Weird But True

- Season 2

(2017)

Paper making is explored. Cellulose from trees (hardwoods and softwoods), their harvesting, and a visit to a plant that makes all their paper from recycled paper. To print Sunday newspapers in the US each week takes about 500,000 trees.

Kirby learns about race vehicle design and Charlie learns about being a race car driver in preparation for an upcoming soapbox derby competition. Focusing on dragsters, they learn about aerodynamics and tricks to increase speed.

History of flight is explored and its elements; thrust, drag, weight and lift. Air foil wing that creates lift. Pitch, which controls nose up or down; Roll, dipping left or right wings; Yaw, pointing nose left or right are all discussed.

Charlie and Kirby visit an anechoic chamber billed as the quietest room in the world and spend time in it, adjusting to it. Also, they learn sound is measured in frequency, or how low or high pitch it is and in decibels, its loudness.

Does a tree have Simple (single) or Complex (several) leaf array? Are the veins pinning or palming? Lobed or unlobed? Leaves attached to limb opposite or alternate? Buds pointy or round? Forest floor, herbaceous, shrub, canopy, emergent.

Volcanoes are part of larger geothermal network. 95% of volcanoes exist at edges of tectonic plates. Parts: Magma Chamber, Dikes, Secondary Vents, Main Vent, Throat. Ash Cone, Composite, Shield volcanoes. A'a , Pahoehoe, Pele's Hair lava.

Coral is a structure made up of thousands of little animals, some no bigger than a pin. Invasive species of algae have overtaken some coral reefs. Manual removal and re-introduction of a natural predator of algae can help restore balance.

Venus Flytrap mouths are leaves that have a "trigger hair" when touched twice close down on the prey. Sundews secret a liquid that attracts its prey but is sticky to hold prey and turn it into a digestible liquid. American Pitcher Plant.

Bees, unlike wasps, seek pollen. While a bee is collecting pollen from a plant's anther, it is depositing previously-gathered pollen on the plant's stigma. One honeybee can pollinate 1,000 flowers a day. 90% of a honeybee colony is female.

Kirby must learn the scientific method so she can shatter Casey's egg drop project record.

Power outages in HQ lead Charlie and Kirby on a mission to make their own electricity.

Charlie travels to Colonial Williamsburg to get in touch with his crafting roots.

Charlie must learn the art of defense if he wants to win his Live Action Battle League.