Popular Mechanics for Kids - Radical Rockets and Other Cool Cruising Machines |  | Directors: Jean Louis Côté, Marian MacNair, Serge Marcil, Sid Goldberg
Actors: Lawrence Arcouette, Leon C. Carswell, Jason Cavalier, Cheuk Man Chiu, Elisha Cuthbert
Studio: KOCH VISION
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 21745
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DKOC6230D
ISBN: 141722732X
UPC: 741952623090
EAN: 9781417227327
ASIN: B000228SE6
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: July 13, 2004
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Join PMK's junior hosts, Jay and Elisha, for a thrilling tour of underwater and sky borne transport in Radical Rockets. The action begins on a Trident nuclear submarine, where Jay walks over missile silos, visits the ship's nerve center (and even steers it for a moment), looks through a periscope, and learns what makes a vessel that is longer than two football fields dive and surface. Meanwhile, Elisha takes a fantastic ride on a two-woman sub, then joins her cohort at NASA for some disorienting training in weightlessness, spurious motion, and flight control on the space shuttle. Along the way, there are lessons in the chemistry of booster rockets and how astronauts find leaks via computer. There's also a chapter on remote-controlled model submarines, but for the most part watching Radical Rockets is like gaining exclusive, enviable access to the biggest and coolest machines in the world. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 07/13/2004 Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Nr
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Best series ever! January 10, 2010
Foodie (Los Angeles, CA USA)
All these dvds are the greatest! Love PM for K. They're educational and fun for kids to watch. Highly rec'd!!!
Great series November 28, 2009
R. Day (Dale, TX United States)
Popular Mechanics for Kids - Radical Rockets and Other Cool Cruising Machines
My son (5 yrs) is fascinated with learning and this dvd hit the spot. He was instantly absorbed and asked me to buy the others. So I did.
Each dvd has 4 episodes. Radical Rockets also has submarines, cool cars and boats. They are lively energetic and fun. They make science understandable. The kids who host the programs are genuine and likable. We get to see the real deal with the hosts. There are cartoon segments to explain the science. Finally there is Charlie who is sometimes silly but always interesting when he does actual experiments. After watching my boy gathers stuff to do his own experiments. What an impact. My husband and I enjoy them and learn a few things as well. I guess this was a tv series at one time but I never watched it. I'm glad they put this treasure on dvd.
Great for 3 and 5 year old February 25, 2008
Beccaboney (Washington, DC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 5 year old son, but my 3 year old daughter also enjoys it (though a bit long for her age). My son is really into rockets and space, but knows nothing of commercialized stories such as Star Wars and the like. So he's very intrigued by the actual inner workings of rockets and boosters and things that goes into space. Lots of great real life video, which is always a hit with his mom. The kids are a bit older than him, but he still enjoys it.
Terrific for the inquisitive February 9, 2008
Ann Marie Aherne (California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first bought one Popular Mechanics dvd to explain electricity to our 3 year old grandson. After seeing it I purchased one for our 5 year old grandson. Since then I have purchased two sets of the six Popular Mechanics dvd's and they have entertained both boys for hours. These stories are told by children, for children, and are very educational and interesting. I would purchase more in a second.
My three year old loves this--and I like it, too! February 27, 2006
AverageJoe (Tuscaloosa, AL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son loves each of the four programs on this DVD, though he probably prefers the one on rockets. As a parent, I appreciate the fact that the programs are intelligently done and the young actors seem genuinely interested in the science they're talking about.
This is an outstanding addition to my family's DVD library.
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