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Weird But True Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Paper Craftalanches & Recycling!
Sat, Oct 7, 2017
Paper making is explored. Cellulose from trees (hardwoods and softwoods), their harvesting, and a visit to a plant that makes all their paper from recycled paper. To print Sunday newspapers in the US each week takes about 500,000 trees.
Episode 2
Race Cars
Sat, Oct 14, 2017
Kirby learns about race vehicle design and Charlie learns about being a race car driver in preparation for an upcoming soapbox derby competition. Focusing on dragsters, they learn about aerodynamics and tricks to increase speed.
Episode 3
The Airplane Birthday
Sat, Oct 21, 2017
History of flight is explored and its elements; thrust, drag, weight and lift. Air foil wing that creates lift. Pitch, which controls nose up or down; Roll, dipping left or right wings; Yaw, pointing nose left or right are all discussed.
Episode 4
Sounds Good
Sat, Nov 25, 2017
Charlie and Kirby visit an anechoic chamber billed as the quietest room in the world and spend time in it, adjusting to it. Also, they learn sound is measured in frequency, or how low or high pitch it is and in decibels, its loudness.
Episode 5
Trees! Big & Small
Sat, Dec 2, 2017
Does a tree have Simple (single) or Complex (several) leaf array? Are the veins pinning or palming? Lobed or unlobed? Leaves attached to limb opposite or alternate? Buds pointy or round? Forest floor, herbaceous, shrub, canopy, emergent.
Episode 6
The Volcano Science Fair Showdown
Sat, Dec 9, 2017
Volcanoes are part of larger geothermal network. 95% of volcanoes exist at edges of tectonic plates. Parts: Magma Chamber, Dikes, Secondary Vents, Main Vent, Throat. Ash Cone, Composite, Shield volcanoes. A'a , Pahoehoe, Pele's Hair lava.
Episode 7
Coral Reef Crazy
Sat, Dec 16, 2017
Coral is a structure made up of thousands of little animals, some no bigger than a pin. Invasive species of algae have overtaken some coral reefs. Manual removal and re-introduction of a natural predator of algae can help restore balance.
Episode 8
Carnivorous Plants!
Sat, Dec 23, 2017
Venus Flytrap mouths are leaves that have a "trigger hair" when touched twice close down on the prey. Sundews secret a liquid that attracts its prey but is sticky to hold prey and turn it into a digestible liquid. American Pitcher Plant.
Episode 9
Busy Bees
Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Bees, unlike wasps, seek out pollen. Bees use their fuzzy hairs and plump bodies to collect pollen. While a bee is collecting pollen from a plant's anther, it is also depositing previously-gathered pollen on the plant's stigma. Over 90% of a honeybee colony is female. One Honeybee can pollinate 1,000 flowers in a day. Each hive has 50,000 worker bees, 300 male drones and one queen bee. Often bees find it easier to seek pollen in blue, purple, yellow and white flowers.
Episode 10
The Egg Drop Challenge
Sat, Sep 8, 2018
An engineer is a person with scientific training who designs and builds complicated products. Test engineers help prevent fraudulent product claims, make products safer and better. The scientific method is a set of guidelines or protocol that scientists use every time they do an experiment. Ask a question, form a hypothesis, design an experiment to test the variable, form a conclusion.
Episode 11
It's Electric!
Sat, Sep 15, 2018
Power outages in HQ lead Charlie and Kirby on a mission to make their own electricity.
Episode 12
Master Crafters
Sat, Sep 29, 2018
Charlie travels to Colonial Williamsburg to get in touch with his crafting roots.
Episode 13
Animal Defense League
Sat, Oct 6, 2018
Charlie must learn the art of defense if he wants to win his Live Action Battle League.
