Eureka!(1980)
Animation
First Air Date: 1980-01-01
Average Runtime: 5m
Rating: 9.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 30
Eureka! is a Canadian educational television series which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario in 1980. The series was narrated by Billy Van, and featured a series of animated vignettes which taught physics lessons to children. It is currently available online. Eureka! was also broadcast on some PBS stations in the United States.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Inertia
Air Date: 1980-01-01
How can physics be about movement if nothing wants to move? Ah, but forces in the universe make things move and stop...
E02
Mass
Air Date: N/A
This program introduces the kilogram as a way to measure the mass of an object, and proves that small things can me m...
E03
Speed
Air Date: N/A
Expert ball-handling proves force varies with mass and speed.
E04
Acceleration (1)
Air Date: N/A
Force varies with mass and rate of change of speed. It's much easier to stop a slow-moving cannonball than a rapid t...
E05
Acceleration (2)
Air Date: N/A
It takes only a few seconds for something to accelerate to a max speed. This is demonstrated with a vintage locomotive.
E06
Gravity
Air Date: N/A
What is gravity? Through the fictional story of Newton's apple, we learn about gravity and shed some light on weight.
E07
Weight vs. Mass
Air Date: N/A
Physics has to be specific in distinguishing weight from mass. This is why physicists measure weight in newtons.
E08
Work
Air Date: N/A
How much work are you doing? Whatever the force you apply is measured in newton meters–or joules, after James P. J...
E09
Kinetic Energy
Air Date: N/A
The physics of billiard balls begins the first of two programs on energy itself.
E10
Potential Energy
Air Date: N/A
David and Goliath characters demonstrate how potential energy differs from kinetic energy.
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