03x16 - I Want To Be a Scientist!

[bunniefuu]

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... ♪

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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."