Mr. Wizard's World
Season 1
TV-G
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.
Where to Watch Season 1
15 Episodes
- Flash Paper, Solar Mirrors and moreE1
Flash Paper, Solar Mirrors and moreFlash Paper - Mr. Wizard crumples paper into a ball to simulate a shooting star. He explains that a real shooting star burns because of the friction of the atmosphere as stellar dust enters it. Mr. Wizard illustrates the concept of inertia by showing Christian a cup on top of which is a block of plastic supporting an orange. Using the handle of the broom, Mr. Wizard knocks the plastic out of the way so that the orange drops into the cup. Hero’s Voice - Scott is given a remote control to a robot. It enters the room and introduces itself. Nipple Expansion - Tanis is asked to guess how much gas is in a 12 oz. can of soda. Exercise For Cows: Well, cows jog along at two to four miles an hour on a special track developed by dairy scientists at Utah State University and the U.S. Agricultural Service. - Sugar and Acid, Straw Oboe, Ant Farmers, Codes, Volcano, Swallow Upside Down, and moreE2
Sugar and Acid, Straw Oboe, Ant Farmers, Codes, Volcano, Swallow Upside Down, and moreSugar & Acid - Tanis holds sugar in aluminum foil with lab tongs over flame at the stove. It turns black. Mr. Wizard explains sugar is made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Ant Farmers: It’s obvious why this ant is called a leaf cutter. With its special jaws, it can quickly cut off a section of leaf the right size to carry away. Rolling Pin Code - Leila is confronted by a strip of paper with letters of the alphabet on it. It's a message with the letters rearranged. Equal Solids - Christian identifies small plastic geometric figures as a cylinder, cube, cone, sphere, a rectangular solid, and a pyramid. Hawaiian Volcano - When there is a violent eruption of a Hawaiian volcano, molten lava from deep within the earth spews forth with awesome power. Swallow Upside Down - Heather bites into an apple and is asked to take a breath and swallow at the same time. - Homemade Volcano, Dropper Diver, How Many Stars, Walk Through Paper, Heat Spiral and moreE3
Homemade Volcano, Dropper Diver, How Many Stars, Walk Through Paper, Heat Spiral and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Homemade Volcano. Dropper Diver, How Many Stars, Heat Spiral, Heat From your Body, Paper Fold, Computer Plane and Walk Through Paper. - Dry Ice Fog, Napkin Suction, Crawling Cell, Computer Graph, Starch Test, Pulse and moreE4
Dry Ice Fog, Napkin Suction, Crawling Cell, Computer Graph, Starch Test, Pulse and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Dry Ice Fog, Napkin Suction, Crawling Cell, Computer Graph, Starch Test, Lizard Autopsy, and Find Your Pulse. - Hot air Balloons, Robots, NYC to Tokyo, Whisper Tube, Optical Illusions, and moreE5
Hot air Balloons, Robots, NYC to Tokyo, Whisper Tube, Optical Illusions, and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Hot Air Baloon, NYC to Tokyo, Whispering Tube, Hero's Hand, Robots in the Factory, Opitcal Illusion, I-Beams. - Fire Writing, Paper Towel Tube, Bird Flies, Bleach Art, Tricks with Gravity, Fire Extinguisher and moreE6
Fire Writing, Paper Towel Tube, Bird Flies, Bleach Art, Tricks with Gravity, Fire Extinguisher and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Fire Writing, Paper Towel Tube, Fish Bombing Run, How a Bird Flies, Impossible Holes, Bleach Art, Woolly Aphids, Tricks with Gravity, Computer Explosions, and Home Made Fire Extinguishers. - Fireproof Handkerchief, Flashed Sign, Balance Glass, Lye and Aluminum, Flight Simulator and moreE7
Fireproof Handkerchief, Flashed Sign, Balance Glass, Lye and Aluminum, Flight Simulator and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Fireproof Handkerchief, Flashed Sign, Fishing Bears, Balance Glass, Lye & Aluminum, Water Hyacinth, Taste & Smell, Flight Simulator, and Breaking a Slat. - Homemade Hydrogen, Ice Cube Lift, Kitchen Geyser, Balloon Into Bottle, White Cells, Curves and moreE8
Homemade Hydrogen, Ice Cube Lift, Kitchen Geyser, Balloon Into Bottle, White Cells, Curves and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Homemade Hydrogen, Ice Cube Lift, What's This, Kitchen Geyser, Baloon Into Bottle, White Cells, Strong Salt, Curves of Constant Width, and Long Letters. - Radio Controlled Plane, Secret Inks, Vectrex Drawing, Touch, Secret Inks, Fireproof Money and moreE9
Radio Controlled Plane, Secret Inks, Vectrex Drawing, Touch, Secret Inks, Fireproof Money and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Radio Controlled Plane, Square on Balloon, Armadillo Patient, Folden Paper Flips, Vectrex Drawing, Oldest Living Thing, Touch, Secret Inks, and Fireproof Money. - Homemade Hot Air Ballon, Bugs, Binary #s, Lung Capacity, Indestructible Container, Suspended Book and moreE10
Homemade Hot Air Ballon, Bugs, Binary #s, Lung Capacity, Indestructible Container, Suspended Book and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Homemade Hot Air Balloon, Glue Powered Water Bugs, Apple Flower, Binary Numbers, Lung Capacity, Indestructable Container, Spoon Into Glass, and Suspended Book. - Dancing Spaghetti, Centipede, Paper Clip, Hibernation, What Do You Hear, Drop Balls and Card, and moreE11
Dancing Spaghetti, Centipede, Paper Clip, Hibernation, What Do You Hear, Drop Balls and Card, and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Dancing Spaghetti, Centipedes, Dribble Glass, Paper Clip Join, Hibernation, Hero Counts, What Do You Hear, The Pitcher Plant, and Drop Balls & Card. - Light Sculptures, Paper Illusion, Bacteria, Ice Trick, Childhood of a Chimp and moreE12
Light Sculptures, Paper Illusion, Bacteria, Ice Trick, Childhood of a Chimp and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Light Sculptures, Paper Plate Illusion, Bacteria Sticker, Flash Fill, Ice Cube Trick, Childhood of a Chimp, Computer Word Processing and the Pour Along String. - Giant Water Strider, Banana Surprise, Snake Tracker, Muscle Pairs, and moreE13
Giant Water Strider, Banana Surprise, Snake Tracker, Muscle Pairs, and moreIn this Episode, Mr. Wizard shows Giant Bubbles, Water Strider, Banana Surprise, Hero Follows, Snake Tracker, Uphill Funnel, Muscle Pairs, Wing Bee and Bottle Pick Up. - Polarizing Filter, Phone Button Tones, Patient Simulator, Fork Balancing, Brain, Snake Tracker and moreE14
Polarizing Filter, Phone Button Tones, Patient Simulator, Fork Balancing, Brain, Snake Tracker and moreIn this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Polarizing Filter, Phone Button Tones, Patient Simulator, Balancing Tricks, Seeing Steam, Spotter Pigeons, Lost Rectangle, Brain Scan, and Weight Test. - Flour, Pendulum, Leaf Color, How a Siren Works, Blow out Candle, Guitar, Aurora, Crush can and moreE15
Flour, Pendulum, Leaf Color, How a Siren Works, Blow out Candle, Guitar, Aurora, Crush can and moren this episode, Mr. Wizard shows Flour Explosion, Pendulum, Hidden Leaf Color, How Sirens Work, Mapping a Guitar, Blown Out Candle, Card Illusion, Aurora Borealis, Come Back Can and Crush Gallon Can.