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Beakman's World: How Cars Move
Beakman explains how gas is explosive and causes the combustion engine in the car to work. He uses a model engine with a side view and demonstrates what is happening with the gasoline when it explodes to move the engine parts. Beakman shows how the engine allows the wheels to turn by relating it to riding a bike. Up and down motion of the pedals is converted to turning the wheels through the chain. Same in the car with the pistons turning gears and thus the wheels. -
Beakman's World: How Helicopters Fly
Beakman explains how a helicopter has a rotating wing on top that helps it stay up because of the air pressure difference created by the shape of the wing. Then he explains that the back propeller helps steer the helicopter. -
Beakman's World: Steam and Trains
Beakman explains that steam has a lot of power behind it and that a man named Hero in Ancient Greece figured out how to use it to make a ball spin. However, it wasn't until the invention of the steam engine that people knew how to use steam. Beakman uses a model to explain how the steam moves the piston back and forth to turn a wheel, which is how steam engine trains work. -
Top Secret!: Ford Pinto Explosion
The German truck lightly taps the back of a Ford Pinto, and it explodes. This clip illustrates the poor design of the Ford Pinto vehicle. Ford Motor Company chose not to fix the Pinto's flaws because it was cheaper to pay for the cost of settlements for deaths, injuries, and vehicle burnouts. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipSummer School: Driving Lessons
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Mr. Shoop teaches Denise how to drive and emphasizes to all the students that, before they consider starting a vehicle, they must not be under the influence of alcohol. Denise performs all the protocol of safety checks before driving. -
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Sign in or create an account to view this clipInnerspace: Digesting the Bad Guy
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Tuck is fighting a villain inside Jack's body, and his vehicle is low on power and oxygen reserves. Tuck asks Jack to produce more stomach acid so he can take care of the villain. Jack delivers the acid, and as Tuck claims, he digests the bad guy. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipInnerspace: Escaping The Bloodstream
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Tuck travels quickly through the bloodstream because Jack's heart rate has increased from being pursued by some villains. Tuck tries to stop his vehicle and avoid entering the heart through the tricuspid valve, which could be fatal to Jack. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipBlack-ish: Police
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Dre gets pulled over by a cop when driving a white friend's vehicle. He struggles to decide how to handle the situation.
