Transcript: Arches
Hamza appears on screen in his studio. Hamza is in his twenties, has short, curly, dark brown hair, wears a dark blue shirt, and khaki pants.
Hamza says RISING HIGH ABOVE
THE GROUND...
WHOA!...THERE EXISTS A STRUCTURE
KNOWN AS THE ARCH.
Different clips show examples of arches.
An animated cartoon shows a roman soldier standing on an arched bridge over a Greek man in the water.
The Roman soldier says HEY-HEY!
Hamza says BORN A LONG TIME AGO,
IT LIVES ON TODAY.
Different pictures show examples of arches in bridges, buildings, monuments, and castles.
Han Ru says WHOA, THAT IS
ONE BIG ARCH!
Hamza continues NEEDING NOTHING BUT GRAVITY
FOR ITS SUPER STRENGTH,
IT CAN HOLD UP TRAINS,
BUILDINGS, AND BRIDGES.
Hamza and kids try and build an arch on the school soccer field out of large yellow blocks that look like cheese.
One of the kids says HEY!
Hamza says IT CAN EVEN BE MADE
OUT OF CHEESE!
BUT JUST HOW MANY WATER BALLOOS
CAN IT HOLD?
WE HAVE ALL THAT AND MORE
ON
LOOK...
The cheese arch falls and the kids say AAA!
Hamza says KOOL.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
The opening sequence appears on screen.
Hamza spins in a circle while standing in front of a cityscape in the background and puts on black sunglasses. He turns around and looks at the city behind him that transforms into colourful 3-D geometric shapes that fall onto the green grass and start to grow back into a new animated city. All the shapes unfold and the colourful geometric-shaped title rises and unfolds into the sky.
The title reads "Look Kool."
The opening sequence ends.
The opening scene appears on screen with Hamza lifting his body in the shape of an arch.
Hamza says HUH... WHOA!
ARCHING MY BACK LIKE THIS
REALLY GIVES ME
A NEW WAY TO SEE THE WORLD.
LOOK AT ALL THE ARCHES!
WAIT A MINUTE.
THESE AREN'T ARCHES.
SO MANY TYPES OF CURVES GO DOWN,
AND SO FEW GO UP.
I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HARD
TO FIGHT GRAVITY.
Now an animation appears on screen.
Hamza says GRAVITY IS THE FORCE
THAT PULLS EVERYTHING DOWN.
A Greek man carries a stack of stone blocks and lets them fall in between two cliffs over a river.
The Greek man walks across and says HEY!
Then the blocks fall down because of gravity and he says AAAH!
(LAUGHING)
The man falls in the water and swallows a fish.
Back in the studio, Hamza copies the stones lying over the river and says MAN, THIS IS
REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
MAYBE IF I ROLL...
Hamza rolls over and his body bends and he falls between two blocks.
Hamza says WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO SPAN OVER
AN EMPTY SPACE,
Photos of ancient Roman architecture appear on screen and Hamza says BUT THIS FAMOUS ROMAN AQUEDUCT
HAS STAYED STANDING
FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS
AND IT'S ALMOST ALL EMPTY SPAC.
THE ANCIENT ROMANS
WENT ARCH CRAZY.
ARCHES, ARCHES,
MORE ARCHES,
AND ALL THESE ARCHES
ARE STILL STANDING!
(PHONE RINGING)
(WHISTLING)
Back to the animation, the Roman soldier who built an arch stands over the Greek man who fell in the water and the Roman soldier says HEY-HEY!
(LAUGHING)
Hamza says THERE'S DEFINITELY
A COOL SECRET TO THE ARCH.
YOU DON'T NEED GLUE, NAILS
OR ANYTHING, AND IT STAYS UP
BUT HOW DOES IT DO THAT?
THIS CALLS
FOR AN INVESTIGATION!
Now Kool Kat appears on screen and looks through a magnifying glass at a title that reads "Investigation."
Hamza goes over to the projection screen and Han Ru and Stefano appear standing in front of an arched bridge. Han Ru has shoulder-length, middle-parted, wavy black hair and Stefano has short, dark brown, feathery hair. They both wear white T-shirts with an eye in the middle with four arrows that point around it.
Han Ru says HI!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA.
Hamza says HEY, GUYS. I'M LOOKING
FOR SOME ARCHES. DO YOU
KNOW WHAT ARCHES ARE?
Han Ru says YEAH. THEY'RE HALF CIRCLES.
Hamza says SORT OF BUT THERE'S
MORE TO IT.
YOU CAN ALSO SAY THAT AN ARCH
IS A CURVED STRUCTURE
THAT CAN SPAN SPACE
WHILE SUPPORTING WEIGHT.
WANNA SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND?
They both say OK.
Stefano says DO YOU SEE AN ARCH AROUND?
They find an arched bridge.
Han Ru says WHOA! THAT IS
ONE BIG ARCH!
The computer says ARCH IDENTIFIED!
Stefano says HEY, LOOK. RIGHT OVER THERE.
Han Ru says RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THERE'S
LITTLE ARCHES ON THE WINDOW.
Stefano says YEAH, THE WINDOW.
(BEEPING)
HAN RU, LOOK!
THERE'S AN ARCH RIGHT THERE!
Han Ru says OH YEAH!
THAT'S A BIG ONE.
(BEEPING)
HEY, THERE'S A LOT
OF LITTLE ARCHES OVER THERE.
Stefano says THERE ARE MANY LITTLE ARCHES.
(BEEPING)
Hamza says LET'S GET THE MIND'S EYE
COMPUTER TO ANALYZE
YOUR PICTURES.
The computer says ALL THESE ARCHES
HAVE A DIFFERENT SHAPED STONE
IN THE CENTER.
IT'S CALLED A KEYSTONE.
IT'S THE LAST STONE
TO BE PLACED IN THE ARCH.
ONCE THE KEYSTONE IS SET,
IT LOCKS ALL THE OTHER STONES
INTO POSITION. THAT'S WHAT MAKS
AN ARCH SO STRONG.
Stefano says HAN RU, WHY DON'T WE GO LOOK
FOR MORE ARCHES IN THE PARK?
Han Ru says OK.
Stefano says GUESS WHAT?
THE SWINGS ARE ARCHES.
Han Ru says OH YEAH!
(BEEPING)
The computer says THE UPSIDE-DOWN
ARCH IS WHAT MAKES THE
SWING SEAT STRONG.
IT CAN CARRY MORE WEIGHT
THAN A FLAT SEAT.
THAT'S ONE REASON WHY
WE SEE THEM SO OFTEN IN PARKS.
Stefano says I THINK I SEE
A PRETTY BIG ONE HERE.
(BEEPING)
HEY, DO YOU THINK
THIS IS AN ARCH?
Han Ru says IT'S A SIDEWAYS ARCH.
The computer says THIS ARCH
IS MADE FROM STEEL
AND SO IS THE GATEWAY ARCH,
THE LARGEST ARCH IN THE WORLD.
IT'S AS HIGH AS A SKYSCRAPER
AND CAN RESIST EARTHQUAKES
AND HOWLING WINDS.
IT'S SUPER STRONG.
Back in the studio, Hamza eats cheese.
Hamza says ARCHES ARE REALLY STRONG
AND BASICALLY LAST FOREVER,
UNLESS...
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF CHEESE. MMM!
Now a slate of Kool Kat sitting on animated grass appears on screen with a title that reads "Deconstruct." Kool Kat breaks apart into several tiny shapes and comes back together.
Back in the studio, Hamza says IT'S AMAZING
HOW THIS ROMAN AQUEDUCT
IS BASICALLY ALL EMPTY SPACE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
FOR A DECONSTRUCT.
The photo of the Roman aqueduct transforms into blue 3-D shapes that float around him and then form an arch.
Hamza says WHOA!
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
THE PIECES OF AN ARCH
ARE TRAPEZOIDAL PRISMS.
AND GET THIS, THEY HAVE
A FUNNY FRENCH NAME.
VOUSSOIRS.
HUH?
OH, I GET IT!
AN ARCH IS SYMMETRICAL,
WHICH MEANS THAT ONE SIDE
IS THE MIRROR IMAGE
OF THE OTHER SIDE.
IT MEANS IDENTICAL. HUH.
I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE
TO BE SYMMETRICAL,
BECAUSE ONE SIDE PUSHES OVER
WERE BIGGER THAN THE OTHERSIDE
SIDE,
THEN IT WOULD PUSH
THE OTHER SIDE OVER.
SEE? THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I WONDER IF TODAY'S CHALLENGERS
COULD BUILD AN ARCH
THAT WON'T FALL DOWN
AND BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON.
BUT THEY PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING
BIGGER THAN A WEDGE OF CHEESE.
THEY NEED
GIANT WEDGES OF CHEESE!
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
(KIDS CHEERING)
Hamza appears on screen and looks at large yellow blocks that look like cheese and says WOW! THAT'S A LOT OF CHEESE!
IT'S THAT KIND OF SHOW.
LET'S GO MEET OUR CHALLENGERS.
Hamza runs over to the yellow team with four kids and the blue team with four kids.
Hamza says HI, EVERYONE!
The kids say HI, HAMZA!
Hamza says TO MY LEFT, I HAVE VICTORIA,
STEVEN, PETER AND JANE.
TEAM YELLOW!
The yellow team says GO, YELLOW!
Hamza says GO, YELLOW INDEED!
AND TO MY RIGHT,
THEIR ARCH NEMESIS:
ELLA-ROSE, ANTONIO, TESSA,
AND VINCENT! TEAM BLUE!
The blue team says TEAM BLUE, WOO!
Hamza says AND TODAY,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE
MASTER BUILDERS
AND SEE WHO CAN BUILD
THE STRONGEST ARCH!
WHAT A STRANGE ASSORTMENT
OF BUILDING BLOCKS! DO YOU THINK
YOU CAN BUILD AN ARCH STRONG
ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CLIMB ON?
They all say MAYBE.
Hamza says WELL, BETTER MAKE
'EM STRONG JUST TO BE SURE!
THREE, TWO, ONE!
GO BUILD SOME ARCHES!
Both teams separate and begin to build their cheese arch.
Everyone says LET'S GO!
Hamza says THE CHALLENGERS
HAVE TO BUILD
THEIR STRUCTURE
WITHOUT ANY GLUE OR CEMENT.
NOT THAT EASY IF YOU DON'T WANT
IT TO COLLAPSE ON YOUR HEAD.
Victoria says IT'S THIS. MAYBE.
Jane says NO, THIS ONE. LOOK,
BECAUSE THIS ONE IS FLAT.
Tessa says IT CURVES TOO MUCH, GUYS.
IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
Antonio says AND IT'S NOT MATCHING.
Steven says MAYBE THIS ONE.
Hamza says ALRIGHT, TEAM YELLOW,
WHAT'S THE STRATEGY
GOING INTO THIS?
Peter says WHICHEVER BLOCKS
WE FIND HERE, WE'RE JUST GONNA
TRY TO FIND THE SAME BLOCKS
AND PUT THEM ON THAT SIDE.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM IS STARTING
TO STACK THEIR BLOCKS UP
BUT BLUE TEAM'S STRATEGY IS
TO LAY THE BLOCKS ON THE
GROUND,
FIGURE OUT THEIR ORDER,
AND THEN BUILD THEM UP.
SMART!
HEY, TEAM BLUE,
WHICH PIECE IS GONNA GO
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE?
Antonio says THE KEYSTONE.
Hamza says WHAT'S IT CALLED?
The kids say THE KEYSTONE!
Hamza says OH, OK. THAT'S GONNA
BE THE MIDDLE PIECE.
IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH TEAMS
HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
OF ARCH PRINCIPLES. TEAM YELLOW
MOVING THEM FARTHER APART
TO GIVE THAT ARCH ACTION
A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO WORK.
Peter says THAT SHOULD BE 5 PIECES ON
EACH SIDE AND THEN THE KEYSTONE.
Antonio says I THINK I FOUND IT.
Ella-Rose says WAIT! THIS IS WRONG!
Hamza says LOOKS LIKE BOTH TEAMS
ARE MOVING FORWARD.
KEEP BUILDING, GUYS,
I'LL CHECK BACK IN A BIT!
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO ROMAN ARCHES AREN'T
THE ONLY ARCH SHAPES THAT WORK,
BUT AFTER A WHILE PEOPLE WANTED
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
AND THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS
WITH THE OLD KIND.
(CHOIR SINGING)
An animation appears on screen of a priest walking through an arch whose hat falls down for being so short.
The animated priest says AWW!
Back in the studio, Hamza says ARCHITECTS HAD TO BUILD
THEIR ARCHES TALLER AND TALLER,
BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH THAT.
ARCHES DON'T REDIRECT
ALL THE FORCES DOWNWARDS.
THERE'S STILL
SOME SIDEWAYS PUSH LEFT.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU BUILD
YOUR ARCH TOO TALL,
IT MIGHT FALL DOWN. OUCH!
BUT "ARCH-I-TECTS" -
GET IT? - DIDN'T HAVE YET
THE MATH TO UNDERSTAND
THE FORCES,
SO THEY HAD TO SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS USING TRIAL AND ERROR.
BOVET CATHEDRAL
WAS A SUPER TALL CATHEDRAL,
THEN IT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
ABOUT 750 YEARS AGO. YIKES!
FORTUNATELY, WE GET TO TALK
TO A MEDIEVAL BUILDER
WHOSE CATHEDRAL
DID NOT COLLAPSE.
ROGER IS ONE OF THE BUILDERS
OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
EVERYBODY GIVE ROGER A BIG HAND.
(APPLAUSE)
Roger walks into the studio. Roger has long, greasy black hair under a leather hat. He?s missing a tooth and has a scrappy beard. He wears a green jacket over a brown tunic and black pants.
(HAPPY JINGLE MUSIC)
Hamza says PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, ROGER?
Roger says AH, LADDY,
NAY SAY WELL.
I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
MY TEETH HURT, WE'VE BARELY
JUST INVENTED THE CHIMNEY,
AND AS FAR AS CAT VIDEOS
GO ON YOUTUBE,
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THAT
FOR THE NEXT 700 YEARS.
WE HAD TO WATCH
ACTUAL CATS. BORING!
Hamza says SO YOU'RE BUILDING A LOT
OF ROMAN ARCHES THESE DAYS?
Roger says ROMAN ARCHES?
WHO ARE YOU? MY GRANDPAPPY?
NO ONE MAKES
THOSE OLD THINGS ANYMORE.
Hamza says SO ROMAN ARCHES ARE OUT?
(LAUGHING)
OUT, HE SAYS. IT'S ALL
GOTHIC ARCHES NOW.
The public says OOOH!
Roger says GOTHIC ARCHES GO HIGHER
AND THEY DON'T PUSH
OUTWARDS AS MUCH.
YOU CAN BUILD YOUR GOTHIC ARCH
ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH
AS YOUR ROMAN ARCH.
The audience says OHHHHH
OHHHHH
The animated priest appears on screen with his hat and walks underneath without his hat falling off.
The animated priest says OOH!
Hamza says SO, WHAT ARE THOSE SPINES
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CATHEDRA?
Roger says THOSE AREN'T SPINES, LADDY,
THOSE ARE FLYING BUTTRESSES.
Hamza says FLYING BUTTRESSES?
(PUBLIC LAUGHING)
Roger says AY. EVERY ARCH
PUSHES OUTWARDS A BIT
SO YOU SORT OF
LEAN UP A COLUMN OF STONE
UP AGAINST IT
TO SQUEEZE IT TOGETHER.
THAT WAY, YOUR BUILDING
DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
SO FLYING BUTTRESSES...
Hamza says (LAUGHING) FLYING BUTTRESSES?
Roger says WHAT IS SO FUNNY, LADDY?
Hamza says NOTHING.
Roger begins to dance and sing with videos of gothic arches in the background.
Roger sings and says PERHAPS I SHOULD PUT IT
INTO TERMS YOU'D
UNDERSTAND BETTER.
A ONE, A TWO,
A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
(PUBLIC CHEERING)
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
I LIKE BIG BUTTRESSES
I CANNOT LIE
I LIKE MY ARCHES HIGH
SO IF I'M GOING
TO HAVE A SUCCESS
I NEED A GREAT BIG BUTTRESS
HE LIKES
A GREAT BIG BUTTRESS
IT GIVES HIM ALL HIS SUCCESS
GRAVITY'S MY ARCH'S NEMESIS
I GOT TO PUSH IT OFF
MY PREMISES
WHEN MY ARCHES
START TO SLIDE
I GIVE THEM
SOMETHING ON THE SIDE
ON THE SIDE, STICK 'EM OUT
ALL THE ARCHES GOTTA SHOUT
GIVE ME A BUTTRESS
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO...
THANKS ROGER.
Roger says DON'T MENTION IT, LADDY.
Hamza says LET'S SEE HOW
OUR CHALLENGE TEAMS ARE DOING.
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
Back on the soccer field, Hamza says WE ARE BACK
AT THE ARCH-BUILDING CHALLENGE,
AND THE TEAMS SEEM TO BE MAKING
A LOT OF PROGRESS.
Tessa says DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO?
Hamza says THEY'RE COMPETING TO BUILD
THE STRONGEST ARCH
USING NO GLUE OR CEMENT
OR ANYTHING
TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.
Victoria says DON'T MAKE IT TOUCH THE
FLOOR.
Ella-Rose says WE HAVE 3 MORE, GUYS.
GUYS, WE CAN DO THIS.
Jane says DON'T! PLEASE DON'T!
Steven says OW, MY HEAD!
I NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP ME HERE.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S
ALMOST DONE.
THEY'RE PLACING THEIR KEYSTONE
IN NOW. WILL THEIR ARCH HOLD UP?
The yellow team says IT'S GOOD.
Hamza says IT DOES!
I'LL PUT ON MY MIND'S EYEGLASSES
TO SEE WHY.
The computer says ACTIVATING.
THE KEYSTONE IS THE CENTER PIECE
AT THE TOP OF THE ARCH.
ITS JOB IS TO TAKE THE GRAVITY
PUSHING DOWN ON IT
AND TURN THAT FORCE SIDEWAYS.
THE PIECES ON THE SIDES
TAKE THAT SIDEWAYS FORCE
AND SLOWLY TURN IT
BACK DOWNWARDS
TOWARDS THE GROUND UNTIL
IT REACHES THE OTHER STONES
ON THE BOTTOM. THE WAY AN ARCH
REDIRECTS THE FORCE OF GRAVITY
ALONG ITS CURVE
IS CALLED ARCH ACTION.
Hamza takes of the mind?s eyeglasses and says ARCH ACTION, WOW! I GUESS
IF YOU BUILD AN ARCH RIGHT,
YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO GLUE
THE PIECES TOGETHER. GRAVITY
HOLDS EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
HAIL, CAESAR! PRETTY SLICK ARCH.
The yellow team says THANKS.
Hamza says YOU'RE READY TO FIND OUT
WHAT THIS LADDER'S FOR?
Jane says ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GONNA
MAKE US CLIMB UP THERE?
Hamza says NAH!
I'M GONNA CLIMB UP THERE
AND PUT THIS BIG PLASTIC BIN
ON TOP OF YOUR ARCH.
AREN'T YOU GLAD I'M NOT GONNA
MAKE YOU WALK ON YOUR ARCH?
The yellow team says YEAH!
Hamza puts the plastic bin on top of the yellow arch and says NOW, THIS BUCKET
DOESN'T WEIGH MUCH, YET.
BUT IT'S GOING TO.
WHAT'S GONNA KEEP YOUR ARCH
FROM COLLAPSING OUTWARDS?
ARCH ACTION, MY FRIENDS!
ARCH ACTION!
BETTER DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ARCHES
BECAUSE I'LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO PUT THEM TO THE TEST TO SEE
IF YOU ARCHES ARE ALRIGHT.
BYE, GUYS!
A square tessellation puzzle appears on screen and a title reads "Brain Bender."
Back in the studio, Hamza says TODAY, WE HAVE
2 SETS OF PUZZLERS.
SKYLAR AND DARRAH.
The two girls appear on screen in front of a triangle with prongs and rubber bands in front of them.
They say HI.
Hamza says AND TAYA AND ANDREW.
Taya and Andrew appear on screen in another house with the same objects in front of them.
Taya says HEY!
Andrew says YAH!
Hamza says IF YOU WRAP AN ELASTIC
AROUND EACH NAIL ON THIS SIDE
STARTING WITH NUMBER 1
AND MATCH IT TO THE SAME NUMBER
ON THAT SIDE -
1 TO 1, 2 TO 2, AND SO ON -
WHAT SHAPE DO YOU THINK
IT'LL MAKE?
Skylar says A TRIANGLE MAYBE?
Darrah says MAYBE A SQUARE?
Andrew says SEMI-CIRCLE LIKE,
KIND OF, A TURN.
Taya says PROBABLY AN ACUTE TRIANGLE
OR A RIGHT-ANGLE TRIANGLE.
Hamza says WELL, TRY IT. LET'S FIND OUT.
Darrah says WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE, SKYLAR?
Skylar says I DON'T KNOW.
Darrah says SOMETHING.
Hamza says DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A SQUARE?
Skylar says IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A SQUARE.
Darrah says NOWHERE NEAR A SQUARE.
Taya says HAH! SEE? TOLD YOU
IT'S GONNA CURVE.
Andrew says LOOKS LIKE A TRIANGLE.
Taya NO.
Andrew says HMM, IT'S CURVY.
Taya says CURVED.
IT'S A SEMI-CIRCLE,
SO HE WAS RIGHT.
Darrah says FEELS LIKE A CURVE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Skylar says AN ELASTIC CURVE.
Hamza says SO, WHAT'S YOUR FINAL ANSWER?
WHAT SHAPE IS IT?
Skylar says AN ARC.
Darrah says AN ARC.
Andrew says ARC. HA! HA! HA!
Taya says ARC, YES.
Andrew says ARC.
Hamza says THAT'S RIGHT!
GREAT JOB!
Andrew says LOOK.
Taya says KOOL.
Andrew and Taya say YAY!
Skylar and Darrah say YAY!
Hamza says SO, THE RIGHT ANSWER
IS AN ARC.
AN ARC IS A GEOMETRIC SHAPE
THAT IS ACTUALLY
A SEGMENT OF A CIRCLE.
ARCHES ARE STRUCTURES
THAT CAN BE ARCH-SHAPED,
BUT THEY CAN ALSO HAVE
OTHER TYPES OF CURVE SHAPES.
SPEAKING OF ARCHES, LET'S SEE
WHAT OUR INVESTIGATORS FOUND.
Now Han Ru and Stefano appear on screen and Han Ru says HEY!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA.
Hamza says FOUND ANY FLYING BUTTRESSES?
HA! HA! HA!
Han Ru says WHAT?
Stefano says BUTTRESSES?
Hamza says OH, IT'S A THING THAT LEANS ON
A SECOND THING, SO THE SECOND
THING DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
LET'S SEE YOUR PICTURES.
Han Ru says OK, SURE!
Hamza says SAY, THESE BUILDINGS
ARE SWEET!
WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY HAVE ARCH WINDOWS?
Han Ru says WELL, THEY LOOK NICE.
Stefano says YES. THEY LOOK VERY COOL,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO
PRETTY STRONG.
Hamza says HEY, SO ROMAN ARCHES
ARE STRONG
AND GOTHIC ARCHES ARE STRONG,
BUT WHAT IS THE STRONGEST SHAPE
FOR AN ARCH?
Han Ru says HMMM... NO.
Stefano says HMMM... NOT QUITE SURE.
Hamza says TO FIND OUT,
LET'S DO A HANDS-ON.
Now a slate appears with Kool Kat holding up a piece of toast and a title that reads "Hands-On."
Hamza says HAYLEAN STUDIES ARCHITECTURE.
SHE WANTS TO BUILD HOUSES AND
SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
SHE SAYS KNOWING MATH
REALLY HELPS.
Haylean appears on screen standing next to Han Ru and Stefano. Haylean is in her twenties, has red hair braided into a ponytail and wears a white shirt, green jacket, and blue and white polka dot shorts.
Haylean says SO THE ARCHES ARE REALLY
STRONG AND THE STRONGEST
KIND OF ARCH IS CALLED
AN INVERTED CATENARY ARCH.
SO A CATENARY IS THE SHAPE
THAT A ROPE TAKES WHEN
YOU HANG IT FROM 2 POINTS.
AND THE BRIDGE BEHIND US
IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE
OF A CATENARY ARCH.
Stefano says BUT SAY, HAYLEAN, IN THIS
CASE, THE WAY YOU'RE HOLDING IT,
WOULDN'T OUR CATENARY BRIDGE
BE LIKE UPSIDE DOWN?
Haylean says YEAH, IT WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN.
SO WHEN WE MAKE A STONE BRIDGE,
OR LIKE THE BRIDGE BEHIND US,
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS
SHAPE UPSIDE DOWN.
Haylean says AH, OK, SO BASICALLY,
WE NEED TO INVERT OUR CATENARY
TO MAKE IT AN INVERTED CATENARY.
Haylean says THAT'S RIGHT.
Hamza says OH, SO IS A CATENARY
LIKE A VETERINARIAN
WHO ONLY TREATS CATS OR...?
Haylean says NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY.
The kids say OH, HAMZA.
Hamza says I GUESS I WAS WRONG
ABOUT THAT ONE.
Haylean says SO WE KNOW
THAT A CATENARY IS...
WE CAN MAKE THE SHAPE
BY HANGING A ROPE FROM 2 POINTS.
AND I KNOW A WAY
WE CAN MAKE IT FLIP.
LET'S GO DO A HANDS-ON.
Stefano says OK, SURE.
Haylean says SO IF YOU CAN EACH
PICK UP A STRING...
Han Ru says OK.
Haylean says ALRIGHT. SO WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING,
WE'RE GOING TO DIP YOUR STRING
IN THE WAX...
Han Ru says OK.
Haylean says SO WHEN IT'S ALL DIPPED IN,
YOU CAN PULL IT OUT - BE VERY
CAREFUL WHEN YOU PULL IT OUT -
AND YOU CAN STEP AWAY
FROM THE POT
AND HOLD IT. YEP.
Han Ru says AND JUST DIP
ALL THE STRING IN?
Haylean says YEAH, DIP THE WHOLE STRING IN.
OK. SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT
AND WE'RE GOING TO
LET THEM COOL.
SO THESE LOOK DRY. ALRIGHT,
SO WE'RE READY TO FLIP THEM.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO CAREFULLY
TURN THEM UPSIDE DOWN.
Han Ru says THANK YOU.
OH, WE HAVE A BRIDGE!
Stefano says YEAH!
Haylean says YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB!
Stefano says THANK YOU, HAYLEAN.
Haylean says DO YOU KNOW WHY
ARCHITECTURE IS SO NEAT?
Han Ru says WHY?
Haylean says BECAUSE EVERY BUILDING
THAT WE SEE BEGAN
IN SOMEBODY'S IMAGINATION.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE
COULD BECOME
A BUILDING THAT GETS USED
BY PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO, INVESTIGATORS, WHAT HAVE
YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT ARCHES?
They both say WELL...
Stefano says THAT IT CAN BE VERY STRONG.
Han Ru says YEAH. IT'S REALLY
COOL AND NICE.
Stefano says THAT IT COULD BE VERY STRONG
AND DECORATIVE AT THE SAME TIME.
Hamza says THE INCAS WERE EXPERT
CATENARY-BRIDGE BUILDERS.
500 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL
USING THE SAME METHODS
TO BUILD ROPE BRIDGES.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO
IS HANG ROPE BETWEEN 2 POINTS.
(WIND BLOWING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(WHISTLING)
The Greek and the Roman animation appear on screen and now an Incan animation appears on a catenary bridge and says HEY!
(FISH LAUGHING)
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
(KIDS CHEERING)
Back on the field, Hamza says NOW IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!
TIME TO PUT YOUR ARCHES TO
THE TEST! ARE YOU READY?
All the kids say YAH!
Hamza says THREE,
TWO, ONE,
WATER BALLOONS AWAY!
The teams start to put water balloons on top.
Hamza says TO PUT THEIR ARCHES TO THE TES,
THE CHALLENGERS HAVE TO SEE
WHO CAN PUT MORE
HEAVY WATER BALLOONS ON TOP.
HOW MANY WILL IT TAKE
UNTIL WE CRUSH AN ARCH?
Victoria says UNTIL IT WON'T CRACK.
Hamza says BOTH ARCHES LOOKING
PRETTY STEADY SO FAR.
Tessa says ONE KILOGRAM
AND A HALF.
Hamza says PETER BEING
EXTRA CAREFUL.
Victoria says AGAIN.
PUT THAT WEIRD PEAR-SHAPED ONE.
Hamza says OOH...
THE 2 TEAMS ARE NECK AND NECK.
Tessa says THAT'S 2 KILOGRAMS.
Peter says OH MAN, OH MAN,
OH MAN, OH MAN, OH MAN!
Jane says OH, MY GOSH!
WHAT HAPPENED?
Steven says IT MOVED.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S ARCH
IS WEAKENING.
Peter says NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Hamza says WILL IT HOLD?
The yellow team says OH NO! AAAAH!
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S FINAL SCORE
IS 35!
WITH 3 MORE AND THEIR ARCH
STILL HOLDING, BLUE TEAM WINS!
CONGRATULATIONS
TO BOTH TEAM BLUE
AND TEAM YELLOW FOR BEING
SUCH MASTERFUL ARCH BUILDERS.
BOTH TEAMS COMPLETED
THE
LOOK KOOL
CHALLENGE.
AND FOR THAT I GIVE THEM...
CHEESE WEDGES!
The kids say CHEESE WEDGES?!
Jane says WHAT?
Peter says WHY?
Hamza says IT'S A LONG STORY.
More pictures of arches appear on screen and Hamza says PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING ARCHES
FOR 2000 YEARS.
THEY'RE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE
SOMETHING LIGHT AND AIRY
OUT OF SOMETHING SOLID
AND HEAVY LIKE STONE.
BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T MAKE
ALL THE ARCHES THAT YOU CAN
SEE.
NATURAL ARCHES FORM
WHEN WATER, SAND, OR WIND
DIGS A HOLE THROUGH A ROCK
UNTIL THERE'S MORE HOLE
THAN ROCK.
Back in the studio, Hamza says THESE DAYS, WE DON'T USE ARCHES
AS MUCH ANYMORE,
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE 'EM
YOURSELF, IF YOU'VE GOT
ENOUGH CHEESE.
HEY, WHO'S BEEN EATING MY ARCH?
(PURRING)
KOOL KAT!
Kool Kat appears on screen with cheese crumbs around him and he says MEOW.
Hamza says OK, FINE.
HERE, HAVE SOME MORE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME
ON
LOOK KOOL.
(PURRING)
(THEME MUSIC)
Host, Hamza Haq.
Directors, Eric Savage, Jean-Louis Cot?, Fr?deric Cusson.
Written by, Lisa Hunter.
Editor, Sylvain Lalibert?.
An Apartment 11 Production developed in partnership with TVOKids and Produced in association with TVOKids, Copyright 2014 MWW Enterprises, Inc.
Hamza says CHEESE WEDGES!
Hamza says RISING HIGH ABOVE
THE GROUND...
WHOA!...THERE EXISTS A STRUCTURE
KNOWN AS THE ARCH.
Different clips show examples of arches.
An animated cartoon shows a roman soldier standing on an arched bridge over a Greek man in the water.
The Roman soldier says HEY-HEY!
Hamza says BORN A LONG TIME AGO,
IT LIVES ON TODAY.
Different pictures show examples of arches in bridges, buildings, monuments, and castles.
Han Ru says WHOA, THAT IS
ONE BIG ARCH!
Hamza continues NEEDING NOTHING BUT GRAVITY
FOR ITS SUPER STRENGTH,
IT CAN HOLD UP TRAINS,
BUILDINGS, AND BRIDGES.
Hamza and kids try and build an arch on the school soccer field out of large yellow blocks that look like cheese.
One of the kids says HEY!
Hamza says IT CAN EVEN BE MADE
OUT OF CHEESE!
BUT JUST HOW MANY WATER BALLOOS
CAN IT HOLD?
WE HAVE ALL THAT AND MORE
ON
LOOK...
The cheese arch falls and the kids say AAA!
Hamza says KOOL.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
The opening sequence appears on screen.
Hamza spins in a circle while standing in front of a cityscape in the background and puts on black sunglasses. He turns around and looks at the city behind him that transforms into colourful 3-D geometric shapes that fall onto the green grass and start to grow back into a new animated city. All the shapes unfold and the colourful geometric-shaped title rises and unfolds into the sky.
The title reads "Look Kool."
The opening sequence ends.
The opening scene appears on screen with Hamza lifting his body in the shape of an arch.
Hamza says HUH... WHOA!
ARCHING MY BACK LIKE THIS
REALLY GIVES ME
A NEW WAY TO SEE THE WORLD.
LOOK AT ALL THE ARCHES!
WAIT A MINUTE.
THESE AREN'T ARCHES.
SO MANY TYPES OF CURVES GO DOWN,
AND SO FEW GO UP.
I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HARD
TO FIGHT GRAVITY.
Now an animation appears on screen.
Hamza says GRAVITY IS THE FORCE
THAT PULLS EVERYTHING DOWN.
A Greek man carries a stack of stone blocks and lets them fall in between two cliffs over a river.
The Greek man walks across and says HEY!
Then the blocks fall down because of gravity and he says AAAH!
(LAUGHING)
The man falls in the water and swallows a fish.
Back in the studio, Hamza copies the stones lying over the river and says MAN, THIS IS
REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
MAYBE IF I ROLL...
Hamza rolls over and his body bends and he falls between two blocks.
Hamza says WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO SPAN OVER
AN EMPTY SPACE,
Photos of ancient Roman architecture appear on screen and Hamza says BUT THIS FAMOUS ROMAN AQUEDUCT
HAS STAYED STANDING
FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS
AND IT'S ALMOST ALL EMPTY SPAC.
THE ANCIENT ROMANS
WENT ARCH CRAZY.
ARCHES, ARCHES,
MORE ARCHES,
AND ALL THESE ARCHES
ARE STILL STANDING!
(PHONE RINGING)
(WHISTLING)
Back to the animation, the Roman soldier who built an arch stands over the Greek man who fell in the water and the Roman soldier says HEY-HEY!
(LAUGHING)
Hamza says THERE'S DEFINITELY
A COOL SECRET TO THE ARCH.
YOU DON'T NEED GLUE, NAILS
OR ANYTHING, AND IT STAYS UP
BUT HOW DOES IT DO THAT?
THIS CALLS
FOR AN INVESTIGATION!
Now Kool Kat appears on screen and looks through a magnifying glass at a title that reads "Investigation."
Hamza goes over to the projection screen and Han Ru and Stefano appear standing in front of an arched bridge. Han Ru has shoulder-length, middle-parted, wavy black hair and Stefano has short, dark brown, feathery hair. They both wear white T-shirts with an eye in the middle with four arrows that point around it.
Han Ru says HI!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA.
Hamza says HEY, GUYS. I'M LOOKING
FOR SOME ARCHES. DO YOU
KNOW WHAT ARCHES ARE?
Han Ru says YEAH. THEY'RE HALF CIRCLES.
Hamza says SORT OF BUT THERE'S
MORE TO IT.
YOU CAN ALSO SAY THAT AN ARCH
IS A CURVED STRUCTURE
THAT CAN SPAN SPACE
WHILE SUPPORTING WEIGHT.
WANNA SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND?
They both say OK.
Stefano says DO YOU SEE AN ARCH AROUND?
They find an arched bridge.
Han Ru says WHOA! THAT IS
ONE BIG ARCH!
The computer says ARCH IDENTIFIED!
Stefano says HEY, LOOK. RIGHT OVER THERE.
Han Ru says RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THERE'S
LITTLE ARCHES ON THE WINDOW.
Stefano says YEAH, THE WINDOW.
(BEEPING)
HAN RU, LOOK!
THERE'S AN ARCH RIGHT THERE!
Han Ru says OH YEAH!
THAT'S A BIG ONE.
(BEEPING)
HEY, THERE'S A LOT
OF LITTLE ARCHES OVER THERE.
Stefano says THERE ARE MANY LITTLE ARCHES.
(BEEPING)
Hamza says LET'S GET THE MIND'S EYE
COMPUTER TO ANALYZE
YOUR PICTURES.
The computer says ALL THESE ARCHES
HAVE A DIFFERENT SHAPED STONE
IN THE CENTER.
IT'S CALLED A KEYSTONE.
IT'S THE LAST STONE
TO BE PLACED IN THE ARCH.
ONCE THE KEYSTONE IS SET,
IT LOCKS ALL THE OTHER STONES
INTO POSITION. THAT'S WHAT MAKS
AN ARCH SO STRONG.
Stefano says HAN RU, WHY DON'T WE GO LOOK
FOR MORE ARCHES IN THE PARK?
Han Ru says OK.
Stefano says GUESS WHAT?
THE SWINGS ARE ARCHES.
Han Ru says OH YEAH!
(BEEPING)
The computer says THE UPSIDE-DOWN
ARCH IS WHAT MAKES THE
SWING SEAT STRONG.
IT CAN CARRY MORE WEIGHT
THAN A FLAT SEAT.
THAT'S ONE REASON WHY
WE SEE THEM SO OFTEN IN PARKS.
Stefano says I THINK I SEE
A PRETTY BIG ONE HERE.
(BEEPING)
HEY, DO YOU THINK
THIS IS AN ARCH?
Han Ru says IT'S A SIDEWAYS ARCH.
The computer says THIS ARCH
IS MADE FROM STEEL
AND SO IS THE GATEWAY ARCH,
THE LARGEST ARCH IN THE WORLD.
IT'S AS HIGH AS A SKYSCRAPER
AND CAN RESIST EARTHQUAKES
AND HOWLING WINDS.
IT'S SUPER STRONG.
Back in the studio, Hamza eats cheese.
Hamza says ARCHES ARE REALLY STRONG
AND BASICALLY LAST FOREVER,
UNLESS...
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF CHEESE. MMM!
Now a slate of Kool Kat sitting on animated grass appears on screen with a title that reads "Deconstruct." Kool Kat breaks apart into several tiny shapes and comes back together.
Back in the studio, Hamza says IT'S AMAZING
HOW THIS ROMAN AQUEDUCT
IS BASICALLY ALL EMPTY SPACE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
FOR A DECONSTRUCT.
The photo of the Roman aqueduct transforms into blue 3-D shapes that float around him and then form an arch.
Hamza says WHOA!
ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?
THE PIECES OF AN ARCH
ARE TRAPEZOIDAL PRISMS.
AND GET THIS, THEY HAVE
A FUNNY FRENCH NAME.
VOUSSOIRS.
HUH?
OH, I GET IT!
AN ARCH IS SYMMETRICAL,
WHICH MEANS THAT ONE SIDE
IS THE MIRROR IMAGE
OF THE OTHER SIDE.
IT MEANS IDENTICAL. HUH.
I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE
TO BE SYMMETRICAL,
BECAUSE ONE SIDE PUSHES OVER
WERE BIGGER THAN THE OTHERSIDE
SIDE,
THEN IT WOULD PUSH
THE OTHER SIDE OVER.
SEE? THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I WONDER IF TODAY'S CHALLENGERS
COULD BUILD AN ARCH
THAT WON'T FALL DOWN
AND BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON.
BUT THEY PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING
BIGGER THAN A WEDGE OF CHEESE.
THEY NEED
GIANT WEDGES OF CHEESE!
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
(KIDS CHEERING)
Hamza appears on screen and looks at large yellow blocks that look like cheese and says WOW! THAT'S A LOT OF CHEESE!
IT'S THAT KIND OF SHOW.
LET'S GO MEET OUR CHALLENGERS.
Hamza runs over to the yellow team with four kids and the blue team with four kids.
Hamza says HI, EVERYONE!
The kids say HI, HAMZA!
Hamza says TO MY LEFT, I HAVE VICTORIA,
STEVEN, PETER AND JANE.
TEAM YELLOW!
The yellow team says GO, YELLOW!
Hamza says GO, YELLOW INDEED!
AND TO MY RIGHT,
THEIR ARCH NEMESIS:
ELLA-ROSE, ANTONIO, TESSA,
AND VINCENT! TEAM BLUE!
The blue team says TEAM BLUE, WOO!
Hamza says AND TODAY,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE
MASTER BUILDERS
AND SEE WHO CAN BUILD
THE STRONGEST ARCH!
WHAT A STRANGE ASSORTMENT
OF BUILDING BLOCKS! DO YOU THINK
YOU CAN BUILD AN ARCH STRONG
ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CLIMB ON?
They all say MAYBE.
Hamza says WELL, BETTER MAKE
'EM STRONG JUST TO BE SURE!
THREE, TWO, ONE!
GO BUILD SOME ARCHES!
Both teams separate and begin to build their cheese arch.
Everyone says LET'S GO!
Hamza says THE CHALLENGERS
HAVE TO BUILD
THEIR STRUCTURE
WITHOUT ANY GLUE OR CEMENT.
NOT THAT EASY IF YOU DON'T WANT
IT TO COLLAPSE ON YOUR HEAD.
Victoria says IT'S THIS. MAYBE.
Jane says NO, THIS ONE. LOOK,
BECAUSE THIS ONE IS FLAT.
Tessa says IT CURVES TOO MUCH, GUYS.
IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
Antonio says AND IT'S NOT MATCHING.
Steven says MAYBE THIS ONE.
Hamza says ALRIGHT, TEAM YELLOW,
WHAT'S THE STRATEGY
GOING INTO THIS?
Peter says WHICHEVER BLOCKS
WE FIND HERE, WE'RE JUST GONNA
TRY TO FIND THE SAME BLOCKS
AND PUT THEM ON THAT SIDE.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM IS STARTING
TO STACK THEIR BLOCKS UP
BUT BLUE TEAM'S STRATEGY IS
TO LAY THE BLOCKS ON THE
GROUND,
FIGURE OUT THEIR ORDER,
AND THEN BUILD THEM UP.
SMART!
HEY, TEAM BLUE,
WHICH PIECE IS GONNA GO
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE?
Antonio says THE KEYSTONE.
Hamza says WHAT'S IT CALLED?
The kids say THE KEYSTONE!
Hamza says OH, OK. THAT'S GONNA
BE THE MIDDLE PIECE.
IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH TEAMS
HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
OF ARCH PRINCIPLES. TEAM YELLOW
MOVING THEM FARTHER APART
TO GIVE THAT ARCH ACTION
A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO WORK.
Peter says THAT SHOULD BE 5 PIECES ON
EACH SIDE AND THEN THE KEYSTONE.
Antonio says I THINK I FOUND IT.
Ella-Rose says WAIT! THIS IS WRONG!
Hamza says LOOKS LIKE BOTH TEAMS
ARE MOVING FORWARD.
KEEP BUILDING, GUYS,
I'LL CHECK BACK IN A BIT!
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO ROMAN ARCHES AREN'T
THE ONLY ARCH SHAPES THAT WORK,
BUT AFTER A WHILE PEOPLE WANTED
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
AND THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS
WITH THE OLD KIND.
(CHOIR SINGING)
An animation appears on screen of a priest walking through an arch whose hat falls down for being so short.
The animated priest says AWW!
Back in the studio, Hamza says ARCHITECTS HAD TO BUILD
THEIR ARCHES TALLER AND TALLER,
BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH THAT.
ARCHES DON'T REDIRECT
ALL THE FORCES DOWNWARDS.
THERE'S STILL
SOME SIDEWAYS PUSH LEFT.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU BUILD
YOUR ARCH TOO TALL,
IT MIGHT FALL DOWN. OUCH!
BUT "ARCH-I-TECTS" -
GET IT? - DIDN'T HAVE YET
THE MATH TO UNDERSTAND
THE FORCES,
SO THEY HAD TO SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS USING TRIAL AND ERROR.
BOVET CATHEDRAL
WAS A SUPER TALL CATHEDRAL,
THEN IT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
ABOUT 750 YEARS AGO. YIKES!
FORTUNATELY, WE GET TO TALK
TO A MEDIEVAL BUILDER
WHOSE CATHEDRAL
DID NOT COLLAPSE.
ROGER IS ONE OF THE BUILDERS
OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
EVERYBODY GIVE ROGER A BIG HAND.
(APPLAUSE)
Roger walks into the studio. Roger has long, greasy black hair under a leather hat. He?s missing a tooth and has a scrappy beard. He wears a green jacket over a brown tunic and black pants.
(HAPPY JINGLE MUSIC)
Hamza says PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, ROGER?
Roger says AH, LADDY,
NAY SAY WELL.
I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
MY TEETH HURT, WE'VE BARELY
JUST INVENTED THE CHIMNEY,
AND AS FAR AS CAT VIDEOS
GO ON YOUTUBE,
YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THAT
FOR THE NEXT 700 YEARS.
WE HAD TO WATCH
ACTUAL CATS. BORING!
Hamza says SO YOU'RE BUILDING A LOT
OF ROMAN ARCHES THESE DAYS?
Roger says ROMAN ARCHES?
WHO ARE YOU? MY GRANDPAPPY?
NO ONE MAKES
THOSE OLD THINGS ANYMORE.
Hamza says SO ROMAN ARCHES ARE OUT?
(LAUGHING)
OUT, HE SAYS. IT'S ALL
GOTHIC ARCHES NOW.
The public says OOOH!
Roger says GOTHIC ARCHES GO HIGHER
AND THEY DON'T PUSH
OUTWARDS AS MUCH.
YOU CAN BUILD YOUR GOTHIC ARCH
ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH
AS YOUR ROMAN ARCH.
The audience says OHHHHH
OHHHHH
The animated priest appears on screen with his hat and walks underneath without his hat falling off.
The animated priest says OOH!
Hamza says SO, WHAT ARE THOSE SPINES
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CATHEDRA?
Roger says THOSE AREN'T SPINES, LADDY,
THOSE ARE FLYING BUTTRESSES.
Hamza says FLYING BUTTRESSES?
(PUBLIC LAUGHING)
Roger says AY. EVERY ARCH
PUSHES OUTWARDS A BIT
SO YOU SORT OF
LEAN UP A COLUMN OF STONE
UP AGAINST IT
TO SQUEEZE IT TOGETHER.
THAT WAY, YOUR BUILDING
DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
SO FLYING BUTTRESSES...
Hamza says (LAUGHING) FLYING BUTTRESSES?
Roger says WHAT IS SO FUNNY, LADDY?
Hamza says NOTHING.
Roger begins to dance and sing with videos of gothic arches in the background.
Roger sings and says PERHAPS I SHOULD PUT IT
INTO TERMS YOU'D
UNDERSTAND BETTER.
A ONE, A TWO,
A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
(PUBLIC CHEERING)
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
I LIKE BIG BUTTRESSES
I CANNOT LIE
I LIKE MY ARCHES HIGH
SO IF I'M GOING
TO HAVE A SUCCESS
I NEED A GREAT BIG BUTTRESS
HE LIKES
A GREAT BIG BUTTRESS
IT GIVES HIM ALL HIS SUCCESS
GRAVITY'S MY ARCH'S NEMESIS
I GOT TO PUSH IT OFF
MY PREMISES
WHEN MY ARCHES
START TO SLIDE
I GIVE THEM
SOMETHING ON THE SIDE
ON THE SIDE, STICK 'EM OUT
ALL THE ARCHES GOTTA SHOUT
GIVE ME A BUTTRESS
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO...
THANKS ROGER.
Roger says DON'T MENTION IT, LADDY.
Hamza says LET'S SEE HOW
OUR CHALLENGE TEAMS ARE DOING.
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
Back on the soccer field, Hamza says WE ARE BACK
AT THE ARCH-BUILDING CHALLENGE,
AND THE TEAMS SEEM TO BE MAKING
A LOT OF PROGRESS.
Tessa says DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO?
Hamza says THEY'RE COMPETING TO BUILD
THE STRONGEST ARCH
USING NO GLUE OR CEMENT
OR ANYTHING
TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.
Victoria says DON'T MAKE IT TOUCH THE
FLOOR.
Ella-Rose says WE HAVE 3 MORE, GUYS.
GUYS, WE CAN DO THIS.
Jane says DON'T! PLEASE DON'T!
Steven says OW, MY HEAD!
I NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP ME HERE.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S
ALMOST DONE.
THEY'RE PLACING THEIR KEYSTONE
IN NOW. WILL THEIR ARCH HOLD UP?
The yellow team says IT'S GOOD.
Hamza says IT DOES!
I'LL PUT ON MY MIND'S EYEGLASSES
TO SEE WHY.
The computer says ACTIVATING.
THE KEYSTONE IS THE CENTER PIECE
AT THE TOP OF THE ARCH.
ITS JOB IS TO TAKE THE GRAVITY
PUSHING DOWN ON IT
AND TURN THAT FORCE SIDEWAYS.
THE PIECES ON THE SIDES
TAKE THAT SIDEWAYS FORCE
AND SLOWLY TURN IT
BACK DOWNWARDS
TOWARDS THE GROUND UNTIL
IT REACHES THE OTHER STONES
ON THE BOTTOM. THE WAY AN ARCH
REDIRECTS THE FORCE OF GRAVITY
ALONG ITS CURVE
IS CALLED ARCH ACTION.
Hamza takes of the mind?s eyeglasses and says ARCH ACTION, WOW! I GUESS
IF YOU BUILD AN ARCH RIGHT,
YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO GLUE
THE PIECES TOGETHER. GRAVITY
HOLDS EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
HAIL, CAESAR! PRETTY SLICK ARCH.
The yellow team says THANKS.
Hamza says YOU'RE READY TO FIND OUT
WHAT THIS LADDER'S FOR?
Jane says ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GONNA
MAKE US CLIMB UP THERE?
Hamza says NAH!
I'M GONNA CLIMB UP THERE
AND PUT THIS BIG PLASTIC BIN
ON TOP OF YOUR ARCH.
AREN'T YOU GLAD I'M NOT GONNA
MAKE YOU WALK ON YOUR ARCH?
The yellow team says YEAH!
Hamza puts the plastic bin on top of the yellow arch and says NOW, THIS BUCKET
DOESN'T WEIGH MUCH, YET.
BUT IT'S GOING TO.
WHAT'S GONNA KEEP YOUR ARCH
FROM COLLAPSING OUTWARDS?
ARCH ACTION, MY FRIENDS!
ARCH ACTION!
BETTER DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ARCHES
BECAUSE I'LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO PUT THEM TO THE TEST TO SEE
IF YOU ARCHES ARE ALRIGHT.
BYE, GUYS!
A square tessellation puzzle appears on screen and a title reads "Brain Bender."
Back in the studio, Hamza says TODAY, WE HAVE
2 SETS OF PUZZLERS.
SKYLAR AND DARRAH.
The two girls appear on screen in front of a triangle with prongs and rubber bands in front of them.
They say HI.
Hamza says AND TAYA AND ANDREW.
Taya and Andrew appear on screen in another house with the same objects in front of them.
Taya says HEY!
Andrew says YAH!
Hamza says IF YOU WRAP AN ELASTIC
AROUND EACH NAIL ON THIS SIDE
STARTING WITH NUMBER 1
AND MATCH IT TO THE SAME NUMBER
ON THAT SIDE -
1 TO 1, 2 TO 2, AND SO ON -
WHAT SHAPE DO YOU THINK
IT'LL MAKE?
Skylar says A TRIANGLE MAYBE?
Darrah says MAYBE A SQUARE?
Andrew says SEMI-CIRCLE LIKE,
KIND OF, A TURN.
Taya says PROBABLY AN ACUTE TRIANGLE
OR A RIGHT-ANGLE TRIANGLE.
Hamza says WELL, TRY IT. LET'S FIND OUT.
Darrah says WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE, SKYLAR?
Skylar says I DON'T KNOW.
Darrah says SOMETHING.
Hamza says DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A SQUARE?
Skylar says IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A SQUARE.
Darrah says NOWHERE NEAR A SQUARE.
Taya says HAH! SEE? TOLD YOU
IT'S GONNA CURVE.
Andrew says LOOKS LIKE A TRIANGLE.
Taya NO.
Andrew says HMM, IT'S CURVY.
Taya says CURVED.
IT'S A SEMI-CIRCLE,
SO HE WAS RIGHT.
Darrah says FEELS LIKE A CURVE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Skylar says AN ELASTIC CURVE.
Hamza says SO, WHAT'S YOUR FINAL ANSWER?
WHAT SHAPE IS IT?
Skylar says AN ARC.
Darrah says AN ARC.
Andrew says ARC. HA! HA! HA!
Taya says ARC, YES.
Andrew says ARC.
Hamza says THAT'S RIGHT!
GREAT JOB!
Andrew says LOOK.
Taya says KOOL.
Andrew and Taya say YAY!
Skylar and Darrah say YAY!
Hamza says SO, THE RIGHT ANSWER
IS AN ARC.
AN ARC IS A GEOMETRIC SHAPE
THAT IS ACTUALLY
A SEGMENT OF A CIRCLE.
ARCHES ARE STRUCTURES
THAT CAN BE ARCH-SHAPED,
BUT THEY CAN ALSO HAVE
OTHER TYPES OF CURVE SHAPES.
SPEAKING OF ARCHES, LET'S SEE
WHAT OUR INVESTIGATORS FOUND.
Now Han Ru and Stefano appear on screen and Han Ru says HEY!
Stefano says HEY, HAMZA.
Hamza says FOUND ANY FLYING BUTTRESSES?
HA! HA! HA!
Han Ru says WHAT?
Stefano says BUTTRESSES?
Hamza says OH, IT'S A THING THAT LEANS ON
A SECOND THING, SO THE SECOND
THING DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
LET'S SEE YOUR PICTURES.
Han Ru says OK, SURE!
Hamza says SAY, THESE BUILDINGS
ARE SWEET!
WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY HAVE ARCH WINDOWS?
Han Ru says WELL, THEY LOOK NICE.
Stefano says YES. THEY LOOK VERY COOL,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO
PRETTY STRONG.
Hamza says HEY, SO ROMAN ARCHES
ARE STRONG
AND GOTHIC ARCHES ARE STRONG,
BUT WHAT IS THE STRONGEST SHAPE
FOR AN ARCH?
Han Ru says HMMM... NO.
Stefano says HMMM... NOT QUITE SURE.
Hamza says TO FIND OUT,
LET'S DO A HANDS-ON.
Now a slate appears with Kool Kat holding up a piece of toast and a title that reads "Hands-On."
Hamza says HAYLEAN STUDIES ARCHITECTURE.
SHE WANTS TO BUILD HOUSES AND
SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
SHE SAYS KNOWING MATH
REALLY HELPS.
Haylean appears on screen standing next to Han Ru and Stefano. Haylean is in her twenties, has red hair braided into a ponytail and wears a white shirt, green jacket, and blue and white polka dot shorts.
Haylean says SO THE ARCHES ARE REALLY
STRONG AND THE STRONGEST
KIND OF ARCH IS CALLED
AN INVERTED CATENARY ARCH.
SO A CATENARY IS THE SHAPE
THAT A ROPE TAKES WHEN
YOU HANG IT FROM 2 POINTS.
AND THE BRIDGE BEHIND US
IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE
OF A CATENARY ARCH.
Stefano says BUT SAY, HAYLEAN, IN THIS
CASE, THE WAY YOU'RE HOLDING IT,
WOULDN'T OUR CATENARY BRIDGE
BE LIKE UPSIDE DOWN?
Haylean says YEAH, IT WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN.
SO WHEN WE MAKE A STONE BRIDGE,
OR LIKE THE BRIDGE BEHIND US,
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS
SHAPE UPSIDE DOWN.
Haylean says AH, OK, SO BASICALLY,
WE NEED TO INVERT OUR CATENARY
TO MAKE IT AN INVERTED CATENARY.
Haylean says THAT'S RIGHT.
Hamza says OH, SO IS A CATENARY
LIKE A VETERINARIAN
WHO ONLY TREATS CATS OR...?
Haylean says NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY.
The kids say OH, HAMZA.
Hamza says I GUESS I WAS WRONG
ABOUT THAT ONE.
Haylean says SO WE KNOW
THAT A CATENARY IS...
WE CAN MAKE THE SHAPE
BY HANGING A ROPE FROM 2 POINTS.
AND I KNOW A WAY
WE CAN MAKE IT FLIP.
LET'S GO DO A HANDS-ON.
Stefano says OK, SURE.
Haylean says SO IF YOU CAN EACH
PICK UP A STRING...
Han Ru says OK.
Haylean says ALRIGHT. SO WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING,
WE'RE GOING TO DIP YOUR STRING
IN THE WAX...
Han Ru says OK.
Haylean says SO WHEN IT'S ALL DIPPED IN,
YOU CAN PULL IT OUT - BE VERY
CAREFUL WHEN YOU PULL IT OUT -
AND YOU CAN STEP AWAY
FROM THE POT
AND HOLD IT. YEP.
Han Ru says AND JUST DIP
ALL THE STRING IN?
Haylean says YEAH, DIP THE WHOLE STRING IN.
OK. SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT
AND WE'RE GOING TO
LET THEM COOL.
SO THESE LOOK DRY. ALRIGHT,
SO WE'RE READY TO FLIP THEM.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO CAREFULLY
TURN THEM UPSIDE DOWN.
Han Ru says THANK YOU.
OH, WE HAVE A BRIDGE!
Stefano says YEAH!
Haylean says YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB!
Stefano says THANK YOU, HAYLEAN.
Haylean says DO YOU KNOW WHY
ARCHITECTURE IS SO NEAT?
Han Ru says WHY?
Haylean says BECAUSE EVERY BUILDING
THAT WE SEE BEGAN
IN SOMEBODY'S IMAGINATION.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE
COULD BECOME
A BUILDING THAT GETS USED
BY PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
Back in the studio, Hamza says SO, INVESTIGATORS, WHAT HAVE
YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT ARCHES?
They both say WELL...
Stefano says THAT IT CAN BE VERY STRONG.
Han Ru says YEAH. IT'S REALLY
COOL AND NICE.
Stefano says THAT IT COULD BE VERY STRONG
AND DECORATIVE AT THE SAME TIME.
Hamza says THE INCAS WERE EXPERT
CATENARY-BRIDGE BUILDERS.
500 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL
USING THE SAME METHODS
TO BUILD ROPE BRIDGES.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO
IS HANG ROPE BETWEEN 2 POINTS.
(WIND BLOWING)
(PHONE RINGING)
(WHISTLING)
The Greek and the Roman animation appear on screen and now an Incan animation appears on a catenary bridge and says HEY!
(FISH LAUGHING)
Kool Kat and gold Kat appears roll up on their red wheels on a road and hit the finish line that reads "Challenge."
(KIDS CHEERING)
Back on the field, Hamza says NOW IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!
TIME TO PUT YOUR ARCHES TO
THE TEST! ARE YOU READY?
All the kids say YAH!
Hamza says THREE,
TWO, ONE,
WATER BALLOONS AWAY!
The teams start to put water balloons on top.
Hamza says TO PUT THEIR ARCHES TO THE TES,
THE CHALLENGERS HAVE TO SEE
WHO CAN PUT MORE
HEAVY WATER BALLOONS ON TOP.
HOW MANY WILL IT TAKE
UNTIL WE CRUSH AN ARCH?
Victoria says UNTIL IT WON'T CRACK.
Hamza says BOTH ARCHES LOOKING
PRETTY STEADY SO FAR.
Tessa says ONE KILOGRAM
AND A HALF.
Hamza says PETER BEING
EXTRA CAREFUL.
Victoria says AGAIN.
PUT THAT WEIRD PEAR-SHAPED ONE.
Hamza says OOH...
THE 2 TEAMS ARE NECK AND NECK.
Tessa says THAT'S 2 KILOGRAMS.
Peter says OH MAN, OH MAN,
OH MAN, OH MAN, OH MAN!
Jane says OH, MY GOSH!
WHAT HAPPENED?
Steven says IT MOVED.
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S ARCH
IS WEAKENING.
Peter says NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
Hamza says WILL IT HOLD?
The yellow team says OH NO! AAAAH!
Hamza says YELLOW TEAM'S FINAL SCORE
IS 35!
WITH 3 MORE AND THEIR ARCH
STILL HOLDING, BLUE TEAM WINS!
CONGRATULATIONS
TO BOTH TEAM BLUE
AND TEAM YELLOW FOR BEING
SUCH MASTERFUL ARCH BUILDERS.
BOTH TEAMS COMPLETED
THE
LOOK KOOL
CHALLENGE.
AND FOR THAT I GIVE THEM...
CHEESE WEDGES!
The kids say CHEESE WEDGES?!
Jane says WHAT?
Peter says WHY?
Hamza says IT'S A LONG STORY.
More pictures of arches appear on screen and Hamza says PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING ARCHES
FOR 2000 YEARS.
THEY'RE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE
SOMETHING LIGHT AND AIRY
OUT OF SOMETHING SOLID
AND HEAVY LIKE STONE.
BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T MAKE
ALL THE ARCHES THAT YOU CAN
SEE.
NATURAL ARCHES FORM
WHEN WATER, SAND, OR WIND
DIGS A HOLE THROUGH A ROCK
UNTIL THERE'S MORE HOLE
THAN ROCK.
Back in the studio, Hamza says THESE DAYS, WE DON'T USE ARCHES
AS MUCH ANYMORE,
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE 'EM
YOURSELF, IF YOU'VE GOT
ENOUGH CHEESE.
HEY, WHO'S BEEN EATING MY ARCH?
(PURRING)
KOOL KAT!
Kool Kat appears on screen with cheese crumbs around him and he says MEOW.
Hamza says OK, FINE.
HERE, HAVE SOME MORE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME
ON
LOOK KOOL.
(PURRING)
(THEME MUSIC)
Host, Hamza Haq.
Directors, Eric Savage, Jean-Louis Cot?, Fr?deric Cusson.
Written by, Lisa Hunter.
Editor, Sylvain Lalibert?.
An Apartment 11 Production developed in partnership with TVOKids and Produced in association with TVOKids, Copyright 2014 MWW Enterprises, Inc.
Hamza says CHEESE WEDGES!
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