Parapente (capsule)

If you swallow chewing gum, does it stay in your stomach? Gabrielle's question is answered by Yannick, a chemistry teacher.

What makes a firework red, purple or green? To find out, we will need will need different chemicals, safety glasses and Yannick, a chemistry teacher.

Antoine is attending the 9th edition of the PontPop competition, which offers a chance for high school students to build bridges out of wooden sticks. To win the competition, they must build a bridge that respects specific standards and must support as much weight as possible.

Tamara wonders how to catch a cold. To answer her questions, she uses a sneeze simulator, a UV lamp and the expertise of biologist Evelyn Castillo.

How does a microwave oven work?

Tamara wants to know everything about solar energy. To help her in her research, she will need a calculator, light, a tiny car and Philippe Richelet, a student in physics.

Adrien tries to understand how electricity works. He knows that it is dangerous to touch an electric wire, but wonders why birds do not get electrocuted when they stand on the wire. In order to better understand the phenomenon, he conducts an experiment with Stéphane Brouillard, a science communicator.

Gabrielle is meeting with a chemistry teacher. She is trying to understand what rust is. With the help of Yannick, she will conduct an experiment with steel wool and a chemical solution.

Olivier discovers a new phenomenon called inertia. He asks a chemistry teacher to help him understand how his body moves backwards when the car of a ride starts fast.

To learn more about the mysterious world of genes, Tamara will need a microscope, an onion and biologist Evelyn Castillo.

An electric battery is a very useful object in everyday life. What is it made of? Can you make one with lemons?

Did you know that nylon is a plastic? If you look at the labels on your clothes, you'll probably notice the word nylon, which means they contain plastic.

Adrien wonders if we could play with a beach ball on the moon like we could on Earth. He tries to find out by experimenting with a scientific communicator.

Tamara meets a flavour specialist, an experienced person who specializes in taste. They usually have a nose that is very sensitive and can detect all aromas. They can also identify all flavors such as sweet, salty, sour and bitter.

Tamara meets Philippe Baude who always has fun while working. His job: developing and designing video games, his passion!

Gabrielle meets Sarah Guenette, a veterinarian who gives her all the information related to the dental hygiene of dogs. She goes to a clinic to understand the subject.

Jean-Marc Ledoux, an expert who investigates airplane accidents and anything that flies. Adrien meets him to find out more about how the famous black boxes work.

We call the fire department when there is a fire somewhere. But who takes care of people who get burnt? Adrien meets Dr. Isabelle Perrault who explains how she helps patients with serious burns.

Adrien meets Maryse Lassonde, a neuropsychologist. He takes the opportunity to ask questions about how the brain works.

Daniel Desjardins is an arborist, he is a great specialist. He could help you with your insect problems since he is a great lover of trees.

A sports physiotherapist can help athletes with physical injuries. Tamara takes the opportunity to ask her about muscles.

Tamara meets Daniel Coutu who is a magician with a trick up his sleeve. He even managed to make his homework disappear. Illusion or magic?

Sakchin Bessette is much more than a designer of multimedia environments. He develops and invents, with the collaboration of his team, impressive events with the help of technology. A true touch screen magician!

You wonder why you can't see stars in the city. Sometimes you have to go all the way to the countryside to see them! Olivier meets Laurie Rousseau-Nepton who studies astrophysics and uses a large telescope to observe stars, planets and galaxies.

Gabrielle meets Martin Leclerc, an expert in earthquakes. His job allows him to reproduce them in the laboratory. He is an engineer who develops new techniques to reinforce earthquakes.

Olivier wonders what levitation is? He meets a specialist, Louis Taillefer, who is a physicist who likes to describe himself as a scientific explorer and do experiments and analyze the results.

A door that opens without a key. A camera that opens the door thanks to face recognition. Olivier meets Valerie who works with computers that allow face recognition among many others.

Adrien meets Louis Marmet, the keeper of the atomic clock at the National Research Council in Ottawa.

Smog, comes from 'smoke' and 'fog'. Smog can have an impact on people's health. Tamara investigates and meets Chantal Duhaime, an air quality specialist.

Have you heard the expression 'blood goes to your head'? Gabrielle visits a donation center and meets Étienne Fiset, production manager. His role is to supervise all the steps in the processing of blood collected from donors.

Gabrielle wonders what astronauts eat. She meets Sylvain Bélair, an astronautical analyst. He is also the director of the Cosmodome, passionate about everything related to space and, above all, a space food gourmet.

In this clip, Gabrielle meets Jean-Jacques Berjot, a great chocolate connoisseur. He works with more than 280,000 tons of chocolate every year!

Traffic signs are everywhere! Olivier meets Pascal Lamoureux who is a specialist in transportation and traffic.

Animals in zoos produce so much waste. Olivier wonders who manages this waste. He meets biologist Julie Hébert who tries to answer his questions.

You wonder how 3D works? Adrien meets Benoît Beaulieu, a stereographer. His role is to add a third dimension to films and to work in collaboration with the director and the director of photography.

Do you wonder where the tap water you drink every day comes from, from the toilet, from the shower? Adrian is investigating and meets Patrice who is responsible for the distribution and quality of the water in a plant that supplies 1.5 million people with drinking water every day.

Tamara goes to a factory to understand how hot dogs are made. She meets Anne-Marie whose job is to research and improve the taste of the products.

Adrien develops a robot to clean his room but notices that it is not as easy as that. He asks for help from Vincent Duchaine who is a researcher in robotics.

Tamara wonders how to make glass out of sand. She goes on a journey to discover how to make this material with the help of an expert in the making.

Adrien will discover how to unload a ship full of sugar. To learn more about the long journey of sugar and how to unload it, he meets Sebastien Lambert, a specialist in maritime transport.

Olivier loves to surf but he has trouble standing up. He calls Nicolas Lefrançois, a surfing instructor, to give him some advice.

Adrien finds out where all the garbage goes when the trucks take it away? He goes to the disposal site to better understand the process.

Olivier is interested in printing on paper. He goes to meet a real pro, Patrick Pépin, a specialist in giant printing.

Metal turns red when heated to a high temperature. Olivier meets Luc Lapointe, a blacksmith who explains this phenomenon to him.

Olivier loves playing field hockey but would like to improve his agility and acceleration. To help him, he calls on Patrick Laurin who gives him an intense training session.

Jean L'Heureux works in a mine. Gabrielle takes advantage of her meeting with him to ask him where the lead in her pencil comes from.

Adrien wonders how blind people find their way around. For this experiment, he is accompanied by André Dubois who explains to him how to find his way in the city.

Gabrielle is a little afraid of doing the trapeze. She wonders why she is afraid, yet she has a great instructor. To better understand why we feel fear, she meets Bianca D'Antono, a psychologist and expert in this field.

Adrian puts himself in the shoes of a real fireman. He meets Martin Fournelle in a fire station and learns more about the importance of this profession.

Michel Birs is a diver. This means that he spends hours underwater. Tamara will be able to join him to learn how to stay underwater longer.

Gabrielle is on a field trip tonight! She is going to meet bats with Catherine Greaves, Wildlife Management Technician.