Popular Mechanics For Kids

Sewers and tunnels; subway trains; underground escape tunnel; Channel tunnel.

Coral reefs; nuclear sub; the Titanic.

Special effects; movie makeup; illusions; robots; fake blood.

Learning how zoos and biodome environments are as close to animal natural habitats as possible.

Stereo lithography and car design; gasoline engines; alternative fuels; race cars; monster trucks.

How roller coasters work; weightlessness.

Basketball; ball bearings; bike of the future; curve balls; golf balls; skating; lifts; ramps.

Garbage trucks; solid waste disposal; garbage archaeologist.

Tugboat; ocean research vessel; tall ships; Coast Guard cutter; high-tech navigation.

Building skyscrapers; demolition; fear of heights; elevators; concrete.

Aircraft-carrier landing; G-force suits and survival equipment; navigation.

Electricity: lightning; power-line maintenance; resuscitation.

Visits to an ice-cream store and a potato-chip factory; how bacteria spreads.

Firefighters and emergency services; forest fires; firefighter training; an airport crash-crew.

Aquariums; training sea-mammals; Monterey Bay Aquarium; fishing for specimens.

LEGO factory; classic toys; video games.

Johnson Space Center in Houston; space suits; flight simulation.

Robotic technology; artificial limbs; personality simulation; sensory reactions; "Robocop."

Highlights.

The stock market; the Royal Canadian Mint; collectors coins.

Air-crash survival; a hot-air balloon; a jet-engine factory.

Recording studio; sound-mixing; rock band.