The BEST episodes of Beakman's World

#1 - Sky, Beakmania & Henry Ford

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1993

Beakman answers colorful questions such as why the sky is blue; Lester and Eliza enjoy a very special "Beakmoment" and Henry Ford drives home the description of how cars are made.

#2 - Bats, Beakmania & Energy

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1993

#3 - Fingerprints, Beakmania & Flatulence

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/4/1997

Beakman shows the identifying structure of human fingerprints, and explains why humans fart, what this gaseous emission is made of and why it smells...

#4 - Moon, Beakmania & Elevators

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1993

Depicting Liza as the moon and Lester as the Sun, Beakman demonstrates the phases of the moon, answers meaningful questions such as "Do penguins have knees?", and explains how elevators work.

#5 - Money, Beakmania & Water Power

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/24/1994

Lester learns the value of a dollar when Beakman tries to make "cents" out of currency systems; and Liza soaks up some information about water power.

#6 - Checkup, Beakmania & Oil

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/1993

Beakman's timid brother discovers that a visit to the doctor really isn't all that painful. Beakman also traces the evolution of oil from fossils.

#7 - Heart, Beakmania & Helicopters

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1993

Beakman illustrates how the human heart works, explains how to make fake glass at home as short order cook, Art Burn, and shows us how propellers keep a helicopter up.

#8 - Rain, Beakmania & Volcanoes

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1992

Beakman explains the cyclical process of rain and evaporation. The sun warms up water in a puddle, turning it into invisible vapor. As the vapor rises it cools, which makes it condense into drops that form clouds. In the volcano segment, Beakman shows the process that a volcano goes through creating magma, and then a volcanic eruption

#9 - Skyscrapers, Beakmania & Indicators

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/8/1994

Skyscrapers; the properties of ice; making a chemistry set out of fruits and vegetables.

#10 - Sound, Beakmania & Illusions

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1993

Pianos; maggots; illusions.

#11 - Sharks, Beakmania & Einstein

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/16/1994

Searching for the ultimate predator -- sharks; bouncing an egg; Einstein and Beakman compare hairstyles.

#12 - Alligators and Crocodiles, Beakmania & Robots

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1995

The differences between alligators and crocodiles; a look at robots.

#13 - Snow, Beakmania & Natural Selection

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1995

Investigating snow; natural selection.

#14 - Ants, Beakmania & Collisions

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1994

Ants, Beakmania & Collisons--A day in the park is no picnic when a colony of ants make off with Beakman's food; Liza introduces Heimlich and his manuever; and Lester runs into trouble trying to explain collisions.

#15 - Geysers and Hot Springs, Beakmania & Kidneys

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/1995

Geysers; the function of kidneys.

#16 - Islands, Beakmania & Springs

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/11/1995

Why islands don't float; how springs work.

#17 - Crustaceans, Beakmania & Bernoulli

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/1995

Lobsters and crabs; Swiss scientist Daniel Bernoulli.

#18 - Boats, Beakmania & Airplanes

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1992

Beakman demonstrates the concepts of density and displacement then flies over to explain how airplanes fly.

#19 - Tunnels, Beakmania & Trains

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1993

Beakman shows how underwater tunnels are built; Art Burn cooks up glue you can make at home; and Beakman answers sizeable questions such as how big is a molecule.

#20 - Frogs and Toads, Beakmania & Polymers

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/1/1994

The difference between frogs and toads; how plastics are made.

#21 - Hydraulics, Beakmania & Dinosaurs

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/5/1994

Hydraulic principles; crystals; dinosaur descendants.

#22 - Steel, Beakmania & Film Developing

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1995

The origins of steel; how photographs are made.

#23 - The Sun, Beakmania & Metamorphosis

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1995

The sun; how some animals change throughout their lives..

#24 - Thermodynamics, Beakmania & Pimples

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1993

Beakman explains thermodynamics by showing how hot things cool and cold things warm up to room temperature, and how molecules move faster when they are hot than when they are cold. Afterward, Beakman explains why people get pimples.

#25 - Vacuums, Beakmania & Weaving

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1995

How vacuum cleaners work; how cloth is made.