- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today, our nature trackers
Go to adventure camp in a rain forest,
Where they get to fly through the air
On a zip line.
So come on along with me
On the dinosaur train.
All aboard!
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ Once upon a time ♪
♪ There was a mom ♪
♪ Her name was mrs. Pteranodon ♪
♪ Sitting on her nest ♪
♪ She heard a scratch and then said ♪
- Oh, boy, my eggs are hatching!
- ♪ One by one, the kids popped free ♪
♪ Baby pteranodons, one, two, three ♪
- I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.
- ♪ But tiny said ♪
- Wait, there's one more, mom.
- ♪ The last little baby ♪
♪ Was a different size ♪
♪ With teeth and a tail ♪
♪ And big green eyes ♪
♪ He didn't look anything ♪
♪ Like the rest ♪
- What am I doing in a pteranodon nest?
- ♪ But dear old mrs. Pteranodon said ♪
- Oh, this is your family, and I'm your mom.
You may be different, but we're all creatures.
All dinosaurs have different features.
Come on, buddy. We'll take a vacation.
I'll get us a ticket at pteranodon station.
We'll travel the world in sunshine and rain
And meet all the species on the...
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ I want to ride ♪
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- [Roaring]
[Lively string music]
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
- ♪ Where all the nature trackers go ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Laughter]
- So ready for another day of adventure camp?
All: yes! - Excellent.
As usual, I'll be your guide today
With the help of everybody's favorite camp counselor,
My nephew gilbert.
- Hello, everyone.
All: gilbert!
- Gilbert, I'm--
I mean, we're so happy you're here.
- So, gilbert, where are we going
For today's adventure?
- Let's play a guessing game.
I'll give you all clues,
And you can try to figure out
Where the dinosaur train is headed.
- Yeah! - Let's play!
- I just wanted to get closer to the clues.
- Where we're going is wet
And has many trees with very green leaves.
And you'll get to see all of it from up above.
- Okay, wet, very green leaves...
- And we can see it from above.
- So are we going to a wet lake?
- Near the top of a hill?
- With lots of trees and green leaves?
- Wet, green leaves--
A rain forest is wet and green.
- Ding, ding, ding, ding.
Buddy guessed it:
A rain forest.
- Wow, we're going to a rain forest,
Whatever that is.
- I've never been to a rain forest.
All: me neither.
- That's why today's adventure camp
Will be extra special.
We're trying new things.
Ooh, and there'll be lots of rain forest surprises.
All: rain forest surprises?
- Can you tell us the surprises?
Oh, wait, then it wouldn't be a surprise.
- We can give you some more clues.
We'll climb some secret stairs...
- Make our own little rainfall...
- And at the end of our adventure,
Everyone gets a chance to fly over the rain forest.
- But I can fly anytime.
[Squawks]
[Giggling]
- ♪ La, la, la ♪
- Don, tiny, the passenger coach
Isn't for flying.
We have an aviary car for that.
- Mr. Conductor,
Are you sure all of us get to fly?
'Cause some of us don't have wings.
- That's true, annie, but you won't need wings
To do this kind of flying.
- Hey, looks like we're at the rain forest.
- Buddy's right. We're here.
Next stop, adventure camp rain forest station
In the cretaceous time period.
[Train chugging]
[Brakes squealing]
[Cheering]
- Oh, it's a bright sunny day out here.
Enjoy it while you can, nature trackers.
- Why?
Won't it be a bright,
Sunny day in the rain forest?
- We'll see.
Now, campers, let's review some rain forest safety rules.
Always stay on the trail.
Stay together in a line,
And listen to my instructions.
Understand?
All: yes, mr. Conductor.
- Well, all right, then.
Let's have some rain forest fun.
Here we go.
All: ooh.
- There are so many trees.
- And look how wet they are.
- Yeah, even the air seems wet.
I feel it when I breathe it in.
[All inhaling]
- And the birds, they're really loud.
- I guess birds like rain forests.
- Maybe they like all the leaves.
I've never seen so many
Yummy-looking leaves in my life.
- Time to fall in line behind me, campers.
Let's walk and talk.
- Does it rain all the time
In the rain forest, mr. The conductor?
- Not all the time, mr. The don,
But quite often.
- I can't believe how dark it is here.
- And it was such a sunny day.
- There's a good reason why it's darker
In here, buddy and shiny.
The rain forest is an amazing environment.
It has different layers, including the forest floor
That we're walking on.
And all the way at the top of the forest
Is a thick covering of tree branches.
It's called a canopy.
All: canopy.
- That thick canopy of branches and leaves
Is the reason why it's so dark in the rain forest.
- It's like a tree roof,
So hardly any sun shines through.
- And what do you think that means for all the animals
Living down here on the ground?
- I guess they're used to living
Where it's not very sunny.
- Exactly, tiny.
So many different species live in the rain forest:
Birds, reptiles, butterflies...
All of those animals eat plants,
Which love all that rain forest rain.
- [Squawks]
I see some flowering plants
Right there, gilbert.
- Ooh, good eye, shiny.
- [Giggles]
[Snorts]
- There are flowering plants,
Moss growing on trees and rocks,
Lots of ferns...
- But where's the rain?
I thought it would always rain in the rain forest.
- Well, because of the thick tree canopy,
It can take almost ten minutes
For rain to get through the roof and reach the ground.
All: ten minutes?
Whoa!
- So the rain gets caught in the tree canopy
On its way to the ground?
- Exactly, miss tiny. Very good.
The rain forest always feels wet
Because that canopy traps the rain inside.
Ooh, stay with us, don,
And be aware that the rocks and logs
May be slippery.
- I've walked on wet rocks before,
Mr. The conductor.
It's no big deal--
Whoa!
- Whoa! - Oh!
- Whoops.
- Oh, thank you, gilbert.
You saved me.
Well, you saved buddy and don and me.
- Just here to help, ma'am.
- Okay, let's all keep an eye on each other.
- Hey, where's t*nk?
- Mm.
- t*nk. - Yes?
- You cannot go off-trail unless I say it's okay.
Now, I know you love leaves,
But come back here with the rest
Of us nature trackers.
- Okay, just one more bite.
- t*nk. - Aw, just one more.
- Now, mister!
- Sorry. I'll stay on the trail.
I promise.
- Oh, it's all right, t*nk.
Lesson learned.
Okay, nature trackers, we have reached...
The secret stairs.
All: ooh.
The secret stairs.
- Be extra careful, campers.
Follow me.
- Whoops!
- Listen. Do you hear anything?
- I think I hear rain.
[Gasps] look up there.
- Wow, those trees are so tall.
No wonder it takes so long for the rain to come down.
- Hooray! It's raining in the rain forest.
♪ Da, da, da, da, da-da ♪
♪ Da-da, wait.a, da-- ♪
It stopped.
What--that's it?
- Yes, it rains very softly
Inside a rain forest canopy, don.
- But we can make our own little rainfall
If we shake a tree or two.
Come on.
Now, everyone, shake the trees
And count to six.
All: one, two, three, four, five, six.
[Cheering]
We made it rain!
Yay!
- Wow, those trees were holding a lot of water.
- Yeah, that's probably enough water.
- I want more rain.
I want to fly through the raindrops.
- We just have to climb a little further up, don,
And we'll all get to fly.
- Really, mr. Conductor? Even me?
Because a t. Rex can't fly.
I don't have wings, just these little arms.
[Laughter]
- Yup, t. Rexes, lambeosauruses, troodons, even triceratops
Will fly today, buddy.
- Even...
[Swallows hard] triceratops?
- Even triceratops, t*nk.
All righty, nature trackers,
Onward and upward.
All: ooh.
- Ta-da!
We're above the rain forest canopy, kids.
Ready to fly, buddy?
- Um, I'm not sure how, mr. Conductor.
- Well, I'll show you how, buddy,
On the rain forest zip line.
All: zip line? - Yup.
Everyone takes a flying ride on the zip line,
Through the rain forest, all the way back
Where we started.
- Wow, buddy.
We really are going to fly.
- I don't know about this.
I feel kind of nervous.
- Oh, it's very safe, t*nk.
In fact, it's a marvel of troodon engineering.
Gilbert will be up here to get you started,
And I'll be waiting down below where you land.
- Um... - Don't worry, t*nk.
This is like what the conductor said in the song.
We get to try something new.
- Yeah, we get to fly.
- Listen, how about if annie goes before you
And I go after?
That way, we can be with you
And cheer you on.
- Hmm, that sounds good. Okay.
- That a boy, t*nk.
Okay, gilbert will set you up here.
- All right, who wants to go first?
- I will, gilbert. [Squawks]
- Then me.
- Whoo-hoo!
Pteranodon!
[Squawks]
Yeah! Look out below!
- [Laughs]
- ♪ La, la, loo ♪
- This is it, t*nk.
See you at the bottom.
- Good luck.
- [Laughs]
Rawr!
I'm a flying t. Rex!
[Laughs]
- Ready, t*nk?
- Yeah, let's do it.
Whoa!
I'm up in the air!
- [Laughs]
I'm flying!
I'm really flying.
[Laughs]
[Cheering]
- That was so fun.
Can we please zip line again, mr. The conductor?
- Unfortunately, mr. The don,
It's time to head back to the dinosaur train.
All: aww.
- Hey, wait, where is mr. The conductor?
- Whoo-hoo!
All: yeah!
Way to go, mr. Conductor.
- Oh, I just had to ride the zip line--
Purely for research purposes, of course.
[Laughter]
All: oh, mr. Conductor.
[Train whistle toots]
- Well, that's our ride home, kids.
All aboard!
All: bye, rain forest.
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
All: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
- ♪ Where all the nature trackers go ♪
All: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- Hi, there.
I'm dr. Scott, the paleontologist.
Rain forests are thick, jungle-like places
That grow in just a few places in the world.
In these areas that get a lot of rain,
The trees form a green, leafy roof, or canopy.
The plants are so thick
That not much sunlight reaches the forest floor.
It's kind of like having a giant umbrella over your head.
Rain forests are great places to find
Plenty of amazing life-forms.
In fact, rain forests are home to more than half
Of the plants and animals on earth.
In these forests, species tend to be
Separated into layers.
Beautiful birds like macaws and toucans
Are found high up in the canopy.
The middle, leafiest layer of the forest
Is home to such animals as blue-tailed iguanas
And boa constrictors.
And down on the forest floor
Where there's hardly any sunlight,
We find plenty of spiders, beetles, and ants,
As well as larger animals like the okapi.
The amazon rain forest in south america
Is the largest rain forest in the world today.
A rain forest like this gives us plenty
Of healthy air to breathe
And lots of medicines made from plants
That help us when we're sick.
So we need to take care of our forests.
Okay, remember, get outside,
Get into nature, and make your own discoveries.
- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today, the kids take a trip with their friends
To nature trackers adventure camp,
Where they'll hike to the bottom of a canyon.
So come on along with me
On the dinosaur train.
All aboard!
[Train whistle blowing]
[Lively string music]
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
- ♪ Where all the nature trackers go ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Laughter and cheering]
- So I imagine you all want to know
Where we're going for today's adventure camp adventure.
All: yes!
- To...
A canyon.
- Yay!
Wait, what's a canyon?
- Excellent question, don.
Observe.
All: ooh.
- The train station is at the top,
And we'll hike a canyon trail
All the way down to the bottom.
- Wow, lily, it's like a giant hole--
The biggest hole I've ever seen.
We're gonna love this adventure.
- I don't know.
It looks all dry and desert-y to me.
- Yeah, and it's a giant hole.
- But what if it's too hot?
Hiking on a trail-- this adventure sounds hard.
- But adventure camp is about trying something new,
And hiking down a canyon trail sounds really new.
- I guess.
I think it's hard
To try something new.
- Lily, I promise
That I'll help you try because I'm your friend
And your adventure camp buddy.
- Ooh, ooh, uncle conductor,
Tell them what we'll find at the bottom of the canyon.
- Why, certainly, gilbert: a river,
And then we'll search for a surprise.
- A surprise?
What's the surprise?
- Well, I can't tell you more.
It's a surprise.
All: aww.
- But we can give you clues.
It's a surprise that we'll dig for,
Like buried treasure.
- A surprise that we dig for?
"Like buried treasure."
This is gonna be the best adventure ever.
- But I'm a lambeosaurus.
I've just got these little hands.
Are you sure I can even do it?
- I'll help you dig, lily.
It'll be the best.
- [Clears throat]
Notice the different colors
On the canyon walls, nature trackers.
As we hike down the trail today,
We'll see layers of rock from different time periods,
With the oldest rocks at the bottom
And the youngest at the top.
- How old are the rocks?
- Millions of years old, buddy.
- Wait, we're gonna see rock that's millions of years old?
- Indeed we will,
And the reason we can see rock this old
Is because, long ago, something carved out the canyon.
Can you guess what it was?
- Did something huge and scary dig it?
- Did someone smart like the troodons dig it?
- Interesting guesses.
There is a clue at the bottom of the canyon.
- Was it...water?
- Ding, ding, ding! Exactly right, buddy.
Water cut through the rock and made the canyon,
And the word for water cutting through rock
Is erosion.
All: erosion.
- Did the water cut the canyon out in a flood?
- Actually, the water made the canyon very slowly,
Cutting through the rock for millions of years.
Erosion takes a lot of time.
[Chiming]
Time? Time?
Time tunnel approaching.
Next stop, adventure camp canyon station
In the cretaceous time period.
[Bells chiming]
- Whoa! - This is huge!
- Follow me to the trailhead, nature trackers.
- Whoa.
- Remember what the adventure camp
Song says, lily:
Adventure is about trying something new,
And this is really new.
Are you ready?
- [Sighs]
Okay, I'm ready.
- First we need to buddy up
So we can help keep an eye on each other
As we hike down the trail.
All: okay.
- Annie. - t*nk.
- Petey. - Lily.
- Then we need to take a water gourd
To carry on the hike.
It'll be hot, and we'll get thirsty
Before we reach the bottom of the canyon.
- I'll carry an extra gourd for you, lily,
So there's no way you'll get thirsty.
- Gosh, thanks, don.
- All right, nature trackers.
Let the adventure begin.
Let's hike.
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
- ♪ Where all the nature trackers go ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Laughter]
- Notice the color of the rock here
Near the top of the canyon?
As we hike further down, keep an eye out for any changes.
- Look, now the walls are a different color.
- Yes, it looks kind of reddish,
Isn't it, gilbert?
- Right, shiny.
I bet we've hiked into the jurassic layer,
Which is millions of years older than the cretaceous layer
Back up there where we started.
So the color of the rock is different.
- Why?
- The color of the rock changes
Because the environments changed
In the different time periods.
In the jurassic, this was more of a dry desert,
And we can see the difference because, over time,
The river dug down through the layers
Just like we're hiking down through them.
- I can't believe the water dug out
This whole canyon.
- Hey, yeah.
Maybe it's time for a drink of water.
Do you want some?
- Um, I'm not really thirsty, thanks.
But if I drink some water,
It won't be as hard for you to carry.
Sure. Thanks, don.
- Look, now the rock is kind of greenish.
- Right, buddy.
The river kept carving down, down, down,
All the way to this rock from the triassic period,
When this was probably an ancient ocean.
- Wow, the water eroded all this rock?
- And I thought water was just for drinking.
I guess it's also for...
E-eruption?
expl*si*n?
What was that word? - Erosion.
- Ta-da!
Look ahead, nature trackers.
We're almost at the river.
All: the river!
[Cheering]
- Whoa.
- [Squawks]
What a place.
- Nature is pretty amazing, isn't it?
Both: yeah.
- Hmm.
You know what would make this
A perfect nature trackers adventure?
- Lunch?
- No, a dino ball game.
All: yeah! Good idea, shiny.
- Oh, and then lunch, right?
- Sure. [Whistles]
Right.
Me, t*nk, tiny, and petey
Against buddy, annie, lily, and don.
Our goal is that cactus over there,
And your goal is...
That forked tree over there.
[Whooping and yelling]
- [Squawks] goal!
We win!
- Whoo-hoo! - Yeah!
[Cheering]
- Best game ever.
Nice job, everyone.
Let's do the nature trackers cheer.
Ready? Okay.
All: two, four, six, eight,
Nature's fun to investigate.
Plants and trees and birds and bees.
Make your own discoveries.
Go...
Nature trackers!
- Yes!
What an excellent cheer,
Miss shiny.
- Oh, thank you, gilbert.
[Giggles and snorts]
Wait, gilbert,
Isn't it time for our surprise?
- Shiny's right, mr. Conductor.
You said there would be a surprise
Once we got to the river.
- A surprise, eh?
Hmm.
- Oh, I remember, mr. The conductor.
It's something that we're going to dig for.
- Mr. The don, you are absolutely right.
And since we're down here at the bottom of the canyon
In the triassic layer of rock,
We get to dig for triassic fossils.
All: triassic fossils.
Yay!
- What kind of triassic fossils?
- We'll be digging for ammonites,
Fossils of ancient sea creatures.
Observe.
- Ooh, it's beautiful and shiny.
- I can't wait to dig one up
And put it in my collection back home.
- Hmm, this seems like a likely place
To dig for fossils.
Are you ready, nature trackers?
All: ready.
- All righty, then.
Ready, set...
Dig!
- See, lily? You dig like this.
- Is this an ammonite?
- [Gasps] - it is, miss lily.
What an excellent specimen.
- Here, don. One for your collection.
- Wow, thanks.
- So they're fossils of seashells,
But were they once really alive?
- Yup, they were once living sea creatures,
And their shells became fossils over millions of years.
- So they're super old shells. [Squawks]
- The world is an amazing place, shiny,
Full of secrets hidden in the ground.
And they're waiting for us to discover them
If we're adventurous enough.
- Don, I had no idea how much fun
It'd be down here at the bottom of the canyon.
- See?
We tried something new,
And it was fun, just like the song said.
- Yeah, I was scared at first
'Cause I've never tried it before,
But now I'm really glad I did.
- Okay, nature trackers.
Everybody has their own ammonite fossil?
Then it's time to hike back to the top.
All: yeah!
[Laughter]
- ♪ We'll take a risk ♪
♪ Try something new ♪
Both: ♪ see what adventure can do for you ♪
- ♪ An adventure a day for everyone ♪
Both: ♪ and most of all ♪
All: ♪ most of all, we'll have some fun ♪
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Laughter]
- I'm gonna give this to mom.
- Lily gave me this one.
I'm gonna put it in my collection section back home.
- This is how I think my ammonite looked
Millions of years ago.
I'm gonna give it to dad,
Or maybe keep it for myself.
- I found the tiniest ammonite.
So I made it into a magical tiny power amulet
To keep in the nest for whenever I need tiny power.
- Mine's a necklace.
I'm gonna wear it all the time
So it reminds me of how much fun we had
Trying something new.
[Train whistle blows]
- Whoops, there's the whistle, kids.
That's our ride home.
All aboard!
- Whoo-hoo! - Come on!
- Race you!
- ♪ Oh, there's an adventure camp I know ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
- ♪ Where all the nature trackers go ♪
Kids: ♪ nature trackers adventure camp ♪
[Laughter]
[Train whistle toots]
- Hi, there.
I'm dr. Scott, the paleontologist.
Have you ever wondered what a paleontologist does?
Well, we're scientists who study fossils
Like this.
It all starts with a discovery.
Paleontologists hunt for fossils all over the world.
Check out these rocks.
They're divided into layers like a cake.
The rock layers at the bottom of the hill are older
Than the layers at the top.
If you find a dinosaur bone sticking out of the ground
Near the base of the hill,
You can be sure that it lived thousands
Or maybe even millions of years
Before a dinosaur you find near the top.
If you're lucky enough to find a dinosaur skeleton,
The first thing you have to do
Is get rid of the rock above it.
When the fossils are mostly uncovered,
We dig around the sides and then wrap the bones
In a protective jacket made of plaster and burlap.
Now the bones can be carried safely back to the museum.
Okay, remember, get outside,
Get into nature, and make your own discoveries.
- We love playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
Both: go to pbskids.org.
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ We're gonna ride ♪
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
03x02 - Adventure Camp: Ziplining/Canyon Hiking
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Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train