Hey, scientists. It'’s me,
Sid. I built wings like a bird,
But I still can'’t fly, so my
Friends and I are going to the
Science center to explore how
Things fly in the sky. Come
Explore with me, sid the science
Kid, coming up next.
Hey, is this thing on?
Heh heh!
♪ 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... ♪
Hello. It'’s me--sid--and I'm
About to do something amazing,
Something spectacular.
It'’s probably the greatest thing
I'’ve ever done in my entire
Life.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am going to fly!
Whoo hoo!
Ha ha ha!
Yeah. You see that bird up
There? He'’s been flying all
Morning by flapping his wings,
And I want to try it, too, so I
Made myself these wings, climbed
Up here, and now I can fly like
A bird. Ha ha! How hard can it
Be?
Ok, here goes. I just need to
Flap really, really fast.
And...i...shall...fly!
Hmm. Well, that didn'’t work, but
Don'’t worry. I know what to do.
Ok. I just need to climb up here
Again and flap faster.
Here goes.
Now...i'’m...flying!
Whoo!
I'’m not flying. Hmm. Ok, well,
Now I'’m ready to ask my big
Question about why I can'’t fly,
But where'’s my microphone?
Aha! There it is.
Ok. Uh...
Can'’t...reach my microphone.
Oh, well. I'’ll just pretend like
I'’m speaking into my microphone.
Now I just got to know. If I
Have wings, why can'’t I fly like
A bird...bird...bird...bird?
Sid, breakfast is ready!
Yay! Breakfast time. Whoo
Hoo!
Breakfast time!
Oh. Whoa!
You ok, sweetie?
Yeah, mom, no problem. I'’m
Fine, really. No problem.
It'’s--just need to--wow. My
Wings are bigger than I thought,
So I'’ll just slide in and--ha
Ha! I'’m in!
Oh, wow. Check out those
Wings. Very nice.
Yeah. Well, they'’re nice, but
They don'’t work. I tried
Flapping my wings just like the
Bird I was watching, so I
Flapped, but I didn'’t fly.
I just flopped.
Sid, let'’s look at a picture
Of a bird. Maybe we can figure
Out the problem together.
Ok.
Ok. What do you see?
Well, the bird has wings just
Like I do, and he'’s spreading
His wings just like I did
Outside, and he has feathers,
And--aha! That'’s it. I need
Feathers, and then I can fly.
Sid, I like the way you'’re
Thinking, but sometimes feathers
Aren'’t enough to fly.
Dad'’s right, sid. Take a look
At this picture of an ostrich.
Hmm. Well, he has feathers,
But he looks way too big to fly.
You'’re right. Now, how about
You?
Oh, I get it.
My body is too big to fly, too.
Yup.
Wait, wait, wait. An airplane
Is really big, and it flies way
Up in the sky.
Ok, I don'’t get it. How does an
Airplane fly?
Now, that sounds like
Something to investigate at
School. But first, how about
Having some birdseed for
Breakfast?
Ha ha ha!
Birdseed? No, thanks. This
Bird likes eating your pancakes.
Ok.
Ah. Then I'’ll go investigate
Flying at school.
But for now I'’d better take off
These wings because no flying
For me.
Oh, sid. We can'’t fly to
School, but if you'’d like, we
Can walk.
Yeah. Let'’s walk.
All right.
Chirp chirp.
Flap flap.
See da birda.
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, sid. Hello, alice.
Hello.
Did you all walk to school?
Yes, we did.
Wow. What a wonderful thing
To do.
Oh, bye, mom.
Bye, sid.
Bye-bye.
Good-bye, susie.
♪ 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. Whoo!
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 the sid
Survey.
I am airplane sid, and I want to
Know how airplanes can fly, so
Let'’s go get some answers.
[Imitates airplane flying]
Coming in for a landing!
[Imitates airplane stopping]
Hello, gabriela.
Hi!
Do you know how airplanes can
Fly?
Yes, I do.
They have wings!
Hmm. I agree, but since
They'’re so big, don't they need
Something more than just wings?
Hmm. I don'’t know.
Neither do i. Well, let'’s fly
Over to gerald and ask him.
Ok.
[Both imitate airplanes]
Coming in for a landing!
Hello, gerald.
Hi, sid.
Do you know how airplanes
Fly?
Yes, I do. Airplanes flap
Their wings like a bird, and
Then they fly into the air.
Uh, I'’ve never seen an
Airplane flap its wings before.
Oh, well, neither have i.
Let'’s go ask may.
Ok.
All right.
Let'’s fly!
Oh, yeah!
Zoom!
[Imitating airplanes]
Hello, may.
Hello.
Do you know how planes fly?
Oh, yeah. They go really,
Really fast, and then they take
Off into the air!
[All imitate airplanes]
I think you'’re right, may,
But airplanes are so big, how do
They actually go up into the
Sky?
Well, they--um, I don'’t know.
[Imitating airplane stopping]
We don'’t know either!
Hmm.
Class, we'’re going on a field
Trip to the science center!
Yay!
Wow. We'’re going to the
Science center with teacher
Susie. Come on.
Hey, I see some speedy
Airplanes zooming around the
Sky.
Yeah.
Susie, we want to know how
Real airplanes fly in the sky.
Yeah. Susie, how can they fly
If they'’re so big and heavy?
You know what? Lots of people
Have asked that same question,
And lucky for us, the science
Center has a special exhibit all
About flight.
Come on. Let'’s go investigate.
Everybody 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 ♪
Vee-oom!
Hey, you'’re a scientist.
You can go to a science center,
Too.
Field trip to the science
Center!
[Laughter]
Yay!
Ok. If we'’re going to
Investigate how airplanes fly,
We should start by looking at
How birds fly.
Hey, that kind of looks like
The bird I saw flying in my
Backyard this morning. See, I
Built my own wings so I could
Fly like the bird.
Whoa. How high did you fly,
Sid?
Did you go higher than the
Clouds?
No. Actually I didn'’t fly at
All. I flapped my wings and then
Flopped right down to the
Ground.
You know, when people wanted
To make a machine to fly, they
Did the exact same thing you
Did, sid.
They looked at birds, too?
They sure did. In fact,
Scientists have made lots of
Discoveries by observing things
In nature. Come on. I'’ll show
You.
Ok.
All right.
Let'’s go.
Over here?
Yay!
Wow.
Look. Hey, that kind of
Looks like a giant bird.
Yeah, gabriela, you'’re right.
Look. It has big wings, just
Like that bird over there.
Very good observations. This
Is called a glider because it
Can glide in the wind, just like
A bird.
But wait, wait. Hold on. What
If it'’s not a windy day?
Good question. Inventors had
A different idea. Come on. I'’ll
Show you what they came up with.
Ok.
Whoa.
Oh, no.
Is that an airplane?
Well, sort of. It has wings
Like a plane that could flap
Like a bird.
If I were too heavy to fly
With flapping wings, then that
Thing is way too heavy to fly.
You'’re right, sid. It
Couldn'’t fly. So let's find out
How inventors finally got a
Plane to fly. Everyone turn
Around and look up in the air.
Wow!
Check it out!
Cool!
Look at that! It'’s a plane.
This is a model of an
Airplane called the "wright
Flyer." It was the very first
Airplane that could fly.
Wow.
Oh, look! Look, it has an
Engine! Susie, did the engine
Help this airplane to fly?
Yes, it did. The engine
Helped the airplane move forward
Really fast so the wind could
Lift the airplane into the sky.
Wow.
Airplanes are amazing!
Yes, they are. Come on. Let'’s
Go investigate and explore lots
Of airplanes here at the
Science center.
Yeah!
Yeah, let'’s investigate! Hey,
You'’re a scientist. You can go
To a science center and
Investigate how airplanes fly,
Too.
The air and space museum is a
Great place to investigate how
Things fly. When people first
Wanted to fly, they made this
Glider. It had big wings just
Like a bird. It could glide in
The wind but not for very long.
This is a tiny model of the
"Wright flyer." It'’s the first
Airplane that could fly in the
Sky. It had wings just like a
Glider, but it also had
Something special. Yes, it had a
Motor. Here'’s a bigger model of
The "wright flyer." Here are the
Wings...
And here'’s the motor. It helped
The plane move really fast so it
Could lift into the sky.
Engineers then put a motor on
The front of a plane and added a
Propeller to help it fly. And
Here'’s the real plane. It's
Called the vega. This propeller
Allowed the plane to fly really
Far. Look at this passenger
Plane. It has big propellers on
The wings to help it fly. Later
On, engineers made jet engines.
These allowed planes to move
Really fast so they could fly
Really high in the sky.
Today, passenger planes have jet
Engines, too, so they can fly
Really fast and really far. Ok,
Now it'’s your turn to pretend
That you'’re flying your own
Plane. You can control the wings
So you can fly way up in the
Sky.
It'’s so much fun to investigate
All the ways things fly in the
Sky.
Hooray for the science
Center!
Yay!
All those gliders and planes
And jets are so cool!
And lots of them have big
Wings, just like a bird.
Yeah.
Hey, talking about wings
Reminds me of a joke.
Go for it, sid. You always
Have funny jokes.
Ok. Everybody spread out your
Arms like an airplane.
Ok.
And what are these called?
Wings.
And what'’s one of them
Called?
A wing.
Now say that two times.
A wing a wing.
Now say it times.
A wing a wing a wing.
Hello. How are you?
[Laughter]
Sid!
Hello, my winging scientists.
After you throw your trash away,
We have time to explore the
Science center some more. Come
On. Let'’s fly.
Yeah!
You guys, come on, come on!
Ok.
Let'’s play pretend.
Yeah.
We'’re on an airplane, and
I'’ll be the pilot.
Ok. I'’ll be your copilot.
I'’ll be a passenger going on
Vacation.
And I'’ll be the flight
Attendant. That'’s the person who
Helps the passengers.
Yeah..
Ok.
Hello there, passenger. Would
You like some milk, orange
Juice, or perhaps a waffle?
I'’ll have a waffle, please.
Yes, yes. There you are.
Thank you.
Ok, it'’s time to fly.
Yeah. Let'’s start the engine.
Oh, uh, gerald, could you please
Push the button over there?
Because that starts our engine.
Yes, of course. No problem.
Thank you.
Huh?
What happened? We can'’t fly
Without wings.
Oops. Wrong button. Ok, wings
Coming right up.
Ha ha! Gerald, those are
Bird wings, not airplane wings.
Yeah. It'’s the wrong button
Again. Ok, time for some
Airplane wings. There we go. Oh,
No.
Those are brooms. We need
Wings to fly.
Right, right. Wings. Ok, just
Hang on a sec. Hmm.
What?
Gerald!
I know, I know. We can'’t fly
With forks. Ok, let'’s see. Aha!
I know what button to push.
Yay! Wings!
The engine is starting!
We'’re taking off.
Let'’s fly to teacher susie.
Yeah! We'’re flying!
Cleared for takeoff.
Bring the plane right over
Here.
We'’re coming in for a
Landing.
Hold on tight.
Whoo!
Isn'’t it amazing that we can
Fly way up high in the sky
Inside an airplane?
Yeah!
And just think, it all
Started by observing birds in
Nature.
Susie, there are lots of
Things in nature that fly, like,
Um, bats.
And dragonflies.
And bees. Bzzz.
You'’re right, and they can
All teach us how to build things
That fly, and that reminds me of
A song.
Yay!
Cool.
Here you go.
Thank you.
♪ People
Wanted to fly
So they looked to the sky
And watched the birds
Soaring high
Studied their wings
And learned to fly
We studied birds
And other flying things
Observed the movements
And copied their wings
Some wings spread far and wide
The shape of wings allowed them
To glide
Wings and propellers
Stay in constant motion
So birds and planes
Land on the ground or ocean
A running start is what some
Need
Before they take off
They have to gather speed
People
Wanted to fly
So they looked to the sky
And watched the birds
Soaring high
Studied their wings
And learned to fly
People
Wanted to fly
So they looked to the sky
And watched the birds
Soaring high
Studied their wings
And learned to fly
The osprey takes off
From where it'’s standing
Planes and swans descend
With a graceful landing
People
Wanted to fly, yeah
So they looked to the sky
And watched the birds
Soaring high
Studied their wings
And learned to fly
People
Wanted to fly
Wanted to fly ♪
Yay!
Thank you. Ok, my flying
Scientists, time to head back to
School. Follow me.
Wait, wait, wait. Susie, see,
I have an idea. Instead of
Taking the bus back to school,
Let'’s take an airplane!
Yeah!
Well, we can'’t take a plane,
But we can pretend that our bus
Is an airplane with wings and
Imagine that we'’re flying back
To school.
Ok.
Let'’s fly.
Cool.
[Imitating airplane]
♪ Going back to school
Yay!
Who'’s back from the science
Center?
I am, grandma!
Bye, sid!
Bye, sid!
Bye!
Oh, mm. Okey-dokey. Let'’s
Roll.
Yeah, let'’s roll.
Whoo! Ha ha ha!
Yeah.
♪ Backseat driving
With grandma ♪
Whoo! All righty, sid. Tell
Me about your day at the science
Center.
It was great! We learned how
Airplanes have engines so they
Can zoom really fast and fly
Into the sky. Airplanes are so
Cool!
Oh, I know, and you know who
Else thinks airplanes are cool?
Who?
Your dad! In fact, when he
Was a boy your age, he built his
Own airplane.
What? Really?
Yes, indeedy do! When your
Dad was a kid, he loved to make
Airplanes out of paper. How
About that? And just like real
Airplanes, the paper ones flew
In the air because they had
Wings. And because these planes
Were made out of paper, they
Weren'’t too heavy, so they
Didn'’t need a big old engine to
Lift them into the sky. They
Just needed a good, strong arm
To throw them into the wind.
Whoosh! Oh, your dad used to
Make all kinds of planes--big
Ones, little ones, and fast
Ones. Some of them could fly way
Up high in the sky. Whoo hoo!
Wow. I wish I could see the
Paper airplanes my dad made. I
Bet I'’d really like them.
Oh, I bet you would, too. You
Know what, sid?
Huh?
You remind me a lot of your
Dad. You like a lot of the same
Things.
Yeah. We both like things
That fly.
I love when my grandma tells me
Stories about my dad.
♪ I learned something cool
Something cool today
I know it upside down
And inside out
I learned all about
Flying ♪
Scientist in the house. Yeah!
[Recorded applause]
Dad! Hey, dad, I'’m back from the
Science center!
Hey, sid. So how was it?
It was great. We learned all
About how airplanes fly! And
Grandma told me that you used to
Make paper airplanes that could
Fly really high.
Yup, that'’s true, and right
Now, I'’m gonna teach you how to
Make one.
Wow!
You'’re gonna teach me how to
Make a paper airplane?
Absolutely! So go ahead and
Pick a color for your airplane.
Hmm. I'’d like to make a
Paper airplane that'’s yellow,
Just like the color of my
Favorite fruit, bananas.
Ah, good choice. Ok, sid. Are
You ready to make one of dad'’s
Super duper world-famous paper
Airplanes?
Yeah! Yeah, I'’m ready!
All right! Here we go. Now
First you'’re gonna make a big
Fold right here.
Hmm. Ok.
And done.
All right. Great. Now you
Bend the paper here and fold it
Back.
Ok. This is tricky.
There you go.
Ok, I'’ve got it.
♪ Ta da
Nice. Ok, now here'’s the most
Important part. You fold it
Right there to make your wings.
Ok. Hmm.
Almost done. And...
Done! Does this look good?
Well, it'’s...
Perfect!
Yay! Oh, dad, this is
Amazing.
Yeah, it is amazing. So are
You ready for a test flight?
Yes, I am. Ok, this is
Captain sid, ready to fly into
The sky. Control tower, do I
Have permission to take off?
Uh, this is dad at control
Tower. You are cleared for
Take-off. Good luck, captain
Sid!
Ok. I'’m ready. Countdown,
Please.
In , , ,
Fly!
Yay! Look at it go!
Wow. Well, I don'’t have wings,
But my paper airplane does. Go,
Airplane, go!
Whoo hoo! Yeah!
Watcha!
Oh, wow. I wish I
Could go to the science center
Every day. It'’s such a cool
Place. We learned how birds and
Big, heavy airplanes fly in the
Sky. Whoo! I still wish I could
Fly, but I don'’t have wings. Oh,
Well. Hey, wait a minute. Maybe
There is a way I could have
Wings. Ok, I'’ve got it. Here's
My super duper ooper schmooper
Big idea! I'’m going to invent
The super duper wing pack. It'’s
Like a backpack you strap on,
And when you push a button, you
Can have any kind of wings you
Want! Push one button, and you
Get fast-flapping hummingbird
Wings. Push another button, and
Big glider wings pop out. You
Can push another button for
Airplane wings. But wait. For
Airplane wings, you also need an
Engine to help lift you into the
Air! Don'’t worry. This super
Duper wing pack also comes with
A handy dandy jet engine to
Help boost you into the sky.
Whoosh! Now I can fly anywhere I
Want, just like a bird flying in
The sky. Hey, here comes a bird
Right now. Hello, ms. Bird.
"Hello, sid. Nice wings. You can
Fly just like me." Yes, I can,
Because I'’m wearing my super
Duper wing pack! Whoo hoo!
And that'’s my super duper ooper
Schmooper big idea. Yay!
[Recorded applause]
Hey, maybe one day I'’ll be a
Grown-up scientist and I can
Make a real super duper wing
Pack. Hey, you know what? One
Day you can invent something
Super duper amazing, too. Just
Think--a long time ago, nobody
Thought we could ever build an
Airplane that flies, but we did
It, and that means anything is
Possible, and I should know
Because I am sid, the science
Kid [echoing].
And remember, keep
Asking lots and lots of
Questions. See you later,
Scientists!
Ah. Hey, dr. Beaks, can penguins
Fly? Let'’s see.
Watcha. Nope. I
Guess they just wobble. It'’s ok,
Dr. Beaks. Still love you,
Buddy.
Mwah. Ugh, you taste funny.
Don'’t ever kiss a penguin.
Be sure to check out another
Episode of "sid, the science
Kid." We'’ll discover different
Ways to use a computer,
Investigate how things fly, and
Explore how to solve a problem
By engineering a solution. We'’re
Investigating all kinds of
Technology on "sid, the science
Kid."
03x25 - Sid Wings It!
Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.