Popular Mechanics for Kids

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha go on a mysterious and eerie exploration to where the sun don't shine - underground! Elisha goes on a dark adventure into subway tunnels after closing to see where the trains sleep. Jay visits Boston to witness a massive construction project designed to move a raised highway underground. Charlie does a cool experiment to demonstrate hydraulics.

Go 10,000 leagues under the sea to find out all about submarines! Jay and Elisha explore wooden subs, subs that dive to the deepest parts of the ocean - they even find a sub bigger than your house!

A vampire and a monster step out of nighttime shadows... and turn out to be Jay and Elisha! Our hosts take us on an adventure into the castle of special effects... Universal Studios. Jay rides a boat on a collision course with an evil boat he blows up! We see how to make explosions happen and make sure no one gets hurt. Elisha makes fake blood and gets shot – safely!

Co-hosts Elisha and Jay take a walk on the wild side at some of the world's coolest zoos and biodomes! At the Montreal Biodome, they explore a deep, dark jungle that turns out to be a man-made tropical forest built to provide animals with an environment as close to their natural habitat as possible. Jay becomes an honorary vet for the day and Elisha bathes an elephant!

Thrill-seeking co-hosts Elisha and Jay go cruising for the world’s coolest cars. They visit the renowned Jim Russell Racing Drivers School to learn the ropes of working at a pit stop. Jay changes tires in a hurry, adjusts wings, and learns about race car mechanics. Elisha and Jay go inside the huge trucks to squash real cars and discover what makes a truck into a monster!

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha ride some of the most frightening roller coasters in the world! Elisha searches for the most thrilling coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. They climb the tracks with a mechanic to check for cracks, loose bolts and other hazards. Jay learns how centrifugal force makes a coaster work and that he will be weightless for six seconds!

On your marks, get set... GO! Co-hosts Elisha and Jay sweat their way through the exciting world of sports! They shoot hoops with NBA star Damon Stoudamire and blame their shoes when they lose. Damon takes them to the NIKE lab to show what he needs in a shoe, and how NIKE made it a reality. They explore the science of skateboarding and Jay learns to pitch like a big leaguer!

Jay and Elisha plug their noses and take a trip into the smelly world of garbage! Elisha visits a recycling center in California and sorts paper, bottles and cans, and bales them for shipping. She then finds herself knee-deep in mud, feeding pigs while Jay is at Fresh Kills Landfill, waist-deep in garbage. Elisha learns how to strip a car and Jay meets a garbage archaeologist.

It’s a wet and wild adventure exploring the world's coolest boats! Co-hosts Elisha and Jay work aboard a tugboat, steering boats in and out of port. They check out cranes and machines that move the cargo off and onto boats, and watch as liquids like molasses are piped off the ship and into a liquid bulk facility. Then it's off to the races for an exciting speedboat experience.

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha learn the ups and downs of buildings – the hard way! Jay pushes all of the buttons (in an elevator) and learns why elevators don’t fall if the cable breaks. Elisha pours concrete, flies a concrete frisbee and helps build the top floor of a building. Next she pushes the ultimate button and demolishes an entire building into dust and rubble!

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha set to sea on the most dangerous 4.5 acres on earth... an aircraft carrier! They spend three days aboard the USS Eisenhower, and learn that an aircraft carrier is a floating city! It carries up to 6000 people and 100 airplanes. There's a TV station, a jail, a library, even a barbershop! Elisha drives the carrier and Jay helps land a plane.

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha get charged up for one shocking adventure after another! At the Boston Museum of Science they create an indoor electrical storm to learn what causes lightening, work on live wires and learn how electricity can help save someone having a heart attack. Jay builds a windmill and our co-hosts learn how an electron microscope works.

Co-hosts Jay and Elisha learn where our food really comes from. Jay creates a Ben and Jerry’s flavor. On a request from Hillary Clinton, Elisha and Jay teach children to avoid food poisoning and contamination. They visit a gourmet chef who cooks a healthy meal – pasta with mealworms and chocolate-covered crickets for dessert!

This is hot! Co-hosts Elisha and Jay explore the work of emergency teams – firefighters, airplane crash crews and water bombers. They visit a burn-building where fire fighters train for infernos. Jay handles a water hose, and Elisha watches as a water bomber scoops water from lakes to drop on out-of-control runway fires. They learn expert safety tips in case of a fire.

On this whale of a show co-hosts Elisha and Jay explore Monterey Bay aquarium to learn about the care and feeding of whales, sea lions and other denizens of the deep. Elisha becomes a medical assistant and brushes a sea lion’s teeth (bad breath!), Jay watches scuba divers as they clean a shark tank and they visit an aquarium with a window as large as a railway car.

Co-hosts Elisha and Jay visit the Lego factory and help build a life-sized model racecar. Next they explore some of the best selling toys in history – Frisbee, Slinky, Teddy Bears, and Play-Doh. At Nintendo they watch game counselors answer questions from callers stumped by the hottest games of all – video games. Elisha and Jay have the time of their lives!

Get ready to blast off as our co-hosts, Jay and Elisha, visit the final frontier – outer space! At the Johnson Space Center Elisha learns how spacesuits are designed, visits the astronaut training center and launches the space shuttle. Jay meets four astronauts and dreams of becoming one until he puts on a tumbling space suit that simulates motion in the space shuttle.

At I.S. Robotics our co-hosts, Jay and Elisha, meet robots that respond to voice commands, use proximity sensors, react to light, sound and touch, and simulate emotions and mood. Jay wears a sensor suit that enables a robot to mimic his every move. Elisha learns how robots disarm landmines, and Jay becomes a member of a SWAT team and uses a robot to bow up a suspected bomb.

An episode with all of the grossest, scariest and most exciting moments of past shows as our co-hosts, Jay and Elisha, travel the continent to learn how things work. They fight fires, visit sewers, eat bugs, and drive monster trucks. Amazing, embarrassing and entertaining adventures, full of action, learning and fun (including a trip to the White House). Unforgettable fun!

Co-hosts Elisha and Jay show us what makes the world go round – money. Elisha acts as a stockbroker for a day; Jay works the floor of the Stock Exchange (where he wears platform shoes to ensure that he will be seen). Later he visits the mint where he pours a million dollars worth of gold bars and he is given the chance to keep a bar worth $150,000 – if he can pick it up!

In this episode on air transportation co-hosts Elisha and Jay really take flight. In an accident simulator Elisha experiences conditions one would face in an airplane crash landing and learns how to exit a burning plane. Jay visits a jet engine factory and climbs into an F-18 jet. Finally, Elisha flies in a hot air balloon with a pilot who deliberately hits treetops.

In this episode co-hosts Elisha and Jay learn the secrets of the music industry. Elisha learns how to be a DJ, and discovers the recording secrets that turn an average singer into a professional quality artist. Jay lives out a childhood dream – after learning the tricks musicians use during live performances, Jay plays with a rock band during an actual concert!

Bike plane, body-flying, wing-walking, and boomerangs.