Head Rush

Documentary 2010

Available on Philo, iTunes, Hulu, Sling TV

Imagine a world where kids are as passionate about physics as they are about the internet, and engineers and scientists are treated like rock stars. Head Rush, targets the curious kid in all of us and will inspire and excite kids about the wonders of science and show how it is a vital part of their everyday lives.

Documentary 2010

TV-G

Starring Kari Byron

EPISODE 1

Synchronized Metronomes

Kari Byron makes metronomes tick in time and shows how boomerangs fly in Space. Shrimps hit the treadmill and whips crack at supersonic speed. Find out what it means to fall from an airplane at terminal velocity and poke pencils through water-filled bags.

59 min · Sep 19, 2011 TV-G
EPISODE 2

Grape Plasma

Kari Byron makes plasma using grapes and explores the science of sound with Metallica. Find out what chopped liver & hydrogen peroxide can do and how rust can be helpful. Solve the mysteries of how hummingbirds hover and the gruesome task of mummy making.

59 min · Sep 23, 2011 TV-G
EPISODE 3

Cornstarch Flamethrower

Kari Byron creates a cornstarch-powered flamethrower. Find out how maggots can save your life, and how Flies defeat Fire Ants in a fight to the death. Discover what happens when you pop a potato chip bag in a microwave.

59 min · Sep 26, 2011 TV-G
EPISODE 4

Milk Kaleidoscope

Kari Byron makes amazing art using milk. Find out why the Archer Fish is nature's dead shot, why methane is a greenhouse gas and how to survive a thousand degree flame. Then discover how Geckos clean their eyes, and how deep the deepest ocean is.

59 min · Sep 30, 2011 TV-G
EPISODE 5

FIRST Robotics

In a Head Rush special, Kari Byron sends her pal Andrew Hendrix to St Louis, MO to report on the 20th FIRST Robotics Championship. With an appearance by rapper will.i.am, more than 500 schools from around the world compete to see who's built the best bot.

59 min · Oct 3, 2011 TV-G
EPISODE 6

Gravity Fountain

Kari Byron shines a laser into a water fountain and gets surprising results. Find out how a Mars Explorer survives a Martian Atmosphere. And discover what makes a frog levitate. Then, what is Dark Matter? What makes interleaved books hard to pull apart?

59 min · Oct 7, 2011 TV-G

Kari Byron

Host

About

Head Rush

DOCUMENTARY

Imagine a world where kids are as passionate about physics as they are about the internet, and engineers and scientists are treated like rock stars. Head Rush, targets the curious kid in all of us and will inspire and excite kids about the wonders of science and show how it is a vital part of their everyday lives.

MythBusters spin-off makes science fun for tweens.

Information

Studio: SCIENCE
Released: 2010
Rated: TV-G

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (United States) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.