Series from 2015
Using songs, skits, and wacky challenges our host Hamza and his mischievous robot cat find the answers to mathematical mysteries. Hamza is helped by k…
Bubbles, bubbles everywhere! Hamza wonders why bubbles are always round. Is there something special about a spherical shape? To find out, we make a bubble explosion, turn kids into human soccer balls, and throw water into outer space. Koolkatt also gets in on the action by popping out his spherical eyeballs – BOING!
Hamza thinks finding his way around is easy…until his smart phone breaks. Uh oh. Now he needs to use maps to get where he’s going. Along the way, Hamza forms a marching band and gets travel tips from a gargoyle. There’s even a pirate with a treasure map.
Hamza literally bends over backwards in this episode – in a backbend – to find out why arches are so strong. An arch is a curved shape that spans a space using only gravity to stay up. To find out how it works, we’ll meet a medieval mason, build an arch out of cheese, and sing the praises of buttresses.
Hamza is determined to find out why so many instruments – like flutes, horns, and organs -- are cylinders. What’s so musical about that shape? To find out, we’ll make instruments out of recycled junk, play music with water glasses, and meet “Bubba” Bach, the inventor of flatulent-sounding novelty horns.
Hamza notices a pyramid of oranges at the grocery store and makes one in the studio. This shape is incredibly sturdy but Hamza wonders why the fruit on the bottom doesn’t get squished. Pyramids are very hard to knock over unless you have a naughty Koolkatt in the room. To find out why pyramids are so strong, we arm-wrestle with a crocodile, meet a mummy architect who thinks he’s a rock star, and put a cheerleading stunt to the test.
It’s Hamza’s birthday, and cones are the life of the party! Conical birthday hats and ice cream cones are only the beginning. Hamza realizes that a cone is like a spinning right triangle and sends the Investigators out on a quest to find things that are cone-shaped. Along the way, we meet a wizard, hunt for treasure, and even do a chicken dance!
