Once upon a time in a land far, far away,
Mother Nature began a magical journey to create a
perfect world.
Hey, Mr. Housetree, do you know what day it is today? Your birthday.
You know what else today is? It's Ray Ray's
birthday. That's right, everyone.
Birthday is also Ray Ray's birthday. I
don't know if you know that I know that I don't know that it's Ray Ray's
birthday. I hope that helps. I wonder how old
he really is, right, how old?
That's a good question. I've known Ray Ray for a long time, but I still
don't know how old he is. Want to know what I think?
Good, then I'll tell you I know how old Ray Ray is. You
do, Mr. Leo? Well, for land's sakes, please
tell us. I'll be glad to. It all began many years ago
when I was a young Penguin rainforest
lamer. Cake. All right, everyone,
let Mr. Leo finish, right? How could I have ever been any of
those things? I'm obviously a lion. So where was I?
You were telling us you were younger when you met Ray Ray.
Exactly. So many, many years ago when I was young.
T. rex.
As I was saying when I was a young T. rex, I remember sneaking through the
jungle looking for an unsuspecting chocolate bar to pounce on.
Excuse the interruption, but how does any of this relate to
Ray Ray? Oh right, well, that's obvious. He was
there too. Ray Ray was with you back in the days of the
dinosaurs. Duh, that would make
him almost, um, say 65 million years
old, give or take. Really?
Perhaps we should call Ray Ray to get this all cleared up.
Ready, everyone.
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Shabingo and viral pals
Shabingo. OK. I was
just outside enjoying natureuria's beautiful landscape when I heard you calling.
What's up guys? Happy birthday.
Hey uh, thanks guys. Why don't we call in the
safari kids so they can celebrate with us too, right?
Safari kids celebrate too. Hey,
safari.
Hi. Look guys, it's
Ethan, Jordan, and Ben. Hey kids,
what's happening today? Happy birthday party.
Thank you so much everyone. That was such a surprise.
Well, no one deserves it more than Ray Ray the red panda.
And having your birthday on Earth Day makes this time even
more special. So I'm guessing that today we're gonna be learning
more about Earth Day. Sounds like a great idea, Beth, and
here's a song that will do just that.
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boys and girls, Earth Day is celebrated every year on April
22nd. Now it started way back in 1970 in
Wisconsin and spread throughout the world. Today over a
billion people participate in it.
where does it happen? Hey, when is
it?
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What is earth.
Earth Day is a great day to start a recycling center maybe in your
own house. Separate your paper, aluminum cans and plastic.
You can also practice shutting off the lights when you leave the room and you can also
shut the TV when you're not watching it.
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when is it?
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Bingo boys and girls, let's all get together and celebrate Earth
Day. What did you think of that song, Safari
kids? It sure wouldn't be helpful to someone who didn't already
know about Earth Day, right? Earth Day is celebrated
mostly in the US on April 22nd of every year,
and it began in 1970. April 22nd was
chosen because it's the official date of Arbor Day, the day everyone
should plant a tree. What most people don't know is that there are
actually two different dates for Earth Day. Right then,
the other Earth Day happens a month before April 22nd, and it's
celebrated internationally on March 20th or March
21st, and that day coincides with the first day of
spring in the northern hemisphere and fall in the southern hemisphere.
So no matter which day you choose to celebrate it, it's still.
So in viral pals, why don't we spend today sharing some
ideas of how we can help the earth on her special day?
Sure, yeah, OK, we've all been in viral
pals for a while now, so think back to the best way each of
you could help the earth today. I'm a big fan of
recycling. Like the song says, separate your paper from your
plastics. It's fantastic. Good one, Jordan. And
did you know that recycling just one aluminum can will save
enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours? It's equivalent to
saving a half a gallon of gasoline. I've
got one. How about this? Don't trash the ocean.
Did you know about 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the
ocean every year? And just imagine how much of that trash
could be recycled. How about this one? Ask mom
and dad or any responsible doll if you could go around the house and
change old light bulbs with new compact fluorescent light bulbs.
That's a great idea, Beth, and compact fluorescent light bulbs last
up to 10 times longer.
You know what that sound means? It's time for a
critter connection. And scales and
tails, feathery wings on the wind will sail.
John bingo, hey boys and girls,
today we're here with our friend Lauren and her friends
Stuffy and Mama. Stuffy and mama are
African elephants. Thank you for inviting
us today. You're welcome, Ray Ray, and welcome to the Dallas Zoo.
So Lauren, where do these elephants come from? Well, Ray Ray,
they come from Africa and they like to be in the savannahs and plains of
Africa. Lauren, in the wild what
do African elephants eat? They really love to eat
trees. They'll eat all sorts of grass, just about anything they could get their
trunks on the elephants will eat it. Well,
it sure looks like they eat pretty well. Does an African
elephant get? Well, a male African elephant can get anywhere from
12,000 to 13,000 pounds, but the
females, they're average around 8000, so they get pretty big. That's
a few cards' worth. Of weight, a lot of
the animals that we have on the vials are considered social animals.
Is a wild African elephant a social animal? They are
Ray Ray. The social group consists mainly of the moms and
aunts and nieces, boys. Stay in the herd until they're
teenagers and then they start to get rowdy and they go off on their
own and they'll sometimes form little bachelor herds but the males
when they're adults they're solitary but they're very very social animals and those
females stay together their whole life. Lauren, I see that you have
water here for these animals. Do they like to swim? They
actually do love to swim. Elephants are very good swimmers. They like to go in the deep
end and they can kick really well, but just like people, some of them prefer to swim
more than others, so some just get their feet wet and they'll splash off and
shower instead. Lauren, I've always wondered,
can an elephant run very fast? They actually can run pretty fast.
They can run into the 20 mile per hour range. It's very
quick. Wow, that's pretty impressive for
such a large animal. Why are elephants'
ears so big? Well, the African elephants ears are so
big when it's hot outside, they flap those ears and the blood
in them circulates and cools down and it circulates through the rest of their
body and helps get rid of some of that heat. Lauren,
a lot of the animals that we have on the critter connection are considered
endangered or threatened. Are the African wild
elephants considered endangered or threatened? Uh, they are
considered endangered, and a lot of that has to do with habitat loss and it also
has to do with human interactions with elephants.
I see that these animals have tusks. I've always wondered
what is a tusk. Uh, the African elephants' tusks are
actually their teeth, so they're called ivory, and then they're their
upper incisors, and they'll grow about 6 inches every year.
What else do they use their tusks for? Uh, they love to strip bark off
of trees. They'll use that tusk and really get off and then they'll eat the bark.
They like to spar with one another out in the wild. They dig for
water and dig in the mud with those tusks. They use them for all sorts of stuff. They'll
even tuck food in between their Tuscan trunk and walk around and eat on the
go. OK, Lauren, thank you for inviting us here
today and sharing with us your friends Stuffy and
Mama, the African elephants. You're welcome, Ray Ray and thank
you for visiting us at the Dallas Zoo. OK, we'll see you
next time, shipping. Moss and scales
and tails, feathery wings on the wind will sail,
living on.
That was a really cool critter connection, Ray Ray. It sure was, Jordan,
and our critic connections teach us all about the wonderful world of animals living
all around us. And I bet animals love Earth
Day just like we do. What are you saying viral pals?
Yeah, and I have a great project that you can do at home or
in school that I know that you and your friends will enjoy making. You
and show, show and do. It's so funny.
You It's the Enviro
doing show. Hi boys and girls and welcome to today's enviro
doing show project. This is a time when we learn how to make things at
home that either helps us to better understand science or helps
the environment. Wouldn't it be great to predict the weather,
to know that it might be sunny, cold or rainy as
the weather changes, so does the pressure of the atmosphere.
A device that measures change in the pressure of the atmosphere is called
a barometer. To make a barometer you will
need an empty glass jar, a balloon,
a drinking straw, a small piece of paper,
scissors, sticky tape, glue and
a coloring sheet from our website. First,
cut the neck off the balloon. Then stretch the
balloon tightly over the mouth of the jar.
Cut a small triangular piece of paper to form the arrowhead of the
straw. Make a slit in the straw, then slide the paper
arrowhead into the straw.
Place the other end of the straw at the center of the covering of the jar
formed by the balloon attach the straw to the balloon with a piece
of tape so that one end is at the center of the jar and
the other end hangs over the edge. Now place your
barometer. In the sheltered space outdoors like a
balcony or a porch when the air pressure is high, it
will push in on the balloon and the cover will be sucked inward.
This will make the arrow move up. This means fine
weather is on its way. When the air pressure is
low, the cover will be puffed out and the arrow will point
down. Unsettled weather and rain can be expected.
Hey boys and girls, did you know that during a hurricane, the
atmospheric pressure at the eye or the center of the
hurricane is very, very low, and the
lowest measured barometric pressure of any hurricane
was recorded in 1969 during Hurricane
Camille. The winds in Hurricane Camille reached
190 MPH and the storm. Storm
surge was 25 ft higher than the normal tide
levels. Wow, that's a lot of water. OK, let's
get back to our enviro meter project. Now you can become your
own weather forecaster. It's that easy. Wanna
learn more? Hm, have mom, dad, or your teacher stick
around and I'll show them where they can get directions and
activity sheets. Oh, do and show,
show and do. It's so fun. You
viral doing show. That doing show project was
really cool. I'd like to make that with my class sometime.
Great idea, Beth.
Tree mail tree mail.
And Sorry.
Oh boy, let's see what we have today, deer and viral pals.
My name is Lisa, and I'm a teacher at 7 Generations
Charter School in Amaus, Pennsylvania. 7
Generations is a school where students from every grade level
engage in activities focused on sustainable living.
stewardship and a respect for our planet and all living
things. I would love to show Ray Ray all of the
innovative things that we have in place here at 7
generations that help to keep the planet green and healthy.
I sure hope you can visit us, your friend Lisa.
That sounds like a great idea, Ray Ray. Why don't you use the green screen to get
there and we'll sit here and watch your trip? That sounds like a
great idea, guys. I'm headed for another great dream meal adventure.
I'll be back in a flash.
Bingo. Hi Lisa. Hi Pia. Thank you so much for
your tree mail. Hi Ray Ray and welcome to Amaus,
Pennsylvania. So, how did
7 generations get its name? 7 Generations takes its name
from an Iroquois proverb from the Native Americans which says
that in our actions and deliberations in this
generation, we need to think of the impact that that will have on the next 7 generations.
Lisa, what makes 7th Generations charter school different from
traditional public schools? I think what makes Seven Gen different
from traditional public schools is that we use our
local environment and our community to really
um immerse students into what they're learning and to. Make
learning real. Pia, I understand that 7th
Generation school is founded on 7 principles. Can you tell me what
they are? Sure, the seven principles are sustainability,
creativity, mutual respect, cultural richness,
integrated, academic excellence, and hands-on learning.
Lisa, can you tell me some of the community-based programs the students here
at 7 Generations are involved in? Sure, one of the things
that our 2nd graders are doing right now is we're learning about forest
habitats, so we go and visit our forest every day and we study
the animals and the different, um, trees that are found in our forests.
We're learning about the life cycle of a frog. And also the life cycles of
other animals and plants that are found in the pond
region we're also learning about um
watersheds and what we can do to protect our
watersheds. Lisa, can you give us some specific examples of some
of the projects that the kids are involved in and how different subjects are
brought together? Sure, one of the projects that we have been
working on is planting our habitat garden
where we use math to map out the area, social
studies to research what would be native plants versus what
would be invasive plants. We um use
art to sketch out the area and lots more.
community partners work with these students on some of these
integrated environmental projects. We partner with several local businesses
in Eus and in the Lehigh Valley so that our students can learn more
about social systems and interaction in the business world. We also
partner with the Wildlands Conservancy, which is a local outdoor.
Uh, sustainability, um, organization, um, where our students go and learn
more about projects that they're working on here at school. Um, we also
partner with the Jacobsburg Environmental Park,
um, which is another local organization, and finally with colleges and
universities which help our students to learn more about the subjects that they're learning
about here at Sevenen. Wow guys, thank you so
much for telling me all about the 7th generation charter school and how you're
using the environment to teach kids about all kinds of things. It's sure
nice to see kids learning the importance of taking care of the world around them
and helping to make the planet a greener place to live, but it's getting
late and I have to get back to Nauria. I can't wait to tell
all my friends about 7th Generation charter school. OK, I better
get going. Bye Lisa by Pia. See you next time.
OK, fellow environment pals, now it's our turn to tell
everyone how we can help the earth. I'll start, use
public transportation. One bus carries as many
people as 40 cars. Conserved water,
dudes, every person uses about 12,000 gallons
each year. That's a lot of water.
Gardening Good, Mr. Leo, everyone could make a
garden and grow their own fresh vegetables. Don't
pollute springs, rivers, lakes, streams or
swamps. They are the earth's source for fresh water.
I don't know if you know that I know how to plant a tree I
mean plant a tree. I hope that helps. The
energy we save when we recycle just one glass bottle is enough to
light a new compact fluorescent light bulb for more than 20 hours.
My goodness, those are all great ideas. You are
all doing a splendid job. Helped save
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you guys are seeing that right? Yo, lying
dude, I think I missed that. Could you pass it by me again?
I said save the.
Whoa, freaky dude.
I believe he's asking us to save the rainforest,
is that correct, Mr. Leo?
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Hey you guys out there, it sure was fun learning more about
Earth Day today and also celebrating my birthday.
So when April 22nd rolls around every year, think of an
idea and then organize a way that you and your friends can help the Earth,
maybe pick up trash around a park. or help clean a river
or a beach. Maybe just click and unplug around your own
house to save energy. Remember, boys and girls, if I
do my part and you do your part and your friends do their part,
we can really make a difference. It's that easy. Sha
bingo bingo.
Wow, what a great day we've had today. Enviral pals. What was your
favorite part of today? I like singing all the songs.
I like the tree male adventure. I liked the Doin
Show project. Ray Ray, what did you like
best? Well, I like
everything.
Boys and girls, we'll And on the viral.
If you, your parents, or your teachers would like to know more about our environment
tips, lesson plans, greater connections, doing show activities,
teacher's guides, or any other environmental materials, just visit
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