Hey, scientists! It'’s me,
Sid! Today we'’re going to the
Science center to meet real
Scientists investigating amazing
Things all over the world!
Join us for this special episode
Of "sid the science kid,"
Coming up next.
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... ♪
[Captioning made possible by
The jim henson company]
[Quietly] ooh. Hi. There'’s
A little squirrel on that tree,
And it'’s making little funny
Squirrel noises. Listen.
[Squirrel squeaking]
Heh heh! Isn'’t that a funny
Noise? It'’s so hard not to
Laugh, but I'’m trying not to
Make a sound.
[Squeaking continues]
Ooh! There it is again!
What? Hey. Where did that
Squirrel go? Hmm. He just zipped
Away, and why did he squeak
Before he ran away? Hmm. That'’s
The best part about observing
Squirrels--listening to them
Squeak. Heh heh! I wish I could
Watch them squeak all day long.
Hey, maybe I can. I could grow
Up to be a scientist that
Investigates why squirrels
Squeak. Ha ha ha!
♪ I'’m going to be a squeaking
Squirrel scientist
What a great idea
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-- ♪
Uh, hold on. Are there
Scientists who investigate
Squeaking squirrels? I have no
Idea. Hmm. Now I just got to
Know, what kind of scientist
Investigates why squirrels...
[Clicks on microphone]
Squeak? ["Squeak" echoes]
[Quietly] sid, are you still
Watching the squirrel?
Oh, no, mom. He squeaked and
Ran away.
Ok. Since I don'’t have to
Whisper anymore...
[Loudly] sid! Breakfast time!
Ha ha ha! Ok! Here I come!
Ha ha! Woo hoo! Breakfast! Yeah!
Hey, mom, dad, zeke, I really
Want to know why squirrels make
Funny squeak sounds.
All right. That'’s a good
Question, sid.
So I need to know, what kind
Of scientist investigates
Squeaking squirrels. Mom, dad,
Do you know?
Uh, hmm. Well, um, probably
Some kind of biologist.
Hey, maybe it'’s a
Squirrelologist, huh? No, let'’s
See. Oh, I know. How about a
Squeakologist? Uh, I guess
That'’s not right, either, sid.
Sid, we don'’t know, but
Remember, you'’re going to the
Science center today, and you'’re
Going to meet a real scientist.
Hey, maybe the scientist can
Help answer your question.
Now that'’s a great idea, dad.
Hmm. After today, I shall be
Known as sid the squeaking
Squirrel science kid.
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!
Hi.
Mm-wah!
♪ I'’m looking for my friends
I'’m looking for you
There'’s gabriela ♪
Watch what I can do.
Yeah! Ha ha! 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! Yeah! I'’m a rock star!
Gerald in the house!
Cool!
♪ I'’m looking for my friends
I'’m looking for you
Hey, there'’s may ♪
Ha ha! May I show you how I
Groove? All right. [Giggles]
So cool.
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!
Ha ha! You got me!
[All humming]
Yeah!
♪ We'’re looking for our friends
And look what we found
We found each other
Friends! ♪
Ha ha!
And now it'’s time for science
News you can use. Today we'’re
Going to the science center to
Meet a real scientist. Ha ha!
So I'’m asking all my friends if
They know who it is.
Whee!
Oh, there'’s gerald. Maybe he
Knows. Hey, gerald.
Hi, sid.
Do you know what scientist
We'’re meeting at the science
Center today?
Um, hmm. Oh! Oh, I know!
I bet it'’s going to be
Ignaz semmelweiss.
Uh, isn'’t he the scientist
Who discovered that washing your
Hands with soap helps stop the
Spread of germs?
Yes, he is.
Well, I think he lived a long
Time ago.
Yes, he did. Oh. Um, ok,
Well, then I guess I really
Don'’t have any idea who the
Scientist is we'’re meeting
Today.
I know who it is, and it'’s
Someone really, really special!
Ooh.
But it'’s a secret.
Oh. Well, I hope the
Scientist can help me discover
What kind of scientist
Investigates squeaking squirrels
Because that'’s the kind of
Scientist I want to be.
Oh, cool, sid! Ha ha!
I know what kind of scientist
I'’d like to be.
Ooh, let'’s go talk to may.
What kind, may? Tell us.
Wow! May, that is a great
Drawing of the planets.
Thank you. Maybe one day
I can become a scientist who
Builds robots and space ships to
Explore all the planets.
Wow.
Zoom! I'’m a scientist, flying
To neptune!
Hey, that would be a cool
Kind of scientist.
Yeah.
Kids, we'’re going on a field
Trip to the science center.
Come on.
The science center!
We'’re coming.
May? May? Well, I don'’t think
You could be a scientist when
You grow up.
Why not?
Well, um, because you'’re
A girl.
[Giggles] I know.
Yeah, but I don'’t think girls
Can be scientists when they
Grow up.
Yes, we can. We do science
Investigations every day here
At school.
Yeah, well, I mean, you could
Be a kid scientist, but I don'’t
Think you could be a grown-up
One.
Well, I think I can. We'’ll
Find out. Come on! Let'’s go!
Ha ha!
Ok.
Come on.
Ok.
Ok, everyone. Are you ready
To visit the science center?
Yeah!
Yeah, I can'’t wait to meet
A real scientist.
Oh, me, too. I have lots of
Questions about how to become
A scientist who investigates
Squeaking squirrels.
Well, I bet the scientists
Can answer all your questions.
Come on, everyone. Let'’s get on
The bus.
♪ Field trip, here we go!
Field trip, move your feet
Field trip
We'’re ready!
Get on the bus
And take a seat
Field trip
Teacher susie!
Good times on the way
Field trip
Come on, let'’s go!
We'’ve got a lot
To learn today ♪
Zoom!
Ha ha! Hey, you'’re a
Scientist. You can go to
A science center, too.
Field trip to the science
Center! Ha ha ha! Yay!
Ok. I arranged for us to meet
Our special scientist guest
Right here in the exploration
Room.
Oh, cool!
Gabriela, are you ready to
Introduce her?
Ha ha! Yes, I am.
But how do you know who the
Scientist is?
Oh, well, I know who the
Scientist is because...
She is my mom!
Ah!
Dr. Cordova!
Hola, gabriela. Mm-wah! And
Hello, kids! How wonderful to
See you!
Hi! Wow! Gabriela, your mom'’s
A scientist.
Ha ha! I know! She gets to do
Lots of cool stuff.
Wai-wait a second. Hold on.
Um, because this is really
Strange. Uh, dr. Cordova, well,
You'’re a lady.
Well, yes, I am.
Yeah, but I thought girls
Can'’t grow up to be scientists.
Gerald, girls can grow up to
Be anything they want to be.
Especially scientists.
Oh! Well, that'’s good to
Know. Uh, oh, wait a second. Um,
You see, I told may that she
Can'’t grow up to be a scientist
Because she'’s a girl, so, um,
Well, may, I'’m really sorry.
Oh, it'’s ok, gerald. You were
Just confused. [Giggles] I think
It is so cool that you'’re
A scientist.
Well, I think so, too, may.
I'’ll show you a project I'm
Working on with the science
Center. Come on over here.
Ok!
Come on, let'’s go.
Oh, wow. Cool.
So, when I'’m not here at the
Science center, this is where
I work.
Oh! Wow!
You work in the ocean?
With fish?
And sea lions?
Yes, I do. I am a scientist
Called a marine biologist. That
Means I investigate animals that
Live in the ocean, and the
Animal I love to investigate the
Most is this. Gabriela, could
You please push the button
Over there?
Oh, here goes.
[All gasp]
A whale!
What do you investigate about
Whales?
Buena pregunta. Good
Question. Gabriela, could you
Please push the other button
Over there?
Coming right up.
Ah.
[Whales calling]
Listen. It sounds like
They'’re singing.
Yeah. Arooo! Ha ha! I'’m a
Whale and I'’m singing to you
Guys. Arooo! Ha ha ha!
Actually, humpback whales do
Sing to each other. That'’s how
They communicate.
Wow.
And you know what? I'’m doing
An investigation to learn more
About the sounds they make.
Hey, that'’s what I want to
Investigate. Well, not the
Sounds whales make, but the
Funny squeaks that squirrels
Make. Squeak squeak!
Ha ha!
Hey, maybe I should be a
Marine biologist, too.
Well, remember, marine
Biologists investigate animals
In the ocean.
Oh.
But you could become a
Scientist called a wildlife
Biologist.
A wildlife biologist.
Would you like to ask your
Question to a real wildlife
Biologist?
Wow! Yes, I would!
Ok. The science center has
A special way to talk to
Scientists all over the world.
Come on!
Ok.
All right.
Yay! Cool.
Oh, wow. Yeah. Ha ha!
I'’ll use this computer, and
We can connect with a real
Scientist. Here we go. It'’s
Working, and we'’re connected.
Yay.
Hi, everyone. My name is
Megan owen, and I'’m a wildlife
Biologist at the san diego zoo.
Hi!
Thank you so much for joining
Us. This is sid, and he has some
Questions for you.
You'’re a real scientist.
Could you please tell us what
Kind of things you do?
A wildlife biologist has
A wonderful job because they get
To study wild animals both in
Their natural habitat and
Sometimes here at the zoo.
Oh, I love the zoo.
Hey, that sounds like fun.
So what animal are you
Investigating right now?
Well, right now I think I get
To study one of the best animals
In the world. It'’s the giant
Panda.
Oh!
A panda!
Ha ha!
Cool!
So cute!
This is bai yun. She'’s a
-Year-old female giant panda,
And we'’ve been studying her for
A really long time.
Wow!
She'’s beautiful.
And as you can see right now,
She'’s eating bamboo, and that's
What pandas do most of the day.
They eat bamboo all day long.
I didn'’t know you could eat
Bamboo.
Pandas are an endangered
Species, which means there
Aren'’t very many of them left in
The wild. That makes our job
Here at the zoo that much more
Important. We study everything
We can about the pandas here--
How much they eat, how much they
Rest, how much play time they
Need--and this helps us
Understand what they need to
Survive and thrive in the wild.
If I want to investigate
Squirrels and the funny noises
They make, should I become
A wildlife biologist, too?
Absolutely. You can become
A wildlife biologist now. You
Can go out into your backyard
And you can sit really quietly,
And you can watch squirrels and
You can listen to all the
Different sounds they make, and
You'’ll be a wildlife biologist.
Really? Wow! I love watching
Squirrels! Ok, thank you.
Bye! Great to meet you!
Bye! Thanks, megan!
Bye!
Wow! Now I know what kind of
Scientist I want to be--
A wildlife biologist.
Yes.
Maravilloso. How wonderful.
You discovered something you
Love to do--investigate animals.
Wow! Scientists get to do
Some amazing things. Ha ha!
And they'’re moms, too.
Oh, yes, mija. We are moms,
Too.
Oh, good. I knew girls could
Be scientists and investigate
Anything they want.
Yes. May, what kind of things
Would you like to investigate?
Well, I'’m an artist and I
Love drawing pictures of the
Planets, so maybe I could become
A scientist who draws pictures
Of robots and space ships to
Explore the planets.
Oh. You want to design robots
And space ships. How wonderful!
Yay!
And I know the perfect
Scientist to tell you all
About it.
Really?
Really.
All right!
Oh, here goes.
Oh, there it goes again.
Ha ha!
We'’re connected.
Hello, everyone.
Hi!
I'’m julie townsend. I'm a
Scientist at the jet propulsion
Laboratory.
Wow! Jet propulsion.
Hello! It'’s great to see you.
This is may, and she has some
Questions for you.
Hello!
Hi, may. Ask me anything
You like.
Well, um, so what kind of
Scientist are you?
I'’m a robotics engineer.
I build robots to go to other
Planets.
Wow! I want to design robots
That go into space, too. I want
To be just like you because
You'’re a girl and you became
A scientist! Yay!
That'’s right. But, you know,
When I was a little girl, not
Everybody knew that girls could
Be scientists, either. I saw
A rocket ship launched on tv,
And I thought it was so cool
That I wanted to go up into
Space and be an astronaut
Myself. But nobody really
Encouraged me too much because
I was a girl, but I always knew
That I could do it, and I worked
Really hard and now I build
Robots like this.
Wow! Look at that!
Awesome! Look at it go! Ooh,
It'’s climbing!
Giant robot spider.
This is the athlete robot,
And we'’ve designed it for
Driving around on the moon or on
Mars, and its legs make it even
Cooler because it can walk and
It can drill and it can scoop
Dirt.
Wow! Look at that!
Do you want to see how it
Works?
Yes, please!
Ok, let'’s go.
Well, I use this computer to
Make the robot move. Watch this.
Whoa! Look at that!
How did she do it?
She just pressed the button
And it moved!
Ooh, that whole thing is
Moving now.
Wow.
That'’s what I want to do.
Ha ha!
When we pick the wheels up
Off the ground, each of them
Becomes a robotic arm. And we
Can put tools, like this gripper
Here, on the robotic arm to make
It do things like pick up stuff
On the surface of the planet.
Well, thank you so much for
Showing us how your robot works,
And thank you for speaking
With us. You are so inspiring.
Yeah, thank you!
You'’re welcome. This was fun.
And, may, remember, you can be
Anything that you want to be.
Hooray! I'’ll always remember
That! Ha ha ha!
Bye. Thank you.
See you later.
Now I really, really want to
Be a robotics engineer, and I'’m
Going to build robots that
Travel into space, too!
May, I'’m so proud of you.
Me, too. You found a science
That you love--building robots.
Yep.
Well, but I wish I knew what
Kind of scientist that I could
Be because I can'’t think of
Anything I love to do.
Gerald, you love to eat
Chicken.
And yogurt.
And applesauce.
And toast.
And pickles.
Hey, I know what you guys are
Saying. I love to eat!
Yes!
Um, hey, susie and
Dr. Cordova, is there a
Scientist that investigates how
To eat stuff? Because I think
I'’d be really good at that.
Ha ha ha!
Well, there'’s another kind of
Scientist who knows a lot about
The science of food--a chemist.
A what-ist?
A chemist. Let'’s meet one
Right now.
Ok.
Cool!
Wow, a chemist.
Oh, there it goes! Ha ha!
We'’re connected.
Hi. I'’m kent kirshenbaum. I'm
A scientist at new york
University, and welcome to my
Lab.
Hi!
Um, so, ok, I have some
Questions. Um, what kind of
Science stuff do you do?
I'’m a chemist. I study what
Things are made of and how to
Make new things.
Ooh! You make new things?
I like to make new things, too.
Well, why did you want to be
A chemist?
I like to invent, and I
Wanted to make something that
Nobody had ever made before.
Yay! Cool!
We'’re working on making a new
Kind of ice cream, how to make
Ice cream that'’s better.
New ice cream? But--but ice
Cream is so...yummy! Ha!
How could you make it better?
Well, ice cream is really
Great stuff, but my kids came to
Me and asked me, "dad, can you
Make an ice cream that won'’t
Fall off the cone?"
[All laugh]
I said, "sure. Let'’s find out
What'’s in ice cream, and maybe
We can add something to the ice
Cream that will get it to stick
Right onto the cone.
Cool! Um, well, did that
Work?
That did work. We found that
We could make an ice cream
That'’s stretchy, that's chewy,
And it sticks right on the cone.
Well, what'’s your secret?
I mean, how did you do it?
You could tell us. Ha ha!
So the secret is, we take
Something that comes from plants
And we add it to the ice cream,
And it turns it into a chewy
Kind of ice cream.
Oh, that looks really yummy!
Yeah.
Very chewy. Delicious.
Bye-bye!
Bye!
Thank you!
I like that scientist.
I'’m going to be a chemist that
Investigates food, too.
Ha ha ha!
Hey, gabriela, what kind of
Scientist do you want to be?
Well, I have an idea. May,
You can build rockets that go
Into space...
Yeah.
And I could be an astronaut
That flies inside your rocket.
Hey, gabriela, that'’s a great
Idea. I'’ll build you
A super-fast rocket.
Ok. Ha ha!
Ay, carina. Sweetie, you
Would be a great astronaut.
Let'’s meet one right now and
You can ask him all about it.
Everyone ready to meet an
Astronaut?
Yeah!
[Computer beeps]
Ah.
Here he comes.
It'’s ringing.
Hi, kids. My name is mike
Massimino, and I'’m an astronaut.
Hi!
Hi. My name is gabriela,
And I want to know what an
Astronaut does in space.
Well, gabriela, I'’m an
Engineer, so I get to help build
And fix things. And as an
Astronaut, I get to build and
Fix things in space.
Whoa, in space! Wow!
I even got a chance to
Space-walk on the hubble space
Telescope and fix it by
Repairing some of its parts.
Wow!
It'’s so cool.
How did you learn to fix
Things while you'’re floating
In space?
Yeah.
Well, gabriela, we train for
A long time to go into space.
Slowly.
Hey, look.
Look at that guy.
He'’s turning over and over.
And just like you have to go
To school, we have to go to
Astronaut school, but our
Classroom is really cool. Back
There, that'’s our classroom.
Wow! It'’s like a rocket ship!
That'’s not a real space
Shuttle, but we get to work
Inside of that pretend space
Shuttle to learn about the
Things we'’re going to do
In space.
Oh. Cool.
Wow!
I want to be an astronaut,
Just like you.
Well, gabriela, if you love
Investigating and you love
Science, then you'’d be a great
Astronaut.
Thank you for joining us,
Astronaut mike. Good-bye!
Bye, kids. See you in space.
Thank you. Bye!
Bye!
Ha ha! I can'’t wait to grow
Up so I can be an astronaut.
Yeah.
Well, you know what? You
Don'’t need to wait until you're
A grownup to be a scientist.
Why not?
You can explore and make lots
Of discoveries all around you,
Just like a scientist.
I guess we are scientists.
Yeah, we'’re scientists.
Well, it was such a pleasure
Spending the day with you, but
Now it'’s time for me to do some
More work investigating whales.
What do we say to gabriela'’s
Mom?
Thank you!
You'’re very welcome. Bye,
Mija.
Bye, mama.
Hasta luego.
Bye-bye.
See you later!
Well, I'’m wondering if I have
Any future scientists here.
Ooh, I am!
I am.
Yeah. I'’m going to be a food
Scientist who eats lots and lots
Of food! Ha ha!
Well, I'’m going to be
A wildlife biologist.
And I'’m going to be a
Robotics engineer.
And I'’ll be an astronaut.
Yay!
You know, there'’s a scientist
Who investigates just about
Everything in the world.
Wow.
Sid, may I borrow your
Microphone, please?
Sure can.
Ah. You'’re going to love this
Song.
Yay, susie! Ha!
♪ Ology means the study of
Here'’s a list any scientist
Would love
If I'’ve left off
Your favorite ology
Please accept my apology
Ahem!
Climatology--the study
Of the climate
Cardiology--the study
Of the heart
Craniology, the study
Of the skull
We'’re using our heads
And that'’s a good start
Ecology--the environment
Dendrology--the study of trees
Zoology--animals
Some study those
And some study these
Entomology is
The study of insects
And who wouldn'’t want
To study those?
Rhinology isn'’t the study
Of a rhinoceros
Rhinology is
The study of the nose
Nephology--clouds
Ophthalmology--eyes
Ornithology--birds
Look at those birds
Filling up the skies
Paleontology--fossils
Seismology--earthquakes
Biology--the study of life
Serpentology--snakes
Hydrology is
The study of water
Geology--earth, of course
Hippology isn'’t the study
Of a hippopotamus
Hippology is the study
Of a horse
This partial list of ologies
Is running very deep
And if this list
Is making you sleepy
Study hypnology
The study of sleep
[Snores]
Ology means the study of
Here'’s a list any scientist
Would love
If I'’ve left off
Your favorite ology
Please accept my apology ♪
Yay, susie!
Ah, and hooray to all you
Scientists. Today you each
Found something you love to
Investigate.
Yay!
Now, come on. Let'’s get on
The bus and head back to school.
Yay!
Come on, scientist may.
Hey, you can think about the
Things you like to investigate,
Too, just like me,
Sid the science kid! Ha ha! And
Remember, keep asking lots and
Lots of questions. Ooh, and
Don'’t forget, you can grow up to
Be anything you want to be. Ha!
See you later, scientists. Ha!
Be sure to check out another
Episode of "sid the science
Kid." We'’ll investigate at the
Science center, explore in the
Backyard, and make lots of
Discoveries. See you next time
On "sid the science kid."
03x16 - I Want To Be a Scientist!
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Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.
Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.