01x09 - The Perfect Pancake

[bunniefuu]

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 sid the science kid *
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Ladies and gentlemen, give
it up for the one and only...

Sid! Yeah! Whoo!

[Studio audience applause]
well, thank you. Thank you.

Hey there. Oh, arnie,
you're looking bigger,

Buddy. Easy on the
dino-burgers, huh? Ahh. Wha! Dr.

Beaks! Great to have you here,
man! And it's great to have you

Here, too!

[Inhales] I smell pancakes
cooking in the kitchen!

That means it's pancake day!

Ha ha! [Singing indistinctly]
* love those pancakes

[Singing indistinctly] ahh.

There's just one problem.

When mom makes pancakes, they
come out too squishy.

Instead of eating them with a
fork, you need a spoon.

What's up with that?

It's called a pan-cake, not
pan-soup.

And my dad's pancakes? Oh, boy.

They need some serious help. I
mean, they smell like pancakes,

They look like pancakes...but
they're always burnt, and they

Taste like chewy rocks.

Ok, so I've never actually eaten
a chewy rock, but I'm guessing

It doesn't taste so good.

You know who makes the best,
most awesome pancakes in the

Whole world? My grandma!

Her pancakes aren't too
squishy, and they aren't too

Hard...they're just right.

Hey, wait a minute!

How come grandma is the only
one who can make a fluffy,

Perfect pancake?

I don't get it!

What's the big idea with
pancakes? How do you make

The perfect pancake?

[Echo] pancake.

Sid! Breakfast time!

Ooh, breakfast time! Ha ha.

Ha ha. Breakfast tiiime!

Hey, sid, you ready
for breakfast?

Uh-oh, dad's the one making
pancakes.

You know what that means.

Yep.

Dad, thanks for making
pancakes and all, but can I ask

You a tough question?

Of course you can.

Ask away!

Um...if your pancakes
start out as this soft,

Squishy batter, how come they
end up so, um, black and hard?

[Laughs] sid, sweetie,
that is such a great question.

I think it belongs in the
question box.

Ooh! The question box is one
of my favorite things ever!

See, when I come up with a
good question, mom writes it

Down and puts it in the box!

Why don't you try
the pancakes I made?

Oh, uh, mom, I got another
tough question. How come your

Pancakes turn out so...gooey?

Hah! Now, that's an even
better question, sid!

In fact, I think it belongs in
the question box, too!

Ah ba ba me me me!

Oh, hey, dad, I think zeke
wants a pancake.

Oh, here you go, buddy.

Eat up!

Ba, ba...huh?

Grr. [Banging] aah!

Watch out! Flying pancake!

Mine! Ta da!

Nice catch, mom! [Laughs]
my mom is awesome.

Yay! Ba ba ba ma ma!

Thank you, sid. Now,
how about some breakfast?

Yeah, gotta eat!

Almost time for school! Ugh.

[Upbeat music playing]
* I love my mom

Uh huh
my mom is cool

Uh huh
but now it's time for havin'

Fun at school, yeah! *
[Laughs]

Fun at school, yeah! *
[Laughs]

* I'm lookin' for my friends
I'm lookin' for you

There's gabriela!

Watch what I can do!

La la whoo! La la whoo!

Oh, yeah!

Wow!

I'm lookin' for my friends
I'm lookin' for you

Hey, there's gerald!

Yeah! Check out my moves!

[Grunting, laughing]
I'm a rock star!

Cool!

I'm lookin' for my friends
I'm lookin' for you

Hey, there's may!

May I show you how I groove?

Da-da-da-da, ha ha, hey!

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!

You got me *
[laughter]

* Da-da-da-da-da
yeah!

* We're looking for our
friends!

And look what we found!

We found each other...friends! *
[Laughter]

And now it's time for the
sid survey!

Hello, I am sid with today's
survey.

The question: what kind of
pancakes do you like?

Let's go get some answers.

Hello, ma'am.

Ma'am?

Oh, um, I mean, hello,
pretty, rainbow sparkly,

Princess of the playground and
ruler of all things climbable?

Better!

Now, what's your question?

Oh, um, what kind of
pancakes do you like to eat?

I like mine shaped like
clouds, with little bacon

Rainbows and blueberry
decorations.

I'm just not hungry if it isn't
pretty.

Scallion pancakes are my
favorite.

Hmm...what exactly
are scallions?

Green onions.

Scallion pancakes are
especially good with a little

Plum sauce on the side.

That sounds pretty good.

Yeah. You can come over to my
house for dinner and try them.

Really?

Sure.

Sharing scallion pancakes is
what friends do.

You are a good friend, may.

Thank you.

I like syrup. Ha.

And in this late breaking
news, we've learned that gerald

Likes syrup.

Yeah, lots and lots and lots
of syrup! [Laughs]

And now the results of my
survey.

Gabriela likes cloud-shaped
pancakes.

May likes her pancakes with
scallions and plum sauce...

For dinner!

And, gerald...well,
gerald likes...

Syrup! [Laughs]
yes, gerald likes syrup with

A little bit of pancake on the
side. There you have it.

I am sid--roving reporter
and pancake expert.

Everybody! Rug time!

Ooh! That's teacher susie!

* It's rug time!

Come on in!

Rug time!

Take a seat!

Rug time!

We're ready!

Everybody move your feet!

Rug time!

Teacher susie!

Good time is on the way!

Rug time!

Come on in!

We've got a lot
to learn today! *

Hop! Hop! Hop!

I'm a bunny rabbit!

[Laughter]
I'm gonna sit on you!

I'm gonna sit on you!

I'm gonna squish you!

On the rug, bunny rabbit.

Ha ha ha. So...who wants to
share something with the class?

A story? A song?

Ooh, um, I do.

Ok, sid.

Everyone...i'm having
pancake problems at home.

Oh. We're listening.

What's the pancake problem?

Well, I can't figure out how
that liquidy batter stuff can

Turn into either a squishy
goo-cake or a burnt rock-cake.

I mean, why can't pancakes
always be perfect and delicious

Like the ones grandma makes?

Maybe the stove is broken.

My toy oven broke and my mom
fixed it.

Yeah, or have you tried
talking to your stove?

Because maybe it's
mad at the pancakes.

Well, you're all on the
right track thinking about the

Stove.

Can anyone tell me what a stove
does?

Yeah. It cooks things.

Yeah, you can bake brownies
and stuff.

A stove heats things up!

All of you are right!

Um, yeah, but what does heat
have to do with pancakes?

Well, that's a great
question. And I know the perfect

Place to investigate what heat
does to things.

Ok, scientists, you know where
we're going?

To the super fab lab!

That's right, so grab your
journals and let's go.

Ok.

[Conga music]
super fab lab!

Observe! Compare!

Contrast! Ahh!

Today in the super fab lab,
we're going to find out how

Heat changes things.

And we're going to do that by
making...applesauce.

Yes! All right!

Splish, splosh, applesauce!

I love applesauce.

[Laughs]
to make applesauce, we

Have to mash up the apples with
our ingredients: water and

Cinnamon.

Then we'll mix everything
together.

Mmm, this investigation
sounds yummy.

[Laughter]
first we'll try mashing up

The apples without cooking them.

Then we'll heat up the apples
on a stove, and try to mix

Them again.

What happens to the apples
when we heat them up?

Great question, gabriela.

It's your job to observe how
the heat changes the apples.

I think the apples will get
softer when we heat them up.

I don't think the apples
will change at all.

Well, there's only one
way to find out.

Let's put all these ingredients
in the bowl and begin

Our investigation!

Yeah! Let's do it!

Wow.

This is exciting!

Hey, you're a scientist.

You can try this, too!

It's time to make applesauce!

First, an adult will cut up
apples into small pieces

And then put the apples
into a bowl.

And add our other ingredients:
cinnamon and water.

Now, try to mash the apples up
and mix everything together.

Wow. It looks like it's not
very easy to mash up the apples.

Keep trying.

Now an adult is going to put
the same uncooked apples in a

Pot and place the pot on a
stove and heat it up.

Let's use our eyes to
observe what happens.

Can you see how the heat
changes the apples?

Now the apples look really
soft.

Next, we'll pour the apples
back into the bowl,

And you can try mashing up the
apples again.

Wow, it's much easier now that
the apples have been heated.

Now draw your observations in
your journals.

How did the apples look before
we heated them?

Think about how the apples
changed after we heated them up.

Now that we're done with our
investigation, we can all enjoy

Our delicious applesauce!

It was hard to mash up the
apples before we cooked them,

And I'm pretty strong.

Yeah, but then the heat
changed the apples and made

Them all soft and mushy!

And then we could make
applesauce!

Sweet, delicious, applesauce.

Great observations,
scientists!

Mmm, science is yummy.

[Laughter]
wait! Wait!

I think I'm confused.

When my dad's pancakes were
heated up a lot, they became

Really hard and burnt.

They didn't become mushy like
the apples.

Great observation, sid!

So the heat changed the apples
and made them soft, and it

Changed your dad's pancakes and
made them hard and burnt.

So what do you think heat does
to things?

It changes things!

Exactly!

And there are lots of different
ways heat changes things.

Wow!

Can we, please, change the
mushy apples back into uncooked

Apples and make applesauce all
over again?

Oh, I'd do it if I could,
sid, but once apples are heated

Into mushy apples, they can't be
changed back into raw apples.

This is called irreversible
change.

Oh...ok. Oh, wait.

Can we do this investigation
again another day?

Absolutely!

Now, let's take a look at your
journals to see what

Observations you made.

Gerald, can we see your journal?

Yeah. Ok. Um, so
we put all this stuff into a

Bowl, and then we tried to mash
it up like this.

Mash mash mash! And then
the apples wouldn't mash!

So, ok,
then we heated up the apples

And they got soft. Yeah!

And then we could mash mash mash
them and we made applesauce!

Ha ha.

Nice observations, gerald.

Thank you.

Now, sid, can we see
your journal?

Oh, sure. I wrote every step
down so I can make applesauce

At home with my mom and dad!

First, we got all this
stuff--ingredients--apples and

Water and some brown powder
that made me sneeze...it's

Called cinominominonim.

Something like that.

And it all went into a bowl.

Wheee!

Then susie--that's you, of
course--heated up the apples

With the ingredients... And the
apples got really mushy! And

Then we mixed it all together.

And then we had...applesauce!

So, I'm gonna make applesauce
at home with my parents.

[Giggles] me, too!

Ok, and then I'll come over
to both your houses and eat the

Applesauce when you're done!

[Laughter]
I'm so proud of all my

Scientists!

Ok, it's time for a snack break!

All right.

Ok. All right. Ha ha ha ah
hey, sid!

I just made up a new game.

Do you want to play?

Oh, you bet I do! Ha ha.

May makes up the best games!

Ok, now, look on the ground.

We're in the shade and
it's nice and cool.

But over there where the sun is
shining, we're gonna pretend

The sun heated up the ground
soooo much that it feels

Really, really hot!

Ok! All right!

I'm ready! Let's go!

Ok. ...

, !

Ah! Ah!

It's so hot! It's so hot!

Back to the shade!

Back to the shade!

Ha ha ha.

Ahhhh, oh, that's better.

Back to the hot side! Come on!

Ah, oooh!

Back to the shade!

Back to the shade!

Ahhhh, much better.

Ok, watch this! I'm gonna go
way out now! Here I go!

Ok! Ok! Ah! Ah! Ah! It's so
hot! It's so hot! Oh, save me!

Help! Help! Save me! It's so
hot out here!

[Both talking at once]
ahh.

Great game, may.

Thanks, sid. C'mon, let's go
play something else over here.

Yeah. I told ya may makes up
the best games! Ha ha!

I'm coming.

It's time for...

Good laughternoon!

[Laughter]
oh, waiter?

Yeah?

I want a pancake, but I'm
in a hurry. Will it be long?

No, silly, it'll be round,
just like all the

Other pancakes.

[Laughter]
knock knock.

Who's there?

Turnip.

Turnip who?

Ask your dad to turnip the
heat on the stove.

It's time to make pancakes!

[Laughter]
I love turnips.

Knock knock!

Sid, you know you don't
have to knock. Come on in,

And I'll give you a big hug!

Oh, um, yeah,
that's not necessary.

You're my best friend!

You're my best friend, too.

[Laughter]
now, that's funny!

[Laughter]
here we go.

And now...

It's time...

For susie...

To sing!

Go, susie! [Cheering]
oh, why, thank you.

You know, all this talk about
heat does remind me of a song.

* Welcome to the "cooking is
chemistry show," step into the

Kitchen where the scientists go
today, we're talking 'bout a

Favorite from coast to coast
pancakes are what we love most

A pancake that brings breakfast
satisfaction is made by a red

Hot chemical reaction, once the
heat from the stove does what

It does, a pancake can't go
back to the way it was

No way!

Today on the "cooking is
chemistry show"

Heat equals energy--that's good
to know!

The transfer of heat from the
stove to the pan cooks a

Pancake--you know that it can!

Once you learn a fact, it cannot
be unlearned, once you burn a

Pancake, it cannot be unburned!

Mm-hmm, you're toastin' a fluffy
marshmallow way out on the

Range, if'n you burn it on the
campfire, it won't be fluffy

Anymore *
that's irreversible

Change, pardner!

* Welcome to the "cooking is
chemistry show," where

Something's always cooking, you
know, today, we're talking 'bout

A favorite from coast to coast
we're changing bread into toast

Once you learn a fact
it cannot be unlearned

Once you burn a piece of toast
it cannot be unburned!

So long from the "cooking is
chemistry show," good-bye from

The kitchen where the
scientists go, irreversible

Change is something you know on
the "cooking is chemistry" show!

See you next time on the
"cooking is chemistry" show! *

[Cheering]
that was great, susie!

That was awesome!

] Thank you.

Great, but hold on a second.

Heat changes things...

Right.

So that means, mom's
pancakes are all soft and

Liquidy because she doesn't
keep them on the stove long

Enough.

You got it.

Aha! And dad's pancakes
get burnt because...

They're on the stove too
long! [Laughter]

You figured it out!

Great job, scientists.

Thank you.

Ok, scientists, it's time
to go home. Follow me.

Come on.

Going home. Going home.

Now, where's my sid?

Right here, grandma!

Oh...ooh. Mwah.

Now, okey-doke. Let's roll.

Let's roll!

[Singing indistinctly]
backseat driving with grandma!

[Laughter]
all righty, kiddo. So, tell

Me, how was school today?

Grandma, it was the best.

I learned why your pancakes are
so much better than mom's or

Dad's. It's about the heat!

Exactly. Now let me tell you
the best way to make a pancake.

When I make pancakes, I use
a big, old, iron skillet.

It's not fancy, but it's tough
and it gets the job done,

Just like me. [Laughs]
now, here's the secret to my

Pancakes: I make sure the heat
is just right on the stove.

Not too high, not too low.

Then I pour in the batter and
closely observe it to wait for

The bubbles to form on top.

That's how I know the pancakes
are ready to flip!

And I'm a pretty good flipper,
too! [Laughs]

And that's how I make my
perfect pancakes.

Mmm. Hey, can we have
some of those perfect pancakes

For afternoon snack?

Why not?

Whoever said you can't have
pancakes in the afternoon?

Not me!

[Chuckling]
ha ha ha.

My grandma's the best.

* I learned something cool!

Something cool today!

I know it upside down and
inside out!

I learned all about... *
[Laughs]

* Heat!
Whoo-hoo!

Hoo-hoo.

Scientist in the house!

[Studio audience applause]
aah!

I'm stirring the batter!

[Giggles] ok. Now, sid, I'm
gonna put some of that batter

In the frying pan.

Ooh. Oh, boy, these pancakes
are gonna be sooo good!

You betcha. Oh, now, stay
back from the stove. It's hot.

Ok.

Ok. Now, what did I say was
the most important part of

Making a perfect pancake?

Um, the heat.

And?

Oh, um, observe!

Observe! Yeah!

Right, son.

I see that the pancake is,
indeed, being changed by the

Heat! The edges are browning.

It's changing, changing...the
bubbles are forming!

Ooh, it's time to flip.

Flip! Flip! Flip! Flip it!

Flip it! Yesss!

Folks, we have light and fluffy
pancakes!

[Giggles]
[studio audience applause]

Ha ha ha. I can't wait until
the next time mom and dad make

Pancakes, 'cause I'm going to
help! [Whispering] now,

You and I know the secret.

It's about the heat!

[Normal voice] hey, grandma
uses a pan to make pancakes.

Hmm. I wonder what I could make
with a super duper big pan?

Ooh! Ok, I've got it!

Here's my super duper ooper
shmooper big idea!

If I had a really, really,
really big pan...

One bigger than our whole
house, I'd show everyone how

Heat changes things--great,
big, delicious things, like the

Biggest chunk of chocolate in
the world...maybe even a giant

Chocolate mountain!

And then, I'd put that big, old
chunk of chocolate mountain

Into my big, big pan and I'd
find something to heat it up

And melt it, like the sun!

Yeah, the sun's heat would
change the giant chunk of

Chocolate into a melted pool of
chocolate!

I could have a chocolate pool
party!

And I'd have rafts made out of
strawberries, and slides made

Of bananas! And then
we'd eat the pool party. Yum!

Hooray for heat!

And that's my super duper ooper
shmooper big idea! Ha ha.

[Studio audience applause]
ha ha. Thank you. Thank you

Very much. Yeah. Wha-pow.

Heh heh. Oh, yeah.

I am sid...the science kid.

[Echoing]
and remember, keep asking

Lots and lots of questions!

See ya later, scientists! Whoo!

Wow!

Oh, hi.

We're just checking out
our web site.

You can explore with us.

Yeah!

That's a great idea.

Come join us.

Visit pbskids.org.

There's a lot of great
information for grown-ups, too.

I think we look
pretty good on the computer.

Observe, compare, contrast!

Ahh!

Hey! I know how to observe,
compare, and contrast, and I

Bet you do, too.

Observe--that's when you look
really closely at something and

Listen to it, maybe even smell
it and feel it.

Compare--that's
when you look at things and

Think about how they're the
same.

Contrast--that's when you
observe things and think about

What's different about them.

Hey, scientists.

There's lots more amazing
science coming your way.

My friends and I
will learn how to use science

Tools, investigate how things
change, discover our senses,

And explore how to keep our
bodies healthy. So, come

Join me--sid the science kid!