Eureka! Episode 1 - Inertia

[LanceHertford]

Who else watched this show when you were five years old?

[paul1964uk]

I'm guessing this was a Canadian broadcast (1970s?) from the references to metric units.. and then @1:27 there's another give away...

[Filareti288]

perfect! :)

[missskate4life]

I watch this all the time in Science class :) And its wierd their showing this in college.. im a freshman at highschool and my teacher shows us this o.o

[steveparok00]

im scared...

[XpHunTeR]

I'm learning Physics 1 at college and that really helps to understand how things works. thanks!

[octosh]

3:50 FOREVER ALONE

[theultimatenik2]

i feel smarter already



[lancidi]

the rock really enjoys the flight lol

[Karateblackbelt101]

My tech ed teacher has us watch this series

[mrdandy]

Thank you for posting! For a long time I could not find Eureka. These are probably the best shorts on physics ever made, they're how I learned that basic knowledge I still refer to today!

[TheAimlessWarman]

OMG thanks bubblebear83! I'm taking my first Physics class this year,and I'm REALLY stupid. Also my Teach,won't help me. Thanks to u I might learn something(Though I bet I'm still going to fail).

[bubblebear83]

@TheAimlessWarman You're welcome I watched this when I was a child, however; I did not pay attention to the physics because I was too young to understand it. I only paid attention to the cartoon. I wish they can replay this show again, unfortunately, one of the station in my area is no longer airing PBS shows. I was lucky four years ago to record this. Good Luck I hope this video will help you with your understanding and learning about physics.

[Americanautistic]

omg my integrated science teacher ms. kuckuk showed my integrated science class this!!

[Americanautistic]

OMG!!!! MY INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEACHER AT SHEBOYGAN NORTH HS Mrs. Kuckuk showed my class these videos when we were talking about Physics!!!

[DanielTanSingapore]

I hope that you will upload more videos so that i can learn more about science :)

[AngryFace008]

get a book

[osmadn]

now you forced me to move my hand to click episode 2

[ERiiK98]

You forced the pebble to move, but what forced you to move it?

[BannerBoy360]

@ERiiK98 you forced yourself.

[Daemos360]

Somehow, I wound up on this page, thinking that it was an upload of the SciFi show, Eureka. lol

[robsolo]

Thanks for posting this. A search brings up multiple archived pages from TVO saying how this was one of the top selling and asked for series and how teachers love it......so of course they don't sell it anymore nor is it avaliable to watch from their site!

[dxs1976]

This may be targeted at children but I understand inertia now better than if I read about it :D

[Skyathaniel]

11 people keep failing Physics

[triplerosez]

never thought a physics video could be this interesting and cute:)

[Kelarre653]

I didn't actually know about this. Thanks for the vid. <3

[hanssel98]

LOL I SAW EUREKA AND THOUGH IT BE EUREKA 7 RELATED.

[frankreich1111]

Nice, that makes two of us. \/

[mattgut21]

Mr. Chesbro's class here.

[Way2CoolXD]

..... creepy.

[millie00peanut]

OMG!!! my teacher puts us infront of this every year lol... our class loves it haha were in yr 10 by the way lol... we love them aha :) legendary cartoons

[Supra3c3]

fail my science teacher mr olson showed this to us

[kennylee12313]

@DoomSentinel It's because shows these days are comical and enteraining, as well aspeople are forced to learn things [Many things they never actually wanted to learn since it didn't spark their interest yet]. If they weren't forced to learn it, it might be actually popular since those shows can intrigue and give people curiosity.

[iSpeak13]

The intro always really scared me. The music is just straight up disturbing. Am I the only one who thinks that?

[bubblebear83]

@iSpeak13 The intro and the TVOntario Logo scared me. Yeah, it sounds disturbing.

[BURNER2134]

no u are not the only one who thinks that

[fanfare123playlist]

@iSpeak13 Yes, the music and the sound effects are quite annoying AND quite loud. Probably a good thing for teaching kids, I suppose, who might otherwise find this subject matter pretty boring. As a 50-something y.o. returning student (and musician)using this to help with a college class I have to turn the volume down a bit!

[Dreamerxx8]

I love the animation.

Makes it a lot simpler to understand things.

Thank you.

[NORAHMED1]

So Finally I got the meaning of this mystery word @Inertia@

it is a Latin name of "laziness"

by means the laziness of moving bodies to stop or

the laziness of bodies at rest t move

[Fujiarmu]

@DoomSentinel Instead, I think that this is just a rare gem of a program. Television has always been primarily for education. Shows may be lower quality today for various reasons (animation quality, acting quality, ect.), but not that much worse. I remember all of those horrible 80's cartoons which followed strict episode templates and had lousy animation. Not to mention there were shows like Power Rangers. Instead, there's a tendency to look at great shows like this and think it was a great era

[kaka22milanoo]

there is something wrong with his hat thumbs up if u agree

[bag4uman]

ANYONE ELSE WATCHING THIS FOR MR JONES' CLASS?????????

[Firestar77777]

Wow, this video just summarized over 350 minutes of school into 5, I think. That's just impressive!

[rabbitwho]

@DoomSentinel Uhhh.. kids watch youtube now?

[MrParnak]

Inertia is the tendency of body to retain it's state or of uniform motion onto a straight line..!! :) easy statement ..!!

[nward2008]

Newton would hate this video. To state that "(heavy) things don't want to move" or that "things like to stay where they are" is a dangerous mis-statement of Newton's laws. Objects don't have ANY resistance to motion, they have a resistance to CHANGES IN motion - this is the true meaning of inertia. As a physics teacher, I'd show this video to my classes to make them realise how easy it is to misinterpret Newton's laws.

[TheAlphaPyro]

@nward2008 As a fellow physics teacher i agree.

[TheTrueSuspenderGirl]

Perfect.

[alzico]

I wholeheartedly salute the makers of this programme, as a 28-year old learning stuff he should've learned in school.

[slus90]

Such a long time ago. My teacher used to show us clips every so often.

[Ibliskahn]

I love the word physicists use for "laziness".haha.

good post.Keep bringing them =)

thank you.

[johnellew]

I absolutely LOVED these shorts as a kid! Please please please some kids network PLEASE start showing them again!!!

[maco10810]

brilliant - the solution to global warming : )

[pinupgods]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!! thanks

[MML129]

Nice.

[SnackyCakes2008]

we watched this in our class today :P

[nachtsilence]

Is it just me or does the narrator sound like George Carlin?

[HuaWuQue9]

cool vid i wish the tv will show some educational programs

[TheInertiaBand]

That us!

[Razear]

LOL! I watched this in my physics class! LOOOOL

[infantryhawk]

we're in high school. and we're still watching this in science class.

[sdsa1098]

its so sad this is not found on tv anymore... :(

[samandbecca77]

thanks it came in handy for school

[Technologikall]

I'm lazy too!

[Prop]

I KNEW IT ! I! KNEW! IT!!! I know wasn't nuts! I knew I had seen like every episode in one sitting on PBS channel 13! Thank you for posting this!

[demonfan4life]

I used to watch this and loved it! It's so awesome I found this...thanks for uploading!

[norsef]

This is a really good little summary for primary school kids.

Thanks so much for the upload.

[Stinkyfart]

Used to love this series!!

[serpico707]

Saw it in Science class years ago

[hentaiseeker]

I have made a playlist that properly orders the episodes as one seemed to not exist.

Visit the directory under youtube's domain listed below.

view_play_list?p=CE6A784639B5F­8BF

[cirurginn]

where can I download this?

[daveabir99]

use any download manager of your choice....i own INTERNET DOWNLOAD MANAGER,it is the best

[skyarsalan]

theyrer should be more videos liek this

[slimemuffen]

Does anyone know where this video series can be purchased? Please advise.

[slimemuffen]

Does anyone know where I can purchase this series on DVD?

[roflmfaopimp]

i watched this in our science lesson :p

[awsomeness657]

hey bandon

[awsomeness657]

ya teacher ms.freemen its peter if ure watchin the vid again it was funny but a little stupid and childish but edjucational i guess so ya.

[StormKraized]

At least i learned somthing LoL.

Hope my teacher does not read the comments ROFL

[StormKraized]

ROFLMAO today i had to watch this is school for Science.... LoL some parts were funny but it was boaring.

[dutchfan1]

I remember watching this when I was 6. Thank you PBS

[ngjovan]

ya true

[jonathan2260]

I disagree. Every period of time has had terrible shows with no redeeming quality. I feel we simply forget the bad stuff and remember the stuff we used to love watching as kids. There is a show currently out there for instance called Henry's Amazing Animals which I feel is a shining beacon of education in this TV wasteland which is a term I heard as far back as the 80s. It's not so much that the education shows are going down as much as it's the entertainment shows that are getting dumber.

[Brinah]

you are absolutely correct! I agree with you!

[bubblebear83]

I miss old school tv show because they became popular.

[madisonnumber1SW]

ahahahahaha ,

we watch this on the smart board ALL the time ;) <3

[capjbadger]

I loved this series in school! :D

[fivefingered]

Wow, I've never seen these videos before (I'm 38 now) and I totally wish I had when I was young. Maybe I would have done better in physics as I got older.

[siants4senair]

OMG, my science teacher still shows us these. i remember watching these on tv wen i was a kid

[8124817S]

Ahh memories. . . From 2nd to 8th grade; Sitting up in the house during summer vacation & watching PBS Vacation Video. I'm 35 now. . . 80's Public T.V. has changed so much! (alot more pc.) You could watch PBS for the whole morning back then until the afternoon cartoons came on at three. Ahhh Yes. . .

[Kazaskater123]

Wow, Im in 8th grade right now, and I acctually learned something

[xKingPola3ux]

Yoo, I'm in grade 8 and my science teacher showed to this to us in the Mechanical Efficiency" unit.

[seiitsu]

Oh my goddd. Thank you so much.

I remember watching this for science class

[NiallOT]

THANK YOU!!! These need to be in every classroom. I learned so much with such FUN! They must never be lost.

[Masterchief132]

making science more funny and educational at the same time.

[kenjihiro]

omg this is just win.

[t52n]

this is so funny and educational! haha

[NASIMNASIM]

Anyone can watch these. Dont have to be a kid, just curious.

[rachaelcwillcutyou]

I remember watching this in eighth grade lol

[deyoungparker]

Loved this show because you knew you'd get to watch at least one other program. The teacher would never go to the trouble of dragging the television out for just 5 minutes

[bubblebear83]

Look at the TV Ontario website.

[usakid10]

my class uses these video to teach us physics

it's halirious! (but my teacher has these videos on her own dvd)

i'm using this now to study for my physics test 2morrow XD

thanks 4 uploading!

[Shembeatz]

it's like when you trying to learn something and you take a brake and anter youtube, you promised yourself to make this brake only 10 minuts and suddenly it turned to an hour, Inertia.

[rekrapskate]

i hafta watch these in school

[AndrewXiong78]

I'm looking for the source material on these clips. Anyone know where I can find this stuff? TVO website only has it available in french.

[PianoWallaby]

Thanks for posting this!

[bubblebear83]

no problem.

[Blacksnakeproject]

I think this teaches people more than the teachers do. It's more entertaning and well more accurate. This doesn't seem to teach in acuureate theroys sucha s the big bang nor carbon dating. It just tells you things people know as a fact. I'm not saying these theroys are wrong, just not accurate.

[bfleming2]

lol, teachers can be wrong sometimes, but odds are you are when as a whole they tend to disagree with you. Maybe in a few episodes the subject will be about carbon dating. And just maybe you might be convinced it is something real and accurate, or else maybe the inertia of a mind hardened by mystics will pass it over

-notfeelinggenerous

[Blakefe]

holy crap id never think i would see this affter the 4th grade

[54spiritedwill54]

OMG, Eureka is better than most textbooks!

[mikedubya]

My god... I grew up with these. I just had a nerdgasm.

[talatsmum]

i might use some of these to revise..

[totogmoo]

my science teacher Mr.Ferguson keeps showin me these too

[KaizokuShojo]

OH! Thank you VERY much for uploading these....!!!! I used to adore watching this as a kid at my grandparents' house. XD

[pyroinc]

wow nice.

[Shamadamun]

In my physical Science class my teacher keeps showing these...

These things irritate the hell outa me!!

[GoldenPhoenix7]

lol

i saw these vids at Science Class...

very entertaining

[umpqua99]

thanks for posting, didn't think I'd ever see these again.  Love the animation.

[bubblebear83]

I have already uploaded all the Eureka! episodes.  They only made 30. Ten years ago, KLCS in my area, held a marathon for Eureka! I was afraid I would run out of tape.

[Trixxieheart]

I used to watch these in school a long time ago....

[Cubu47]

a long... long... time ago...

[Trixxieheart]

ok, it wasen't that long ago.

[brokeneck]

AWESOME!!! people like you make youtube amazing.

[yayasmumma]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR POSTING THESE!

i used to watch these when i was little...i mustve been like 6 or 7...that was like 25 years ago!!

[bubblebear83]

I had them on tape a long time ago, but I erased them for NFL Football. When I saw that video on that channel that is when I started recording it again and showed it to you guys.

[dukathneu]

1. use the mozilla firefox browser

2. google for "fast video download mozilla firefox" and install this plugin

3. you can watch the downloaded video with the free "VLC Player", for example (google it)

[kittycelt]

I would like to know if anyone knows how I could get a copy of the Eureka episodes to show my students. I have been unable to find a copy.

[VacuumSquirrel]

You might want to go to the TV Ontario (TVO) website and see if there's a place where you can email or post your request. I'm not too familiar with the site myself, but it might be a place to begin. It might not hurt to mention to them that you are an educator.

[bubblebear83]

I e-mailed the company because many people are asking me about the video. I would rather have them tell the company than having me download it unless they needed on that day.

[dukathneu]

1. use the mozilla firefox browser

2. google for "fast video download mozilla firefox" and install this plugin

3. you can watch it for example with the free "VLC Player" (google it)

[bubblebear83]

Thanks for the instructions. I should had used it earlier.

[bubblebear83]

Next time if people ask about downloading this video, you should take over.

[never2muchNOISE]

We watched these at school today and it was amazing! I never thought I'd semi-enjoy a science class!

[bubblebear83]

Never2muchNoise, you are lucky you will get to see an encore presentation.

[WG1114G]

I remember these from Science 9! We have a whole series, ....Eureka!

[galaxyhigh73]

WGBH used to show these... that reverb-saturated, SFX-heavy, harpsichord-laden theme music, as well as the big-nosed cartoon guys with sped-up voices, have haunted me for years. Thank you for preventing my friends from convincing me it was all my fevered imagination!

[Sheels1976]

OMG! Mrs. Marks my 7th grade teacher used to make us watch these videos...gosh that was in 1987...where did the years go?

[MaidenHell1977]

They were produced from 1980 to 1981 and ran for a few years after that, I think at least until 1989 here in Ontario. I was almost going to e-mail TVOntario to see if I could purchase the set of shows because now that I am in school for Automotive Mechanics I need to know the basics of physics. :)

[MaidenHell1977]

How on earth did anyone ever find these...Thank you so much for posting this. :)

[Silentchap]

1980. Ye cats, was it really so long ago? Folks, if you need to know the basics of physics and don't want to drive yourself nuts figuring it out, watch this series. Thanks, Bubblebear!

[bubblebear83]

Your welcome silentchap. Anytime.

[nygma666]

OMG, Eureka is better than most textbooks! Luved watching this when I was knee high to my mother's skirt; this proved science could be taught in fun and effective ways!

*teary eye nostalgic feelings*

[bubblebear83]

I agree because I did not understand much in the picture inside the book. This video clip helped me understand this subject/series.

[nygma666]

heck, i show it to college n hs friends and they get it after watching

[Earthsong]

omg, *flashes back to school* that brought back memories! does anyone know where I can find this in the french version? The little cartoon guy is so much funnier in french

[fishstik420]

Reminds me of my summer vacations watching Channel 9 while waiting for cartoons to come on.