to meet Magasaurus, a 50,000 lb., 3-story tall robot/truck/tank. He shows us all of this monster's capabilities when he gets behind the controls. Its biting force of 15,000 lbs. means it can eat cars (or boats, and even houses) for lunch

The crew searches for answers to kid's most frequently asked questions and goes on adventures that have been suggested by young viewers.