The Way Things Work
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Episode guide
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Cooling (Keeping Cool)
A visiting inventor and two young islanders try to beat the heat on a hot summer day. Olive, Troy and their inventor friend create a machine that produces a cooling breeze.
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Engine Trouble (Engines)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island look for an alternative to mammoths to speed up pizza delivery. They decide to experiment with different engines and discover how each one works.
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The Far Side (Ballooning)
Some inhabitants of Mammoth Island decide to explore the far side of a distant mountain range on a breezy spring day. In order to save their hairy friend, Olive and Troy enlist the aid of t…
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Fun At The Fair (Belts And Gears)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island are getting ready for their annual fair and are determined to make this year's event better than ever. Olive enlists the help of a visiting inventor. This resu…
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A Head Full Of Steam (Steam Power)
Olive and Troy use steam power to design more exciting amusement park rides.
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Heating
A visiting inventor discovers just how useful the Island's mammoth population is in keeping things warm on a freezing winter day.
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Hot Wheels (Friction)
Two young Islanders, Olive and Troy, are delivering mail with a mammoth-drawn wagon when they learn how important the force of friction is as they attempt to slow down!
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Images (Photos And Images)
Local inhabitants are attempting to memorialize the winner of their annual golf tournament with a portrait. Olive begins to experiment with light when she notices its effect on the grass gr…
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A Knight's Tale (Screws)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island are in the process of building a new observation tower out of stone blocks when one of the Islanders gets trapped at the top.
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Life On The Water (Floating)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island attempt to rescue an Islander and his mammoths from the middle of a lake. They are stranded on a small island after a wooden bridge collapses.
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Oh For The Wings Of A Mammoth (Flying)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island attempt to use a trusty mammoth to deliver a canvas awning when a gust of wind creates quite a stir! The Islanders experiment, and eventually come up with the…
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On Squeezing Mammoths (Pumping)
All is well on Mammoth Island until Brenda's baking shed suddenly catches fire! Olive builds a water pump that is soon put to the test and saves the summer barbecue!
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Pulleys
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island try to find the best method to lift their mammoths. Olive tries to use a simple machine to get the job done.
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Rolling Stones (Inclined Planes)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island have decided to make gravel for their new roads by dropping boulders off a tower and smashing them to bits. A young Islander suggests that it would take less e…
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A See Saw World (Levers And Fulcrums)
Some inhabitants of Mammoth Island have decided to enter their mammoth in a "heaviest mammoth" competition. To do so, they need to find the best method to weigh a mammoth.
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Sensors And Sensorbility (Sensors And Detectors)
Olive and her cousin Troy help their family remodel a quaint old lodge in the mountains.
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She Wears My Ring (Pressure)
The Islanders work together to retrieve a wedding ring that has fallen down a sink drain. They discover what a straw, plunger, vacuum and jackhammer have in common.
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Shocking (Electricity And Electrical Charge)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn all about electricity during the annual lemon harvest.
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Somewhere Over The Mammoth (Light Refraction And Lenses)
Young Olive and her cousin Troy learn all about the properties of light with the help of a visiting inventor and a room filled with his crystal trophies.
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The Sound Of A Mammoth (Sound)
While herding their mammoths towards greener pastures, the inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn how sound energy travels in waves.
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Stuck In The Mud (Electromagnetism And Magnets)
Inhabitants of Mammoth Island discover the power of an invisible force called magnetism when a sudden lightning bolt transforms their "clothes dryer" into a coil around an iron bar.
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Take A Mammoth To Water (Wheels And Axles)
The inhabitants of Mammoth Island decide to use the concept of a wheel and axle to create a feather machine that will help them dry their mammoths.
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Take It To The Bridge (Musical Instruments)
Venture to Mammoth Island and teach students about sound waves, frequency, pitch and more. After the mammoths treat a visiting inventor to a musical performance, the residents of the island…
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Telecommunications
A visiting inventor investigating a stream of flying boulders discovers the Island's primitive communication system and decides to upgrade to one that is more efficient and less dangerous.
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That Sinking Feeling (Sinking)
A giant wave overtakes the Mammoth Ferry on its maiden voyage and all of the ship's cargo is swept overboard! A young islander watchers her cousin dive and designs a vehicle called a submer…
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Coconut Crumble (Springs)
A visiting inventor observes a family harvesting coconuts on Mammoth Island using devices called springs, causing the coconuts to go flying through the air.
