03x03 - That's the Way the Ball Bounces

[bunniefuu]

Hey, scientists.

It'’s me--sid.

I want to find out why my

Play-doh ball won'’t bounce, so

My friends and I are going to

Investigate elasticity.

Come explore with me.

"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?

Do 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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Oh, dr. Beaks, I can'’t just put

You on the team.

Tryouts are on tuesday. Hmm.

Oh, hi. This is great.

You'’re just in time to see my

New game--play-doh ball.

You just hop on one foot times

And then scoot around albert

And then make your way past

Ignatz, zip

Past louis, and then twirl in a

Circle and bounce a play-doh

Ball times like this.

Uh! Oh, no.

What happened?

It hardly bounced at all.

Hmm, I don'’t get it.

I shaped it like a ball.

It looked like a ball, and it

Felt like a ball.

So why didn'’t it bounce like a

Ball?

Hmm, I just got to know.

Why didn'’t my ball bounce?

Sid, breakfast time.

Coming, mom.

I just got to shape this ball

Into a ball again.

♪Ta-da

Breakfast time!

Good morning, sid.

Hey, mom, here I am, ready

For breakfast.

Ball.

Hey, morning, sid.

Hey, dad.

Wow, what a great ball.

Hmm, I love bouncy balls.

Hey, zekey, here comes a

Big bounce.

Ba-boom!

Cool.

Mo. Mo.

Ok.

Hey, dad, I have a bouncy

Ball question.

Why does your ball bounce and

Mine doesn'’t?

I thought all balls were

Supposed to bounce.

That'’s a good question, sid.

Well, maybe all balls aren'’t the

Same.

What do you think?

Hmm, well, I guess this one

Feels a little different, maybe

Because my ball is made of

Play-doh clay and zeke'’s is made

Of something different.

Maybe that'’s why they don't

Bounce the same.

Sid, you'’re thinking just

Like a scientist.

It sounds like you have some

Investigating to do.

You'’re right, mom.

After breakfast, I'’m going to

Investigate this at school.

It'’s the case of the missing

Bounce.

♪ Dun dun dun

Ha ha ha!

♪ I love my mom

My mom is cool

But now it'’s time

For having fun at school, yeah ♪

Ha ha ha!

Hi.

Mwah!

♪ I'’m looking for my friends

I'’m looking for you

There'’s gabriela ♪

♪ Watch what I can do

Ha ha! Yeah! Here we 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!

Uh! Uh! Ha ha ha!

I'’m a dancing machine!

Cool.

♪ I'’m looking for my friends

I'’m looking for you

Hey, there'’s may ♪

May I show you how I groove?

Ha ha ha! Whoo!

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.

You got me.

[Laughter]

♪ Da da da da da

♪We'’re looking

For our friends

And look what we found

We found each other

Friends ♪

[Laughter]

It'’s "sid chat," with

Sid and his friends.

Hello.

Welcome to "sid chat," with me

And my friends.

Today we'’re talking about

Something we all really like.

Bouncy balls.

Now, gerald, you like little,

Bouncy balls, right?

Yes, I do, sid.

See, I have a whole collection

Of little, bouncy balls, and

They'’re about this big.

Interesting.

Oh, sid, sid, I

Have more than .

Ooh, that'’s a lot.

No, no. Wait.

Sid, sid, I actually have more

Than .

Wow, even more.

Sid, I have little, bouncy

Balls.

Wow.

Wow is right.

Ok. May, how about you?

What kind of bouncy balls do you

Like?

Well, at home, I have a

Really, really big bouncy ball

With a handle that you can sit

On, and then you can bounce all

Over the place.

Wow, that sounds like the

Biggest bouncy ball in the whole

World.

Yeah. It'’s pretty big.

Neat. Ok, gabriela.

Your turn.

Tell us about your favorite

Bouncy ball.

Actually, it'’s over there on

The playground.

Really?

Cool. Let'’s go see it.

Ok. Let'’s see it.

Cool.

Hmm, so, gabriela, tell us

Why this is your favorite bouncy

Ball.

It'’s my favorite bouncy ball

Because it bounces really,

Really high.

Hmm. Let'’s see.

Oh, you'’re right.

That bounces really high.

Really, really high.

Good catch.

Everybody!

Rug time!

Rug time! Come on.

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 times on the way

Rug time

Come on in

We'’ve got a lot to learn today ♪

Boing. Boing. Boing. Boing.

Boing. Boing. Boing. Boing.

Boing. Boing. Boing. Splat!

Wow.

My scientists have all turned

Into bouncy balls.

Yeah.

But you know what?

I found out that not all balls

Bounce.

They don'’t?

But basketballs bounce, and

Playground balls bounce, and

Soccer balls bounce.

You'’re right, but play-doh

Balls don'’t bounce.

I made one this morning, and

When I dropped it, the ball

Bounced a teeny bit, but then

Just sort of went thud.

Really?

Really.

That'’s very interesting that

Your ball didn'’t bounce, sid.

Why do you think that is?

I don'’t know, but I think

Maybe it'’s because of what it's

Made of.

Like, my brother'’s ball bounced,

And whatever it'’s made of feels

Different than my play-doh ball.

Great observation, sid.

Hey, why don'’t we pass around

Another ball and see how that

Feels?

Ok.

Yeah.

Here we go.

Oh, I was playing with that

Ball outside.

It bounces really high.

Well, let'’s make some

Observations about this bouncy

Ball.

Everyone touch it and tell me

How it feels.

Ok.

Oh, this ball is harder than a

Play-doh ball, and I really

Have to push it in to mush it.

Mm-hmm.

May is right.

It feels different from

Play-doh.

The texture is sort of rubbery.

Gerald?

My turn. Hey!

Hey, this ball doesn'’t stay

Squeezed, see, because

When I mush it in, it pops right

Back out.

You know, scientists actually

Have a word for material that

Can be pushed in and then popped

Right back out to its original

Shape.

The word is "elasticity."

Elasticity?

You got it.

I guess things with lots of

Elasticity bounce really high,

Because that ball bounced way up

In the air on the playground.

Now, that is a really smart

Observation, sid, and you'’re

Right.

So only balls that can

Push in and pop back out will

Bounce high?

Well, there are some balls

That can change their shape such

A teeny, tiny bit that we can

Hardly see them change, but they

Still have elasticity and

Bounce.

What kind of balls are those?

Can we see?

I love how curious my

Scientists are.

Let'’s go find the answers to

Your questions in the...

Super fab lab.

Right. Grab your journals,

And let'’s go.

Ok. Come on, sid.

Come on.

It'’s the super fab lab.

Outside.

Observe, compare, contrast, ah.

Ok, scientists.

It'’s time for the elasticity

Investigation.

Yay!

So what kinds of balls do you

Have up there?

Hey, I have the playground

Ball.

Mine is a bean bag ball.

I have a play-doh ball.

And I have a ping pong ball.

Hey, susie, do we get to drop

These from up here and watch

Them bounce?

You sure do because you'’re

Going to see how much elasticity

Each ball has.

Oh, that'’s gonna be so fun.

I bet these aren'’t going to

Bounce the same because they'’re

All made out of something

Different.

You'’re right, gabriela, and

In this investigation, we'’re

Going to see if you all can

Predict how much elasticity

Something has just by feeling

It.

Yeah. I have the ball that

You can push in.

Well, some of the objects

You'’ll be able to push in and

Watch them pop back out, and

Some of them you won'’t be able

To push in at all.

It'’s up to you to investigate.

I love bouncing stuff.

Hey, when do we get to start?

Right now.

Let the elasticity investigation

Begin.

Yay!

Hey, you'’re a scientist.

You can try this, too.

Let'’s start the elasticity

Investigation.

We'’re going to observe the

Elasticity of a rubber ball, a

Play-doh ball, a ping pong ball,

And a bean bag ball.

First, try feeling the rubber

Ball.

When you push it in, does it pop

Back out to its original shape?

Yes. It does.

What happens when you push in

The play-doh ball?

Oh, it doesn'’t regain its shape

At all.

Try pushing in the bean bag

Ball.

It doesn'’t regain its shape,

Either.

The ping pong ball is hard to

Push in, but a grownup can push

It in, and look.

It does regain its shape.

Can you predict which ball will

Bounce the highest when we drop

It down to the ground?

Let'’s investigate and find out.

Ok. It'’s time to drop the red

Ball.

Your teacher will stay down

Below, and you can use her to

Measure how high each item

Bounces.

So the red ball has lots of

Elasticity.

It bounced all the way up to her

Waist.

Now try dropping the play-doh

Ball.

Oh, it doesn'’t have much

Elasticity.

It didn'’t bounce very high at

All.

It only bounced up to your

Teacher'’s shoe.

Next, drop the bean bag ball.

Looks like it doesn'’t have much

Elasticity, either.

And now try dropping the ping

Pong ball.

Hey, it bounced really high.

It has lots of elasticity.

In your journals, draw a picture

Of your teacher.

Then draw how high each ball

Bounced next to her.

The rubber ball bounced really

High.

The play-doh ball didn'’t bounce

Very much, and neither did the

Bean bag ball, but the ping pong

Ball bounced really high

Because it has lots of

Elasticity.

Science is fun because you

Get to bounce stuff.

I agree.

Gerald, would you like to show

Us your journal?

Ok.

Well, rubber ball, that one

Bounced up to your head.

The ping pong ball, that bounced

Up to your belt.

The bean bag only bounced up to

Your shoe--that'’s pretty low--

But then the play-doh, that one

Went, "neeeerowwww...doink."

[Laughter]

Great picture, gerald.

So did anyone else make a

Surprising discovery about how

High the items would bounce?

I did.

I couldn'’t push in the ping pong

Ball at all, but guess what?

It bounced.

It has lots of elasticity.

How interesting, may.

Thank you.

Wow, so you can'’t always tell

How much elasticity something

Has just by feeling it or trying

To push it in.

You'’re right.

Oh, I'’m so impressed with my

Scientists.

I think it'’s time to play with

All your new ideas.

Yeah!

Have fun.

[Laughter]

Hey, everyone, try to say

This as fast as you can.

Big, blue, rubber ball bouncing

By the bossy bear'’s butter

Bakery.

Oh, that'’s great. Ok.

All right. I'’ll try.

[Inhales]

Blig, blue butterball'’s bear is

A bouncing bear on a bakery

Bear.

I messed up. Ha ha ha!

Ok. Here it goes.

Big, blue, rubber ball bear

Butter is bossy--

Oh, I can'’t do it.

Almost, sid.

Ok. Big, blue, rubber ball

Bounces by the blossy bear'’s

Blutter bakery.

Wow, that was great, may.

Thank you.

Let'’s all try it together.

Ok. Big, blue, rubber ball

Bouncing by the bossy bear'’s

Boooter buckery.

Butter bookery.

Uh, butter bakery.

Yay! We did it.

[Laughter]

Jump, jump.

Ok, ok.

It is now time for a game of

Elasticity tag.

That sounds great.

It'’s like freeze tag, but

Instead of freezing in place

When you'’re tagged, you have to

Bounce like you have lots of

Elasticity until you tag someone

Else.

Come on. Let'’s play.

Yeah. Come on, come on.

Let'’s play.

Ok.

Boing boing boing boing. Tag.

You'’re it, may.

Bounce like you have lots of

Elasticity.

Ok. I'’m going to bounce like

A super-duper bouncy ball.

Boing boingy boingy.

Here comes the bouncy ball.

Look out, sid! Look out!

Yikes!

She'’s gonna get you.

Tag.

You got me. Ok. My turn.

I'’m a rubber ball with

Super-duper-duper elasticity, so

I bounce really high and fast.

Whoa! Ok. No. Oh, no!

Oh, no! Ha ha ha!

You can'’t catch me, sid.

Yes, I can.

I'’m too fast for you.

Nun-uh. Boing boing boing.

Tag. You'’re it, gerald.

Ok. Ok.

I'’m a ping pong ball, so I'm

Gonna bounce extra super-duper

Extra high, and

I'’m gonna tag gabriela.

Hey, guys, where is gabriela?

Oh, um...i don'’t know.

Gabriela?

Where'’d she go?

I don'’t know.

I'’m over here.

You can'’t catch me.

I'’m a super bouncer.

Just try to catch me. Come on.

Ok. Here we come.

Let'’s tag her.

Ooh, no one can get me here.

Where did everybody go?

Tag! Ha ha ha!

Oh, you got me.

Yeah.

And now...

It'’s time...

For susie...

To sing.

Go, susie.

Wow, my scientists love to

Bounce.

Who here wishes they could

Bounce all the time really high

In the air?

Me.

Me, too.

Lots of people do.

There are so many ways people

Use elasticity to try and bounce

As high as they can, and that

Makes me think of a song, a

Really bouncy song.

Ha ha ha! Whoo!

♪I'’m bouncing over to you

Just to announce

It makes me so happy

To see everybody bounce

Bouncing to the mall

Or the park real quick

On a giant bouncy ball

Or a pogo stick

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

Whee

Way up there

What a world to be seen

Bouncing so high

On a trampoline

Bouncing at the pool

On a diving board

Bouncing to the river

On a bungee cord

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

Bouncing up and down

Bouncing so free

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

Bouncing night and day

So joyfully

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

We can bounce

Because of elasticity ♪

I am bouncing everywhere.

Look at me.

I'’m mr. Bouncy.

Hello, mr. Bouncy.

I'’m miss bouncy bunny.

Let me introduce you to

My friend.

Sir bounce-a-lot.

I'’m here to bounce. Yeah.

And I am princess bouncy.

All right, my bouncy

Scientists.

Time to bounce on out of the

Classroom and go home.

Let'’s go. A-boing boing boing...

Boing boing boing.

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, boing.

Now, where'’s my sid?

Ooh, right here, grandma.

Oh. Ooh.

Now, okey doke. Let'’s roll.

Let'’s roll.

[Music playing]

[Humming]

Yoo hoo! Ha ha ha!

[Humming]

♪Backseat driving

With grandma ♪

♪ Oh, yeah

Hey, grandma, guess what?

Oh, what, kiddo?

Well, I shaped my play-doh

Clay into a ball this morning,

But it wouldn'’t bounce like a

Ball.

Wouldn'’t bounce?

Well, why was that?

Well, the reason it wouldn'’t

Bounce is, it didn'’t have much

Elasticity.

Ooh, that'’s a big, old

Science word--elasticity.

Well, sid, tell me what does

Have more elasticity?

All kinds of things, grandma,

Like ping pong balls and rubber

Balls.

They have lots of elasticity.

Yes, rubber balls.

I know something about them.

Did you know rubber balls have

Been around for thousands of

Years?

Really?

Oh, yes.

A long time ago, there weren'’t

Stores where kids could buy

Rubber balls.

No, sirree.

They say the first rubber balls

Were made by people who lived in

Central america.

Way back then, thousands of

Years ago, some smart people

Took juice and sap from rubber

Trees, rolled it into a round

Shape, and then tried bouncing

It, and guess what?

It worked.

They made a rubber bouncy ball.

Whoo hoo!

Wow, people a long time ago

Liked bouncy balls just like I

Do.

They sure did, kiddo.

Can you believe it?

Rubber balls have been around

For thousands of years.

My grandma knows everything.

♪I learned something cool

Something cool today

I know it upside down

And inside out

I learned all about elasticity ♪

Whoo hoo! Boing boing boing.

Bouncy scientist in the house.

[Applause]

Whoo hoo! Boing boing boing.

Yes. Ball.

Ball.

Ball. I see it, zekey.

Ball. Ball.

Hi, mom. Hi, zeke.

Hi, honey.

How was school?

School was great.

Hey, guess what, zeke.

I learned all about bouncy balls

Just like this one.

Did you know there is something

Called elasticity.

Lasty.

Yeah. Right.

The more elasticity

Something has, the more it can

Bounce.

Hey, sid, I'’m really

Impressed.

Sounds like your bouncy ball

Investigation was a success.

Yes. It was.

I am now a bouncy ball expert.

Hey, zeke, do you want to see if

Your ball has lots of

Elasticity?

Ball. Ball.

Ok. Time to investigate.

Here we go.

Bounce ball.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Mm, ball.

Ok, zeke.

I think we discovered that your

Ball has lots of elasticity, and

Now I better go get your ball.

Be right back, zeke.

Boingy boingy boingy boingy.

What a great day.

I learned that some things have

Lots of elasticity, so they

Bounce really high, like a

Rubber ball.

Hey, wouldn'’t it be great if we

Could bounce like a rubber ball

And bounce really high all the

Time?

Ok. I'’ve got it.

Here'’s my

Super-duper-ooper-shmooper big

Idea.

Introducing super springy shoes.

They'’re like sneakers but with

Big, huge, elastic springs on

The bottom.

You can bounce into the kitchen,

Bounce while you eat your

Oatmeal, and bounce all the way

To school.

Then if you want to bounce even

Higher, just push a button, and

The springs get even bigger with

Lots of elasticity.

Then you can bounce up to your

Treehouse without using a

Ladder.

You can bounce up to the roof

And see the whole city.

Oh, but what if you want to

Bounce even higher?

Just push another button, and

The springs get even bigger with

Super-duper elasticity.

Now you can bounce all the way

To the moon.

Yee haw!

Wow, it'’s so beautiful up here.

Thanks, super springy shoes.

And that'’s my

Super-duper-ooper-shmooper big

Idea.

[Applause]

Yay! Whoo hoo!

Bye, everybody.

Got to bounce.

Hey, my bed is bouncy.

That means I'’ve been sleeping on

Something with elasticity my

Whole life and I never even

Knew it.

Ha ha ha!

Ok. Until next time, I am bouncy

Sid the science kid, and

Remember, keep asking lots and

Lots of questions.

See you later, scientists.

[Hums]

Boingy boingy boingy.

Ahh...

Be sure to check out another

Episode full of amazing science.

My friends and I will explore

The way things move, stop,

Bounce, and slide.

See you next time on "sid the

Science kid."

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