How To Make It Better: Recent Episodes

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Johnson's Engineering class redesigns everyday products and makes them better.

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While the previous toilet episode was number 1. This one is number 2

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While previously these ideas were locked up, now you have the key.

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Sit down, grab a sandwich, and be entertained

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You will hear them, and all about them

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Can you tell that these things are important to kids lives?

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These guys are enthusiastic. You can't rain on their parade.

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Something about this episode just clicks.

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This episode will lift you up, then bring you down.

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FDVs... what else can I say?

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Backpacks, again, this must product must need some improving

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It's rainy season; this episode will help keep you safe out there.

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Not the operating system, the old fashioned kind. Clear as glass?

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Students sit on them all day long, and they are the worst.

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This one will brighten up a dark room.

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Biggest car on the road, occupied by an average of 1.2 people. Sorry for the piano in the background.

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Buy a nice table and cover it up

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This episode has a lot of potty talk.

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What you are currently listening to this podcast on.

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Picture this, an episode about picture frames.

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USB A has been the savior and bane of the tech world. Minimum of 3 tries to get that sucker in. USB C was supposed to fix this, but did it? Find out

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Apparently refs have been a point of contention with the students this year. Here is the second episode about them. Different sport though.

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What better thing to listen to on a drive, reasons why your car could be better.

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Red light, stop here and listen. Green light, go on with better ideas.

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Come on in, the doors open for new ideas on doors

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This ones a little more specific. Big shout out to siblings on this one.

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You love to hate them. If they were better, who would you yell at?

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IR or RF, we need to get that signal from the couch to the TV. Doesn't the TV just know now what we want to watch?

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That one wheel that always sticks, well, it could be better.

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You read that right. I thought these things took care of their own hygiene, well went that doesn't work, it goes bad. Here's how to make it better.

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These things are from the cold war, even if the school is brand new, let's bring these into the 21st century

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Can you hear me now?

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This episode will brighten your day.

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Only the sound quality is trash on this one, the content is gold.

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This isn't just that generic phone case, it's the iPhone case. Enjoy they new bumper music.

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They have our backs, well they are on our backs, so lets make them better.

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Welcome back for Season 3. This week students discuss how to make Football Helmets better, and safer, yes safer, these need to be safer.

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Can we get the benefits of slower traffic without the annoyance of a speedbump? Listen and find out

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Make sure your seat and tray table are in the upright and locked positions. Grab your peanuts and 1/5th of a can of soda, get nice a cozy, uncomfortably cozy, and pop in those earbuds for this airplane seating flight. 

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Don't fall sleep just yet. First find out about how your bed is probably in need of a good cleaning. In fact, you may never sleep again.

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All in all, this one adds up to some great ideas.

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This one's a little tacky, but I hope you stick through it.

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I apologize in advance for the potty talk, but everybody has to go on the go, so let's at least make it the best it can be.

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Toothpaste... again? Teeth are important. Toothpaste tubes could be better. Let's put the nail in this tube.

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Let's keep this H2O party going. Hydration Station is the destination.

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Single use plastic is bad. Hydration is good. Let's make water bottles better.

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Heads are important. Really important. Football is dangerous. Let's protect those young minds.

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They let you walk all over them, but could  they be better?

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Do you like to Fish? For reel? Well this is the one for you. It will get your mind spinning.

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This one is shockingly informative. Surprise Face!

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Not the wave itself, but the food warmer-upper. And don't worry Jack, they didn't turn it into a Pontiac Aztek.

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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), although the last few times I was on it, it was more like BARF or maybe BAST. It definitely has room for improvement.

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Bigger chairs for smaller people. Let's make them safer.

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ToastCast

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We all could use better sleep. Maybe redesigning the pillow can ZZZZZZzzzzzzz

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Where we're going, we don't need roads. Well, we do, so let's make them better.

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Safety first! Let's make those mouthguards better.

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Ever worn track spikes? Did you slip on the concrete? Could they be better? Listen and find out

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Binders are cheap, they sort of work, but could they be better?

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Can Soda Cans be better? Listen and find out

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Could cars fly? Listen to some great ideas on how to improve a car.

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Students brainstorm creative improvements to seat belts

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Students come up with a better COVID mask.

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Students discuss how to improve their computer work/gaming station.

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Students share many ideas on how to improve the backpack

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Students look at how we can make airplanes better and safer

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Students discuss the latest and greatest in the smart speaker world.

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Teachers discuss how things change... From then until now.

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Students redesign how solar panels can work

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Students redesign the toothpaste tube.

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History and future of rockets

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History and future of cars

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Mr. Johnson and Mr. Padway discuss suitcases. This is where you will link the doc to your research. Make sure you set the sharing setting to anybody with the link can view. Our research on suitcases