07x01 - Flashy Fireflies

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(Reagan) Congaree National
Park is very beautiful.

(Jayden) And it has
a very unique firefly

because they can blink
their lights at the same time.

(Kyra) In elementary school,

that's like the last time
I saw a firefly.

(Reagan) Where they at now?

I'm excited to see
a firefly.

Ooh.
(Jayden) That is so cool.

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Jake! Jake!

(Jake) Got you, Izzie.
You're it for flashlight tag.

(Izzie) Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's freeze the game for now.

Because Bakersfield Middle
School has asked us to perform

the opening act for
their science assembly.

(Jake)
Whoo-hoo!

(Izzie) Yeah, so we got
to come up with an act.

(Jake) We could beatbox.
(beatboxes)

(Izzie laughs)
Or yodel.

(yodels)

(Jake) Or we could make
cheesy poof art.

(Izzie)
Wow, look at them go.

The fireflies.

(Jake)
Awesome.

(Izzie) Well, whatever
we decide,

we need to be able
to do it in sync.

You know, in unison.
Totally together.

(gasps)
Hey!

(both)
Let's dance.

(Jake) I bet the SciGirls
could help us with it.

(Izzie) Oh, yeah.
Spark-tastic idea, Jake.

SciGirls, we need you.

(Jake)
Whoa. I'll get it. Whoa.

Ah, got it.

(Izzie) Hmm, okay.
Let's try this one.

(Jayden) Oh, he's awake.
Hello.

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♪ ♪

Today I came with my friends

to the Congaree National Park
in South Carolina.


to the Congaree National Park
in South Carolina.

Congaree is known for
its old growth forests,

boardwalks, and swamps.
(bird cries)

(Reagan)
It's very vast and deep.

It's beautiful out here,
and I really like it.

(Jayden)
It's a very peaceful place,

and it's nice
to just walk around.

Oh, that one's falling.

(Reagan)
They're falling in love.

(laughing)

(Jayden) My name's Jayden,
and I'm from South Carolina.

I like to do a lot of things.

I like to always be on the go.

Where you at, Reagan?
(Reagan) Nyoom!

(Jayden)
My favorite STEM subject

would probably be engineering.

I just like being able
to figure things out.

(Kyra)
Don't point it towards me.

Point it towards yourself.

My name's Kyra, and I'm
from Lexington, South Carolina.

I can be really quiet and shy,

also very, like,
helpful and kind.

Y'all want to try
to go to the bridge?

My favorite STEM subject
has to be science.

Just learning different types
of ecosystems

and how cells work.

(Reagan) Oh, look at that.
A spider.

(Jayden)
Hey, buddy.

(Reagan)
I'm Reagan

and I'm from West Columbia,
South Carolina.

I like to draw,
play video games,

watch anime,
and listen to music.

Listen to music is a big one.

What shall we name tree?
(Jayden) Ziggy.

(Reagan laughs)

My favorite STEM subject
is engineering.

So I'm able to build something,

and I can make it come to life.

Jayden might actually be,
like, a...

(both) Squirrel.
(Reagan) See?

(Jayden) Walking around
this morning was really fun.

We got to see a bunch
of different trees

and a bunch
of different fun animals.

(Kyra) It was interesting
'cause there was

different trails going
around, like, the park.

(Reagan) And we started
on the Firefly Trail,

and we walked around.

(Jayden) We learned
that Congaree has

a very unique firefly called
the Photuris Frontalis.

And that firefly is unique

because it can synchronize
its lights,

meaning they can blink
their lights at the same time.

(owl hoots)

(Claudia) Hi, girls.
(all) Hi.

(Kyra)
We met Claudia.

Claudia is a biologist
and a park ranger

at Congaree National Park.

(Claudia) How are you?
(all) Good.

(Jayden)
We're trying to figure out

a good place to see fireflies.

(Claudia)
Cool, so this is actually

a great place to see fireflies

because we have the upland
forest up there

and then the flood plain
is down there.

And this is
the bottomland forest.

So the fireflies
don't like to be

where there's a lot of water,

but they also don't like
to be where it's really dry.

(Reagan) I've never seen
a firefly in person.

I've seen them on TV.
I've seen them in movies.

In my area,
there's too many lights.

(Kyra) So Claudia brought us
back to the park,

and she was giving information
about fireflies.

(Claudia)
Do you know that

fireflies are actually
not flies?

(Reagan)
What?

(Claudia) Yeah, even though
they have it in their names,

they're beetles.

Do you know what they eat?
(Reagan) Not a clue.

(Claudia)
So they're omnivores.


(Claudia)
So they're omnivores.

(Reagan) I'm surprised
that small beetle,

which I didn't know either--
fireflies are beetles--

is eating both
meat and plants.

(Claudia) Do you have any
questions about the fireflies?

(Jayden) What kind
of fireflies are there?

(Claudia) There are different
types of fireflies,

but there are actually
three types

of fireflies
around the United States

that flash together at some
point during the night.

(Jayden) Didn't know fireflies
could do that.

(Claudia)
Yeah, it's very interesting,

and we have scientists
that come

and study them at the park.

And they're trying
to figure out

why is it that
they synchronize.

And they're trying
to figure out

how many of them takes for them

to start synchronizing
at the same time.

Over all,
the flashing that they do

is because they are going
through a mating ritual.

(Jayden)
So the female fireflies

will be laying on the ground
and the male fireflies

will be flying around
blinking their lights.

(Reagan) So you were talking
about synchronization.

What exactly is that?

(Claudia) So I actually have
some things that I've been

using to show people
what synchronization is.

(Reagan)
It's like a party whistle,

and we had to blow in those

to mimic the fireflies'
synchronization at night.

(Claudia)
I'm gonna start whistling,

and then Jayden will try
to follow me.

And then Kyra will try
to follow me.

And Reagan will try
to follow me.

All right, ready?

♪ ♪

(Reagan)
That party blower was--

ooh.

(laughs)

(Claudia)
That's really hard, right?

Like, somebody always stop
at some point.

(Jayden) The party blowing
was really hard

because of the laughing.

(Reagan laughs)
I could barely do it

because I was laughing
the whole time.

(Claudia) I have another
activity if you want to try.

(all)
Sure.

(Claudia)
All right, let's stand up.

(Jayden)
And the second way,

we tried to all clap
at the same time.

(Claudia)
Okay, ready?

(Jayden)
Ready.

♪

(Claudia) Yay, you did it.
Good job.

Good job.

You guys heard how we were all
at the same time clapping?

So that's how
the fireflies do it.

They just start flashing at the
same time with their neighbors.

Do you want
to see more of the park?

(all)
Yeah.

(Claudia) All right,
do you want to see the creek?

(all) Sure.
(Claudia) All right, let's go.

So this type of creek
is really interesting

because you see
there's a lot of debris.

So that's a good habitat
for insects.

(Jayden) She said it was
dark water because the leaves


(Jayden) She said it was
dark water because the leaves

from the trees would fall
in the water,

and it would make it brown,

like when you dip
a tea bag into water.

(Claudia)
Look at the knees.

(Jayden) There was this
little, like, trees that were

growing out of the ground.
They're called knees.

They usually just sprout
out of, like, nowhere.

(Claudia)
Yeah, they're actually when
they were filming "Shrek,"

they came to sketch
the flood plain here.

(Jayden) I thought it was
really cool that the swamp here

was modeled for
the "Shrek" swamp.

(Reagan)
Hello, my name is Reagan,

and this is my house.

I live here with my mother,

my father,
and my little brother.

This is my dog.
His name is Parker.

He is loud.
(dog barks)

He's my baby, and I love him.

Parker!

I've been drawing
practically my whole life.

At first, I just got
into drawing because I wanted

to draw the anime characters
that I love so much.

And it calms me.
It's very soothing.

I have taught myself
and a bit of YouTube.

Yeah, I like to bake,
and I made this brownie.

(voice) Mm-mm.
(dog barks)

(Reagan)
Goodbye.

(Jayden) So what else
do you do here?

(Claudia)
I help coordinate

citizen science programs
at the park.

(Reagan)
Citizen science is when

a scientist is researching
something and they ask

everyday citizens to help
with the research.

(Jayden) Citizen science is
very helpful to scientists

because it helps them be able

to cover more ground
with their work.

So instead of just one person
working on a study,

it can be, like, hundreds
of people working on a study.

(Claudia) And we have one
right now at the park

about observations
of fireflies.

(Kyra) Can we do it?
(Claudia) Yeah, of course.

I can show you how to help.

(Kyra)
In elementary school,

that's like the last time
I saw a firefly.

(Reagan)
I'm excited to see a firefly.

I'm really excited.

(Claudia)
Thank you so much for helping

with the citizen science
data collection.

So before I tell you
more about that,

first, let's learn
about bioluminescence.

Bioluminescence is just
a chemical reaction,

and it makes light.

(Kyra)
So bioluminescence is when

an animal can create
its own light.

(Claudia) I have a glow stick,
and there's chemicals in here,

and they react together,
and so when I pop it,

all the chemicals
that are in this glow stick

are emitting light.

One, two, three, go.
Yeah, awesome.

You just created light.

So in the fireflies,

they have a transparent
skeleton in their tails,

and inside
that transparent skeleton,

they have light cells
and reflectors.

And within those light cells,

that's where
the chemical reaction happens

and where
they produce the light.

(all)
It's really cool.

(Claudia) So one of the citizen
science that I'm overseeing

is the fireflies observations.

We're collecting data to see


We're collecting data to see

how the fireflies
change behavior over time.

(Jayden) So what do you do
with the data?

(Claudia) We're trying
to figure out at what time

the fireflies change behavior

and also, when do they
start synchronizing.

(Jayden) There was a citizen
science program where people

would track the fireflies
in five-minute intervals.

(Claudia) We're observing
these seven behaviors,

and we're doing it
for five minutes.

And every minute,
we take a measurement.

(Jayden)
What else do we need to know?

(Claudia)
So it's very important

that when you're observing,
anything that you're using

for light,
that it's covered with red.

The fireflies are disappearing
in many places,

so we want to make sure that

their habitat
is well-conditioned.

(Reagan) Red lights
are better for the fireflies,

so they don't get confused

while they're trying
to do their mating ritual.

(Claudia) Are you guys ready?
(all) Yes.

(Claudia) Go team.
(Jayden) Go team.

(soft music)

♪

So when we were collecting data
on the fireflies,

there were seven behaviors
that we were looking for.

(Reagan) Oh, ooh.
That one was close.

We analyzed
in five-minute periods

how the fireflies reacted
in each time period.

We were looking
for seven different behaviors,

from no flashing whatsoever

to fully synchronization
in large groups.

So we have practically nothing.

(Kyra) Well, we had,
like, a few flashes.

I saw one. One just flashed.

(Reagan) Well, you're
the observer, observe.

(Kyra)
Another one flashed.

(Reagan)
Kyra was the observer.

I wanted to be the time keeper
because I really wanted

to keep up
with the stop watch,

and Jayden was writing down.

Where they at now?
(Kyra) They got shy.

Tired of y'all.
(Reagan) Already.

(Jayden) Two minutes.
(Reagan) Nothing.

(Kyra) Wait, wait, we have
to get the weather conditions.

(Jayden)
Clear and humid.

(Kyra) It was very, like,
interesting, you know, sitting

and just waiting for the
fireflies once it got dark out.

At first, we didn't
really get anything,

but, like, when it got,
you know, a little bit darker,

we got, like, flashes,
and then even more flashes,

and then synchronization
happened.

(Reagan) Soon,
groups started synchronizing.

And then it was fully
synchronizing in large groups,

and it was beautiful.

(Jayden)
That was really cool

that the only thing you could
see was the fireflies.

But it was so pretty,

that was kind of the only thing
you wanted to look at.

(Izzie) Okay, Jake, time
to synchronize our movements.

Follow me. Ribbit, ribbit.

(both) Ribbit, ribbit,
ribbit, ribbit.

(Jake) Ribbit!
(groans)

Chirp, chirp. Fly!

(both)
Chirp, chirp. Fly!

(Izzie groans)
I mean, fall.

(owl hoots)

(gasps)
Jake, look.

An owl.
(Jake) Listen.

(owl hoots)


(owl hoots)

(both mimic owl)

(upbeat electronic music)

♪ ♪

(Izzie)
Come on.

Whoo. Whoo.

High five.
(Jake) Uh-huh.

(Izzie)
I think we're almost...

(both)
Ready!

(Claudia) Hi, girls.
(all) Hi.

(Claudia)
How did it go last night?

(Reagan) It went well.
(Jayden) It went good.

(Reagan)
So we met with Claudia

to hand in
our citizen science report.

(Claudia) So did you make
any interesting observations?

(Jayden) We got to see, like,
how they started flashing

and when they started
synchronizing.

I thought it was pretty cool.

(Claudia)
At what time did you observe

that they started
synchronizing?

(Reagan) : p.m.
(Claudia) : p.m.?

(Jayden) Around :.
(Claudia) Cool.

So I'm gonna use this data,
and I'm gonna compile it,

put it together with the other
volunteer data that I have.

And then I'll do
a time series of it.

And that'll help us see when
the fireflies were switching

from one behavior to another,
and then when it peaked

at the park,
so thank you so much for this.

(Jayden) Since me, Reagan,
and Kyra completed

the citizen science project,
we are now citizen scientists.

(Reagan) Collecting data
for the science community,

it felt nice,
and I enjoyed the experience.

(Claudia) So would you like
to see the fireflies up close?

(all)
Yeah.

(Claudia) So there's
a scientist that has a permit

to catch and release fireflies.

Her name is Orit.

(Reagan) Claudia said we were
gonna meet Orit.

She studies fireflies.
(Orit) Hello.

(all)
Hi.

(Jayden)
Orit is from Colorado,

and she's doing a study
on fireflies

and how they
communicate.

(Orit) I'm from the computer
science department

at the University
of Colorado Boulder

and I come here especially
to study the fireflies

because of their
communication system.

If I'm a firefly, and I sense
all these light flashes

around me, how do I integrate,
sense that information,

and make a decision
when to flash next.

(Jayden) Is there any reason
we can't catch the fireflies?

(Orit) Yeah,
so because of climate change

and light pollution,
some of the firefly populations

are really dwindling.

And it's best not
to disturb them and catch them,

so they have a better chance
of survival.

(Kyra) We can't catch fireflies
because it might harm them.

We have to have,
like, a permit.

(Reagan) How long have you been
studying fireflies?

(Orit)
For about three years now.

And it's really the best part
of the year.

I wait for these two weeks
every year.

(Reagan) Why are fireflies
only seen in that two weeks?

(Orit)
They exist as flashing adults

for about two weeks out
of the year,

and the rest of the year,
they're either underground

or under water
in the vegetation.

And they will only emerge again
in the next spring.

All right, let me show you how
to safely catch a firefly.

So we have a bunch
of nets here for you.

(Reagan) We need to catch them
a certain way with the net,

so to make sure
we don't squash them

accidentally
after we catch them

since their numbers
are dwindling.

(Orit) Yes, perfect.
All right, looks great.


(Orit) Yes, perfect.
All right, looks great.

I think you're ready.

Now just have to wait
until the sun sets

and the fireflies come out.

(Reagan) I'm really excited
for tonight,

so we can see some fireflies.

(Jayden) I've never seen
a firefly, like, up close.

I'm very excited
about catching fireflies.

(Kyra laughs)

(Reagan)
Audacity.

(Kyra) Hey, guys, I'm gonna
give you a tour of my room.

So this is my bed.
Some decorations.

Leaves.

A little chair I still have
to organize, my desk.

And my dresser.

Currently, I'm packing
my bag for dance.

All I need is just some water
and some makeup.

I'll get back to you.

So I'm going to be doing

my choreography
that I learned in dance.

I really love dance, and I've
done it since middle school.

(applause)

This is my dog Rosie,

and she is six years old.

(laughs)

I can't pick you up like that.

Bye.

(Orit)
All right, so let's go

back there maybe where there
were more fireflies.

(Kyra) So Orit had this permit
for her to be able

to catch fireflies 'cause you
just can't, you know,

go up to go catch them.

You have to have,
like, a permit.

(Jayden)
Why don't we try to follow.

(Orit) Here, here, yeah.
(Reagan) It's right there, wow.

(Reagan) Well, you don't
want to chase them around

in case you trample any ones
that are on the ground,

either while they're mating,
or it's just a female one.

(Orit) Yeah, go, go, go, go.
Nice.

That's amazing.
Good job.

(Reagan)
I'ma name you Ray.

I was actually the first one
to catch a firefly.

It was cool.
I was happy.

(Jayden) I got one.
(Orit) Nice.

(Jayden)
Yes, I caught one firefly.

(laughs)
(Reagan) The evil laugh.

(Kyra) I see it blinking,
but I don't know where it went.

(Reagan)
Kyra, you got to get this one.

(Kyra) I am.
(Jayden) Careful, Kyra.

You just got to swing.
(Reagan) You got to scoop.

(Kyra) We were able to get
up close with the fireflies

and be able to catch them,
study them.

(Jayden)
It was so cool to see them,

and it's, like, really close.

So I probably recommend, like,
going to watch the fireflies

at the park
or going to help out

citizen science
collect more data.

(Reagan)
Oh, look at that.

(Jayden) Oh, he's
synchronizing in there.

(Reagan) Yeah, he's over there
on that side synchronizing.

(Jayden) That is so cool.

(Reagan)
They're lighting up a lot more

when you're near touching them.

(Orit)
Could be alarmed.

(Reagan) It's alarmed, yeah.
It's saying SOS.

(Orit) Yeah.
(laughs)

(Jayden)
There's so many.

(Orit)
Yeah, they're synchronizing.

That's really cool.

(Jayden) I see why
you do this every year now.

(Orit) Yeah.
(laughs)

(Jayden) I thought it was
pretty cool to be able to hold

the box and kind of, like,
hold fireflies in your hand.

(Reagan) I would call it
life changing.

It's so beautiful at night,

and then you see them
synchronizing.

It's really amazing.

(upbeat music)

♪ ♪


♪ ♪

Hello.
(Jayden) Hi, Reagan.

(Kyra) Hi.
(Reagan) Hey.

(Jayden) Today,
we are at Reagan's house.

(Reagan)
Claudia invited us to do

a presentation
for the firefly festival.

I'm excited.

I like to draw
and do arts and crafts,

so this is really up my alley,
and I enjoy doing this.

(Jayden) We did a little bit
of brainstorming,

and we got to figure out

what we were going
to put on the poster.

I think it would probably be
something about how to make,

like, a safe environment
for the fireflies.

(Kyra) You know,
how harmful the lights can be.

And like, what lights
not to use.

(Jayden) Like help,
like, the red filters

for the lights
so that they're not distracted.

Minimizing activities
that could hurt them.

(Reagan) So like, control
your kids and stay on the path.

What else we think
we could use?

(Kyra) You want
to do a life cycle?

(Jayden) Yeah, like,
a little bit of information

about the fireflies too.

(Reagan) We're going to show
the visitors

about fireflies,
like, what not to do,

what you should do.

(Kyra)
How many ideas do we have?

(Reagan)
We have five ideas so far.

(Kyra)
And like pictures

and information
about the fireflies.

And what type of lights
you should use

around the fireflies.

(Jayden)
And after we figured that out,

we started working on it,

and we gave
each other different jobs.

Just like Reagan was doing
some of the drawing.

Kyra was doing some
of the writing,

and I was doing
a lot of cutting.

Maybe we can, like, hand out
the red filters to people.

(Reagan) Yeah,
that's good to bring in

since we're talking about it.

It'll help enforce it

instead of someone forgetting
about it eventually.

(Jayden)
Yeah.

I think the poster's
looking pretty good.

I think we're doing
pretty well with it.

We got to use a bunch
of fun looking papers on it,

so it looks really nice.

(Kyra) Nice drawing, Reagan.
(Reagan) Thanks.

(Kyra) I think we're ready
for tomorrow.

(Jayden) Hi, my name is Jayden,
and this is my dog Charlie.

I love my dog Charlie a lot.
He's great.

Some other things I like to do
is take care of plants.

This is probably
my favorite plant.

It's a strawberry plant.

I also like to talk
on the phone with my friends,

but not this one.

I also like to sneak
in my little brother's room

and play his games
while he's gone.

This is just a quick list
of a couple things I like.

Making origami frog rings.

Skating.

Dance.

Science, theater,

and making big blankets
out of a lot of yarn.

And that's me, Jayden.

I'm great. Whoo!

(Reagan) We're back
at the Congaree National Park.

(Jayden)
Reagan, Kyra, and I

made a poster board
about firefly conservation.

(Kyra) Should we turn on
the lights?

(Jayden)
Yeah, I think we should.


(Jayden)
Yeah, I think we should.

(Kyra) One page was
about the life cycle.

One page was
about using the red lights.

Another page was
about catch and release.

(person)
So what do we have?

(Reagan)
So this is our presentation

about firefly conservation.

(Kyra) People thought
our presentation

was very interesting 'cause
we gave out good information,

and then they took
the red filters with them.

(Reagan)
They liked the art work.

They liked how we got
our message through.

(Jayden)
We are talking about some ways

that you can help
protect the fireflies.

(Kyra) So how to keep
fireflies' habitat safe is,

don't use artificial lights
without filters

'cause that can hurt
the firefly.

(Jayden)
As you can see here,

we have some flashlights
with red filters.

I thought that presenting
to people at the park

was pretty fun.

I like to talk.

And I think meeting
new people is fun.

(Kyra)
The male fireflies are actually

the ones that are
above the ground.

I mean, we had, like,
all the information down,

so it wasn't really
nerve-racking.

(Reagan)
Stay on the paths.

Do not use any pesticides or
bug sprays while deep in there.

And like, no littering.

People were surprised about
the catch and release rule

since they grew up chasing
fireflies in their backyard.

(child)
What do fireflies eat?

(Jayden) So they eat a lot
of plants and vegetation.

But they also eat,
like, dead animals...

(Reagan) What I feel like
us as a team accomplished

is getting the information out
to help the fireflies.

(Kyra) I was very amazed
and proud of, like,

our presentation 'cause
we worked really hard on it.

(Jayden) You can take
the red filters.

(person)
I think that it was awesome.

I loved that
the fireflies synchronize.

I didn't know that
that was a thing.

(Claudia) That looks great.
You did a great job.

I'm so proud of you.
(Jayden) Thank you.

Claudia and Orit said they
both liked our presentation,

and I thought
it was pretty cool

that they could see
what they taught us.

(Orit) I like this,
like, firefly light.

(Reagan)
It felt nice.

I was helping others
to find a greater cause.

(Jayden) And be able
to do it with my friends,

which I think was pretty nice.

(Izzie) Oh, Jake,
the school's power is out,

and now we're gonna have
to perform in the dark.

(Jake) But no one will see
our cool outfits.

(Izzie groans)

I wish I had
a million fireflies

to light up the gym.

(Jake)
Fireflies?

Izz, that's it.

(Izzie)
Oh, wait. What?

(Jake) You can never carry
enough cheesy poofs.

And glow sticks.

(Izzie) Yes!
Bioluminescence saves the day.

(Jake)
Thanks, little fireflies.

This dance is dedicated to you.

(Izzie chuckles)
Whoo!

You know how darkness
helps fireflies?

And spin.

Hoo. Jump.

Well, I think
the darkness helped us too.

It challenged us
to really think on our feet.

(Jake) And hands.
(Izzie laughs)

Oh, yeah. Hands too.

(laughs)
Ta-da!

(both laugh)

(Ada) We're going to the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.

(Isabelle) The salamander
capital of the world.

(Kaylee) We went into the
woods to find salamanders...

(Kaylee) We went into the
woods to find salamanders...

- Oh, there's one.ÂÂ
(Kaylee) To collect some data.

(Ada) We learned so much.
- Yeah.

(Luci) Okay, you ready
to go in the water?

(Saloni) Let's go!
(Logan) [squeals]

Welcome to the Indiana Dunes...
(Luci) National Park.

You got this, Saloni.

(Desi) We actually have
a project called

the Dragonfly Mercury Project.

(Logan) Oh, I got a bug.

(Shania) Logan's got one.

(Luci) Oh, this is cool.

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