Made possible by the Buell Foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in Colorado.

Big Joy Foundation, spreading joy through faith, hope and love.

Generation Wild, kids grow better outside.

Colorado Mountain Club.

Fig Tree Pediatrics.

Climb Orthodontics.

The Hamilton Family and The Silberstein Family.

Jeff, I'm Page and I'm Shaun.

And together we are the Rainbow Rangers.

We love nature, science and exploring outdoors.

When I'm feeling happy, angry, silly and lonely.

Cause everybody feels them all I'm feeling happy, angry, silly, lonely.

Well, all I need is to go and eat the call of the wild I gotta get out of doors.

No matter what I'm feeling I gotta get out.

Double doors.

Me too.

Our adventures always begin in the ranger cottage.

We're so happy you're here.

Come on in.

Oh.

I hiking so more exploratory.

I cannot wait to go hiking today.

Me too.

Trail is calling my friend.

Wait, let's check the weather first.

The weather.

El clima.

Zoe sounds stormy out there.

Can you help us make storm sounds first?

Rub your hands together like this for rain.

Now pat your legs for harder rain.

And stomp your feet for big claps of thunder.

Put it all together.

That's a great storm.

Oh, wow.

We can't go outside today.

Maybe we can just bring my umbrella.

Oh, pass me the rain gear.

Lady.

Lightning.

That's me all I miss, amigos.

Hold it right there.

I heard you were wanting to go outside.

Not when I'm in town, sweetie.

Wow!

Lady lightning.

I'm fabulous.

I'm dazzling.

I'm lady lightning.

Can't we play in the rain?

Lavia.

Claro.

Casey.

Pero pago lightning.

You need to stay safe, kids.

How do you feel when you hear thunder?

Let's head backstage with page and find out.

Come on.

Let's ask the kids.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to backstage with page.

As you can use today, we're talking about something that can be a little unsettling.

Rumbly.

Do you know what I might be talking about?

Alice.

Friend.

She guessed it.

Thunder.

What comes along with thunder?

Lightning.

And how does it feel inside of you when you hear thunder?

Scared, do you think it's okay to feel scared?

Alice?

Yes.

What's your name?

My name is Renner.

Have you ever heard Thunder?

Yeah.

Here it all the time.

How does it feel inside of you when thunder makes that big crash?

Well, when I was younger, it scared me.

But now it's just feels neutral.

Do you know what makes the thunder do that big crashing sound?

No, I actually have no idea.

Me either.

I hope there's some experts around here that can help us with that.

What is your name?

Maddy.

Do you ever hide under the covers when you hear thunder?

No, I go outside.

Really?

Is it a good idea to go outside in a thunderstorm?

For me?

Yeah.

Do you like dancing and playing in the rain?

Yes.

It makes you.

It's the best.

Have you ever smelled what it smells like when the rain hits the pavement?

It smells like a wet dog.

You know, there's actually a name for the smell of rain on pavement.

It's called Petrarca.

I was gonna say disgusting myself.

Has anybody seen my microphone?

Oh, thank you for having that for me.

What is your name?

Ryan.

And how about you, drew?

How do you feel when you hear thunder?

Ryan?

Haha.

Should you feel scared?

Yeah.

How do you feel when you hear thunder?

Drew.

Scared?

Do you think it's okay to feel scared of you?

Hear thunder.

Of course.

Everyone has different feelings.

I love that runner.

Everyone does have different feelings.

But we also kind of all have the same feelings, but sometimes at different times.

Has that ever happened to you?

Yeah.

Like sometimes you're scared of the, like, the weirdest thing or you barely like your toe or something and it just hurts like crazy.

Subbing my toe is so painful.

Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Should we try that?

Is there anything you would like to add about thunder and lightning?

Alice?

No.

How about you at home?

How do you feel about lightning and thunder?

Jeff and Shawn, back to you.

Thanks, page.

And kids.

What exactly are you, Lady Lightning?

I am an electrical discharge inside a thunderstorm cloud.

Tiny ice and water particles bump into each other.

A charge builds up.

They move faster and faster.

Things heat up in there and then.

Zap!

That's a me baby.

What about thunder?

Thunder?

That's my backup singer.

Do you do do do I heat up the air and it expands very rapidly.

And then boom!

That's thunder, dear.

Whoa whoa whoa.

We're inside today.

But what if we're already outside?

Then what should we do?

That is a fabulous question.

I'm so glad you asked.

Lightning safety is very important.

The safest place to be during a storm is inside.

If you could find a car, that's the next safest place to be.

Hey, kids.

If you find yourself enlightening, ask a grown up what to do.

They'll get you to safety.

Well, how do we know if you're close or far away?

I mean, sometimes lightning is seen super far off in the distance.

Let me teach you a handy little trick, my dear.

Flash.

Then crash.

First you see my fabulous flash.

Then count the seconds to the thunderous crash.

Every five seconds is one mile away.

Let's practice flash, then crash flash, then crash flash.

Then crash.

Win and watch for the lightning flash.

Then count the seconds to the thunder is crash.

Count with us.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

That means lightning is one mile away.

Hey, I can remember that flash.

Then crash.

Well, we're not heading outside until this storm has passed.

What should we do now?

Lady lightning, know that you know all about me and what to do.

Sit back and enjoy the show.

Everyone at home.

You can do these moves with me.

Strike a pose for lightning.

Then roll it forward for some lightning bolt from a thundercloud.

I light a so bright and the thunder so loud.

Lightning 36,000 degrees.

Tracking tall buildings and cooking the trees.

Royal and Sam, the Franklins keep.

Those to crash.

Legacy.

Life and its electrical.

Zap, zing!

The power of a lightning.

My hair is standing up on.

And the batter crouch on.

Now, my friend, when lightning's near.

You don't wanna be the tallest thing in the vicinity.

Well, how will I know where lightning still.

Let me teach you a hand in little trick, my dear.

Wait and watch for the lightning flash.

Then count the seconds to the thunder and crash.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

To figure out a far away.

The lightning is out of taking those seconds and divided by five.

Bowie at ten divided by five is two.

So that means lightning two miles from you.

Crash life and it's like you go down, sing the mother of a. That's the number of us.

That's the power of us.

Like me.

Well, I guess we're having an indoor adventure today.

No problem.

I love a cozy indoor day.

We could sing songs.

Do art projects, and wait until it's safe to go outside when the storm has passed.

Cozy indoor day.

Let's go.

Exploratory.

I'm thirsty.

I'm some water.

Good idea.

Oh, and a snack.

Oh.

The avocados.

Yes, and I've been saving this special treat to share with you the whole hike.

Chocolate Jeff had melted all over your hands and your pocket.

What happened?

I know it happened.

Professor Dancy pants.

That's right.

PhD in pretty hot dance moves.

Your bodies are a steamy 98.6 degrees.

But that chocolate melts at 93.

It's because you are hotter than chocolate.

Hotter than chocolate to the lab.

Nice up.

It's boys.

That chocolate.

It started out as a solid Solido.

There are three different states of matter.

Solid, Solido.

Liquid.

Liquid and gas.

Guards.

Solido.

Liquid gas.

Solid.

Liquid gas.

I've got an idea.

What if we found solids, liquids and gases right here in the lab?

Estates of matter.

Scavenger hunt.

I'll find solids.

I'll find liquids.

Guess that leaves me with gas.

One.

Two.

Three.

Go!

Look at all these liquids I found.

Juice, water.

Rubbing alcohol.

We'll look at these solids.

Coconut oil.

Ice.

Ice cream.

Butter.

Carrots.

Table.

More chocolate.

The world is full of solids and liquids.

But I seem to have come up empty handed on gases.

None in sight.

Oh, I probably should have mentioned that most of the glasses that we interact with in our daily lives are invisible.

Sorry, Jeff, but we can get an idea of seeing a gas with this kettle.

Chocolate in your pocket, melted from your body heat.

So to change a solid to a liquid, you need heat.

Same with liquid to gas.

As this water begins to boil, it's transitioning to a gas.

Check the steam out.

It's full of water particles, but well on its way to becoming an invisible gas.

Through the magical process of evaporation.

Don't get too close.

That's hot.

Yes.

Anything involving heat, like from a kettle or a stove, requires a grown up.

But I have a game we could play right now with just the heat from our bodies.

Want to play?

Yes.

We have three different solids to experiment with.

Butter.

Ice and chocolate.

All set to one minute timer and we'll see who can melt theirs the fastest.

Ready?

One.

Two.

Three.

Go!

Game begin.

My hand is freezing and my ice as well.

Pretty much turned to water.

Look at my butter.

It's all liquidy.

I have a bit of a liquid too, and it's delicious.

But, Jeff, you didn't save any for us.

But before you eat all of it, let's see if we can turn that liquid back into a solid.

Well, can't we just leave it right here on the counter?

That would work.

But I think we could speed things up a bit.

And puppets in the freezer.

What should we do while we wait for the snack to solidify?

You're thinking what I'm thinking.

Dance party.

The bone alone.

I'm harder than chocolate.

98.6 degrees of human heat.

I'm out.

And I can melt that sweet, sweet treat.

You love to eat with my heat.

Cause I'm hotter than chocolate.

Oh.

Everything is either a liquid, a gas or resulted.

Solid like chocolate melting point at which they turned away.

And the melting point of chocolate just so happens to be 93 degrees approximately, which is 5.6 degrees less than me.

So I'm hot.

Tub and chocolate, as you can blame to see.

I've got to be so naturally much hotter than chocolate.

98.6 degrees of human heat.

I'm harder than chocolate.

About the bout.

About.

I'm fine and I can melt that sweet, sweet treat.

You love to eat with my body heat.

Cause I'm so completely hotter than chocolate.

Don't you bump up on Bobo.

Is the song almost done?

The answer is yes.

So it's time for this tongue to clean up the mess.

Yes, yes yes, yes.

I must confess, I'm harder than chocolate.

Yummy.

000.

We're hiking so.

You are hiking.

I'm so glad some of this chocolate turned back from a liquid to a solid.

But some of this chocolate is now liquid.

Guess it goes in the compost bin.

Saud.

The trash.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Sought the trash.

Yeah.

Oh, the compost bin.

Oh, I sure do hope you have something tasty for me a little.

We have some avocado peels, some melted chocolate and some regular chocolate.

Oh young am.

Yeah.

My decomposers will love them both.

I'm ready.

Oh, talk about a dangerous pitfall.

Wait a minute.

Didn't you also say chocolate?

Bring it.

Oh!

Oh.

Thank you.

Now we're ready to say goodbye.

Feel your feet on the ground.

Sit up straight with a head to the sky.

Take a deep breath in and let it go.

See you later, everyone.

We can't wait to play, learn and sing with you again next time.

Now turn off the show.

There's so much to explore.

Made possible by the Buell Foundation, dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in Colorado.

Big Joy Foundation, spreading joy through faith, hope and love.

Generation Wild, kids grow better outside.

Colorado Mountain Club.

Fig Tree Pediatrics.

Climb Orthodontics.

The Hamilton Family and The Silberstein Family.

When I'm feeling happy, angry, lonely.

Cause everybody feels them all.

Feeling angry.

Silly, lonely.

Well, all I need is to go.

And he call of the wild I gotta get outdoors.

Get out though.