The BEST episodes of Beakman's World

#1 - Bats, Beakmania & Energy

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

#2 - 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.

#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 - Alligators and Crocodiles, Beakmania & Robots

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

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

#5 - Carbon, Beakmania & Inventions

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1995

The wonders of carbon; Thomas Edison.

#6 - Sleep, Beakmania & Amplification

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/30/1995

A look at sleep; what makes sounds loud and soft.

#7 - Snakes, Beakmania & Seasons

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/22/1994

Beakman investigates the world of snakes; a bee sting is treated.

#8 - 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.

#9 - 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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - Allergies, Beakmania & Codes

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/8/1994

Beakman provides answers for allergy sufferers; cryptic world of codes.

#12 - 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.

#13 - The Sun, Beakmania & Metamorphosis

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

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

#14 - 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.

#15 - 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

#16 - 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.

#17 - Sound, Beakmania & Illusions

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

Pianos; maggots; illusions.

#18 - 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.

#19 - Snow, Beakmania & Natural Selection

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

Investigating snow; natural selection.

#20 - Geysers and Hot Springs, Beakmania & Kidneys

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

Geysers; the function of kidneys.

#21 - 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.

#22 - Crustaceans, Beakmania & Bernouli

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

Lobsters and crabs; Swiss scientist Daniel Bernoulli.

#23 - Islands, Beakmania & Springs

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

Why islands don't float; how springs work.

#24 - Steel, Beakmania & Film Developing

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

The origins of steel; how photographs are made.

#25 - Seeds, Beakmania & Bridges

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1995

How seeds grow; the evolution of bridges.