♪ EL IN OR : Wh er ev er I g o,
♪ I see things that
I want to know. ♪
♪ Wherever I am, ♪
♪ I find things that
I want to understand. ♪
♪ Go and explore,
listen and see, ♪
♪ just follow your
curiosity. ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do birds sing
and how do they fly? ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Why do ants march
and where do they hide? ♪
♪ There's so much
to learn, ♪
♪ wherever you turn, ♪
♪ just listen and see, ♪
♪ and follow your
curiosity. ♪
[♪♪♪]
♪ ALL: Elinor wonders why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Ask a question,
what will you find? ♪
♪ ALL: Elinor Wonders Why! ♪
♪ ELINOR: Just listen and see,
come and wonder with me.
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: "The
Unsinkable Lynx"
ELINOR: Hmmm...
Okay, everyone.
I think we're ready
for today's game,
but let's make sure.
Do we have...
snow?
SILAS: We have snow!
ELINOR: Do we have
our snow clothes?
OLIVE: We're
warm and toasty.
ELINOR: Do we have a
bunch of awesome friends?
KOA: We are
totally awesome.
ELINOR: Great!
It looks like we're ready
to play a game of...
snow tag!
KIDS: Yaaay!
[cheer] Woo-hoo!
ARI: Wait.
I thought you said we were
going to play Snow tennis.
ELINOR: Snow Tennis?
How do you
play that?
ARI: I don't know.
I thought you knew!
That's why I brought
these rackets.
OLIVE: [ giggle ]
Ari, we're playing
Snow tag today.
It's just like regular tag, but
we play it in a snowy field.
ARI: Ok!
I guess I won't
be needing these.
ELINOR: Wow, there is so
much snow in the field today.
Look how deep
it is.
OLIVE: Yeah, this might make it
a little hard to run around.
ELINOR: I guess it's not snow
tag if there isn't any snow.
Should we start
the game?
KIDS: [cheer]
Yeah!
SILAS: Can I be It?
ELINOR: Sure,
Silas!
But...
You're the
fastest runner,
so I'm guessing you
won't be it for long.
ARI: Yeah, Silas.
I bet cheetahs are fast,
even in the snow.
SILAS: I'll give you a
really big head start.
I'll count to 25.
KIDS: Ok! Yeah!
Cool!
SILAS: Ok, ready...
SILAS: One, two,
three, four, five,
six-seven, eight
nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen...
OLIVE: Silas even
counts fast!
ELINOR: [giggle]
SILAS: ...twenty-three,
twenty-four, twenty-five.
SILAS: Ready or
not, here I come!
Uh.... Hmmm...
Ah, yea!
ARI: Uh oh.
[panting]
SILAS: Tag!
ARI: Oh! [giggle]
[sigh] Nice one, Silas.
Now I'm it.
SILAS: [giggle]
OLIVE: [gasp]
ARI: [panting]
It's... really... hard...
to move...
in this snow.
KIDS: [panting]
OLIVE: Yeah...
[sighs]
I have to lift my foot
up high to take a step...
and then it sinks
in the snow.
ELINOR: Me too.
ELINOR: Hmm.
I wonder if there's a way
to run better in the snow.
OLIVE: Oh look,
it's Gael.
ARI: Who's Gael?
OLIVE: He's new
in town!
His family just moved
here from up north.
C'mon!
[♪♪♪]
OLIVE: Hi!
GAEL: Hi, everybody.
I'm Gael.
KIDS: Hello! Hi!
SILAS: Welcome
to Animal Town.
GAEL: Thanks, I really
like it here.
ARI: What's it like
up north, Gael?
GAEL: Well, it's
a bit snowier.
ELINOR: Is it
really cold?
GAEL: Yeah.
But don't worry.
I'm a lynx,
and lynxes have really thick
fur to keep us warm.
KIDS: Wow! Yeah! Cool!
OLIVE: Well, Gael,
you're just in time.
We're playing a
game of Snow Tag.
Want to join us?
GAEL: Great!
Um, what's
Snow Tag?
OLIVE: It's just
like regular tag,
but we play it in
the snowy field.
ARI: And right now,
it's really snowy.
Ah!
KIDS: [giggle]
GAEL: Oh! Ok.
Where I'm from,
it's almost always snowy,
so we just call it tag.
ELINOR: Does anyone
want to be It this time?
GAEL: I'll be It.
ELINOR: Ok, count
to ten and then,
it's snow tag time!
KIDS: [giggle]
OLIVE: Watch
out for Silas.
He's really fast.
GAEL: One, two,
three, four, five,
six, seven, eight,
nine, ten.
Here I come!
[♪♪♪]
OLIVE: [gasp]
[♪♪♪]
KOA: Whoa!
ELINOR: Whoa!
GAEL: [giggle]
ELINOR: [giggle]
ARI: Ahhhh!
GAEL: [giggle]
ARI: [gasp] Look! Gael
is chasing Silas!
SILAS: [panting]
GAEL: Tag!
SILAS: [panting] Hahaha
nice, you got me!
SILAS: [giggle]
GAEL: [giggle]
ARI: Whoa, look!
Gael tagged Silas!
OLIVE: Nobody
ever tags Silas.
ELINOR: Gael did.
ARI: I thought cheetahs were
the fastest animals at running.
OLIVE: Not at
snow tag.
Look, Silas is trying
to catch Gael now.
SILAS: [sigh]
Gosh.
The snow sure is
deep over here.
ELINOR: Wow, look.
Silas sinks into
the snow,
but Gael doesn't.
ARI: Whoa.
You're right.
It's like Gael can run
on top of the snow.
OLIVE: Yeah.
Maybe that's why he can
run faster in the deep snow.
Silas has to run
through the snow,
but Gael just runs
on top of it.
ELINOR: That is
so interesting!
[♪♪♪]
SILAS: [panting]
Phew, I give up.
GAEL: Are you ok,
Silas?
SILAS: [panting]
Yeah.
You're way
faster than me.
ELINOR: Wow, Gael.
I can't believe you
made Silas tired.
OLIVE: You're so fast
running in the snow.
ARI: Yeah, I got tired
just watching it!
Yaaah!
Oof! That's gonna
hurt in the morning.
KIDS: [laughter]
ARI: Did you eat some kind of
special breakfast this morning?
GAEL: Uh, I
don't think so.
I ate the same thing
I eat every morning:
Oatmeal with
extra maple syrup.
ARI: Mmm, I love
maple syrup.
[stomach gurgle]
KIDS: [giggle]
ELINOR: Hmm. Gael, we noticed
that you don't sink...
in the deep snow as
much as we do.
Is that why you
can run faster?
OLIVE: Yeah, when we
walk in the snow, we sink.
But you don't.
GAEL: Huh... I hadn't
thought about it before.
GAEL: You're right!
I always walk on
top of the snow.
It's what
lynxes do.
KOA: Whoa!
ELINOR: Hmmm...
I wonder why you don't sink
in the snow like we do, Gael.
You're about the
same size as us.
ELINOR: There must
be another reason.
We need more
observations!
ARI: Maybe it's
because Gael is a cat,
and cats can walk on
top of the snow.
OLIVE: But cheetahs
are also cats,
and Silas can't walk
on top of the snow.
ELINOR: Gael
has thick fur.
Maybe thick fur helps you
run on top of the snow?
KOA: Umm, I also have thick fur,
but I sink in the snow.
ELINOR: True.
I know, Gael
has long ears.
Maybe having long ears keep
you from sinking in the snow.
OLIVE: Uh, Elinor...
ELINOR: [gasp] Oops,
[giggle]
I forgot I have long ears too,
and I sink in the snow.
ARI: Well, whatever
the reason,
I think it's super
awesome, Gael.
Give me a high five!
ELINOR: Gael, I see something
else that's different about you.
Your paws and feet are bigger
than our paws and feet.
OLIVE: They are
so cool.
They're big and
wide and furry.
GAEL: Thanks!
We lynxes all have paws
and feet like this.
ELINOR: Maybe that's why
you don't sink as much, Gael.
ARI: Yeah, none of us
has paws like that!
ELINOR: When we
step in the snow,
our smaller feet sink.
ELINOR: Then maybe because
your feet are so wide,
they don't
sink as much.
GAEL: Huh... I
think you're right!
OLIVE: We figured
it out!
KIDS: [cheer]
[♪♪♪]
KIDS: ♪ Listen up
friends, listen well. ♪
♪ We have a new
lynx friend, ♪
♪ The unsinkable Gael! ♪
OLIVE: ♪ His feet
are wide, ♪
♪ He's got fluffy toes. ♪
ELINOR: ♪ These amazing feet, ♪
♪ Won't sink in the snow. ♪
ARI: ♪ Having wide feet, ♪
♪ Helps you
stay on top. ♪
ELINOR: ♪ So you can
run faster and never stop.♪
♪ KIDS: Listen up
friends, listen well. ♪
♪ We have a new
lynx friend, ♪
♪ The unsinkable
Gaaaaaaaaeeeel! ♪
KIDS: [cheer]
ARI: Look at me! I'm not
sinking in the snow.
Whoa-ahhh-oh!
ARI: Haha look! Now I
have wide feet like Gael!
And I don't sink
in the deep snow!
ELINOR: Ari, you just
gave me an idea.
Maybe we can all
have feet like Gael.
OLIVE: Yeah, if we can find wide
things to put on our feet,
then we can walk on
top of the snow, too.
KOA: I've got two flying
discs at home I could use.
SILAS: I have some
toy plates at home.
OLIVE: I have a couple
of ping-pong paddles.
ELINOR: And I have things
at home I can use, too.
ELINOR: Great, let's
see what we can make!
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: Ta-da!
We did it.
GAEL: Those look
awesome.
KOA: Cool, I have
lynx feet.
ELINOR: Who wants to
try theirs first?
OLIVE: I do!
OLIVE: [giggle]
They work!
Having wide feet keeps you
from sinking in the snow.
ARI: And now we can run
on top of the snow...
instead of through
the snow.
Watch me zoom
like Gael!
Whaaaaaa...
oof!
ARI: [giggle] Umm, it
might take some practice...
to be like him.
KIDS: [giggle]
GAEL: All this tromping
around in snow...
makes me feel like
I'm back up north.
Thanks for making me
feel so welcome.
ELINOR: Thank you
for teaching us
something new today.
Now...
who wants to play...
snow tag!
KIDS: [cheer]
Yes! Yeah! Woo-hoo!
SILAS: And
I'm still it!
KIDS: [playful giggles]
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
MS. MOLE: [efforts]
[grunts]
OLIVE: Ms. Mole?
What are those?
MS. MOLE: These are
my ptarmigan feet,
for walking on
the snow.
GAEL: Your what?
MS. MOLE: My
ptarmigan feet.
I made them myself.
ELINOR: Ms. Mole,
what are ptarmigan feet?
MS. MOLE: Oh, they
are so much fun.
Let's read about them!
MS. MOLE: A
ptarmigan is a bird,
an amazing bird
with amazing feet.
In the summer, the ptarmigan's
feet have no feathers.
But watch this!
MS. MOLE: When it
starts to snow,
the ptarmigan changes!
What do you see?
ELINOR: It turned white!
MS. MOLE: That's right!
The ptarmigan grows white
feathers all over its body.
But my favorite
part is the feet!
OLIVE: Wow! It's feet
are bigger now.
MS. MOLE: Yes!
The ptarmigan grows fluffy
feathers on its feet,
and its toenails
grow longer.
GAEL: Why does
it do that?
MS. MOLE: Having bigger
feet makes it easier...
to walk on top
of the snow.
It's like a built-in pair
of snowshoes!
ELINOR: Just like Gael.
He has huge paws.
MS. MOLE: Now, let's see how
my ptarmigan feet work!
ALL: [giggle]
[♪♪♪]
KIDS: [playful giggle]
ELINOR: "Rocky the Rock"
ARI: Knock! Knock!
ELINOR: Who's there?
ARI: Owls say.
ELINOR: Owls say who?
ARI: Yes, they
do say "Woooo".
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: I've got
another one.
Knock! Knock!
OLIVE: Who's there?
ARI: Says.
OLIVE: Says who?
ARI: Says me,
that's who!
KIDS: [laugh]
OLIVE: Your jokes
are so funny!
You even made a
rock smile. Look!
ARI: Wow!
This is a really nice
rock, it's so smooth...
and just the right size
and it has a smile...
Wanna hear another
joke, rock?
You do?
Okay! Here goes.
Knock! Knock!
ARI: [Rocky's Voice]
Who's there?
ARI: Nose.
AR: [Rocky's Voice]
Nose who?
ARI: I nose plenty more
knock-knock jokes!
ARI: [Rocky's Voice]
Ahahahahahahah-heheh
KIDS: [laugh]
ARI: Rock, we are going
to be good friends.
I will call you...
...Rocky.
[ school bell ]
ARI: Oh! That's the
school bell!
C'mon Rocky,
lets go inside!
ARI: Ms. Mole, meet
my new friend Rocky.
MS. MOLE: Well, hello!
Pleased to meet
you, Rocky.
I hope you have a good
time in our class.
ARI: And now, my favorite
time of all...
snack time!
Let's see what Dad packed
in my lunch-box today.
Mom and Dad always take
such good care of me.
Mmmmm... Pickles.
My favorite!
ARI: Are you hungry
too, Rocky?
Maybe you don't have
a Mom and Dad...
to pack you
a lunch box.
ARI: Don't worry, buddy.
I'll take care of you.
My Dad always packs
extra snacks.
You can have
some of mine.
OLIVE: Whatcha
doing, Ari?
ARI: Just taking
care of Rocky.
Like my Mom and Dad
take care of me.
ELINOR: That's so nice.
ARI: I'm trying to feed him, but
he doesn't seem very hungry.
OLIVE: Maybe he
doesn't like pickles?
ARI: Huh, I guess not,
but if I'm going to take
good care of Rocky,
I gotta feed him.
What does a rock
like to eat?
OLIVE: Uh... I dunno,
maybe mud pies?
ELINOR: Or maybe...
nothing?
Maybe rocks
don't eat.
Are they even alive?
OLIVE: Good question.
I've never thought
about that.
ARI: But rocks are
part of nature,
and lots of things
in nature are alive.
So... maybe rocks
are too?
OLIVE: Dun, dun, dunnnn,
sounds like a mystery.
Is Rocky the rock
alive... or not?
ELINOR: Let's
figure it out!
We can start by
comparing Rocky
to things we know
are alive.
OLIVE: Good idea.
We can see how they're different
and how they're the same.
How about we compare
Rocky to...
Ari!
ARI: Good choice.
I am definitely
alive!
ELINOR: Okay.
First thing,
Ari is really
good at eating.
Rocky, not so much.
OLIVE: Eating, got it.
[♪♪♪]
ARI: Ok, what else do
things that are alive do?
ELINOR: You just
did it right now.
ARI: I did?
OLIVE: Talking!
Rocky doesn't talk,
so that's one more thing we
do that Rocky doesn't.
ARI: Yeah...
but... trees
don't talk.
And I'm pretty sure
they're alive.
OLIVE: You're right.
Butterflies don't
talk either.
And they are
definitely alive.
ELINOR: That's true.
So, you don't have to
talk to be alive.
OLIVE: Okay what
else does Ari do?
ARI: How about this?
ARI: Ahem.
Beep boop beep boop boop
beep beep beep boop.
Beep boop.
Or this!
ARI: Ta-dah!
OLIVE: [giggle]
Nice moves, Ari.
ELINOR: That's one
thing Ari does for sure.
He moves, a lot!
OLIVE: [giggle]
And he's not the only
one that moves.
Look!
ELINOR: Wooooow!
Alive things
really do move!
OLIVE: And Rocky?
ELINOR: It doesn't
look like he moves.
OLIVE: Now we have
two things Ari
and other alive things do
that Rocky doesn't do.
Eat and move.
ARI: Wait a sec...
watch this!
Rocky can move!
OLIVE: That doesn't
count, Ari.
Rocky didn't
move by himself.
ELINOR: Yeah, you
moved Rocky.
OLIVE: Wait a minute,
trees don't move either.
ELINOR: Yes, they do,
when they grow.
OLIVE: Right.
ARI: Hmm, but do
rocks grow?
ELINOR: I don't know.
I've never seen a
rock grow before.
ARI: I've never seen
a tree grow either,
I just know they do it...
very slooooowly.
KIDS: [laugh]
OLIVE: I've never noticed
Ms. Mole growing either.
And she is
definitely alive.
ELINOR: Let's ask her.
ELINOR: Ms. Mole,
do you grow?
OLIVE: Do you grow
taller, like a tree does?
ARI: Or like me!
I'm growing all
the time,
well at least that's
what my Mom says.
MS. MOLE: Yes, you kids
are all growing fast, Ari.
But I'm not
growing anymore.
Grown-ups don't grow.
ELINOR: Because
you're all grown up!
MS. MOLE: That's right,
Elinor.
But I used to grow, when I
was a little kid like you.
ARI: [gasp]
You... were...
a little kid!!????
MS. MOLE: [laugh] A looong
time ago, Ari. Haha!
But why all the questions
about growing?
ELINOR: We're trying
to figure out...
if Rocky, The Rock
is alive or not.
OLIVE: We thought about
what alive things do,
like eat, and move
or grow.
MS. MOLE: This is a
wonderful investigation,
young scientists.
Do you want to include
more scientists?
KIDS: [cheer]
Awesome! Woo-hoo!
MS. MOLE: Ok Class,
Ari's friend Rocky is a rock
and he, Olive and Elinor are
trying to figure out...
if a rock is
alive or not.
Any ideas?
TITO: Umm... Rocks
are pretty cool.
SILAS: And they're a lot
of fun to play with.
MS. MOLE: Well, let's
figure it out together.
Everyone who thinks
a rock is alive,
stand on this side.
TITO: For sure!
MS. MOLE: And those who
think a rock isn't alive...
stand over there,
on that side.
KIDS: [giggle]
MS. MOLE: Okay, tell us
all about your observations.
OLIVE: Ok, to figure out
if a rock is alive...
we decided to compare Rocky to
things we know are alive...
like butterflies and trees.
OLIVE: And this
is what we found.
Rocky can't do things
that living things can do.
Like eat.
ARI: I can definitely
do that!
ELINOR: And move...
like Ari and other
living animals do.
OLIVE: And we also
wondered if a rock grows...
like a tree.
ELINOR: Or like us kids.
ARI: Or like
Ms. Mole...
[whispering] Did you know she
used to be a little kid too?
TITO: Really?
No way!
ARI: [whispering]
I know!
MS. MOLE: Ha!
TITO: I've had my lucky
rock since I was little...
and it hasn't
grown at all.
OLIVE: But you've grown,
right Tito?
TITO: I sure have!
ELINOR: So, it looks
like rocks don't eat...
or move or grow.
OLIVE: Like living
things do.
MS. MOLE: Nice
observations, you three,
I like the way
you think.
So what does the
class think now.
Is Rocky the
Rock alive?
KIDS: [giggle]
No.
LIZZIE: Umm...
ELINOR: Okay, so I guess we all
think that Rocky isn't alive.
OLIVE: Buuuut...
Rocky is still... awesome!
KIDS: [cheer]
Yeah! Woo-hoo! Yeah!
ARI: Whew!
I guess that means
I don't have to figure out
what to feed you, Rocky.
But don't worry
friend,
I'll still take
care of you.
[♪♪♪]
ARI: ♪ My friend Rocky ♪
♪ Happens to be a rock. ♪
ELINOR: ♪ Rocky
doesn't eat ♪
♪ and Rocky
doesn't walk. ♪
OLIVE: ♪ But Ari's pal Rocky
is still a lot of fun, ♪
ARI: ♪ So I'll take
care of Rocky, ♪
♪ until the day is done. ♪
KIDS: ♪ All of nature
needs our care. ♪
♪ The fish in the ocean,
the birds in the air, ♪
♪ the plants and
the mountains, ♪
♪ the rivers and the sea, ♪
♪ all of nature is
our home, ♪
♪ a special place
for you and me. ♪
ARI: ♪ My friend Rocky, ♪
♪ might be a rock, ♪
ELINOR: ♪ But rocks
are part of nature, ♪
♪ even if they don't talk. ♪
OLIVE: ♪ If we
pay attention, ♪
♪ to all our nature friends, ♪
ALL: ♪ Then we'll
have a wonderful world, ♪
♪ for us all to live in! ♪
♪ With rocky! ♪
MS. MOLE: Now let's
all go outside
and make our own nature
friends with rocks,
or plants or puddles
or anything!
Ari and Rocky,
lead the way!!
ARI: Woo-hoo!
[♪♪♪]
Follow me...
and rocky!!
KIDS: [giggle]
[♪♪♪]
ELINOR: Hi,
little butterfly,
wanna be nature
friends?
Whoa, you sure
can flutter.
OLIVE: Hey tree, now
that we're friends,
mind if I give
you a hug?
OLIVE: Ahhhh, that
feels so good.
ARI: Well, I'm
sticking with Rocky.
He never gets tired
of my jokes.
Knock-knock, Rocky.
ARI: [Rocky Voice]
Who's there?
ARI: Ari.
ARI: [Rocky Voice]
Ari who?
ARI: Ari-n't you glad I
didn't say knock-knock again?
Huh?
Rocky?
You don't you think
that's funny?
ARI: Wha-oh, let me
fix that for ya, buddy.
ARI: [Rocky Voice]
Ahhh, that's better,
thanks Ari.
ARI: [Rocky Voice]
Ahahahahaha...
that joke never
gets old.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
01x29 - The Unsinkable Lynx/Rocky the Rock
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The exploration-themed show encourages children to follow their curiosity, ask questions when they don't understand, and find answers using science inquiry skills.
The exploration-themed show encourages children to follow their curiosity, ask questions when they don't understand, and find answers using science inquiry skills.