Mapping

21m

Hamza thinks finding his way around is easy... until his smart phone breaks. Uh oh. Now he needs to use maps to get where he's going.

Arches

21m

Hamza literally bends over backwards to find out how arches work, meeting a medieval mason, building an arch out of cheese, and singing the praises of buttresses.

Musical Cylinders

21m

Hamza wants to find out why so many instruments are cylinders. To find out why the shape is so musical, we'll make instruments out of junk and play music with water glasses.

Pyramids

21m

To find out why pyramids are so strong, we arm-wrestle with a crocodile, meet a mummy architect who thinks he's a rock star, and put a cheerleading stunt to the test.

Cones

21m

Hamza realizes that a cone is like a spinning right triangle and sends the Investigators out on a quest to find things that are cone-shaped.

Tiling

21m

Hamza likes to do crafts on cold, "indoor" days like this, and decides to replicate the patterns in his quilt with geometric shapes.

Aerodynamics

21m

To find out why some shapes fly better than others, the gang make a rocket, put bicycle "test pilots" to the test, and meet a scientist who swims better than he walks.

Spirals

21m

Why are spirals so captivating? To find out, Hamza meets a rebellious snail, shakes his crazy helix hair, and finds the biggest spiral around, The Milky Way galaxy.

Lenses

21m

To find out how lenses work, the gang will read a secret message, go inside a camera, get close to an upside-down dinosaur, and talk to a very fancy krill.

Domes

21m

To put domes to the test, our challengers walk on eggshells, Hamza meets an ancient dome architect, and a little chick finally gets his "big breakthrough".