Hey, scientists!
It'’s me, sid. I want to know if
There'’s
Anything I can do to make less
Trash, so my friends and I are
Going to investigate ways to
Recycle and reuse lots of
Things. 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... ♪
[Captioning made possible by
The jim henson company]
Oh. Hi, it'’s me, sid. Look at
My robot
Flip. He was on a mission flying
To the moon, and his arms broke
Off.
[Robotic voice]
Attention! Attention!
Arms missing. Need help!
I repeat, need help!
[Normal voice]
Oh, I'’m sorry, flip. There's
Nothing I can
Do. Your arms won'’t glue back
On!
Hmm. Oh, well. Makes me sad to
Throw away good, old flip,
But since I can'’t use him
Anymore, I'’m just gonna have to
Put him in the trash.
Hi, sid. I can'’t find my
Favorite pen.
It'’s the big purple one. Have
You seen it anywhere?
Oh, sorry, mom. I don'’t think
It'’s in here.
Ok, flip, trash time.
Sorry, buddy, here you go.
Sid!
Why did you put flip into the
Trash?
Isn'’t he one of your favorite
Toys?
He was my favorite toy, but
His arms
Broke off, so I can'’t use him
Anymore.
Well, maybe we can fix him,
So we
Don'’t just add to our trash
Pile.
Ha!
Don'’t worry, mom. Dad will put
This trash into our big trash
Can outside. And then a big
Garbage truck
Will come and take everything
Away, and
Then we'’ll have lots more room
In all our trash cans!
Sid, sweetie, the trash
Doesn'’t just
Magically disappear when the
Garbage truck takes it away.
What?
Alice!
I think I found your pen!
Thank you, mort! Coming!
Did you hear that?
The trash doesn'’t just
Disappear when the garbage truck
Takes it away!
Hmm. Well, now
I just got to know. Where does
The trash go when I throw it...
Away?
[Echoing]
Sid! Breakfast is ready!
Ooh. Ok, dad! Here I come!
Whoo!
Breakfast tiiiiiime!
Good morning, every--whoa.
Pens don'’t just walk away on
Their own.
It was just here. That'’s the
Thing. I was just here...
We just need to retrace your
Steps, and then we should be
Able to...
What?
Oh, hey, sid!
Hi, dad.
I thought I found mom'’s
Pen, but, uh, turns out, it was
The wrong one.
Well...
Let'’s see. Stove, check.
Stools--not on the stools.
Ohh, I wonder where that pen
Could be.
Um, well, uh, hold on.
Excuse me, sid.
Ok.
Ooh! Hey, I know! Maybe the
Pen fell behind the counter!
Oh, good idea! Check there.
I am on it. Well, it'’s...not
Under here. Uh...ooh! Oh, maybe
I accidentally threw it out with
The trash!
I'’d better go check.
Hmm. Hey, mom, speaking of
Trash, if it
Doesn'’t disappear when you
Throw it
Away, where does trash go?
Ooh, great question, sid.
Let'’s see if I can find a
Picture to show you.
Oh, great.
Ok.
Um...hmm. Yep. Take a look.
Eww! What is that?
That is a landfill. It'’s a
Big hole
In the ground where our trash
Goes.
They fill it up, then cover it
With dirt.
And then the trash just
Stays there forever and ever?
It sure does.
Boy, it'’s a good thing I
Don'’t throw away a lot of trash.
Hmm. Well, I guess I do throw
Away my juice box and the straw
At snack time. And
I use a lot of paper towels when
I clean up a mess. And I threw
Out my toy robot this morning.
Hold on. I actually throw out
Lots of stuff. Huh. That does
It! I am on a mission!
After breakfast, I'’m gonna
Find a way to make less trash!
And I'’ll start by taking flip
Out of the trash!
Great idea, sid. I'’m proud of
You.
Thanks, mom.
Nope, it wasn'’t in the trash
Can.
Dada! Dada!
Uh, yeah, ok. Hang on a
Second, zeke. I'’m just looking
For mom'’s pen that, uh...
Dad?
You had the whole time!
Thank you, zekey. I
Definitely need a
Better spot to keep that pen.
♪ I love my mom
Uh-huh
My mom is cool
Uh-huh
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 ♪
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!
May I show you how I groove?
All right
Hoo!
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!
You got me!
[Laughter]
[Chanting]
♪ We'’re looking for our friends
And look what we found
We found each other
Friends! ♪
[Laughter]
And now it'’s time for sid the
Science reporter!
Hello. I am sid the science
Reporter
With science news you can use!
Today, my friends and I are
Investigating
What kinds of trash we throw
Away.
Uh-huh.
And our amazing artist may is
Going to help.
Yay! Ta-da!
We'’ll say what we throw away,
And may will draw it.
Yeah, I'’m ready!
Ok.
Ok.
Um, gabriela, you go first.
Ok. Well...
What kinds of things do you
Throw away?
I eat these yummy cheese
Crackers at lunchtime, and they
Come in a wrapper, and I always
Throw it in the trash.
Ah, interesting. Hmm. You got
That, may?
Got it!
Great.
Ta-da!
Ah, excellent drawing.
Thank you.
Gerald, you'’re next.
Oh, ok. Well, at home, I
Drink water out of these little
Paper cups, um, and they have
Pictures of giraffes on them.
And then every time I drink the
Water, I use a
New cup. So, well, I guess I
Throw away a lot of cups.
Hmm.
Ok. Um, may, you got that?
Yep. All done. Ta-da!
Wow!
Cool. Ooh, sid! Sid, you go!
Oh, ok. Um, let'’s see. I
Throw away my juice box and
Straw at snack time.
Ok. A juice box and a
Straw...
Need more time?
Nope. I'’m...done! Ok.
Hey! What a great drawing.
Thank you.
Excellent. Ok, may, you'’re
Next.
Oh, I am?
Um, what do I throw away?
Oh, I know.
I like to draw on big pieces of
Paper. But
Sometimes I mess up, so I throw
That paper in the trash, and
Then I get a new one.
Oh, very interesting.
I got to draw that. Ok. But
Don'’t look. Don't look.
Oh, all right.
Not looking.
Done! Ok. Ta-da!
Yay!
Wow. Nice drawing. Ok. See
All the trash we throw away.
Yeah, look. Look at all this
Stuff that we'’ve been throwing
Away.
Oh, my gosh. When you add it
All up, that'’s a
Whole lot of trash!
Yeah.
Everybody, rug time!
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 ♪
Vroom!
Garbage truck coming through!
[Laughter]
Time to unload my trash!
[Beeping]
Ha ha!
Shhh...kawwwww!
Ok, trash is empty!
Yay!
Ooh, ooh, hey.
Sid, would you like to share
Something?
Yes, please! Did you guys
Know that
When the garbage truck takes
Away your
Trash, it goes to something
Called a landfill?
A landfill?
Is that filled with land?
Nope, it'’s just filled with
Trash! All our
Trash just sits in a big pile,
And then they cover it with
Dirt.
Eww!
Yeah!
That'’s what I said, too!
So I'’m on a
Mission to make less trash!
Oh, I want to be on a
Mission to make less
Trash, too.
Me, too!
Yay!
You know, scientists are
Always looking for ways to
Create less trash, too. Let'’s
Investigate more in the...
Super fab lab!
Right! Grab your journals.
Let'’s go!
Whoo-hoo!
[Giggling]
Super fab lab!
Investigate!
Explore!
Discover!
Ah!
One way to create less trash
Is to find another use for
Something
Instead of throwing it away.
Oh.
Anybody see something I
Reused here in the
Super fab lab?
Um...
Uh...
Well, here'’s a hint. I found
Another use for soup cans!
Oh. Well...
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
I found it!
The crayon holders!
Right! And now we'’re going
To explore another way to make
Less trash.
Ok, scientists, I have a
Question.
What is all this stuff?
Trash!
Yes, these are all things
That some
People throw away. Now let'’s
Make some observations. What
Materials are
These things made from?
I see a glass jar.
Oh! There'’s a newspaper, so
That'’s paper.
Is that bottle plastic?
It sure is.
Ooh! Hey! Hey, I know what
That one is!
It'’s a cereal box! Ha!
I eat lots of cereal.
But I don'’t know what the box
Is made of.
Cereal boxes are made of
Cardboard.
Oh!
Now, I'’m sure you have seen
People throw
These things away, but
Everything here
Can be turned into new things,
Made out of the exact same
Material.
So that glass jar
Can be turned into
More glass jars?
Exactly.
And you can make more paper
Out of that newspaper?
You sure can. It'’s called
Recycling.
So recycling is making
Something new
Out of something old!
Yeah, so we make less trash!
You got it!
Susie, guess what?
I think we have a
Special trash can in our home
For recycling!
Oh! Oh, me, too!
But I never knew why we were
Putting all that stuff in there.
Oh, I'’m so glad to hear that
You recycle
At home. Well, today, you can
All help
Our school recycle. We have to
Put all the things made out of
Glass into that first blue
Container,
All the plastic items have to
Go into
The second container, and
Everything
Made out of paper goes into the
Third container.
Oh!
So--so everything in this
Big pile can be recycled?
It sure can!
But if you find
Something you can reuse, you
Can keep
It so you don'’t even have to
Recycle it!
Ok, scientists, let'’s start
Recycling!
Yeah!
Hey, you'’re a scientist. You
Can try this, too.
Let'’s start recycling. We
Need to sort everything into the
Different blue
Containers. And if you find
Something you can
Reuse, go ahead and keep it!
Plastic items go in here.
Things made out of
Paper go in this container.
Cardboard is thick
Paper, so where does it go?
Right. And all the
Items made out of glass go into
This container.
Ok, keep sorting!
Cardboard, glass, plastic,
Newspaper, plastic...wait.
You'’re right, it's paper. This
Is interesting. The top part of
The package is plastic, and the
Bottom is paper. You can pull it
Apart...
And put the plastic part in this
Container
And the cardboard part in this
Container. Is this one plastic?
Hmm. Does the texture feel like
Plastic?
You'’re right, it's cardboard.
And this one belongs
In the plastic container.
You can draw pictures in your
Journals of the
Items you chose to keep and
Reuse. You kept
Some jars so you can make a
Drum set. Good idea!
What else did you decide
To keep?
Oh, you can put these plastic
Pieces together to make a great
Spaceship.
And what did you reuse?
It'’s a truck
Made out of paper and
Plastic--very creative.
All right, scientists, I can'’t
Wait to
See what kind of pictures you
Drew.
Gerald, may we take a look at
Your journal?
Yeah, ok. Well, here'’s all
The stuff made out
Of paper. At first, I put the
Paper
Towel roll in the plastic group,
Because it doesn'’t really feel
Like paper, and it isn'’t flat
Like paper.
But then I learned that it'’s
Paper!
That'’s right, gerald. It's
Made out of
Cardboard, which is thick paper.
And I see that you kept
Something to reuse.
Yep!
I kept the cereal box because
I'’m gonna draw some eyes on
It and then glue on
These paper arms, and then it'’ll
Turn into a cereal monster!
Rowr!
Ha ha ha!
Oh, gerald, that'’s a great
Way to reuse the cereal box!
Thank you!
And I want to thank all my
Scientists for helping our
School recycle.
You'’re welcome!
Now that my scientists are
Recycling experts, I think it'’s
Time to go play
With all your new ideas!
Yeah!
Have fun.
Hello! We have some ideas of
How to make less trash!
May, you go first.
Ok. Here'’s an idea. When
You'’re coloring a picture and
You mess up,
And you go, "oh, no! Yikes, I
Need new paper!"
Don'’t throw it in the trash. You
Can cut it up into little shapes
And make a collage!
Hey, that'’s a great idea,
May.
Thank you.
Ok, I got one!
Yeah?
So, ok, you know how
Sometimes
You eat a ham sandwich for
Lunch?
Um, yeah.
Yeah, well, ok. Instead of
Putting your sandwich in a
Plastic baggie that you throw
Away, then you put it in a
Plastic container thingy
Instead, and you bring it home
So you can wash it and use it
Again!
Oh! That'’s a good idea,
Gerald.
Ok. Here'’s another idea.
Tell your big brother
Or your big sister not to throw
Out their
Favorite shirt when it gets too
Small, because you can wear it!
That'’s a good one, gabriela.
Next time you have a picnic,
Instead of using paper plates
And throwing
Them away, use plastic plates
You can wash!
Good idea!
And those are our ideas...
To make less trash!
Yay!
I am answer girl!
Today I will answer
Any question about trash!
Yay!
Ooh, ooh, I have a question!
Ooh. Yes, may?
I have a cardboard paper
Towel roll.
Should I throw it in the trash?
No! You can recycle it with
Paper stuff, or you can glue on
Googly eyes
And pipe cleaners and turn it
Into a caterpillar!
Ah!
Hey, which do you like
Better, horses or elephants?
That'’s not a question about
Trash. But if you want to know,
The answer is elephants.
[Trumpeting]
Hey, answer girl, I really
Need your help.
The arms on my toy robot fell
Off.
Should I throw it in the trash?
No way! Try to use it for
Something else!
Hmm.
Answer girl is right. I need to
Turn my robot into something
Else. But
What'’s another way to use a toy
Robot? I don'’t know.
Now, there'’s a question that
You must answer.
Answer girl, you are very
Smart.
And she likes elephants.
And I like to play tag!
What?
You'’re it, sid! Ha ha ha!
And now...
It'’s time...
For susie...
To sing!
And recycle!
Go, susie!
Wow!
Thank you. Well, now that you
All know how to sort trash for
Recycling, let'’s find out where
That trash goes next so it can
Be turned into something new!
Yay!
♪ This morning
I finished a jar
Of the jelly I love most
At breakfast, I finished a jar
Of the jelly I love most
I spread the last drop of jelly
On a tasty piece of toast
Mm-hmm
I took that empty jelly jar
To the recycling bin
Said good-bye
To that jelly jar
Then I gently tossed it in
Here comes the recycling truck
Down the street once again
Let me tell you how it goes
The recycling truck took it
To the recycling facility
Where it got cleaned
Crushed, and sorted
Then sent to the glass factory
Put in a furnace
Mixed with limestone
And sand in a pot
And melted with all the other
Glass
In a liquid that was really hot
The glass was cooled
Then heated again
So it won'’t break
Then sent to different companies
To be filled with
The products they make
Could be a piece of my jelly jar
Came home to me again
Could be a piece of my jelly jar
Came home to me again
This time as a milk bottle
That will soon go back
In the recycling bin ♪
Yay!
Cool!
From now on, I'’m going to
Recycle everything I use!
Me, too!
Wow! You'’re going to recycle
Everything?
That'’s a really good goal!
And remember, if you can'’t
Recycle something, before you
Put it
In the trash, just think of a
Way to reuse it.
Oh, right, like my toy
Robot. But I
Still can'’t figure out what I
Can use him for.
Hmm. You'’re a smart
Scientist, sid. You'’ll
Think of something. Ok, all my
Smart scientists, it'’s time to
Go home! Follow me!
[Cheering]
♪ Put your milk
Back in the recycling bin ♪
Now, where'’s my sid?
Ooh, right here, grandma!
Oh! Hmm!
Mmm!
Now, okey doke, let'’s roll!
Let'’s roll!
[Both singing]
♪ Backseat driving
With grandma
Hoo, hoo!
Boop
Beep
Boop, boop ♪
Ok, sid, tell me about your
Day.
Grandma, today I learned
That if you
Want to make less trash, you can
Recycle or find a way to reuse
Something so you don'’t throw it
Away.
Oh, you got that right. I
Know all
About recycling and reusing.
Oh, really?
Yeah. When I was a little
Girl, people didn'’t sort their
Recycling for garbage trucks to
Pick up from the curb. But that
Doesn'’t mean my family didn't
Recycle!
We found ways to reuse almost
Everything! Oh, yeah!
We turned an old watering
Can into a flower vase. A
Sweater with holes was
Knitted into a scarf--actually,
Scarves! Ha ha ha!
And when
We had to replace our front
Door, instead of tossing it
Into the trash pile, I helped my
Dad sand it, paint it, nail on
Legs, and we turned it into our
Dining room table! Why, just
The other day, I saw a
Fancy-shmancy furniture store
Selling a table that used to be
A front door! Oh, how about
That?
My family was fancy-shmancy, and
We didn'’t even know it!
Wow, grandma! Your family
Reused almost everything.
Oh, you bet.
Hmm. And I just thought of a
Way to reuse
My broken toy robot so I don'’t
Have to throw it in the trash!
Oh, that'’s my boy! I can't
Wait to see what you make!
My grandma helps me think of
Lots of great ideas!
♪ I learned something cool
Something cool today
I know it upside down
And inside out
I learned all about... ♪
Ha ha ha!
Recycling!
Whoo-hoo!
Heh heh!
Scientist in the house!
Yeah.
[Applause]
Ha ha ha!
I can'’t wait for mom to see
This!
Oh, she'’s gonna love it!
Yeah!
Hi! I'’m home!
Ooh! Mom! Mom!
I'’m in the kitchen!
I made a surprise for you!
You made me a surprise?
Oh, sid'’s been working real
Hard.
Oh, how sweet. I can'’t wait
To see it!
Yeah. Well, today in school,
I learned all
About recycling. It'’s a way to
Reuse things so we don'’t put
More trash in landfills.
Oh, very good, sid. You know
What? We
Recycle in our home. That'’s
What the
Blue trash can is for outside.
Wow! We recycle?
Hmm. Oh, wait. I almost
Forgot, we also learned another
Way to
Make less trash: find a way to
Reuse something before it even
Goes to the recycling plant!
Oh.
Ok. So, remember my toy robot
With the broken arms?
I sure do. Is it still in
The trash?
Nope! I found another use
For it! Ha ha! Ta-da!
I turned it into what I call a
Pen-bot!
It'’s a robot pen-holder so
You'’ll never lose your favorite
Pens!
[Robotic voice]
I am a pen-bot. Boop! Beep!
Oh, sid, I love my pen-bot!
And I love
That you found a way to make
Less trash.
Ha ha ha! Whoo-hoo!
What a great day!
I'’m really proud of
The robot pen-holder I made for
Mom. She really, really likes
It! And I
Found a way to reuse something
So I made less trash!
Hmm. You know, if I found a way
To turn a broken
Robot into a pen holder, I bet I
Could build almost anything out
Of trash! Ok, I'’ve got it!
Here'’s my
Super-duper-ooper-shmooper big
Idea! I'’m going to start a new
Building company called
"The trash troupe builders!" My
Friends and I
Will build things made only out
Of trash. Do you
Need a new couch? Well, the
Trash troupe builders
Will find a broken wagon, put a
Bunch of old
Stuffed animals in it, and
You'’ll have a new, cozy couch!
How about a way to pass
Ketchup around
The kitchen table? The trash
Troupe builders
Will put a bicycle wheel on top
Of a broken toy
Robot, and then you put the
Ketchup on top, and spin it
Around the table! Whee!
And how about a new blanket?
We'’ll take all your
Baby t-shirts that don'’t fit and
Sew them together to make a
Soft new blanket!
With the trash troupe builders,
There will
Never be a reason to throw
Anything away! And that'’s my
Super-duper-ooper-shmooper big
Idea!
[Applause]
Hey, I just thought of a way
To reuse my
Bed in case it ever breaks. I
Could turn it into a rocketship!
Prepare for takeoff because I
Am sid the
Able-to-reuse-anything science
Kid!
[Echoing]
And remember, keep asking lots
And lots of questions!
See you later, scientists!
Aah! Shoo!
I'’m blasting off into the
Sky in my rocketship bed!
Here we go! , , , , !
Be sure to check out another
Episode full of amazing science.
My friends and I will
Investigate how to keep our air
And water clean, discover how
To make less trash, and protect
Our habitats. See you next time
On "sid the science kid."
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Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.
Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principles and why things work the way they do.