Popular Mechanics for Kids

- Season 3

(1999)

Episode 1 - Cool Schools Who says school is boring? Not co-hosts Tyler and Vanessa, once they visit some of the most unusual schools around. There's the school where Tyler learns the tricks to underwater acting. Or one where Vanessa learns to bodyguard the rich and famous. At Hummer school she learns care and maintenance of giant vehicles.

Episode 2 - Ticket to Ride: Awesome Amusements A dream come true! Tyler and Elisha visit the Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. Elisha learns about the 220 computers that run the Incredible Hulk Coaster, is shot out of a tunnel and experiences zero gravity. Tyler walks through a 40-foot water vortex and sees how technology runs the 13-foot high dinosaurs on Jurassic Park Island.

Episode 3 - Sea Creatures Co-hosts Tyler and Vanessa visit with some of the oceans' biggest creatures. Tyler goes to the Human Dolphin Institute to swim in open water with these amazing creatures. At Sea World he bottle-feeds an orphan manatee and releases a recovered turtle to the ocean. Vanessa tries to extract the blubber from a humpback whale to learn about its eating habits.

Vanessa searches for the proverbial needle in the New York City haystack when she searches the city garbage dump looking for something very special she accidentally threw away.

Vanessa reaches out and touches one of the largest species of octopus in the world.

Episode 6 - Body Mechanics Our co-hosts learn the ins-and-outs of the human body - the hard way. Elisha break dances to discover if she can do upside down head spins. Vanessa learns to set a human bone and Tyler enters a swimming/biking/running triathlon against some of the world's best athletes (can he finish?). Charlie shows us how to walk on hot coals and break wood with bare hands.

Feel the heebie jeevies when Tyler hunts down the ghosts haunting the USS Hornet ship.

Look out Evil Knievel as Vanessa finds out she's got the right stuff to be a motorcycle daredevil!

Elisha gets behind the wheel of an airborne blimp and reaches new heights while Tyler battles gravity as he para-glides with an elite pilot team.

Some of our most awesome adventures returns in this special episode.

Elisha strikes gold more than a mile under earth and Tyler finds out how the slimy stuff on cave walls may be a valuable tool for medical science.

Chill out during this episode while Vanessa finds out how Hollywood creates those magical winter snow scenes for the movies.

Tyler shimies up and down sand dunes on a gigantic sand board.

It's safety first when Elisha gets a family of crash test dummies ready for a dangerous crash test.

Go on a real treasure hunt when Tyler dives down to the ocean floor and searches or an ancient buried ship.

The hosts get to hang out with Navy Seals as they go through a combat training adventure.

Episode 17 - Killer Creatures Our co-hosts meet up with some of the world's most dangerous animals. Tyler walks and feeds tigers at a sanctuary caring for these endangered creatures. Vanessa learns how scientists deal with hungry polar bears that leave their habitats and wander into cities in search of food. And Elisha feeds a Komodo Dragon --one of the most dangerous animals on earth!

Vanessa joins the creative team of SPAWN and discovers what it's like to put together the coolest comic book on the planet!

More of our best adventures.

Elisha tries a gravity-defying "vomit comet."

Tyler gets to go behind Niagara Falls to see how the massive falls keep electricity flowing.

Episode 22 - Behind the Scenes of Big Events Our hosts run away and join the circus - for the day. They learn how much work goes into engineering a mega-stadium event. Elisha trains with the world-famous Cirque du Soleil, discovering how much effort is needed to make their spine-tingling acrobatics look so easy. She even gets to perform before a large audience. Good luck!