Beakman's World

Fontanería, Beakmanía y montañas

Abejas, Beakmanía y temblores

Reflección, Beakmanía y Madame Curie

La rueda, Beakmanía y buscando respuestas

Rain, Beakmania & Volcanoes

21min - Beakman unveils the mysteries of evaporation and volcanoes.

Gravity, Beakmania & Inertia

21min - Josie interviews Sir Isaac Newton while Beakman demonstrates the power of gravity and answers burning questions such as "How much ice is in Antarctica?"

Noises at Night, Beakmania & the Nose

21min - Beakman reveals the origin of creaky noises at night and takes a journey through the nasal passage.

Blood, Beakmania & Dreams

21min - Beakman portrays blood in a skit explaining its functions in the body, uses toys to illustrate the power of the unconscious mind and how it produces dreams, and answers burning questions such as "What is the longest word in the English language?"

Leaves, Beakmania & Paper

21min - Beakman, as vegetation chef Chlora Phyll, describes how plants "eat;" demonstrates how to recycle your own paper; and answers lingering questions such as "What is escargot?"

Soap, Beakmania & Auto Engines

21min - Beakman reveals how soap makes water "wetter" to get things clean, explains how explosions propel automobiles and answers riveting questions such as "Do birds sweat?"

Electricity, Beakmania & Light Bulbs

21min - Josie interrogates Thomas Edison about how light bulbs work while Beakman, with the help of the East Bay Electrons, graphically illustrates electric current and answers ubiquitous questions such as "Are carrots really good for your eyes?"

Sound, Beakmania & Explosions

21min - Beakman explores the nature of sound and how explosions happen.

Refraction, Beakmania & Magnets

21min - Beakman illustrates how eyeglasses bend light to help us see, makes a compass out of a needle and a bowl of water, and answers stirring questions such as "Do penguins jump?"

Levers, Beakmania & Television

21min - Philo T. Farnsworth explains how his invention -- television -- works, while Beakman has Josie and Lester break rocks to demonstrate how levers make work easier.

Boats, Beakmania & Airplanes

21min - Beakman demonstrates how steel boats float and airplanes fly, and answers probing questions such as "Why do woodpeckers peck?"

Bubbles, Beakmania & Feet

21min - Special guest Louis Pearl, the world's leading "bubble-ologist," shows Beakman and the gang how to make square bubbles and Beakman performs an odoriferous experiment that explains why feet smell.

Microscopes, Beakmania & Healing

21min - Beakman, as Zacharias Janssen, makes an appearance to discuss his brilliant invention, the compound microscope; the BEAKMAN'S WORLD gang illustrates how scabs form to help skin heal; and Beakman answers stinging questions such as "What attracts mosquitoes?"

Scientific Method, Beakmania & Rainbows

21min - Beakman reveals how you can make a rainbow indoors; answers questions such as "How hot is the sun-" and explains the scientific method -- the series of questions scientists use when performing experiments.

Vaccinations, Beakmania & Friction

21min - Beakman, with the help of vaccine inventor Dr. Edward Jenner, explains how getting shots when you're well can prevent you from getting sick; and builds a friction-mobile -- a hovercraft -- using an old record and a balloon full of air.

Thermodynamics, Beakmania & Pimples

21min - Beakman and the gospel-singing Gasses reveal why ice cream melts and hot chocolate cools off. And the BEAKMAN'S WORLD gang examines why we get pimples.

Fossils, Beakmania & the Human Voice

21min - Beakman fossilizes Lester's feet, proves to Josie that everybody plays an instrument -- their own voice -- and answers questions such as "What is the largest unexplored area left on earth-"

Lungs, Beakmania & Telephone

21min - Alexander Graham Bell buzzes by to explain how telephones transform sound energy into electrical energy; Mr. E -- for explosion -- pops a cork in a novel fashion; and Beakman answers biting questions such as "How many teeth does a lemon shark have-"

Tape Recording, Beakmania & Force vs. Pressure

21min - Lester plays Mr. Recording Head in a giant cassette player to show how tape recording works and Beakman lies on a bed of nails to prove that distributing force over a greater area reduces pressure on each small part of that area -- thus keeping Beakman from getting skewered.

Microwaves, Beakmania & Spiders

21min - Beakman imparts factoids and dispels myths about arachnids -- he even lets a pet tarantula walk on him. Beakman also uses the Boguscope to reveal how microwave ovens use waves of electromagnetic energy to excite electrons to heat food, water and even light fluorescent bulbs; and answers questions such as "Why do mosquito bites leave a bump-"

Earwax, Beakmania & Rocket Engines

21min - The father of modern rocketry, Robert H. Goddard (Beakman), explains how rockets are propelled combining Newton's Third Law of Motion -- "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" -- with a mixture of fuel and liquid that can burn in airless space. Also, Beakman demonstrates how you can make a soda-bottle rocket at home, describes how ear wax keeps ears debris-free and answers prickly questions such as "Why do I feel 'pins and needles' when my foot falls asleep-"

Ozone, Beakmania & Acid

21min - Beakman explains what makes up the ozone layer above the Earth and demonstrates how damaging chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have caused a hole in it. The "Beakman Challenge" utilizes the principles of adhesion and cohesion to make water travel along a string. Also, Beakman explores the action of acids, explaining to Lester and Josie that acids don't burn, they break molecules apart, and not all acids are dangerous.

Plumbing, Beakmania & Roller Coasters

21min - Beakman flushes out the conundrum of the commode, challenges Lester to work through a hole cut in a piece of paper and untangles the mystery of roller coasters: Why the first hill is the tallest, why your stomach feels funny and what keeps you from falling out.

Bees, Beakmania & Earthquakes

21min - Beakman gives the complete buzz on bee society, demonstrates how the movement of plates that make up the Earth's crust results in as many as a million earthquakes each day, and answers mouth-watering questions such as "How many taste buds are there on the human tongue-"

Reflection, Beakmania & Madame Curie

21min - Greek legend Narcissus pays a visit to demonstrate how mirrors reflect light rays enabling us to see a reflection, which prompts Beakman to make his own periscope. Madame Curie also drops by to explain how heavy, unstable atoms produce radioactivity by shedding electrons.

Wheels, Beakmania & Finding Answers

21min - Caveman Og reveals the humble, prehistoric beginnings of the wheel, which makes pulling things easier by reducing friction; Lester challenges Beakman to tear a phonebook in half; and Josie answers her own question about fireworks after Beakman demonstrates how to perform research using the dictionary, the encyclopedia, the telephone and the library.