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Season 1

  • S01E01 Spheres

    • September 4, 2015
    • TVO

    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 and throw water into outer space.

  • S01E02 Mapping

    • TVO

    Hamza thinks finding his way around is easu...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.

  • S01E03 Arches

    • TVO

    Hamza literally bends over backwards in this episode to find out why arches are so strong. To find out how it works, we'll meet a medieval mason, build an arch out of cheese, and sing the praises of buttresses.

  • S01E04 Musical Cylinders

    • TVO

    Hamza is determined to find out why so many instruments like flutes and organs are cylinders. To find out, we'll play music with water glasses, and meet "Bubba" Bach, the inventor of flatulent-sounding novelty horns.

  • S01E05 Pyramids

    • TVO

    Hamza notices a pyramid of oranges at the grocery store and makes one in the studio. To find out why pyramids are so strong, we arm-wrestle with a crocodile and put a cheerleading stunt to the test.

  • S01E06 Cones

    • TVO

    It's Hamza's birthday, and cones are the life of the party! 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.

  • S01E07 Tiling

    • TVO

    It's cold today, so Hamza snuggles by the window with his quilt. Hamza likes to do crafts on "indoor" days like this, and decides to replicate the patterns in his quilt with geometric shapes.

  • S01E08 Aerodynamics

    • TVO

    To find out why some shapes go through air better than others, the gang is going to make a rocket with an astronaut, put bicycle "test pilots" to the test, and meet a rocket scientist who swims better than he walks.

  • S01E09 Spirals

    • TVO

    Koolkatt tries to hypnotize Hamza with spirals. Why are spirals so captivating? To find out, Hamza meets a rebellious snail, shakes his crazy helix hair, and finds the biggest spiral around, The Milky Way galaxy.

  • S01E10 Lenses

    • TVO

    Hamza is looking at and through lenses today on his quest for a perfect pair of glasses. He wants glasses that will let him see all the way to Mars as well as see microscopic stuff.

  • S01E11 Domes

    • TVO

    Hamza has a very special guest host today... Benny, the Egg. Why is an egg so strong when Hamza squeezes it, but so smashable if he drops it? Because it's a dome on both the top and bottom!

  • S01E12 Cubes

    • TVO

    A cube is sort of like a square but has a bigger personality...just like Hamza! In this episode, we'll meet cubist Pablo Picasso, find out why ice cubes make an awful necklace, and face the legendary Hound of Doom.

  • S01E13 Wedges

    • TVO

    Our Look Kool gang finds out why wedges are one of the most important tools ever invented, the split logs like lumberjacks, meet a legendary cheese-cutter, and channel their inner cave man.

  • S01E14 Sports Projectiles

    • TVO

    Hamza tries to juggle a football, a baseball, and a hockey puck but quickly loses control. Each one of these sports projectiles has a different size and shape.

  • S01E15 Symmetry

    • TVO

    To find out about symmetry and why we love it so much, we'll draw giant mystery pictures, get crazy with snowflakes and meet the famous Mona Lisa herself! Even Koolkatt gets in on the act by demonstrating rotational symmetry.

  • S01E16 Trusses

    • TVO

    Hamza wonders why so many structures, like bridges, are made of interlocking triangles. To find out why, Hamza interviews a bridge troll and the Investigators test the strength of a spaghetti bridge.

Season 2

  • S02E01 123D

    • January 1, 2016
    • TVO

    Have you ever wanted to take a vacation in the first or second dimension? Hamza discovers the world of height, width and depth in this multi-dimensional episode of Look Kool.

  • S02E02 Origami

    • TVO

    Hamza is packing for a vacation, but he can't fit all of his stuff in his suitcase. Origami to the rescue - he takes a nod from the art of Japanese paper folding to make things with a lot of surface area take up less space.

  • S02E03 Frame, Shell, Solid

    • TVO

    What is a structure and how do you make it sturdy? Hamza wants a new bookcase. He enlists help to build it and learns that there are three forms that make the basis of all structures, frames, shells, and solids.

  • S02E04 Probability

    • TVO

    Hamza can't figure out why Koolkatt always wins when they play Flip-the-coin. Can you use probability to predict the future? Hamza interviews a real-life playing card and find out what's so 'lucky' about the number seven.

  • S02E05 Programming

    • TVO

    When Hamza can't get his beloved robot cat to behave, he discovers that his pet is made of all kinds of cool parts, including a computer. To fix Koolkatt, Hamza must learn how to speak to computers. But how?

  • S02E06 What's Your Angle?

    • TVO

    Today we're getting the angle on angles. Hamza is really excited about his birthday present for Koolkatt - but all of the right angles in his brand-new Kitty Kastle are, well, wrong.

  • S02E07 Power Of Ten

    • TVO

    Hamza wonders how people do math with numbers so big they take 95 years just to say out loud. And how do you measure something too small to even see? To find out the investigators will make their own solar system.

  • S02E08 Make That a Double

    • TVO

    Two, four, six, eight - how can you make numbers great? Hamza learns just how quickly doubling can make numbers grow from tiny to astronomical.

  • S02E09 Measurement

    • TVO

    Hamza wants to measure everything about Koolkatt that has changed since he was a teeny-weeny little robot-kitten - but how? Hamza finds out there are a lot of different ways to measure the world around us.

  • S02E10 Zero

    • TVO

    Do you ever like to just think about nothing? Hamza does - he's been thinking about the number zero. For a number with absolutely nothing to it, it's awfully important and Hamza investigates why...

  • S02E11 Math In Music

    • TVO

    How come some sound combinations are pleasant and others sound like a cat with a screw loose? To find out, we'll make guitars out of shoeboxes, cut up a pizza, give Koolkatt a tune-up, and meet the original Otto Tune.

  • S02E12 Nature's Most Mysterious Patterns

    • TVO

    Have you ever wondered what video game graphics have in common with broccoli? Fractals, of course. Hamza learns that we can understand the shapes and patterns of nature using math.

  • S02E13 Weird Shapes

    • TVO

    Hexa-flexa-WHAT-agon? Today we get to play with the world's kookiest, craziest 3D shapes. We'll find out how some bumpy-looking shapes can deliver a smooth ride and Hamza will invent his very own shape: the bloopezoid.