01x13 - Grandma's Glasses

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Hey, is this thing on?

Ha ha!

* Hey, sid, what do you say?

What you want to learn today? *
* I want to know why things

Happen and how and I want
to know everything now *

Oh, yeah!

How does this thing work?

Why does that stuff change?

How does that do what it just
did?

Hmm.

What's up with the sky?

You think I could fly?

* The world is spinning
and I want to know why

I got a lot of questions
and big ideas

I'm sid the science kid *
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[Humming]
[gasps]

Oh. Hi.

I'm sid. Heh.

Welcome to my room.

Hey, shh.

[Whispering]
I'm on safari.

Heh heh heh!

Uh, let's see.

I see dr. Beaks and--and my
favorite stuffed animal--arnie.

Hi.

And I see...

Hmm.

Oh, no.

Grandma's glasses?

Uh-oh.

She must have left them here.

Grandma was reading me a really
cool story about a big dragon

And a wizard last night, and
she was wearing these glasses.

Hmm.

Hey, I want to wear glasses
just like grandma.

Ha ha!

Whoa!

Everything looks all fuzzy.

Heh!

I can't see anything--whoa!

Hi there, fuzzy dr. Beaks.

Ah.

I...i can't see.

I don't get it.

Why would grandma wear these
glasses if they make it harder

To see things?

Hmm, I just got to know.

How does grandma see with
these...

[Click]
glasses?

[Echoing]
sid!

Breakfast time!

Cool!

Breakfast time!

I'm coming!

Oh, oh!

Hey there, fuzzy wall.

Heh.

Break--oh, oops.

Bre--hmm.

Heh. Ooh.

Breakfast tiiiiime!

Ah, whoa!

Oh, sid?

Where'd you go, buddy?

Ha! Heh!

Whoa!

Hey, hi, everyone.

Uh, oh, wow.

Heh. Hmm.

Oh, hi there, dad.

Ha ha!

I'm mom.

Huh?

Oh.

Um, hi, mom.

Heh heh!

I knew that.

Look, I found grandma's glasses.

I'm going to wear them all day
long.

Uh, sid, you will not wear
grandma's glasses all day.

She needs those to read.

Yep, that's right, and your
grandma loves to read.

Heh heh!

Yeah, that's the part I
don't understand.

How can grandma see with these
things?

When I put them on, everything
gets all fuzzy.

Ah, you mean they make things
look blurry.

Yeah.

Well, grandma's glasses make
it hard for you to see, but

They actually help grandma to
see things more clearly.

Hmm.

Here.

I'll show you what I mean.

Ok.

So can you tell me what this
is?

Sure, mom.

It's an apple.

And now what do you see?

Hey, the apple looks blurry
now.

It's like I'm wearing grandma's
glasses.

Well, that's how things look
to grandma when she tries to

Read without her glasses.

Hmm.

Grandma needs her glasses to
see better, but they make me

See worse.

That doesn't make any sense.

Hey, sid.

Huh?

Do you know anyone at school
who wears glasses?

Well, my friend may wears
glasses.

Ah.

Hey, I can ask may how her
glasses help her see.

Well, that's a good idea.

Heh heh!

Yeah.

I can't wait to see may at
school.

Ha ha ha!

* I love my mom
* uh-huh

* My mom is cool
* uh-huh

* But now it's time
for having fun in school *

Yeah!

Ha ha ha ha!

Mm-wah!

* I'm looking for my friends
I'm looking for you

There's gabriela *
* watch what I can do

Ha ha!

Yeah!

Ready, set, go!

Wow!

* I'm looking for my friends
I'm looking for you

Hey, there's gerald *
yeah!

Check out my moves!

Ha ha ha!

I'm a rock star!

Yeah! Ha ha!

Huzzah!

Cool!

Go!

* I'm looking for my friends
I'm looking for you

Hey, there's may *
* may I show you how

I groove? *
Uh-huh.

Whee!

Ha ha!

Groovy!

* We're looking
for our friends

We're looking for you
hey, there's sid *

Did you hear the one about
the kid who wanted to know

Everything about everything?

That's you!

[Laughter]
* da da da da

Yeah!

* We're looking for our friends
and look what we found

We found each other
friends! *

[Laughter]
and now it's time for the

Sid survey.

Hello!

I am sid, roving reporter, with
today's survey.

The question: why do people
wear glasses?

Maybe you can think about why
people wear glasses, too.

Let's go get some answers.

Ooh.

Hey there, gerald.

Gerald.

Oh, yeah.

Hi, sid.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, why do people wear glasses?

Sid.

[Scoffs]
you don't wear glasses.

You pour juice into glasses and
drink out of them.

Gosh, silly!

No, no, gerald.

I'm talking about the kind of
glasses you wear on your face,

Not the ones you drink out of.

What?

Oh, right!

Ha ha ha ha!

Yeah!

Um, well, then, I think people
wear glasses to help them see

Stuff.

Huh.

Thank you, gerald.

I agree.

Ok, bye.

Bye.

Ooh, there's gabriela.

Hey, gabriela.

Hi.

Hey, I'm doing a survey.

Why do people wear glasses?

Oh, my mommy wears purple
glasses when she's in the car,

So maybe glasses help you see
when you drive.

Ooh, good thinking, gabriela.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Bye.

Whee!

[Giggling]
hey, how about you, may?

Do you know why people wear
glasses?

Uh, wait a minute.

I just remembered.

You wear glasses.

[Giggling]
of course I do, and I love

My glasses.

Ha ha ha!

Well, my grandma has glasses,
too, and this morning I tried

On her glasses, and they made
everything look all blurry.

Oh.

For me, it's the other way
around.

Everything looks blurry when I
take off my glasses, and when I

Put them back on, everything
looks clear again.

Wow.

Yeah.

Very interesting.

Thank you.

Hey, thank you.

[Chuckles]
bye.

Bye.

And now, the results of my
survey.

Gerald thought I was talking
about juice glasses at first,

But then he said glasses help
you see stuff.

Gabriela says glasses help her
mom see when she drives, and of

Course, may wears glasses that
really help her.

Maybe you thought about why
people wear glasses, too.

And there you have it.

I am sid, roving reporter and
glasses expert.

Everybody, rug time!

That's teacher susie.

* It's rug time
come on in!

Rug time
take a seat

Rug time *
we're ready!

* Everybody move your feet
rug time *

Teacher susie!

* Good times on the way
rug time

Come on in!

We've got a lot to learn today *
ribbit!

Ha ha ha!

Hop on over here, mr. Frog.

Ok!

Ribbit ribbit!

[Laughter]
ribbit!

So, who wants to share
something with the class?

Well, sid and I were
wondering, why do my glasses

Make it easier for me to see,
but his grandma's glasses make

It harder for him to see?

Whoa.

Should I wear glasses?

Wow.

My eyes see a very excited bunch
of scientists in front of me,

And you're all asking great
questions about your sense of

Vision.

Vision.

Does that mean seeing things?

Absolutely.

It's the way we use our eyes to
see the things that are all

Around us.

Ooh.

I see you, may, and I see your
sweater.

Ha ha!

Oh, I see you, gerald, and I
see your freckles.

Ha ha!

I see you, too, may.

Um, I'm not may.

I'm sid.

I know.

I was just joking.

Ha ha ha!

I see you, too, sid.

Oh, gerald.

Great job using your sense
of vision, everybody.

Now I think we're ready to
investigate how glasses change

The way we see things.

Ok, scientists.

You know where we're going.

To the super fab lab!

Yay!

[All talking at once]
[giggling]

Ok.

Super fab lab!

Observe, compare, contrast!

Ah!

Today, we're going to do a
vision investigation.

All right!

Now, some people can see
things clearly with just their

Eyes, and some people's eyes
need a little help.

That's why I wear glasses.

Exactly, may.

Ok, scientists, let's take a
look at some glasses.

This clear plastic part has a
special name.

We call it the lens.

Cool.

Now here's the fun part of
our investigation.

You're all going to put on
these glasses, and then I'll

Turn around this special eye
chart and you can tell me if

You can see the pictures on it.

Cool.

This is going to be fun.

Ok, scientists, put on your
glasses, then look at the eye

Chart.

Here we go.

Wow.

That's weird.

Wow!

Everything looks all fuzzy.

I mean, uh, blurry.

[Chuckles]
hey, you're a scientist.

You can try this, too.

It's time for the vision
investigation.

We're going to explore our
sense of vision by trying on

Some glasses.

Look around the room.

Do the glasses make things look
clear, or fuzzy and blurry?

Now, let's look at this picture
on the eye chart.

Wow.

With the glasses, it looks
blurry.

Now, take off your glasses and
try drawing a picture of what

You just saw.

This is the picture you looked
at with your glasses--a boat.

Ok, put your glasses on again
and let's look at another

Picture.

Can you see what this picture
is?

Ok, take off your glasses and
try drawing a picture of it.

Take a look.

That time it was a circle.

All right.

Let's put on our glasses one
more time.

What do you think this picture
is?

Now take off your glasses and
try drawing a picture of it.

All right.

Let's find out what it was.

Look.

It was a picture of a heart.

Wow.

Today we used our sense of
vision to compare what it's

Like to see things without
glasses and with glasses.

When I put on the glasses,
everything looks so different.

It was hard to see.

You're right, gabriela.

Good observation.

Anyone else have some
observations?

Oh, I do.

Ok, go ahead, sid.

Ok.

I put on the glasses, and the
picture of the boat looked like

A big, blurry blob.

So I drew a big blob and I
named it blobby.

[Chuckling]
and then I looked at the

Chart again with no glasses, and
everything looked clear, so I

Saw that blobby was a boat.

Oh, great observation, sid.

May, can we see your journal?

Ok.

Um, when I looked at the heart
with my glasses, I could see it

Just fine, so here's the heart
I drew.

I also added some eyes and a
smiley face, but I didn't

Really see them.

And then I took off my glasses
and I could hardly see it.

Oh, we're so lucky you wear
glasses, may.

You made this investigation
extra special.

Thank you.

Hey, I like wearing glasses
because they made the pictures

Look really fuzzy, like when
you spin around really

Super-fast, like whee, whee!

I'm spinning!

[Laughter]
whoa!

Wow.

You've all learned so much
about vision and how glasses

Change the way we see things.

I think it's time to play with
all your new ideas.

Yay!

Super-cool!

Whee! Ha ha!

Whee!

Whoa!

Ha ha ha!

I'm going so fast!

Ha ha ha!

It's time for...

Good laughternoon!

Ha ha ha!

Hey, may?

Yes?

I keep seeing spots in front
of my eyes.

Have you seen a doctor?

No, I haven't seen a doctor,
just spots.

Ha ha ha ha!

Hey, may!

Yes?

What are you wearing to help
you see?

I'm wearing eyeglasses.

No, you're wearing "you"
glasses.

Ha ha!

Get it?

"I" glasses and "you" glass--ok.

I heard eating carrots helps
your eyesight.

How do you know?

Because I've never seen a
bunny rabbit wearing glasses.

Ha ha ha ha!

Hey, hey, what about me?

I'm a bunny and I'm wearing
glasses.

Hop hop hop hop!

Hop hop hop hop!

[Laughter]
now that's bunny.

[Laughter]
[click]

[Canned applause]
ok!

Let's play pretend.

I'll be dr. Gabriela, the famous
eye doctor.

And you, gerald, will be my
assistant.

Oh.

Um, do assistants wear chef's
hats?

They do now.

Ok, send in my next patient.

Oh, ok.

Come here, patient.

Yeah, you got to stand here.

Ok.

Dr. Gabriela will now test
your vision.

Please look at the eye chart
that my assistant is bringing in

And tell me what pictures
you see.

Hmm.

Um, upside-down boat,
upside-down heart, upside-down

Flag.

Huh?

I don't get it.

Why is my patient saying
everything is upside-down?

Hello, good people.

[All gasp]
I am a vision expert, and I am

Here to help.

Yay!

Let me see.

Mmm.

Ooh.

Very interesting.

What?

I know what the problem is.

Yay!

The patient is saying
everything is upside-down

Because the chart is
upside-down.

Aha!

Well, I can fix that.

Ha!

Oh, but, gerald, the chart
is over there.

I know.

I have a plan.

Ok, sid, just go like this.

Mmm, ok.

All righty.

Now, try reading the chart.

Hmm.

Right-side-up boat,
right-side-up flag,

Right-side-up heart.

Yeah.

Perfect!

Um, this is not comfortable.

Yeah, but it works.

[Laughter]
we fixed your eyes.

And now...

It's time...

For susie...

To sing!

Go, susie!

Thank you, thank you.

You know, all this talk about
vision reminds me of a cool

Little dance I call "the look
around."

So, who's ready to boogie?

We are!

* Look at that
* look at that

* Look at that
* look at that

* We do the look around
the light enters your eye

Fast as hocus pocus
a signal goes to your brain

And your eyes start to focus
oh, we do the look around *

* Do the look around
* you look up and down

Oh, yeah
look to the left and the right

Your eyes let in the light
you look at that *

* You look at that
* you look at that

* You look at that
* you do the look around

* Hoo hoo
* an eagle has good vision

He sees everything he passes
but one thing I've never seen

Is an eagle wearing glasses
ha!

You do the look around, yeah
you look up and down

Oh, yeah *
* look up and down

* Look to the left
and the right

Your eyes let in the light
look at that *

* Look at that
* look at that

* Look at that
* you do the look around

* Hoo hoo
* if the eye chart

Looks blurry
and it's hard to see a letter

Try on some glasses
now you'll see

A whole lot better
oh, and do the look around, yeah

You look up and down, yeah
look to the left and the right

Your eyes let in the light
look at that *

* Look at that
* look at that

* Look at that
* you do the look around

Look around *
[laughter]

Whoo!

Do that look around!

I'm doing the look around.

[All clamoring]
I like the part in the song

Where I tell our brain what
we're seeing.

Yeah, and your glasses help
tell your eyes what to tell

Your brain.

Yeah.

My glasses, my eyes, and my
brain are all good friends.

Aw, just like us.

We're friends, too.

Yeah!

Really good friends.

[Laughter]
I love you, guys.

Oh, we love you, too.

Wow.

You're all wonderful friends
and amazing scientists.

I'm very proud of you all.

Thanks, susie.

Ok, scientists.

Time to go home.

Yay!

Let's go.

Now where's my sid?

Right here, grandma.

Oh!

Oh, mmm.

Now, okey-doke.

Let's roll.

Let's roll!

[Music playing]
* back-seat drivin' with grandma

Doo doo-doo doo *
hey, kiddo, thanks for

Finding my reading glasses.

You're welcome.

Hey, why aren't you wearing
them now?

Well, I have one pair of
glasses for reading and one pair

For driving.

Wait.

I thought there was only one
kind of glasses.

You have two?

Yes, I do.

But there used to be only one
kind of glasses.

A long time ago, glasses were
just one round piece of glass.

It was called a monocle.

You'd put it over your eye and
squint real hard to hold it

There.

"Ho ho!

I'm wearing a monocle.

Look.

Ho ho ho!

Look at me.

Ha ha ha!"
Then people looked through

Something called a lorgnette--
two lenses on a frame with a

Long handle--and they also used
a pince-nez to see.

Those glasses pinched your nose
to stay in front of your eyes.

Ouch!

Ha ha ha!

Then someone made glasses that
rest on your ears, and that's

The kind we wear today.

And there's one more kind.

If the sun's real bright, I wear
my super-cool sunglasses.

Ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

I like those, grandma.

[Chuckling]
thank you.

I have the coolest grandma
with the coolest glasses in the

Whole world.

[Music playing]
* I learned something cool

Something cool today
I know it upside-down

And inside-out
I learned all about... *

Ha ha ha!

* Vision
woo-hoo!

Ha ha ha!

I see a scientist in the house.

Yeah.

[Canned applause]
ah!

With these reading glasses, I
can see much, much better.

I can't wait to hear how
this story ends.

Hmm.

All righty, now.

Let's see.

"Then the wizard waved his
magical wand and turned the big,

Mean old dragon into a
handsome--"

Dad dragon!

[Roaring]
ha ha ha ha!

Come on over here, dad dragon,
and listen to the rest of

The story.

Oh, yes!

I love when grandma tells
stories.

[Roaring]
hey, dad, dad.

Hey, dad.

Huh? What?

Today in school, I learned
that some eyes, like grandma's,

Need help to see things.

And even though grandma's
glasses don't work for me, they

Work great for her.

That's exactly right,
sweetie.

Ha ha ha!

I'm impressed, sid.

Ok.

All right.

It's story time.

Ok, now, let's see.

Where were we?

Hmm.

Oh, the dragon!

The dragon!

Ok, the dragon.

"The dragon was--"
[imitating airplane]

Ha ha!

What a great day today.

We learned all about vision and
how glasses change the way you

See things.

And that got me thinking all
about glasses.

Hmm.

Ok, I've got it.

Here's my super duper ooper
shmooper big idea.

Ha ha!

Announcing my new invention,
super everything glasses!

They can do everything.

Say it's a sunny day.

Just push a button on the side
and you've got sunglasses.

A really hot day?

No sweat!

Just push here, and a teeny
little fan pops out to keep you

Cool.

Ah.

Say it's dark outside.

Well, there are also super
light-up night-vision glasses.

Caught in the rain?

Then push this button to turn
on mini-windshield wipers.

And super everything glasses
also have special lenses: a

Magnifying glass, so you can
see small things up close, like

Little roly-polies...

Hi, sid.

And a telescope lens, so you
can see things far away, all

The way to the moon.

Hello, moon.

Hello, sid.

Yep, super everything glasses
can, in fact, do everything.

Ha ha ha!

And that's my super duper ooper
shmooper big idea.

Yeah!

[Humming]
[click]

[Canned applause]
whoo!

Thank you, thank you.

I am sid, the...

[Click]
science kid!

[[Echoing]
remember, keep asking lots and

Lots of questions.

And whether you wear glasses or
super-everything glasses or no

Glasses at all, I'll see ya
later, scientists!

Ha ha ha!

You get it, dr. Beaks?

"See" ya.

"See" ya later.

Wow!

Oh, hi.

We're just checking out our web
site.

You can explore with us.

Yeah!

That's a great idea!

Come join us.

Visit pbskids.org.

There's a lot of great
information for grownups, too.

I think we look pretty good
in the computer.

Yeah.

Observe, compare, contrast!

Ah!

Hey!

I know how to observe, compare,
and contrast, and I'll bet you

Do, too.

Observe--that's when you look
really closely at something and

Listen to it, maybe even smell
it and feel it.

Compare--that's when you look
at two things and think about

How they're the same.

Contrast--that's when you
observe things and think about

What's different about them.

Hey, scientists, be sure to
check out another episode of

Amazing science.

My friends and I will learn how
to use science tools,

Investigate how things change,
discover our senses, and explore

How to keep our bodies healthy.

See you next time on "sid the
science kid."