Popular Mechanics for Kids is an educational Canadian television series based on Popular Mechanics magazine. It was notable for starting the careers of both Elisha Cuthbert and Jay Baruchel. The show's purpose was to teach viewers how things work. It was awarded the Parents Choice Award in 2003, and was nominated for the Gemini Awards. The show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec, and is currently distributed on VHS / DVD by Koch Vision.
Seasons and episodes
4 seasons · 73 episodes
4
- 1S4 E1
X-Treeme Rides
Jan 7, 200130 min
Tyler starts us off when he takes to the skies in a powered parachute plane and then he gets ready for his next adventure on a mountain in Virginia. To play Street Luge, Tyler must wear protective body gear and lay down on a luge board just
- 2S4 E2
Fighting Disaster
Jan 14, 200130 min
Vanessa travels to Oregon to create a real landslide, and she learns that scientists uses a unique outdoor laboratory to find out more about the patterns of landslides and how to prevent them from destroying the environment. Vanessa down to
- 3S4 E3
Escape
Jan 21, 200130 min
Vanessa catches up with Dean Gunnerson, one of the most famous escape artists in the world while Tyler visits a cockpit of an underwater helicopter and finds out what it's like to be trapped inside something that is slowly sinking to the bo
- 4S4 E4
Horseplay
Jan 28, 200130 min
Popular Mechanics for Kids goes behind-the-scenes at the world renowned Strathcona Mounted Troop (the only non-British Cavalry Unit in history to mount the Queen's Life Guard at Buckingham Palace). Tyler participates in the Musical Ride a
- 5S4 E5
In Deep Water
Feb 5, 200130 min
Tyler goes underwaterat the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California where he uses a remote-control operated vehicle called a ROV and explores the largest submarine canyon on the continent's West Coast. With deep sea depths re
- 6S4 E6
On The Front Lines
Feb 12, 200130 min
Tyler joins the Skyhawks, which is Canada's elite parachute team and he gets ready to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet above the ground. Strapped to the back of one of the Skyhawk jumpers, he will be able to see exactly how these tandem j
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Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Popular Mechanics for Kids?
- Popular Mechanics for Kids is streaming on Tubi TV, Fawesome, The Roku Channel. Availability is refreshed weekly.
- How many seasons of Popular Mechanics for Kids are there?
- Popular Mechanics for Kids has 4 seasons and 73 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Popular Mechanics for Kids?
- Popular Mechanics for Kids has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on February 12, 2001.
- Who stars in Popular Mechanics for Kids?
- Popular Mechanics for Kids stars Elisha Cuthbert, Tyler Kyte, Charles Edwin Powell, Jay Baruchel, Vanessa Lengies.
