- Hi everybody.

My name is Zach and welcome to Camp TV.

Are you ready for some summer fun?

Me too.

[chuckles] Now, as your head counselor, I will be introducing you to all sorts of cool activities, arts, crafts, games, math, and science, as well as some of my favorite books, nature and theater.

I will be here to take you from one activity to the next.

So follow me on Camp TV.

- [Announcer] This program was made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Additional funding was provided by the Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and the Pine Tree Foundation of New York.

[bright ukulele music] ♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To some reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ ♪ It's Camp TV ♪ [light music] - Hi campers, and welcome to My Favorite T-shirt Day on Camp TV.

Love your T-shirt by the way, not to mention T-shirts in general.

I like the way they fit and feel.

Soft, comfy, and easy to put on and they keep me nice and cool in the summer.

And in the winter you can layer over them.

But comfort isn't the only reason I'm a fan.

T-shirts happen to be a great way of expressing yourself and sharing your interests.

For example, they can let the world know who your favorite sports team is, a band you like, a character in a book or movie that you identify with.

T-shirts can also hold a lot of memories.

[chuckles] This one reminds me of a really fun camping trip I took with my family.

This one?

A T-shirt handed out at one of my best friend's birthday parties.

[chuckles] Oh, and this one?

[sighs] Yes, it's tiny, but I just couldn't part with it.

This is the T-shirt I wore on my very first day of kindergarten.

[chuckles] Oh, and this one, well, I borrowed it from my auntie.

She lives in a different country so whenever I miss her, I put it on.

Kind of feels like she's giving me a great big hug.

So to me, T-shirts are not just another item of clothing.

They're a way of representing the things and people you care about, [chuckles] starting with you.

Have fun at your first few activities.

[bright music] A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.

- This is Zena, she's a two-toed sloth and here are five things you should know about her.

Fact number one, slots are arboreal which means they spend most of their time high up in the trees.

Fact number two, sloths sleep from 15 to 18 hours a day.

That's double the time we sleep as humans.

Fact number three, the two-toed sloth has, yep, you guessed it, two toes on their forelimbs.

And I bet you guys didn't know they have three toes on their back limbs.

Fact number four, she has long shaggy fur that helps her camouflage from predators.

Fact number five, sloths love to eat fruit and true to the sloth form, they eat very slow.

[bright music] - [Zach] Jump, dance, play.

It's time to get active.

Let's move.

- Hi.

My name is Calia Marshall.

I'm a teaching artist with National Dance Institute and I'm a certified yoga instructor.

Today we're gonna do a yoga class and just a little bit of singing.

Our focus today will be on nature and the animals that live there.

The music that you'll hear is by Todd Keller.

[relaxing guitar music] Thanks, Todd.

Let's go on a hot air balloon ride.

Have you ever seen a hot air balloon?

I love how magical they look floating up in the sky.

All right, come into your balloon.

We're gonna take three breaths to fill it up with air.

Here we go.

[relaxing guitar music] Ooh, the balloon starts to float through the sky, over the tree tops.

Where will we land first?

Look at that.

We're in the forest amongst the trees.

Come up to stand.

We'll turn the foot out.

You can bring the toes to the floor, your foot up to the calf or up to your inner thigh.

Let's grow our branches tall and start to sway in the wind.

It's okay if the wind knocks you over.

Let's try the other foot.

Bring that foot on up.

Branches up and sway in the wind.

[gasps] Oh my gosh.

I see a cobra up in the tree.

Come down to your belly.

Take a breath in.

Lift your chest up and exhale.

That was baby cobra.

Inhale, lift up, press into your hands a little bit.

This is maybe like a teenager cobra.

And if it feels okay for your back, press even more into your hands and you'll open your chest wide, big cobra, and lower down.

Great.

Let's come back into our hot air balloon.

Here we go.

Three breaths in.

And start to float through the sky.

Good, and land.

[gasps] We're at the beach.

I see some beautiful starfish at the edge of the waves.

Let's imagine that our starfish could balance up on two legs.

[gasps] On your tippy toes, reach, reach, reach.

Good.

What if the starfish could walk through the sand?

What would that look like?

[laughs] Great.

Oh my gosh.

Look at that eagle soaring across the sky.

Beautiful.

Let's try eagle pose.

Come to balance on one leg.

Bend that knee and cross the other leg on top.

Your arms can cross too like you're hugging your wings in.

You can give yourself a hug or twist them up.

And now give me an eagle stare.

Good, and eagle fly, whoosh.

Try the other side, bending your knee, criss-crossing, eagle stare.

And fly.

Whoosh.

Nice.

Let's come back into our balloon, go somewhere else.

Here we go.

And floating, oh my gosh.

It's really windy this time.

Whoa.

And let's come on down.

We are in the grasslands.

What lives here?

[gasps] Lions.

Everyone show me your lion breath.

Ready?

Stick out your tongue.

One more.

Big, scary face.

Oh my gosh.

That's so scary.

I can't go on here.

Wait, I gotta get back in my balloon.

Here we go.

Oh my gosh, okay.

Back home safe.

Oh my gosh.

That was so much fun.

[laughs] All right.

Let's take a seat.

I'm gonna share with you a song that Todd and I wrote together.

It's called sacred ground.

It honors the earth and all beings that live on it, humans, animals, and plants.

So we'll do it call and response style.

So I'll sing first and then you respond with Todd.

[relaxing guitar music] I go.

♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ Now you sing.

♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ I go.

♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ Now you sing.

♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ Try this one.

♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ ♪ Free, free ♪ ♪ May all beings everywhere ♪ ♪ Be happy and free ♪ Nice.

Reach up, big breath in.

And stretch to the side.

And breathe in again and reach up.

Other side.

Inhale and come to a twist.

Exhale.

Reach up and twist.

Inhale up, feet together, and fold forward.

And roll back out.

Beautifully done.

Thank you so much for joining.

Have a wonderful day.

Bye.

- Welcome back to My Favorite T-shirt Day on Camp TV.

Wasn't that last activity cool?

Well, things are about to get even cooler.

Who's ready for a Zach challenge?

I'm going to have 20 seconds to put on a T-shirt.

Simple, you say?

Not when it's a T-shirt like this.

This is a frozen T-shirt.

Somehow I will need to crack it, unfold it, and successfully fit my head and arms through it.

Oh, and there are some additional rules too.

I can't use water to thaw it out.

I can't use any machines like a microwave or hairdryer.

And the T-shirt must remain intact.

No holes.

No tears allowed.

This is already sending chills down my spine.

Okay.

Here goes nothing.

- [Children] Three, two, one.

[Zach grunts] Ooh, it's cold.

Oh.

[Zach grunts] [Zach exhales rapidly] [shrieks] Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold.

Gah.

[timer buzzes] Ah.

[depressing music] Oh boy.

[laughs] It looks like I have been frozen out.

[blows raspberry] I've got goosebumps and you've got your next activity.

See you in a few.

[bright music] Arts and crafts?

Yes please.

Let's get artsy.

- Hi.

Welcome to Design at Home.

I'm Emily, an educator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Today we're going to talk about textile designer Suzie Zuzek, look at examples of her beautiful intricate pattern designs, and learn how to design a repeating pattern on our own at home.

Suzie Zuzek was an accomplished prolific textile designer well known for her colorful, beautiful pattern designs which are most recognizable in the form of fashion sold by Lilly Pulitzer from 1962 to 1985.

Zuzek studied textile design and illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, graduating at the top of her class, and worked for three years designing fabrics in New York before moving to Key West, Florida.

In Key West, she began working at Key West Hand Print Fabrics, a silk screen printing company.

The company quickly attracted its first major client in Lilly Pulitzer, who was enchanted by the Zuzek designs she discovered there and began buying textiles there for her shift dresses and other styles.

Zuzek's pattern designs take inspiration from nature as well as art and other visual sources.

Her subjects included abundant florals, underwater scenes with fish and shells, and stylized depictions of animals from near and far.

She understood that her designs would be viewed from a distance as an overall pattern as well as enjoyed up close, and more details are revealed as you look closer.

Zuzek's imaginative prints made Lilly Pulitzer's simple sportswear styles unique and immediately recognizable.

Pulitzer's fashions featuring Zuzek's prints were worn by such notable people as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Keeping in mind Zuzek's wonderful patterns, let's jump in now to our design challenge.

Our challenge today is to design a repeating pattern that is inspired by nature.

You may find inspiration in your home, looking at your house plants or your pet, or even into your fruit or vegetable drawer.

You can also look outside your window to see if you find inspiration there or think about a part of nature that means a lot to you.

Let's start by gathering our materials.

To design today, we will need a piece of paper, a pen or pencil, and if you'd like to add color you can find something that will help you to do this.

I'm using watercolor pants which is a tool that Suzie Zuzek also used in her designs.

And finally, in order to make your repeating pattern, you will need tape and scissors.

Okay, now we're ready to begin.

To get started, grab your piece of paper, pen, or pencil to draw with and an object of inspiration if you have one.

I used a lemon.

Take as much time as you need to draw your initial pattern.

Don't worry about making your pattern repeat.

Our later steps will create a repeat from what you draw.

When your initial drawing is done, you can add color.

I'm using paint but you can also use markers, crayons, pastels, or colored pencils.

Keep adding color until your drawing is complete.

Using a pair of scissors, cut your drawing in half lengthwise.

For the most precise cut, you can first use a ruler to find and mark the halfway point.

Switch the two sides so that the right side is now on the left.

Using tape, attach the two pieces like this.

Be sure to tape the back, not the front of your design.

Now make another cut, cutting the paper in half widthwise.

Again, switch the pieces so the piece that was on the right is now on the left.

Take the two pieces together in this new configuration.

Be sure to tape on the back.

After putting these pieces together, you'll likely have an empty space in the center of your page.

Fill this in now with drawings similar to your initial design.

Don't forget to add color here as well.

When you've finished, you have the final product.

As we're all designing our own pattern, your product will look different from mine.

Here are a few other examples of pattern designs up on the screen.

We should now all have our finished pattern design.

Now that we've finished this design and we've created a repeating pattern, this can be used to print on something like fabric, even a T-shirt or a tote bag, for example.

- [Zach] Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

♪ Life is made out of cells ♪ ♪ Cells make copies of themselves ♪ ♪ Copies of themselves ♪ ♪ And they make copies ♪ ♪ of themselves ♪ ♪ And they make copies ♪ ♪ Of themselves ♪ ♪ And they make copies ♪ ♪ Of themselves ♪ ♪ Different cells have different jobs ♪ ♪ But they all have one thing in common ♪ ♪ Inside of every cell is a twisted ladder ♪ ♪ A recipe for life called DNA ♪ ♪ The directions are written out ♪ ♪ In the ladder's rungs where they can be found ♪ ♪ In every cell of everything that lives ♪ ♪ A cell knows what it has to do ♪ ♪ To grow into some moss or a shrew ♪ ♪ Algae or a kangaroo ♪ ♪ Bug or a sunflower ♪ ♪ Dwight David Eisenhower ♪ ♪ A frog, a fish, or you ♪ ♪ Cells are small, too small to see ♪ ♪ But together they can make a tree ♪ ♪ Within the cell there's a tiny spiral staircase ♪ ♪ That tells the cell just how it's going to grow ♪ ♪ The instructions are spelled out in letters ♪ ♪ One on every step ♪ ♪ In a language that the cell knows how to read ♪ ♪ Inside the cell is a tiny double helix ♪ ♪ Another fancy word for DNA ♪ ♪ Which could also be a spiral staircase ♪ ♪ Which could also be a twisted ladder ♪ ♪ Which could also be a spring ♪ ♪ Which could also be a spiral staircase ♪ ♪ Which could also be a twisted ladder ♪ ♪ Or a crazy looking spring ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - Hi and welcome back to My Favorite T-shirt Day on Camp TV.

So as we discussed, T-shirts can be a really cool form of personal expression, but for those T-shirts that are shoved to the back of your drawer, maybe they're too small or have holes in them, we're going to give them new life by doing something called upcycling.

Upcycling is when you make changes to something old and turn it into something new.

So if you've been given permission by the adult in your life to give an old T-shirt away or throw it out, don't.

We're going to turn that old T-shirt into some yarn for a friendship bracelet.

Here, let me show you.

With an adult's permission, find an old T-shirt and cut the fabric into strips.

Little tattered but that's okay.

[gentle music] Cut it like this so that'll be one strand.

Cut it like this.

That'll be the second strand.

Cut it like this.

That'll be the third strand.

Pull the strips so they stretch a bit.

The edges will start to curl in which is exactly what you want.

Tie at least three pieces of T-shirt yarn together, leaving enough room at the end to tie the bracelet together when you're done.

To keep your work steady, I like to tape the end of the bracelet to the table.

I'm going to do a basic braid but you can get as fancy with it as you'd like.

You will have a piece of T-shirt yarn on the right, one in the middle, and one on the left.

Cross the right section over the middle section.

Next, cross the left section over the new middle section.

Continue the braid alternating right and left sides.

Always bring the outer section over to the middle.

Pull the sections tight to keep the braid secure as you go along.

Fun fact, did you know that T-shirts got their name from the shape it forms on your body?

The sleeves make the top of the T and the rest of it makes up the bottom.

See?

Practically named itself.

When you're done weaving your braid, tie the dangling pieces together.

Carefully cut the yarn strings off.

Wow, perfect.

And there you have it, a very cool upcycled friendship bracelet.

Your friends and the earth will thank you.

See you after this.

[bright music] Ready for some math that counts?

Count on.

- Hi everyone, my name's Nora and I'm gonna show you one of my favorite math games to play at home.

But shh, this game is a secret.

Have you ever sent a secret message to a friend, something that only they will understand?

Well, in this game, we're gonna use math to send a secret picture to a friend instead.

First you'll draw your own picture and then you'll create a set of secret instructions so that your friend can recreate it.

Let's get started.

To play this game, you'll need some supplies, some things to draw with like crayons or markers, and some paper.

The first thing we need to do is to set up a grid on our paper.

I'm gonna draw my own grid using this black marker and a ruler, but you can also print out a grid if you want.

First, I'm gonna start with one line across the top of my paper.

It's about 10 inches long.

Then I'm gonna draw lines 10 inches on either side to make a square.

And then I'm gonna draw a line on the bottom to finish it up.

I want to make 10 columns going up and down and 10 rows going across.

I'm making mine each an inch apart but you could make a bigger grid or a smaller grid.

if you wanted to.

Done.

Now I'm going to label my boxes with numbers.

Rather than having to write a number in each and every single box, I'm going to use place value to help me out.

Every digit in a number has a place value.

For example, in the number 53, the five is in the tens place and the three is in the ones place.

This just means that if we had 53 bananas, what we're saying is we have five groups of 10 bananas and three extra bananas.

For this game, the numbers on the top of our grid are the place value in the ones place and the numbers on the side of our grid are in the tens place, meaning that they each represent a group of 10.

We're going to number both sides zero to nine.

Now I could give directions to any box in my grid using the digit in the tens and ones place.

For example, let's try to find 53.

I can put one finger on the five in the tens place and one finger on the three in the ones place and where they meet is box number 53.

What about if I wanted to find just the number two?

Well, that number doesn't have a tens place value so the value is just zero.

And then I find two in my ones place and here's box number two.

Voila.

Now it's time to draw my picture.

I'm gonna draw it right on top of my grid by coloring in the squares.

Remember, color in each square only one color so it doesn't get confusing and make sure to color the square in all the way.

The more colors you use, the more complicated your instructions for your friend will need to be so if you're just doing your first one, maybe keep it simple.

Let's do it.

[bright music] All finished.

Now I just need to write out my instructions so my friend can recreate my picture on their grid.

To make my instructions, I'm going to write down the first color that I used which was green and now I'm gonna write down the number for each box that my friend should color green.

So to find the box, I'm gonna put my finger on the tens digit.

I'm gonna put my fingers in the box and then move that out so I can find the ones digit and the tens digit.

So in the ones place, I have a four and in the tens place, I have a one so it's 14 is my first number.

I'm gonna write that number down in my instructions.

Now I'm gonna do that same thing for every single box that I've colored green in my picture.

So for this one, I put my fingers out.

I have a two in the tens place and a three in the ones place.

So this is box number 23.

Let's do all of them.

Now that I have all of my green boxes, I'm gonna move on to my next color.

So the other color I used in my picture was brown.

So I'm gonna add brown to my instructions and then I'm gonna find out which boxes I colored in brown the same way.

Stick my fingers in the box, move them out to find five in the tens place and a four in the ones place.

So that number box is 54.

Great.

I've added all the boxes to my instructions.

Okay.

My instructions are all ready.

Now I just have to send them to a friend.

[paper whooshing] [energetic music] Great job.

Be sure when you give your instructions to your friend that you tell them how to make their own grid first and explain how the tens and ones place digits tell you which box is which number.

See you next time.

Bye.

- [Zach] Music, dance, magic and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

[crowd chattering] ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ You are the only one ♪ ♪ I've gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ I've gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Only one ♪ ♪ Gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Dance with me under the diamonds ♪ ♪ See me like breath in the cold ♪ ♪ Stand with me here in the silence ♪ ♪ You're worth more than silver and gold ♪ ♪ You say that I won't lose you ♪ ♪ But you can't predict the future ♪ ♪ So just hold on like you will never let go ♪ ♪ Yeah, if you ever move on without me ♪ ♪ I need to make sure you know ♪ ♪ That you are the only one I'll ever love ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Looking back at my life ♪ ♪ You're the only good I've ever done ♪ ♪ Ever done ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ Anyone ♪ ♪ Not anyone ♪ ♪ Forever's not enough time to ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ Love you the way that I want ♪ ♪ Love you the way that I want ♪ ♪ 'Cause every morning I find you ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ I fear the day that I don't ♪ ♪ You say that I won't lose you ♪ ♪ But you can't predict the future ♪ ♪ 'Cause certain things are out of our control ♪ ♪ Yeah, if you ever move on without me ♪ ♪ Move on without me ♪ ♪ I need to make sure you know ♪ ♪ That you are the only one I'll ever love ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Looking back on my life ♪ ♪ You're the only good I've ever done ♪ ♪ Ever done ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ Anyone ♪ ♪ Not anyone ♪ ♪ Anyone, anyone, anyone ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Just hold on ♪ ♪ Never let you go ♪ ♪ Anyone, anyone ♪ ♪ You are the only one I'll ever love ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya ♪ ♪ Looking back on my life ♪ ♪ You're the only good I've ever done ♪ ♪ Ever done ♪ ♪ Yeah, you ♪ ♪ If it's not you it's not anyone ♪ ♪ Not anyone ♪ - [Zach] Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

[kazoo wailing] - [laughs] Hi everybody.

My name is Mister C and I'm so glad you're here to join me today for a camp experiment.

I am so excited about this because today we're talking about sound.

First thing, we're gonna build a kazoo.

[kazoo buzzing] [laughs] It's so much fun.

And to build a kazoo, it's really simple.

The thing is when you build a kazoo, you can actually feel the vibration on your lips.

You know why?

Because all sounds are made from vibrations.

Every sound that we hear is created by a vibration and that is the key to making a sound.

So what do we need for this experiment?

We need a few simple simple things that you might have at your house.

We need two craft sticks, two small rubber bands, and then a larger rubber band.

I almost forgot, we need straws.

All right, so what we need is to cut off two pieces of the straws, about one inch long for each of them.

It doesn't have to be perfect.

I'm just gonna cut about an inch.

And now I have my two parts.

Take the thicker rubber band and we put it in and over this first craft stick.

Now take one piece of your straw and you're going to put it underneath.

The other one is going to sit on top of it.

And then we're going to take the other craft stick and sandwich it just like that.

Perfect.

Now hold it in the center.

And if you have another set of hands at your house, this is where you might need a little bit of help.

You're gonna take the rubber band and you're going to go ahead, just twist it over so that it holds that in place.

We're gonna do that to the other side as well.

There we go.

So now you have your kazoo.

What you're gonna do is you're gonna put your lips on it and blow.

[kazoo buzzing] [Mister C laughing] The sound was so low.

So what I'm gonna actually do is I'm gonna squeeze it and that kind of stretches the rubber band a little bit.

[kazoo buzzing] So you can have fun changing the sound of the kazoo and the vibration because the rubber band on the inside, if I push it out here, you can see the rubber bands there in the middle.

That's what's being vibrated.

You can actually feel the vibration on your lips.

[kazoo buzzing] But you know what, now that we have a kazoo, well, I have two of them now, let's make something else to actually have another sound with our kazoo as well.

Right here I have this little cup and you can make, I just had a little plastic container lying around the house and I threw some rice in it.

By adding some rice to a container we have what is like, it's like a maraca.

[rice rattling] Right, so now we need some melody.

And what I have for that is a soda bottle.

So this soda bottle is empty right now.

What I want you to do, if you don't have a glass soda bottle, that's okay.

Look for a plastic soda bottle, like a 20-ounce bottle or even a small 12-ounce bottle.

And then I want you to do this.

[bottle droning] That sounds awesome.

[bottle droning] [laughs] It sounds like a train.

But what's really cool about sound, just like this when I squeezed it, I changed the sound that the rubber band was producing.

If we add some water and if you have a container with a little spout, that pours it out easily, or if you have a funnel, that helps get the water in there without making a big mess.

Now I added some water.

Let's see if it changed the sound.

[bottle droning] It has a higher pitch.

And what happens if I add some more water to it?

[bottle droning] Oh, that is so cool.

I can actually change the pitch of the air inside of there.

The container has a different pitch and what's happening is inside here, we have a column of air.

We have a column of air.

And that column of air, what's happening is it's vibrating.

So right now we have a small column of air [bottle droning] and a really high pitch.

I can pour some of the water out.

Now my column of air is larger.

There's more air in there now.

[bottle droning] The pitch goes lower because there's more air to vibrate.

It's harder and more difficult to vibrate so it vibrates slower.

Things that vibrate more slowly have a lower pitch.

Things that vibrate more quickly have a higher pitch.

And what's really cool is if we have a lot of these, we can actually build something called an octave which means that there's eight of them.

Should we give it a try?

I think so.

[kazoo buzzing] Look at this.

This is an octave.

That means there are eight bottles that create eight unique notes.

[bottles droning] [Mister C laughing] That was really high.

So as you can see, as the air columns get smaller, air vibrating, there's less of it and it produces a higher pitch.

Oh my gosh.

We have a kazoo.

We have a maraca.

We have a xylophone.

I think we should make a song.

[bright music] [kazoo buzzing] Wasn't that so much fun?

I'm going to encourage you and your family to work together at your house to build instruments and create your own band.

Have lots of fun exploring vibrations and sound, and most importantly, keep learning.

We'll see you soon.

Bye.

[kazoo buzzing] [Mister C laughing] [bright music] - Welcome back.

So it suddenly occurred to me, all this time I assumed you have a favorite T-shirt but what if you don't?

What if you're more of a make your own magic kind of camper?

And even if you do have a favorite T-shirt, it never hurts to have a spare.

So I say let's make a homemade tie-dye T-shirt, one of the low mess variety.

You will need a white cotton T-shirt, a piece of scrap cardboard, some colorful permanent markers, a dropper, and some rubbing alcohol.

Make sure to do this craft near an open window or even outside.

You'll want to have some fresh air flowing.

Start by stretching the T-shirt over a sheet of cardboard.

This will help keep it flat and prevent the ink from bleeding through to the other side.

Now, permanent marker is much harder to get out than normal ink so you really need to be careful when using them.

Two tips, one, consider using rubber gloves, or two, if you do get marker on your skin, know that it's much easier to get it off when it's relatively fresh.

So if it happens, stop what you're doing and wash your skin immediately.

Okay, time for the design.

Carefully draw dots, lines, shapes, anything you'd like on the surface of the shirt.

Don't be skimpy with the ink.

Hold your marker in one spot for a couple of seconds before moving on.

When you have a design that you like, squeeze a few drops of rubbing alcohol over your artwork and watch it expand into a rainbow of color.

So cool.

The more alcohol you add, the further it will travel.

Whoa, it's like a rainbow stoplight.

[chuckles] Then let the ink dry with the cardboard inside.

This last part is where you'll need the help of an adult.

With your best pretty please, ask if one would lend you a hand.

In order to set the ink so it doesn't wash out, you'll need someone to iron over your design for three or four minutes.

Another option, throw it into a dryer by itself for about 20 minutes.

[mystical music] After you've thanked your adult, wear your new tie-dye T-shirt proudly.

It's bound to compete for your favorite T-shirt spot.

Jump, dance, play.

It's time to get active.

Let's move.

- It's time for [gasps] fun with Brooke.

Let's go.

[energetic music] Stand up and move your feet a little bit more than shoulder length apart.

You're going to put your hands out and you're gonna sit down like there's an imaginary chair behind you.

You're gonna sit down.

You're gonna make sure that your toes don't come up too much.

You're gonna put all your weight in your back legs and you're gonna sit back up just like you came down and that's how you squat.

All right.

It's time for a power blitz.

Give me 15 squats.

Ready?

Let's go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

All right.

You know what I'm gonna say next.

Now we're going to do jump squats.

Let's go.

15 jump squats.

Ready?

Let's go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

Good job, you guys.

Keep squatting.

See you guys later.

- [Zach] A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.

- Hi friends.

Welcome to the Memphis Zoo here in Memphis, Tennessee.

My name is Bella and I am joined by Giuliana, the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula.

Here at the zoo, Giuliana spends a lot of time teaching people about spiders and she's a very special spider to me because I actually got to raise her from a teeny tiny newly hatched spiderling.

So she's grown up with me her whole life.

She got her name from my best friend, actually.

My best friend Giuliana is from Brazil and she has dedicated her life to helping her community.

So I named Giuliana the spider after her because Giuliana also teaches people about Brazil and she teaches people about how spiders help their community.

She's pretty cute and I think she's doing an awesome job so far of living up to her namesake.

Now I know spiders might seem a little bit scary because they look very different from us.

But as you learn about spiders, you might actually find some respect for them rather than fear.

In order to feel respect rather than fear for tarantulas, let's learn a little about them.

Tarantulas are basically large fluffy spiders.

All spiders have eight legs.

They use their legs not only to walk but also to feel the world around them.

Most spiders also have eight eyes which you'd think would give them excellent vision.

The truth is though that spiders don't see very well at all.

Instead they use their eight legs to touch and taste everything in their home.

They also have two shorter special limbs near their mouth.

These may look like legs but they are more like our arms.

They help the spider to grab and hold their food while they eat just like you might hold a fork or spoon.

So while spiders may look different to us, they do many of the same things that we do.

Brazilian bird-eaters are the third largest species of tarantula in the world.

Now Giuliana here is only a few years old but she can actually grow to the size of a dinner plate.

And despite their name and their big size, bird-eaters don't actually eat birds.

Birds are super fast and tarantulas can be speedy but birds are too clever and quick for a tarantula to catch.

They got their name because the first person to see them in the wild saw one snacking on a bird, but it was probably just eating a bird that was already dead.

Speaking of seeing Brazilian bird-eaters, they are found in the coastal rainforests of Eastern Brazil and South America.

They live in the warm, humid, tropical rainforests and spend most of their time on the ground waiting for their food to come to them.

As adults, female tarantulas spend a lot of their time as mothers.

We often don't think of tarantulas as being mothers but they're actually pretty great at it.

The mothers will wait until everything is just right outside in order to lay their eggs.

Then they wrap those eggs in the softest silk.

They spend every day massaging every single egg so that it doesn't stick together and to make sure that none of them are sick.

Then she will carry that egg sac around with her or sit on it.

She doesn't eat or sleep as she defends it with her life.

Who would've thought tarantulas would make such doting mothers?

Now that we understand tarantulas a little bit better, they aren't so fearsome, are they?

Not only are tarantulas great mothers, they also have another important job.

Just like all forms of life, they serve a purpose in nature.

Everything in nature relies on something else.

Plants get eaten by animals that get eaten by other animals.

Life is a never-ending cycle.

Within that cycle, everything has a job.

What kinds of jobs do people you know have?

Some people are farmers.

Some are doctors and nurses Some clean up for us and some protect us.

And of course there are many more.

All the jobs people do are important in their own way and the same is true for animals too.

We call those animal jobs niches.

This tells us what the animal does in their home.

Some animals like bees and butterflies are pollinators, meaning they help plants to grow.

Some are architects like gophers who burrow underground, making homes for themselves and other species.

Even spiders have a job.

In the wild, Brazilian bird-eaters are very good at eating lots and lots of bugs.

These guys are the pest control experts of their homes.

They make sure that there's not too many bugs in their home because too much of anything can upset the balance of an ecosystem, which is what we call an animal's home.

All of nature is connected.

That means us too.

Did you know that we can impact wildlife with the choices we make?

Unfortunately, a lot of places in the world are in trouble because humans have made certain choices.

Forests, including the ones Giuliana's friends call home, are disappearing because too many trees are being cut down.

The good news is that you can help spiders and other animals that live in forests all over the world including the ones near you.

Using less paper means less trees need to be cut down.

So look for ways you can use less paper.

For example, you could color on both sides of your paper.

You can help animals right from home.

You might not have bird-eaters like Giuliana around you, but chances are you live with spiders just the same.

Like Giuliana, all spiders are great pest control experts.

I don't know about you, but I don't really want cockroaches and other bugs in my house eating my food.

By having spiders around, we don't have to worry about these bugs overtaking us.

Now what happens if there's a spider or scorpion in our home that we don't want?

Well, we can actually help to get them back outside.

All you'll need is a cup, a piece of paper, and a trusted adult.

First you're gonna take a cup and put it over the spider.

Then you're gonna take your piece of paper and slowly slide it underneath, being careful of those eight legs that we talked about.

Then you're ready to take your spider back outside to eat all of those bugs.

Our connection to nature means that we can help when it's in need, and by spending time with Giuliana and I today, you have done just that.

Make sure to share what you learned with your friends and family so that they can help spiders too.

Thank you for learning with us today.

Giuliana and I are gonna sign off from the Memphis Zoo here.

Bye.

[bright music] - [Zach] Daytime or nighttime, it's always time for story time.

- Hello, my name is Christopher Booker and this is- - Harrison.

- And- - Lucia.

- And today I'm gonna be reading "My New Teacher and Me" by Al Yankovic, also known as Weird Al Yankovic with illustrations by Wes Hargis.

The first day of school, it was finally here.

I wondered who'd be my new teacher this year.

Then at 8:30 sharp, a tall stranger walked in.

He stood by the chalkboard and stroked his long chin.

He said, "I'm Mr. Booth and I'm happy to say I'll be teaching you all about fractions today.

Now open your textbooks to page number three."

And that's when he stopped and he stared right at me.

He said, "You young, man, what's that filth on your shirt?

You can't come in my classroom all covered with dirt."

I said, "Hi, nice to meet you, sir.

Billy's the name.

See, a funny thing happened before the bus came.

I was digging to China out in my backyard and I almost was there when I hit something hard.

Well, I dug and I dug and I dug a bit more and I discovered the skull of a real dinosaur and I would've cleaned up, sir, but hey, I'm no fool.

I just couldn't be late on the first day of school."

For a second or two Mr. Booth kinda froze.

Then he walked up to me and he looked down his nose.

"I don't tolerate nonsense.

No, not one degree.

And your story sounds highly unlikely to me."

"Why, of course it's unlikely," I said.

"Oh, by far.

The awesome things in the world often are.

For instance, this friend of my third cousin Ned's got a farm where the dairy cows each have two heads.

That's so highly unlikely that tourists all stop just to take their own pictures at three bucks a pop."

"Completely ridiculous," sneered Mr. Booth.

"Please stop wasting our time and just stick to the truth."

"Well, the truth can seem crazy, like the day in June when my grandfather famously walked on the moon and he played ukulele while flying a kite.

It was all in the papers.

You've heard of it, right?

You know what, my grandfather even implied someday he might take me along for the ride."

The class started cheering, "Take us, take us too."

Then Mr. Booth bristled and snapped, "That'll do.

Pure poppycock.

Class, please be quiet.

Be still, he's not going off to the moon.

Never will."

"That's all right," I told him.

"The moon is okay but I've been to a much cooler place anyway.

I just went on vacation with my dad and mom to an island somewhere between Norway and Guam where the blueberry muffins grow right on the trees and you flip inside out every time that you sneeze.

All the rabbits say moo and the puddles go neigh and the traffic light colors are pink, blue, and gray.

Oh, and every third Thursday about half past one, all the gravity stops.

Wow, is that ever fun?

There's a squid-eating contest, and hey, if you win it, they let you be king for exactly one minute.

Then everyone does what you tell them to do.

Man, I sure hope we get to go back next year too."

Mr. Booth didn't care for that story one bit.

He furrowed his brow and said, "Okay, that's it.

Admit that your stories are simply absurd.

I just do not believe them, not one single word."

Then I cleared my throat and said, "Well, sir, you know, just 'cause you don't believe doesn't mean it's not so.

Just 'cause you can't imagine it, that doesn't mean that it simply can't be or won't ever be seen.

I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got could see all kinds of things other people could not.

So then why get upset if somebody like me tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

"Enough, "Mr. Booth said.

"No more of these stunts.

You'll march straight to the principal's office at once.

Something slipped from my book as I walked to the door.

Mr. Booth picked it up and his jaw hit the floor.

It was me and a cow with not one head but two.

"Oh," I said.

"I was planning to give that to you.

It's a little good luck gift.

I got it for free."

He stared hard at the photo, then looked back at me.

I avoided the principal's office that day.

In fact, old Mr. Booth put my gift on display.

He steals a quick glance at it once in a while.

And I'm not even kidding.

I once saw him smile.

We should get along fine and it's certainly clear there's a lot we'll be teaching each other this year like how all my stories are perfectly true except for, well, maybe a detail or two.

The end.

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