Newton's Apple

Newton's Apple (1983)


  • Genre: Documentary, Family
  • First Air Date: 1983-10-15
  • Last Air Date: 1998-01-03
  • Total Seasons: 15
  • Total Episodes: 195
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: KTCA
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: PBS
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Summary

Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States that ran from 1983 to 1999. The show's title is based on the rumor of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—or, more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation. The show was produced by Twin Cities Public Television. For most of the run, the show's theme song was Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk, later remixed by Absolute Music. Later episodes of the show featured an original song. An occasional short feature appeared called "Science of the Rich and Famous" in which celebrities appeared to explain a science principle.

  • Keywords: educational, children's programming, kids science, science
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    Newton's Apple Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1983-10-15
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1984-10-13
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1985-10-12
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1986-10-11
    13 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1987-10-10
    13 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 1988-10-15
    13 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 1989-10-14
    13 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 1990-10-13
    13 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 1991-10-12
    13 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 1992-10-10
    13 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 1993-10-16
    13 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 1994-10-15
    13 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 1995-10-14
    13 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 1996-10-12
    13 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 1997-10-11
    13 Episodes

    Newton's Apple Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Body Fat-I; Fiberoptics; Fainting Chat; Dolphins30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Voiceprints; Curveball; Goosebumps Chat; Hawk30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Astronaut Training; Hand: Fall Asleep; Clouded Leopard30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Hypnosis; Sky Blue; Seeing Stars Chat; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Visual Cliff; Heart; Ears Pop Chat; Wolves30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Video Games; Holograms; Funnybone Chat; Onions & Tears Chat30 min
    Season 1Episode 7Color Blindness; Taste Buds; Black Hole Chat30 min
    Season 1Episode 8Digital Sound; Eggs; Teeth Chatter Chat; Camel30 min
    Season 1Episode 9Ultrasound; Spacesuit; Knuckles Crack Chat; Porcupine30 min
    Season 1Episode 10Robots; X-Terrestrials; Headaches Chat; Parrots-I30 min
    Season 1Episode 11Wagon Wheel; Prosthetics; Armadillo30 min
    Season 1Episode 12Police Radar; Voice Synthesis; Skin/Wrinkles Chat; Snake and Lizard30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Karate; Lightning; Tears Chat; Oppossum30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Mummies; Bicycles; Helium Chat; Owl30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Hot-Air Balloons; Hearing; Side Stitch Chat; Beluga Whales30 min
    Season 2Episode 3Fire; Artificial Heart; Penguins30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Lie Detector; Golf Balls; Hiccup Chat; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Imploding Buildings; Snoring; Stomach Growl Chat; Walrus30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Computer Graphics; Smell; Tarantula Chat; Inventors Fair30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Pain; Optical Illusions; Wine Glass Sing Chat; Iguana30 min
    Season 2Episode 8Electricity; Vision; Tennis Elbow Chat; Bubbles30 min
    Season 2Episode 9Thermography; Voice; Yawn Chat; Pronghorn30 min
    Season 2Episode 10Car Crash; Allergies; Blush Chat; Reindeer30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Sports Clinics; Radioactivity; Acne Chat; Baby Tigers30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Space Shuttle30 min
    Season 2Episode 13Balance; Cooking; Scientists Disagree; Eagle30 min
    Season 3Episode 1Earnie; Rainbow; Popcorn Chat; Pygmy Hippo30 min
    Season 3Episode 2Dinosaurs; Bullet Proof Vest; Heartburn Chat; Killer Whales30 min
    Season 3Episode 3Space Shuttle; Rube Goldberg; Crazy Inventions30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Chimp Communication; The Bends; Sweating Chat; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Boomerangs; Cooking Chemistry; Bears30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Comets; Perpetual Motion; Warts Chat; Sharks30 min
    Season 3Episode 7FBI; Stomach; Llama30 min
    Season 3Episode 8Cancer; Tennis Racquets; Sneezing Chat; Badger30 min
    Season 3Episode 9Punting A Football; Color; Jet Lag Chat; Sea Lions30 min
    Season 3Episode 10Muscles And Bones; Einstein; Falling Stars Chat; Raptor Center30 min
    Season 3Episode 11Earthquakes; Lungs; Bats30 min
    Season 3Episode 12Headaches; Eggs/Equinox; Hot Pepper Chat; Inventors Fair; Lion30 min
    Season 3Episode 13Singing In The Shower; Calories; Sun Tanning Chat; Patagonian Cavy30 min
    Season 4Episode 1Flight Trainers; Snake Bite; Hedgehoh Chat; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 4Episode 2Caves; Lasers; Skin Wrinkle Chat; Whale Birth30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Hypothermia; Moon; Voice Change Chat; Yak30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Sponges; Bed of Nails; Probability; Pelicans30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Bees; Blood Pressure; Bruises Chat; Hiccups30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Telescopes; Food Myths; Manatee30 min
    Season 4Episode 7Fossil Dig; Mirrors; Frostbite Chat; Elephants30 min
    Season 4Episode 8Wind Blow; Baldness; Soda Pop Fizz Chat; Cranes30 min
    Season 4Episode 9Alcohol; Helium Balloons; Backache Chat; Roller Coaster; Snow Monkeys30 min
    Season 4Episode 10Diabetes; Frozen Food; Flat Feet Chat; Battery Inventions; Alligators30 min
    Season 4Episode 11Immune System; Skiing; Blimp; Beaver30 min
    Season 4Episode 12Pterodactyl; Rube Goldberg; Black Box Chat; Quickies30 min
    Season 4Episode 13Baseball Bats; Polarized Light; Dreams Chat; Inventors Fair; Falcon30 min
    Season 5Episode 1Plastic Surgery; High-Speed Bicycles; Lemons; Alling Whale30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Treasure Diving; Blackboard Chat; Lemons; Mothballs & Wintergreen30 min
    Season 5Episode 3Polar Expedition; Inventors Fair; Sea Otter30 min
    Season 5Episode 4Submarine; Budgies In A Truck; Uvula Chat; Lemons; Sea World Science Day30 min
    Season 5Episode 5Tornado; Exploratorium; Laryngitis Chat; Lemons; Beach Science30 min
    Season 5Episode 6Neon Lights; Rube Goldberg; Aspirin Chat; Lemons; Puffins30 min
    Season 5Episode 7MRI; Segment Update; Stars Twinkle Chat; Lemons; Kitchen Science30 min
    Season 5Episode 8Cavities; Snowflakes; Reflexes Chat; Lemons; Artic Fox30 min
    Season 5Episode 9Cocaine Addiction; Laundry Science; Lemons; Sled Dogs30 min
    Season 5Episode 10Child Development; Bridges; Lemons; Octopus30 min
    Season 5Episode 11Sailing; Skin Lotion Chat; Lemons; Jelly Fish30 min
    Season 5Episode 12Bureau Of Standards; Gravity Contest; Upset Stomach Chat; Lemons; Kelp Forest30 min
    Season 5Episode 13Gymnastics; Computer Vision; Lemons; Golden Monkeys30 min
    Season 6Episode 1Skydiving; Facial Symmetry; Lemons; Baby Orangutans30 min
    Season 6Episode 2ILM-Movie Creatures; Cholesterol; Lemons; Suntan; Vulture30 min
    Season 6Episode 3Microsurgery; Strobes; Coordination Chat; Lemons; Aardvark30 min
    Season 6Episode 4Air Traffic Control; Feet; Bell Curves; Tracking Bears30 min
    Season 6Episode 5Clouds; Rube Goldberg; Skin Itch Chat; Home Runs; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Woods Holeâ€"Lobster; Woods Holeâ€"Cell Division; Woods Hole 330 min
    Season 6Episode 7Rockets; CPR Chat; Inventors Fair; Lemons; Aerosol Sprays; Cow30 min
    Season 6Episode 8Fireworks; Papermaking; Gas Chat; Lemons; Slow Loris30 min
    Season 6Episode 9Insomnia; Electron Microscope; Lemons; Exponentials; Giraffe30 min
    Season 6Episode 10Liquid Nitrogen; Dolphins; Superconductivity Chat; Lemons; Insects30 min
    Season 6Episode 11Synthesizers; Maple Syruping; Non-Stick Pans; Wind Chill Chat; Lemons; Serval30 min
    Season 6Episode 12Magnets; Forest Fires; Night Blindness Chat; Lynx30 min
    Season 6Episode 13Horse Jumping; Toys in Space; Dust Bunnies; Carnivorous Plants; Lemons; Toucan30 min
    Season 7Episode 1Roller Coaster; Quicksand; Jelly-Side Down; Lemons; White Tiger30 min
    Season 7Episode 2Bee Stings; Bowling; High-Speed Elevator; Lemons; Boa30 min
    Season 7Episode 3Race Cars; Spider Webs; Lemons; Tropical Fish30 min
    Season 7Episode 4Rain Forest; Buoyancy; Pouring Catsup; Lemons; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 7Episode 5Caffeine; Butterfly Migration; Autumn Leaves; Lemons; Doppler Effect; Sloth30 min
    Season 7Episode 6Surfing; Geothermal/Volcanoes; Luau; Sugar Processing; Hawaiian Language; Eel30 min
    Season 7Episode 7Whale Watch; Sunspots; Lemons; Skunk30 min
    Season 7Episode 8Milky Way; Epilepsy; Lemons; Inventors Fair; Cuttlefish30 min
    Season 7Episode 9DNA; Rube Goldberg Contest; Parrot Chat; Chewing Tin Foil; Seahorse30 min
    Season 7Episode 10Marathons; Celestial Navigation; Cataracts Chat; Lemons; Echidna30 min
    Season 7Episode 11Spinal Cord; Glue; Lemons; Dog Behavior30 min
    Season 7Episode 12Cheese; Aging; Appendix Chat; Wolves30 min
    Season 7Episode 13Supercomputer; Greenhouse Effect; House Creaking; Owl30 min
    Season 8Episode 1Disney-Cartoons; Skateboards; Smothers/Yo-yos; Lemons; Turtles30 min
    Season 8Episode 2Juggling; Greenwich; Echoes; Flies30 min
    Season 8Episode 3Everglades; Tomorrow's World; Recycling Chat; Everglades Students30 min
    Season 8Episode 4Demolition Derby; Stress; Topology Chat; Eagles30 min
    Season 8Episode 5Kidney; Steve Allen/Music; Lemons; Swans30 min
    Season 8Episode 6Blood; Physics Circus; Faxes; Lemons; Pronghorn30 min
    Season 8Episode 7Helicopter; Isaac Newton; Lemons; Koala30 min
    Season 8Episode 8Dyes; Billiards; Cheerios; Lemons; Cheetah30 min
    Season 8Episode 9Desert Animals; Judo; Salt & Ice; Pigs30 min
    Season 8Episode 10Hydro Power; Whitewater Rafting; Mold; Lemons; Weather Proverbs30 min
    Season 8Episode 11Wildlife Census; Eggs; Inventors Fair; Stone Crabs30 min
    Season 8Episode 12Violins; Voyager; Rube Goldberg; Lemons; Kinkaju30 min
    Season 8Episode 13Glaciers; Termites; Lemons; Alligators30 min
    Season 9Episode 1Aerobic Exercise; Swimming/Weightlifting; Luge/Skating; Softball/Racewalking30 min
    Season 9Episode 2Solar Cars; Steroids; The Amazing Kreskin; Foot Fall Asleep; Miniature Horses30 min
    Season 9Episode 3Murder Mystery; Ted Nugent; Bats30 min
    Season 9Episode 4Cancer Causes; Frisbees; Computer Virus30 min
    Season 9Episode 5Sewers; Cancer Treatments; Dick Cavett; Porcupines30 min
    Season 9Episode 6Mapping the Dig Site; Dating the Bones; Assembling Dinosaur30 min
    Season 9Episode 7Domed Stadium; Photosynthesis; Polarized Sunglasses; Amusement Park30 min
    Season 9Episode 8Tears; Slinky Physics; Barcodes; Aspirin; Camels30 min
    Season 9Episode 9Soviet Space; Sky Blue; Inventors Fair; Llamas30 min
    Season 9Episode 10Acid Rain; Highjump; Potholes; Goats30 min
    Season 9Episode 11Medical Quackery; Microwave Ovens; Dollar Changer; Golden Eagles30 min
    Season 9Episode 12Telecommunications; Solar Eclipse; Blimp; Bear Cubs30 min
    Season 9Episode 13Hip Replacement; Airbags; Paper Cuts; Potbelly Pigs30 min
    Season 10Episode 1Television; Studio Tour; Post-Production; Satellites30 min
    Season 10Episode 2Movie Stunts; Household Chemistry; Coffee and Cream; Musk Ox30 min
    Season 10Episode 3Election Polls and Surveys; Electric Car; Ceramics; Cougars30 min
    Season 10Episode 4Monster Make-Up; Ozone; Rearview Mirrors; Artificial Sweeteners30 min
    Season 10Episode 5Oil Spill; Diet & Nutrition; Crystal Gayle; Caribou30 min
    Season 10Episode 6Antarctic Journey; Antarctic Penguins; Palmer Station; Krill; Seals30 min
    Season 10Episode 7AIDS ; Glass Recycling; Science Challenge; Cement; Wolverine30 min
    Season 10Episode 8Cockroaches; Broken Bones; Dentist Chair; Rhinoceros30 min
    Season 10Episode 9Omnimax Technology; Archery; Lightbulb; Condors30 min
    Season 10Episode 10Aurora Borealis; Air Pressure; Al Gore; Piranha30 min
    Season 10Episode 11Traffic Control; Cryogenics; Static Electricity; Russian Kids30 min
    Season 10Episode 12Blood Typing; Locks & Dams; Moles; Penguins30 min
    Season 10Episode 13Diabetes; Galaxy Mapping; Dweezil Zappa; Ostrich30 min
    Season 11Episode 1Rock Climbing; Taste Test; Monty Hall; Baby Bobcats30 min
    Season 11Episode 2Emergency Rescue; Black Holes; Pizza; Reindeer30 min
    Season 11Episode 3Memory; In Vitro Fertilization; Goose Bumps; Hummingbirds30 min
    Season 11Episode 4Newspaper; Bomb Squad; Echoes; Mosquitoes30 min
    Season 11Episode 5Jumbo Jets; Meteors; Knuckle Crack; Paper Recycling30 min
    Season 11Episode 6Windsurfing; Permafrost; Tumbleweeds; Zebras30 min
    Season 11Episode 7Spotted Owls; Carpal Tunnel; Foggy Mirrors; Lizards30 min
    Season 11Episode 8Archaeology; Mazes; Dolphins30 min
    Season 11Episode 9Firefighting; Dairy Farm; Inventors Fair; Otters30 min
    Season 11Episode 10Bison Roundup; Heart Attack; Dead Fingernails; Chile Peppers30 min
    Season 11Episode 11The Bends; Compact Disc; Michael York; Wolves30 min
    Season 11Episode 12Garbage; Infrared; Shelley Duvall; Polar Bears30 min
    Season 11Episode 13Mt. Rushmore; Virtual Reality; Candles; Chimpanzees30 min
    Season 12Episode 1Hang Gliding; Karate; Robin Leach; Elephant30 min
    Season 12Episode 2Sled Dogs; Arctic Travel; Life in Camp; Arctic Weather30 min
    Season 12Episode 3Aircraft Carrier; Brain; Carrier Life30 min
    Season 12Episode 4Brain Mapping; Garlic; Sunscreens; Tasmanian Devil30 min
    Season 12Episode 5Movie Dinosaurs; Bread Chemistry; Scott Hamilton; Wallaby30 min
    Season 12Episode 6Movie Sound Effects; Sun; Globetrotters; Hedgehog30 min
    Season 12Episode 7Dinosaur Extinction; Floods; Blue Seas; Siberian Tiger30 min
    Season 12Episode 8Internet; Antibiotics; Panning for Gold; Taxidermy30 min
    Season 12Episode 9Ethnobotany; Hubble Telescope; Inventors Fair; Komodo Dragons30 min
    Season 12Episode 10Raptor Hospital; Photography; Skipping Stones; Snakes30 min
    Season 12Episode 11Redwoods; Electricity; Monuments; Red Fox30 min
    Season 12Episode 12Printing Money; Gravity; Nature Labs30 min
    Season 12Episode 13Bridges; Earthquakes; Chroma-Key; Grizzly Bear30 min
    Season 13Episode 1Waterskiing; Reflexes; Escalator; Fat-free Foods30 min
    Season 13Episode 2Circus High Wire; Mummies; Bug Spray; Armadillo30 min
    Season 13Episode 3Maya Bike Trek; Hearing; Parachutes; Owls30 min
    Season 13Episode 4Balloon Safari; Grasslands; Maasai Mara; Mara Animals30 min
    Season 13Episode 5Ice Surfing; DNA Fingerprinting; Bubble Gum; Cold Remedies30 min
    Season 13Episode 6Aircraft Fire Rescue; Balloons; Knives; Science Home Videos30 min
    Season 13Episode 7Simulator Rides; Dolphin Communication; Parade Technology; Laser Show30 min
    Season 13Episode 8Hazardous Materials; In-Line Skating; Skin Wrinkling; Compost30 min
    Season 13Episode 9Human Slingshot Ride; Bone Marrow; King's Singers; Rotting Foods30 min
    Season 13Episode 10Wild Lion Vet; Bicycles; Fish Breathing; Insect Warfare30 min
    Season 13Episode 11Equator; Maasai Village; Coffee; Baby Elephants30 min
    Season 13Episode 12Bird Songs; Ergonomics; Inventor's Fair; Scorpions30 min
    Season 13Episode 13Jungle Survival; Liver; Emus30 min
    Season 14Episode 1Spelunking; Human Eye; Betty White; Elks30 min
    Season 14Episode 2Sharks; Tattoo; Black Pearls; Coconuts30 min
    Season 14Episode 3Riverboats; Body Fat-II; Motorcycle Scientists; Parrots-II30 min
    Season 14Episode 4Hypercoaster; Nicotine; Erasers; Dance Scientists30 min
    Season 14Episode 5Avalanche Rescue; Prosthetic Limbs; Football Scientist; Popcorn30 min
    Season 14Episode 6Inca Engineering; Quipus; Potatoes; Alpacas30 min
    Season 14Episode 7Ski Jump; Bee Stings; Fear; Ruminants30 min
    Season 14Episode 8Rain Forest Researchers; Snakes; Frogs; Leaf Cutter Ants30 min
    Season 14Episode 9Olympics Solar Energy; Soccer; Trumpets; Earthquake Scientist30 min
    Season 14Episode 10Malaria Tracking; Clocks; Inventors' Fair; Deformed Frogs30 min
    Season 14Episode 11Post Office; Gems; SCI HomeVideo30 min
    Season 14Episode 12Ethanol; Bones; Coyotes30 min
    Season 14Episode 13Wetlands; Eco-Filtration; Drinking Water; Water Tower30 min
    Season 15Episode 1Lost World Dinosaurs; Glaucoma; Research Vet; Enzyme Cleaners30 min
    Season 15Episode 2Henrietta Marie; Scuba Kids; Fog; Best Of Inventors' Fair30 min
    Season 15Episode 3Goldmine; Phases Of The Moon; Craig T. Nelson; Baby Tiger30 min
    Season 15Episode 4Pet Food; The Family Pack; Wishbone; Not-A-Pet; Exotic Pets30 min
    Season 15Episode 5White Water Rafting; Asthma; Meteorologist; Wild Horses30 min
    Season 15Episode 6Gliders; Suction Cups; Novocaine; Leeches30 min
    Season 15Episode 7Wilderness Training; River Kayaking; Glacier Climbing; Summit Bid30 min
    Season 15Episode 8Glass Blowing; Smiles; Richard Dean Anderson; Enviro-Archaeology30 min
    Season 15Episode 9Mammoth Dig; Greenhouse Effect; Neo-Natologist; Palmer Station30 min
    Season 15Episode 10Kids On Mars; Wind Blow; Badlands; Chocolate30 min
    Season 15Episode 11Zoo Vet; Car Engines; Can Opener; Walking Sticks30 min
    Season 15Episode 12'Bot Or Not; NASA Robots; Mars VR; Robot Camps30 min
    Season 15Episode 13Lightning Bolts; Proteins; Geese; Home Videos30 min
    • SuChin Pak

      as Self - Host
    • David Heil

      as Self - Host
    • Dave Huddleston

      as Self - Host
    • Brian Hackney

      as Self - Host
    • Eileen Galindo

      as Self - Host
    Production Lee Carey Producer
    Production Tacy Mangan Producer
    Production James Steinbach Executive Producer
    Production Richard Hudson Producer
    Production Kaye Zusmann Producer

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