Episode 7 Epic Quick Blast

Welcome to the world of epic.

The place where you can become a master

at everything on the planet.

No matter what it is,

this programme shows you how to do it.

So, sit back, strap yourself in

and get ready to become epic at...

everything!!

Welcome to your quick blast of epicness.

First up, you'll need to take a deep breath to do what this girl does.

SHE BEATBOXES

Hey, what's up? My name is Bellatrix

-and I'm a world champion beat boxer.

-Show off!

I'm going to show you some simple steps of how you can turn yourself

into your very own human beatbox,

so you can impress your friends at parties.

A little something like this...

SHE BEATBOXES

OK, that's pretty amazing.

How do I do it?

First off, I want you to think of your voice as a drum kit.

Erm...OK.

Each of the sounds you're going to be making is going to be

a part of that drum kit.

So, we'll start with the bass drum,

which you can think of as the letter B.

SHE MAKES A BASS DRUM SOUND: "Buh-buh-buhff"

Got it! Next.

Next, we're going to introduce the hi-hat,

which is, basically, two cymbals that you hit.

They can be represented by letter T.

SHE MAKES A CYMBAL SOUND: "Ti-ti-ti"

This is easy.

Finally, we're going to bring in the snare drum.

You can think of the snare drum like a K.

-SHE MAKES A SNARE DRUM SOUND: "Sch-kuh"

-OK.

So, now we've got the three basic sounds -

the bass drum "buh-buh",

the hi-hat "ti-ti"

and the snare drum "sch-kuh-kuh".

With just those three sounds,

you can do a lot. For example,

SHE BEATBOXES USING THOSE SOUNDS

Whoa, that's great!

Just remember not to try it at the dinner table.

SHE CONTINUES BEATBOXING

And that's how to be epic at beatboxing.

Thank you, Bellatrix.

That's your first wave of epicness over.

Now, for something different...

Like maths... No, seriously.

It's cool.

Guess what? Maths is like magic.

Don't believe me?

This girl's going to prove it.

Hi, I'm Rachel Riley

and I'm going to teach you how to become a math magician

and predict a number that someone's thinking about.

And while there's no actual magic involved,

there is a little bit of maths trickery.

Go on. Show us this magic maths.

Think of a number below ten.

Five.

-Now double it.

-Five plus five is ten.

Add six to your new number.

Ten plus 6 is 16.

-Halve it.

-Eight.

And lastly, subtract your original number.

Erm, three.

Now, using my math superpowers,

I can tell you that the number you're thinking about...

..is three.

No way! How does that work?

The answer is always three.

And this is why.

OK. Show us how it's done. Different number.

-So, in our trick, we first thought of a number...

-Seven.

-..then we doubled it.

-14.

-And then we added six.

-20.

So, when we halved this,

we ended up with one of our number

and halve of six.

When we took away our original number,

all that was left was half of six,

-which is three.

-Aha!

And the answer is three and it's always three.

Oh, cool trick!

Thanks, Rachel.

From a math magician to a dance floor diva.

Throw your calculators away.

The only numbers you need

are one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

If you don't want to dance like your dad,

then get on your feet and get ready to learn a truly epic move.

Hi, I'm Lizzie Gough

and I'm going to teach you a classic dance move

that you have to learn.

This is how to do "the running man."

Amazing!

Tell me more, running lady.

First, you're going to start with one leg up in the air

-and you have your hands forward.

-Got it!

You're going to bring your arms back

and you're going to hop on the supporting leg

and put both feet on the floor.

Right. Arms back and feet down.

Next.

Then you're going to repeat the move.

So, you're going to hop on the other foot at the same time

you're going to bring your arms forward.

Then you just keep repeating this move.

One, two.

I'll be hopping mad if I can't learn.

-Sorry.

-One, two.

And then you can keep going faster.

Turning around. Playing with it.

Just experiment.

And that's how you can be epic doing "the running man."

Thank you, Lizzie. We'll run along now.

So, there you have it.

Your quick blast of epicness.

Now, go forth

and be epic at...

everything!!