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Eureka! Episode 7 – Weight vs. Mass

Joseph Scott — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:00:16 +0000

Eureka! Episode 6 – Gravity

Joseph Scott — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:00:19 +0000

Note that the 10 m/s² is rounding up slightly. The actual value for Earth’s gravitational field is 9.8 m/s².

Eureka! Episode 5 – Acceleration Part II

Joseph Scott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:00:48 +0000

Eureka! Episode 4 – Acceleration Part I

Joseph Scott — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:00:48 +0000

Eureka! Episode 3 – Speed

Joseph Scott — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:00:24 +0000

Eureka! Episode 2 – Mass

Joseph Scott — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:57 +0000

Eureka! Episode 1 – Inertia

Joseph Scott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:00:17 +0000

Back in the 7th grade I remember having a science class that showed some odd looking animated shorts that talked about basic scientific principles. I remembered the name of the shorts was Eureka! and that they were made in Canada. That was enough to track down copies of the shorts on YouTube.

I really liked these cartoons. They were short, less than 5 minutes, and explained things in a simple and well illustrated way. I wonder if they are available on DVD, I’d love to show these to my 6 year old. In the meantime here’s the first episode, Eureka! – Inertia: