A list of episodes from the series Popular Mechanics for Kids.
Series overview
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (Canadian air dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 22 | September 7, 1997 | February 8, 1998 | |
| 2 | 22 | September 6, 1998 | January 31, 1999 | |
| 3 | 22 | September 5, 1999 | January 30, 2000 | |
| 4 | 6 | September 3, 2000 | October 8, 2000 | |
Episodes
editSeason 1 (1997–1998)
edit| No. in series | Title | Episode summary | 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)
edit| No. in series | Title | Episode summary | 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)
edit| No. in series | Title | Episode summary | 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 (2000)
edit| No. in series | Title | Episode summary | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | "Extreme Rides" | Powered parachute plane; street luge; kite skiing; build an extreme ride. | September 3, 2000 |
| 68 | "Fighting Disaster" | Front-end loader; collapse rescue team; firefighting technology. | September 10, 2000 |
| 69 | "Escape" | Escape artist Dean Gunnarson; underwater helicopter; life chute. | September 17, 2000 |
| 70 | "Horseplay" | Strathcona Mounted Troop; jousting; ranch in Alberta. | September 24, 2000 |
| 71 | "In Deep Water" | Underwater adventures; submarine canyon; underwater hotel; increasing one's buoyancy. | October 1, 2000 |
| 72 | "On the Front Lines" | Canadian parachute team the Skyhawks; Army surveillance truck; messenger kite. | October 8, 2000 |