Beakman explains what metals are and how they occur naturally. He then pretends to be Andrew Carnegie to explain how he figured out how to make steel. Beakman explains that steel is a lot stronger than iron so this allowed us to create buildings, strong machines, etc.
Supervolcanoes can cause extreme destruction. 50,000 years ago in the Sierra Nevadas, a supervolcano erupted to create a 20 mile crater, known as the Long Valley Caldera.