Mr. Wizard's World
With the help of his young assistants, Mr. Wizard starts each episode with a demonstration that at first glance should be impossible, but is actually based firmly on basic scientific principles. Mr. Wizard's explanations are aimed at kids, but are in-depth enough to be educational and interesting for anyone. His experiments are usually kept simple enough for parents and kids to re-create at home.
- 1983-1989
- 5 seasons
- Nickelodeon Network
- Family
- TV-Y
With the help of his young assistants, Mr. Wizard starts each episode with a demonstration that at first glance should be impossible, but is actually based firmly on basic scientific principles. Mr. Wizard's explanations are aimed at kids, but are in-depth enough to be educational and interesting for anyone. His experiments are usually kept simple enough for parents and kids to re-create at home.
Season 5 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Toss Ball on Bike
Sat, Mar 19, 1988
Episode 2
Pond Animals
Sun, Apr 17, 1988
Pond Animals, Paper Tube Kazoo, and more. Mr. Wizard explores micro pond life through a microscope with Tarek. Flatworms in a small tank are projected onto a TV screen by Mr. Wizard's microscope set up.
Episode 3
Absolute Zero
Fri, Apr 22, 1988 24 mins
LIGHT ON A STRING - Tanis is amazed to see the image of an elephant on a vibrating piece of string. Mr.Wizard explains that light is invisible. We see it only when it is reflected from an object. PIN PIANO - Mr.Wizard shows Jason how to construct a piano made of straight pins and a block of wood. MOLDY ORANGE - Be sure to take a close look at these fascinating plants before you throw away a moldy orange. WORD PROCESSING - Mr.Wizard shows Stacey, on an early model computer, the insert and delete keys of a computer set up for word processing. TREE MOWER - (Billy is cutting grass with a lawn mower) - You know how a lawn mower works: a blade cuts off the grass just above the ground. Imagine those blades of grass are trees, and you want to design a machine to cut them off in the same way. MOBIUS LOOP - Mr.Wizard shows Tanis what a mobius loop is using a continuous strip of paper. METEOR PORTRAIT - Astronomers took this photo of a meteor.The camera recorded the fiery path of what you call a falling star. WHAT MAKES THE WIND BLOW - In the kitchen, Jason brings Mr. Wizard a bowl of ice cubes from the refrigerator. On the table is an empty aquarium with a lamp above one end to represent the heating effect of the sun. The aquarium represents a small section of the air. Mr. Wizard puts a top over the center section of the aquarium. Inside the other end he puts ice cubes to represent a cool area of the earth. DRAWING AN ELLIPSE - Stacey is shown a drawing of an ellipse: a circular figure with two foci, the plural of focus. She calls it egg‑shaped.
Episode 4
Dog Training Part 1
Sun, May 1, 1988
Episode 5
Meaning of Words
Wed, Jun 1, 1988
Episode 6
Fire Triangle
Tue, Jul 12, 1988
Episode 7
Meaning of a Dot
Sat, Aug 20, 1988
Episode 8
Human Center of Gravity
Wed, Sep 14, 1988
Episode 9
Wheel Travel Part 1
Tue, Nov 1, 1988
Episode 10
Animal Classification
Fri, Jan 6, 1989
Episode 11
Siphon Challenge
Sun, Feb 12, 1989
Episode 12
25X Magnification
Mon, Apr 17, 1989
Episode 13
Density Gradient
Wed, Jun 7, 1989
Episode 14
Microscopic Images
Tue, Jun 20, 1989
Episode 15
Walking in Circles
Fri, Jul 21, 1989