Eureka! (1980)
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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Episodes
- 1 1. The Inclined Plane1981-01-01 · 5mHow can someone lift a very heavy load? If one could slice the load into pieces, that would trade increased distance for decreased effort. But since one can't break things becaus
- 2 2. The Lever · 5mA teeter-totter is the perfect demonstration of the lever, particularly if you are trying to ride a teeter-totter with someone heavier than you. Such is the Principle of the Lever
- 3 3. Mechanical Advantage and Friction · 5mTwo professors compete to see who can lift a book with a lesser amount of force. The professor who uses a lever is more efficient than the inclined plane, once we factor in a basi
- 4 4. The Screw and the Wheel · 5mAll machines in the world can be traced to just two: the inclined plane and the lever. Even the wheel is just a circular lever whose fulcrum has become an axle. The screw? It's
- 5 5. The Pulley · 5mJack and Jill went up the hill and found a problem: how can they pull a pail of water from the bottom of a well? In this expanded nursery story, we find there is more to a pulleyâ
- 6 6. Molecules in Solids · 5mThe first of six shows on heat and temperature, introduces molecules. Even though a solid object looks motionless, its molecules move back and forth in a lattice-work dance.
- 7 7. Molecules in Liquids · 5mThis episode sacrifices a chocolate rabbit on a hot day to illustrate the movement of molecules in liquids.
- 8 8. Evaporation and Condensation · 5mNo end of problems await the man who keeps fish for pets. Evaporation forces one to refill the tank. And he who thinks he can outsmart water vapor by keeping his fish in a refrig
- 9 9. Expansion and Contraction · 5mThis lecture-packed show compares a balloon to a bunch of angry wasps to explain why gases expand and contract. It goes further than that. The expansion process also affects matt
- 10 10. Measuring Temperature · 5mGiven three bathtubs of varying temperature, the star of the show ""blunts"" his feet so that they can't tell temperature. Sure they can't. The human body can only tell changes i
- 11 11. Temperature vs. Heat · 5mWhat is better to warm up a kiddie pool: a teacup of boiling water (100° Celsius) or a bucket of water at 50° Celsius? The answer tells you the difference between temperature and
- 12 12. Atoms · 5mThere's more to matter than the molecules we had spent discussing in the previous six shows. This fourth unit produces that first look at atoms.
- 13 13. Electrons · 5mAn atom is made of mostly empty space. The electrons in an atom zoom around at fantastic speeds to create existence out of something that is mostly nothingness (at the atomic leve
- 14 14. Conduction · 5mAll objects conduct heat, of course, but get a look at objects from the atomic level and you'll see why some objects conduct heat faster than others.
- 15 15. Volume and Density · 5mTo set up audiences for The Convection of Heat, this question is posed: how can you fit eight junky cars into a small space?
- 16 16. Buoyancy · 5mHow come an anchor is easier to lift if it's in the water than in open air? It lies in the density of an object versus a certain quantity of water.
- 17 17. Convection · 5mNow that the Principle of Buoyancy is understood, one can fully grasp The Convection of Heat. This is demonstrated with a furnace not being in the attic of a house.
- 18 18. Heat as Energy · 5mAn animated Count Rumford demonstrates, for the first time, how heat can be used to produce energy. The show converts a Calorie as the amount produced from 4200 joules of work.
- 19 19. Radiation Waves · 5mWhy does somebody stand in the shade on a hot day? This show introduces the third method by which heat can be transferred: radiation.
- 20 20. The Radiation Spectrum · 5mIs it just your imagination that you are warmer when you wear dark clothes over white clothes? That actually sets off a reveliation on what color really is.
Cast
Billy Van
Luba GoyImages
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