01x18 - The Big Sneeze

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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've got a lot of questions
and big ideas

I'm sid the science kid *
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And then I shall be in charge of
all the ice cubes in the world

Because I am dr. Beaks. Ha ha
ha! Hi! I'm sid. Welcome to my

Room.

Hey, sid. Breakfast is
almost--ah-ah-ah-ah-choo-huah!

Ew.

Ready.

Ok. Bless you, dad.

Thanks, sid.

Dad's got a cold.

Aah-choo-huah!

Ugh. Mom and dad keep telling
me if I don't want to catch

Dad's cold, I've got to wash my
hands. "Wash your hands before

You eat. Wash your hands before
you sleep. Wash your hands after

You go to the bathroom." Boy,
pretty soon I'm gonna have to

Wash my hands before I wash my
hands!

Ah-choo-huah!

What I want to know is, why?

Why do I got to keep washing my
hands? [Echoing]

Sid, breakfast time!

Cool. I'm really hungry. Bah!

Oh, boy. Breakfast tiiiiime!

Hey, mom. Hey, zeke. Hey, dad.

Ah-choo-huah!

Bless you.

Bless you.

Bes you.

Thank you. Morning, sid.

Hey, dad. So let me guess.

You're washing your hands so
that we don't all catch your

Cold.

Very good. You remembered
what I told you about washing

Your hands.

Yes, I remembered! High five!

Wait. No high fives.

Ah-choo! Oh, yeah, your mom's
right. I've been sneezing all

Morning, so there's germs all
over my hands.

Ugh. So, um, germs are the
things that make you get a cold?

Yep, that's right.

Hmm. Well, I don't see any
germs on your hands.

Well, you're right, sid.

Here. Let me show you something.

You know, we can't see germs
with just our eyes. You can't

Even see them with a magnifying
glass.

What?

Here. Take a look. Germs are
so small that you need one of

These to see them. It's an
electron microscope.

Cool. It looks like a giant
robot or something.

Yeah. It kind of does,
doesn't it?

Hmm. So is it like a super
duper duper duper magnifying

Glass that makes little things
look much, much bigger?

Yeah. That's a pretty good
way to describe it.

[Sniff]
oh, I hope I'm not getting your

Dad's cold.

Ooh, I hope so, too. Well, I
don't want to catch a cold

Either, so after breakfast, I'd
better investigate this more at

School.

Ah, now, that sounds like a
great--ah-ah-ah-ah-ah--

False alarm.

Ah-choo-huah!

Aah! Ha ha ha!

Bless you.

Bes you.

Thanks, guys.

[Music plays]
* I love my mom

Uh-huh
my mom is cool

Uh-huh
but now it's time

For having fun in school
yeah! *

[Alice chuckles]
hi!

[New song plays]
* 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, I'm a rock star

Yeah
awesome

Cool
I'm looking for my friends

I'm looking for you
hey, there's may

May I show you
how I groove?

Uh-huh
ooh-wee

Ooh
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
ah, you got me

[Laughter]
[kids hum]

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

We found each other
friends *

[Music stops]
[laughter]

And now it's time for the sid
survey.

Coming through!

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

The question: do you know what
germs are? And you can think

About what germs are, too. Let's
go get some answers.

Hi, sid.

Hi, may. So, do you know what
germs are?

Um, I think that they're
those teeny tiny teeny itty

Bitty itty bitty bitty bitty
bitty little things that make

You sick, I think.

Yeah, I think that's what
they are, too.

Really?

Thanks, may. Yeah.

You're welcome.

Hey, gabriela, I have a
question. Do you know what germs

Are?

I know that they have
something to do with sneezing or

Having a cold or something like
that.

I agree. Thanks, gabriela.

Sure thing.

Vroom!

Gerald, do you know what
germs are? Where did he go?

Hi, sid!

Whoa! Hi, gerald. Say, do you
know what germs are?

Oh, um, I think germs are
little things that get on stuff

And then that do things to
stuff, and they make you sick

And stuff.

Wow, gerald. You sure know a
lot of stuff about germs.

Thank you!

You're welcome!

Mr. Speedy on the go, go, go!

Bye, mr. Speedy. And now the
results of my survey. May says

That germs are teeny and they
make you sick. Gabriela says

Germs make you sneeze. And
gerald says they're the things

That get on stuff that make you
sick. And maybe you've thought

About what germs are, too. And
there you have it. I am sid,

Roving reporter and sort of a
germ expert.

Everybody, rug time.

That's teacher susie. Yay!

* It's rug time
come on in

Rug time
take a seat

Rug time
we are 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 *
[humming]

I am a germ! Yah! Ah-choo,
ah-choo!

[Laughter]
ah-choo, ah-choo. Germy, germy,

Germ!

So I'm guessing you've all
been talking about germs.

Yeah, little germs that make
you sick.

Yeah. My mom told me that
germs are so little, you can't

Even see them with your eyes.

Ooh, you're both right. We
can't see germs with our eyes,

But here's a picture of a germ
that's drawn really big so you

Can see what it looks like.

Whoa.

Fuzzy.

You know what? This is the
kind of germ that gives us a

Cold.

My dad has a cold, and he
told me not to touch his hands

So I don't get his germs.

What? You can get someone's
germs from touching their hands?

You sure can. I'll show you.

Let's say gerald has a cold and
he sneezes into his hands. Just

Pretend, gerald.

Oh, ok. Ah-choo!

Now gerald has germs on his
hands, and let's say he shakes

Sid's hand. Just pretend.

Here, sid.

Yeah. Now sid has germs on
his hand. And then sid shakes

Hands with me. Now I have germs,
and I shake with may, and she

Shakes with gabriela, and then
we all touch our eyes and our

Nose and our mouth, and germs
get inside of us. So guess who

Gets a cold now?

We all do. Ah-choo!

So to make sure you don't
spread germs, try to sneeze

Into a tissue. And if you don't
have one, you can sneeze into

Your arm just like this.

Ah-choo!

Ah-choo! Ha ha ha!

Ah-choo!

That's it. And does anyone
know the very best way to keep

Germs away?

Oh, I know, I know. Wash your
hands with soap and water.

You've got it!

Hey, can't we just wipe our
hands on our pants? That gets

Them pretty clean.

Good question, gerald. I
think it's time we investigate

How washing our hands can really
help keep germs away. Ok,

Scientists. You know where we're
going.

To the super fab lab!

Super fab lab.

Investigate, explore, discover!

Wow.

Today we're going to find out
the best way to make sure your

Hands stay nice and clean.

So you can keep the germs
away.

That's right. Ok, first,
you're going to try cleaning

Your hands with just these paper
towels, and then you're going to

Try cleaning your hands over
here with soap and warm water.

Yeah, but my hands aren't
dirty.

Well, then, maybe this will
help.

Wow.

Dirt.

You can all dig your hands
into the dirt and rub it in

Really well. Then try cleaning
your hands with a paper towel.

And you can use these magnifying
glasses to help you look really

Carefully at the dirt on your
hands and fingernails.

And if the paper towel
doesn't work, then we use soap

And water?

You got it. Ok, scientists,
go for it. It's time to get

Dirty.

Hey, you're scientists. You
can try this, too. Come on.

In this investigation, we're
going to find out the best way

To get your hands really clean.

First, cover your hands with
lots and lots of dirt. When your

Hands are really covered in
dirt, try wiping them clean with

Just a dry paper towel.

Are your hands really clean?

Hmm. They look clean. Now let's
take a closer look with a

Magnifying glass. Hey, wait.

There's still dirt on your
hands. Wow. Magnifying glasses

Are great science tools. They
show us up close how much dirt

Is still on your hands. Now wash
your hands with warm water and

Soap. To make sure you wash long
enough, don't stop scrubbing

Until you've sung the entire
alphabet.

* A, b, c, d, e, f, g
h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p

Q, r, s, t, u, v
w, x, y and z *

Now wipe off all the soap and
let's look at your hands. Wow.

Compared to how they looked
before, your hands are really

Clean. Let's explore with a
magnifying glass for a closer

Look. Hey, there's no dirt on
your hands. Let's draw some

Observations in your journals.

What did your hands look like
when they were dirty, and what

Did your hands look like after
you used soap and water? Washing

Your hands with soap and water
is the best way to clean your

Hands, and it's also a great way
to keep away germs.

So who wants to share some
observations from our

Investigation?

Oh, I do. I put my hand into
the dirt, and here's the picture

Of what it looked like when I
used a paper towel to clean it.

And here is a picture of my hand
after I washed with soap and

Water. All clean.

Very nice, gabriela. Your
pictures really show how the

Soap and water worked. Great.

Ok, sid, may we look at your
journal?

Oh, ok. First I squished my
hands into the dirt. I liked

That part. And then I looked at
all the dirt on my hands. I even

Had dirt on the little lines on
my hand. Then the soap and water

Got rid of all the dirt.

Oh, I like the way you used
your magnifying glass to make

Your observations, sid.

Thank you.

All my scientists made some
great observations. It sounds

Like everyone learned a lot
about how to keep germs away. I

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

Yay!

Go for it.

Ok!

It's time for...

Good laughternoon!

[Laughter]
knock knock.

Who's there?

Atch.

Atch who?

Bless you!

Hey, gabriela!

Yes?

What's the worst thing about
being an octopus?

Oh, I don't know. What is the
worst thing about being an

Octopus?

It takes so long to wash your
hands before dinner.

[Laughter]
oh, sid!

Yes?

What do you get when you take
a germ and then another germ and

Another germ and another germ...

Um, I don't know, may. What?

I'm not done. And then
another germ, another germ,

Another germ...

Uh, may?

Yeah?

Are you telling a joke?

Yeah! Ha ha ha! And another
germ, another germ, another

Germ, another germ and then a
million zillion germs.

I don't know. What do you get
when you take all those germs?

You get a cold! Ah-choo!

Bless you!

Thank you.

Now, that's funny.

[Recorded laughter]
all I know is, I don't want to

Wear that baby bonnet again.

You guys, you guys! Do you
want to look at more pictures of

More germs?

Ok. Yeah!

I'll show you the picture,
and I'll read what kind of germ

It is.

Ok.

Wow. Gabriela can read.

The names are here on the
back. Uh, whoo. This one has a

Funny name. It's called
escheri-da da da la coli. Look.

Ok.

It's pink and fuzzy!

Weird.

Wait till you see this one.

It's really yucky.

Ok.

It's called helicobaba da
lala.

Ha ha ha!

Look at it.

Whoa!

Looks like a green octopus.

Blah! I am a big, fuzzy,
yucky, hairy germ.

Ah!

We got to wash our hands.

I'm gonna get you. I've got
you now, sid. I'm gonna give you

A cold.

And now...

It's time...

For susie
to sneeze!

Ha ha ha!

You know, just getting to
sing!

Go, susie.

All right. Thank you. Thank
you. You know, to really figure

Out how germs get around, maybe
I should become a germ.

Susie's gonna be a germ.

Here I go. I'm gonna shrink
on down.

* I was minding my own business
living in robert's nose

I'm just a teeny, tiny germ
here's how my story goes

I'm always ready to travel
though my trips are never

Planned
it was time to hit the road

When robert sneezed into his
hand

So here comes his old buddy bill
his handshake was so firm

I climbed aboard his hand
and went on the journey

Of a germ
now, bill, he needed milk and

Eggs
so we walked into the store

He left me on the doorknob
when he opened up the door

Corina touched the door
and said hello to mr. Sands

They chatted by the vegetables
she forgot to wash her hands

My name is sheldon sherman
most people call me sherm

I was traveling with corina
on my journey of a germ

Hand to hand
hand to hand

Hand to hand
hand to hand

That's the way I travel
corina bought a ticket

And she hopped onto the train
the conductor shook her hand

And said, "enjoy your ride to
maine"

We got off in bangor
we were happy to arrive

The conductor met the mayor
and gave him a big high five

The mayor shook hands with a
senator

Running for a second term
and he shook hands with a

Majorette
on my journey of a germ

The majorette was at a football
game

Her baton had hardly twirled
I'd given her a cold

And traveled halfway around the
world

She sneezed into her elbow
I thought I was gonna cry

She washed her hands
no! The water is so--bye! *

I'm a germ. You can't get rid
of me.

Oh, yes, I can. I just washed
my hands.

Oh, no. Soap and water!

I washed my hands, too. No
cold for me, mr. Germ.

Yeah. And I sneeze into my
arm, so you can't get me, germ!

Oh, well, I give up.

Ha ha ha!

Wow. My sneezing scientists
are all germ experts. I'm so

Proud of everyone. Ok, time to
go home. Follow me!

All right!

Now, where's my sid?

Right here, grandma.

Oh!

[Kiss]
now, okey doke, let's roll.

Let's roll!

[Music playing]
whoo hoo!

[Music playing]
whoo hoo!

Whoo hoo, yeah.

* Back seat driving
with grandma, whoo *

Ok, kiddo, how was your day?

It was great, grandma. I
learned all about germs. Hey,

You know what? You've got to
wash your hands with soap and

Water so you don't get germs.

You're right. I remember when
I was a little girl, I learned

About the scientist who
discovered that washing hands

Helps to stop germs from
spreading around. He was one

Smart cookie, and his name was
ignaz semmelweis.

What? Ignat who?

Yes, that's his real name,
and he was a real scientist. For

Years after I learned about him,
I couldn't so much as wash my

Hands without thinking of good
old ignaz semmelweis and how he

Helped people be healthier.

That's right. Thanks to him, we
know that washing hands helps

You not catch a cold. Thanks,
ignaz!

He sounds like a really cool
scientist.

Yes.

Guess what, grandma. I'm
gonna name my toy panda ignaz

Semmelweis.

Now, that's a good idea.

Wow. My grandma knows a lot
of cool stuff.

[Music plays]
* I learned something cool

Something cool today
I know it upside down

And inside out
I learned all about

[Grandma chuckles]
germs! Whoo hoo!

Scientist in the house! Yeah.

[Recorded applause]
ha ha. Miew, boing, whoo!

Hi, everyone.

Oh, hey, sid. How's my
favorite scientist?

I am awesome! Guess what I
learned today.

What?

I learned that there are lots
of different germs and they look

Really yucky, and just like you
taught me, if you wash your

Hands with soap and water, you
can keep those germs away.

Very nice, sid. Sounds like
you and your friends did some

Investigating today.

Yup. Oh, oh, and another
thing I learned. A new way to

Sneeze that won't get germs all
over your hands. You sneeze into

Your arm like this.

Ah-ah-ah-choo! See that? Go
ahead, dad. Try it.

Oh, well, you know, sid, it's
funny, but I haven't sneezed at

All in a while. I think my cold
is getting a little bit better.

Ah-ah-ah...

Mom, sneeze into your arm.

Ah-choo!

Ha ha! All right, mom! Boy,
you know, your sneeze is a lot

Different than dad's.

It sure is.

Ah-ah-pffft.

Good pretend sneeze, zekey.

Good boy, zeke.

Ah-pfft.

Do it into your arm.

Hey, mom, guess what else we
got to do at school today.

What's that?

I played with dirt indoors.

Indoors? How did that work
out?

Well, teacher susie brought
out a big plate of dirt, and we

Got to stick our hands right in
it.

You were playing with that
dirt inside?

Uh-huh.

Hey, ignaz semmelweis.

How's it going, ignaz, old
buddy? Wow. What a fun day. You

Know, I learned that you can
keep germs away by washing your

Hands with soap and water. And
another way to keep germs away

Is to sneeze into your arm like
this.

Ah-ah-ah-choo!

Go ahead, dr. Beaks. You try it.

Just sneeze into that old
flipper fin thing of yours. Or

Not. Hmm. You know, all this
sneezing into my arm has gotten

Me thinking. What if everybody
had a tissue ready all the time

In case they had to sneeze? Ok,
I've got it. Here's my super

Duper ooper schmooper big idea.

I'm gonna invent an amazing new
invention, the detecto-sneeze.

It's a box of tissues that can
hear as you go ah-ah-ah...and

Super fast, it pops out a tissue
before you can say "choo." It

Can listen and it can recognize
every different kind of sneeze,

Like the way I sneeze.

Ah-choo.

And the way mom sneezes.

Ah-tew.

And the way dad sneezes.

Ah-ah-ah-choo-huah.

And even the way a grizzly bear
sneezes.

An-ah-ah-choooo!

And that's my super duper ooper
schmooper big idea!

[Recorded applause]
thank you. Thank you. Ooh, and

Thank you, too, ignaz. Hey, you
know what?

Ah-ah-ah-choo've been a great
audience. Hey, thanks for

Investigating germs with me, sid
the science kid [echoing]. And

Remember, keep asking lots and
lots of questions.

See you later, scientists. Ahh.

Boy, all that sneezing totally
wore me out. Here comes another

One.

Ah-ah-ah-ah... [Snoring]
ha ha ha!

Hee hee hee!

Wow!

Oh, hi. We're just checking
out our website. 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!

Investigate, explore,
discover! Wow.

Hey, I know how to
investigate, explore, and

Discover, and I bet you do, too.

Investigate--that's when you
want to find stuff out.

Explore--that's when you look at
things in the world around you.

Discover--that's when you
investigate and explore and you

Find out something new.

Be sure to check out another
episode full 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"!

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