>> Promo Cat here with a look at the next episode of the "Friday Zone."

♪ All you need are some vegetable scraps ♪ ♪ Dirt is made ♪ From the worm craps >> Look at all of those beautiful sprouts there on the bottom.

Do you see those?

>> What's oobleck?

This is oobleck.

This stuff is super sticky!

>> So check out the next episode of the "Friday Zone" right now!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

>> WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

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>> And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ Friday, Friday ♪ The week is done and it's time for fun ♪ ♪ There's room for everyone ♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ So much to see, who will we meet ♪ ♪ It all happens magically ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ ♪ Open your eyes, there's a surprise ♪ ♪ You never know what adventure might arise ♪ ♪ The "Friday Zone" ♪ "Friday Zone" ♪ The "Friday Zone" ♪ Friday >> Welcome to the "Friday Zone," everyone.

I'm Maya.

>> And I'm Matt.

We're celebrating Earth Day on today's show, Maya.

>> Yep.

We'll show you a fun gardening project.

We'll go on a hike, and we've got a story about recycling.

>> But first, a song on the "Friday Zone" playlist!

♪ "Friday Zone" >> Oh, yeah!

♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ ♪ I got 200 worms, and they live in my compost ♪ ♪ Live in my compost ♪ Live in my compost ♪ 200 worms, and they live in my compost ♪ ♪ These are the worms that I love the most ♪ ♪ ♪ Yo, Cal ♪ It's been a little while ♪ You're the type of worm who is making me smile ♪ ♪ Annabelle, what a smarty ♪ Steady working on your Ph.D. ♪ ♪ Ms. Kelly, girl, you always styling ♪ ♪ When you squirm by, all the others start whiling ♪ ♪ Oh, shoot, big Derrick in the house ♪ ♪ Despite his size, he's quiet as a mouse ♪ ♪ Me and Will go way back ♪ ♪ Beep, beep ♪ He's quite tight with the cash ♪ ♪ Cheap, cheap ♪ Tiffany is so quick ♪ If there's a race, it's on ♪ ♪ First place, finishing the worm marathon ♪ ♪ That's Frank, his guitar skills are in demand ♪ ♪ Catch him on stage, Led Zeppelin cover band ♪ ♪ Hey, Doug, he's straight up lazy ♪ ♪ Head in the clouds, guys calling him spacy ♪ ♪ Break dancing is good for morale ♪ ♪ Shout out "busta move," and Avery shall ♪ ♪ Hi, Natasha You're the best chef for real ♪ ♪ I'm loving what you are doing with that old banana peel ♪ ♪ Got a real shot, Guy and Bert ♪ ♪ Every hour of the day, head in the dirt ♪ ♪ Shanese is ready for a little pop quiz ♪ ♪ Brain full of facts, she's a trivia wiz ♪ ♪ This one's got asthma, and his name is Taylor ♪ ♪ Be a pal for a moment and hold his inhaler ♪ ♪ Tim's a hula hoop star So many fans ♪ ♪ What a skilled worm Look, ma, no hand ♪ ♪ Kevin speaks quick His motor mouth is vast ♪ ♪ Flapping those lips and talking all fast ♪ ♪ Oh, Kerry, you're so hairy ♪ Caterpillar or worm, grab the dictionary ♪ ♪ Dictionary ♪ How do they do it though ♪ All you need are some vegetable scraps ♪ ♪ Dirt is made ♪ From the worm craps ♪ All you need are some vegetable scraps ♪ ♪ Dirt is made ♪ From the worm craps ♪ I got 200 worms, and they live in my compost ♪ ♪ Live in my compost ♪ Live in my compost ♪ 200 worms, and they live in my compost ♪ ♪ These are the worms that I love the most ♪ ♪ We got Alisha, Zack, Mark and Tre ♪ ♪ Jacob, Hayden, Michael, Chantae ♪ ♪ Tammy, Mason, Ryan, Sidney, Cory, Max ♪ ♪ and the ho named Brittany ♪ Harrison, Laura, Levi, Kevin, Joe ♪ ♪ Terrance, Kim and Devin ♪ ♪ Hakeem, Sean, Gabrielle ♪ Hayden, Ariel, your girl Michelle ♪ ♪ Michael, Jamar ♪ You know it's Brea ♪ Jose -- >> Thanks, y'all!

Keep on pooping.

♪ >> Hello there.

I'm your host, Leo D. Cook, and welcome to "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

Today, I'm going to talk about "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" by Dr. Seuss.

Now, Dr. Seuss was his pen name, meaning his real name was Theodor Geisel.

So what's oobleck?

This is oobleck!

This stuff is super sticky.

So you better be careful.

Now, today's story takes place in the Kingdom of Didd.

Now, King Derwin is cheesed off at the weather.

He's bored with the rain and the snow and the fog and sunshine.

So he wants something new.

He gets this great idea of ruling the sky.

The king asks his sidekick Bartholomew Cubbins to get ahold of all the royal magic magicians to change the weather.

So they get together, and create oobleck.

The next day, this green slime comes raining down from the sky.

The king is overjoyed and declares it a holiday!

He then asks Bartholomew to get the bell ringer to ring his bell, but this does not work because the green slime gunks it all up.

Soon everything is stuck in oobleck, from cows, chickens, dogs, horsies and everything else.

Bartholomew then goes to the king to tell him how he messed up the kingdom, but the king realizes this because he's also covered in the green stuff as well.

Well, if you want to know more about "Bartholomew and the Oobleck," by Dr. Seuss, why don't you read it yourself.

You will be glad you did.

I'm Leo D. Cook, and I will see you next time on "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

♪ >> And now, we get out and about on a "Friday Zone" field trip!

♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ >> Hey, guys.

It's Cassia here at the nature center at McCormick's Creek State Park.

And today we are going to check out Wolf Cave, I believe.

We are here with Wyatt.

He's a naturalist here at the state park.

So Wyatt, what is Wolf Cave, and how did it form?

>> Yeah.

So Wolf Cave is a little cave here in the park.

It's between 200 and 300 feet.

It was formed from water eroding out the limestone.

And if our adventurers are feeling brave today, we will crawl through it.

>> What do you think?

Are we feeling brave today?

Do you want to get down and get dirty?

Yeah!

Let's go check out the cave!

Let's go!

♪ >> All these holes in the ground are called sinkholes, and we kind of look like Swiss cheese, right?

We look like a golf ball.

There are just little holes everywhere.

How were these sinkholes formed?

Do we have any guesses?

>> Water.

>> From water.

I told you that a little bit earlier.

How does the water eat through the limestone, eat through the bedrock?

Does anybody have any guesses?

>> Hmm.

>> Because it stays there so long.

>> Because it stays there.

>> That's a great guess.

What do you think?

>> There's probably little cracks in it.

>> There's little cracks that it goes down into.

>> It has nowhere to go.

>> It has nowhere else to go.

>> So it has to go to the ground.

>> And it's acidic.

The water gets acidic.

All these leaves that fall every year, they fall and they get broken down by little bacteria and stuff.

And the bacteria have to go to the bathroom, just like we do, right?

[ Laughter ] And their waste, their poop, is a little bit acidic.

And I just want to show you -- can I have a volunteer hold this?

This is our limestone right here, just like our bedrock, and I have a little bit of hydrochloric acid.

It's way more acidic than bug poop is, all right?

But we want to accelerate it a little bit.

I'm going to drop it on there, and everybody look and see what happens when I drop some of this on.

Can you hear that?

>> Yeah!

>> So as all of that bacteria, waste product comes through, it makes the water acidic, and it dissolves that limestone, just like you are seeing here.

>> Wow!

>> Yeah.

>> All right, guys.

We are going to follow all of these cool sinkholes all the way to the cave.

>> Cool!

Let's hit it.

♪ >> So we'll go in as far as we can.

We can all get right in here.

Feel that it's a little warmer in the cave than it is out here.

>> Cool.

>> We can probably see some cool cave spiders, maybe some cave beetles on the ceiling.

We'll take a look.

>> Cave spiders.

>> Crazy cool!

>> If anybody has shoes that they don't want to get wet, make sure you watch where you are going.

>> This is awesome!

>> Yeah.

>> Do I go around this?

>> Yeah.

>> When it gets wet, feel free to stop.

>> When it gets -- oh.

>> Is it wet?

>> Yeah, that's deeper.

I don't know if I can wiggle -- yeah.

I don't know.

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's go back.

>> But what we should do, let's all go ahead and turn our lights off.

>> Oh, it's so dark!

This is so cool, gang!

>> Yeah, I love caves.

>> Isn't this so cool?

>> Yeah, I always love caves.

>> It's so -- oh, look at that!

♪ >> Well, that was so much fun!

Thank you so much, Wyatt.

>> Oh, my gosh, "Friday Zone," thanks for coming.

Thanks, everybody!

>> Did we have an awesome time?

>> Yeah!

>> We'll see you next time.

♪ >> And now, a video from our friends at the Terre Haute Children's Museum.

Jamie is here to share some Science at Home.

>> Hey, and welcome to Science at Home, as we celebrate Earth Week.

So all week long, we are going to be celebrating our earth.

The greatest planet there is, right?

>> Yep.

>> It's the only one that we've ever been on.

We are going to do it today by planting a scrap garden.

Now, everybody goes to the store, goes to the farmer's market, and comes home with things like these, right?

You have seen these before, right?

>> Yeah.

>> And then we go and we grab seeds from a store or buy plants to actually plant to make our garden.

The seeds, they live right in here and not all the time, but often, you can get the seeds out of here and you can germinate them yourself.

You can make the seeds create a little sprout.

>> That's cool!

>> Isn't it?

So let's see if we can get the seeds in here.

Now, this is the stuff we're going to eat.

We'll just put it off to the side for now.

Now, look at that.

How many seeds do you see in there?

>> Uh -- >> 74.

>> Yes.

>> I made that up.

There's not really 74, but you can see all the seeds that are inside the plant.

The tomato is the same way.

Look at all of those seeds in there.

Do you see them?

>> Yeah.

>> So our first step is to dry the seeds out.

So we're going to pick them out of here, and then we're going to dry them out.

So the way to do that is to get a paper towel, just a regular old paper towel, and you need to start -- just dig those out with your finger.

Okay?

I will dig some of these out.

Now, you are going to want to spread those out.

They don't have to be perfect, but just so they are not totally on top of one another.

Leave these sitting out for, you know, a few hours, maybe a day, and they'll dry out.

You'll notice how quickly they will dry out, especially if you can put them in a sunny window or something like that.

Then, we are going to come back, and we are going to fold this over on itself, like this.

And we're going to get this a little bit wet.

We're going to moisten it a little bit, put it inside a bag, and we're going to keep the bag, the Ziploc bag, in a warm spot.

Okay?

>> Okay.

>> A warm spot.

In the warm spot, the Ziploc bag is going to create a little bit of a greenhouse effect, and it's going to start sprouting these seeds.

Now, we chose to use a window in our house that faces the south, so it gets sun pretty much every day.

And the seeds began to sprout.

Now, this isn't 100% foolproof.

Sometimes it works.

>> Yep.

And sometimes it doesn't.

>> So here's the one we started a couple of weeks ago.

You can see our peppers on top didn't really take, did they?

That's where you thought they were a little moldy and gross.

But look at all of those beautiful sprouts there on the bottom.

Do you see those?

That's what we are going to go ahead and plant.

So from here, we're going to go, and we're going to plant them.

And we want to create a scenario where we can get them to sprout, and then take them and plant them in the ground or in a pot somewhere.

So we are going to continue our reuse of stuff, and we just got a regular old egg carton here.

And each of these little pods is going to give us a chance to put a seed or two down in there, and give it a chance to grow.

So I got some dirt.

We got some seeds.

Are you ready to go?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> You look like you need a nap.

This is so cool!

Look at all of those little seedlings!

>> Some of them look moldy too.

>> Look at all of those.

Isn't that so cool?

Do you want to start putting some dirt in the egg carton?

>> Is this poop?

It's fertilizer?

>> No, it's just dirt.

How about a utensil?

Awesome!

All full and ready to go.

All right.

Let's use the end of our spoon, and we will take our seedling.

Can you see that?

Our seedling, and we will gently poke it down in.

Can you do that?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Be real gentle with it, okay?

>> Okay.

>> You can put a couple of them, I think, in one thing, it will be all right.

And then we'll take this, we'll put it in a nice sunny spot.

We'll make sure that it's watered every couple of days so the soil is moist, and we'll see if we can get our plants to grow.

It will be similar to the ones that you would buy in a store.

Perhaps we can take our tomatoes and make it into a scrap garden that we can grow fruit all summer long.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Celebrating Earth Week and Earth Day here with Science at Home.

Thanks for joining us.

♪ >> It's time to check out what's next in the "Friday Zone."

♪ >> And now, a story from a winner of the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

>> It was a warm spring day, and Tim was sitting on a shelf with nothing to do.

Suddenly, a big shadow was coming towards Tim, but to Tim's relief, it was a little girl picking him up.

He got put into a bag.

Ew, screamed Tim.

It smells like cat food in here.

It was a supper bumpy ride.

Finally, the ride was over.

At the humongous house, the little girl put him into the trash can.

I thought cans like me should be put in recycling bins so they can be reused, shouted Tim.

Tim jumped as high as he could to get out, but the trash can was too high.

Suddenly he felt himself move.

No, wait!

It was a trash can mover.

He was getting dumped into the garbage truck!

Doomed!

He fell on top of a slimey and sticky banana.

Then a pink pile of yogurt fell on top of him.

Oh, no, cried Tim!

Luckily, a dove picked him up.

This should be good luck.

Doves mean peace, right, Tim thought as he wandered off to dreamland.

Tim was high above the city with the dove now.

Suddenly, the dove let go of Tim, and Tim fell into the girl's backyard.

At the little girl's house, Tim quietly jumped on the table as the girl went to sleep.

Tim then hopped towards the trash can, wanting to get all the other things that could be recycled, like paper, cans, and plastic out of the trash.

Charge, yelled Tim!

The trash can tipped over and fell right on Tim!

The next morning, the girl came down for breakfast and found poor Tim under the trash can.

I wish I had a recycling bin, the girl said sadly.

Ding dong!

Tim jumped up.

Standing outside was a cantankerous, lethargic, and malevolent looking guy.

The girl was flabbergasted.

>> We give recycling bins, the man mumbled.

>> Yay, squeaked the girl.

>> Hurry up and get your bin, snapped the man.

Well, the little girl learned her lesson of recycling.

So will you recycle too?

>> How would you like to see something you wrote on the "Friday Zone"?

It's easy.

Just enter the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

Ask your teacher how to enter or request an entry form from WTIU@indiana.edu.

>> Let's search up some more fun on the "Friday Zone."

♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ >> Zarg, it's that time again.

The time for all good little monsters to creep from their closets and emerge into the night.

Come on, Zarg!

>> I'm coming.

I'm coming!

Wait.

Please, Peggy girl child, wait.

Please, do not start without Zarg.

>> Don't be silly, Zarg.

I wouldn't start without you!

>> Oh, phew!

Zarg was worried there for a minute.

Zarg would not want to miss anything, especially the best bits, the gooey, ooey bits.

Zarg loves the ooey gooey bits, like sneezles, moist mucus-filled tissues, hmm!

>> Yes, Zarg, I remember what sneezles are.

How could you forget?

Yuck!

Zarg, now that you've learned how to read, would you like to learn something new?

>> It depends.

>> On what?

>> Will Zarg like it?

>> You won't know unless you try.

>> That is true.

But Zarg does not like surprises.

>> Oh, trust me, Zarg, you'll like this!

>> Zarg trusts Peggy girl.

It's not knowing Zarg doesn't trust.

>> It's about five pumpkins.

>> Zarg likes pumpkins.

>> Zarg, I want you to count pumpkins with me, okay?

>> Okay, Peggy!

>> Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.

The first one said, oh, my it's getting late.

>> One pumpkin.

>> The second one said, there are witches in the air.

>> Two pumpkin.

>> Very good, Zarg.

>> The third one said they might be scary, but we don't care.

>> Three pumpkins.

>> The fourth one said, let's run and run and run.

>> Four pumpkins.

I'm sensing a pattern here.

>> And the fifth one said, I'm ready for some fun.

>> Five pumpkins.

>> Woo hoo went the wind, and out went the light.

And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

>> Five little pumpkins glowing bright.

The first one said, it's Halloween night!

>> Oh, Zarg likes Halloween.

>> I know, Zarg!

There, see, was that so bad?

>> No.

>> You just learned how to count to five.

>> Zarg thinks Peggy is as tricky as the word-playing Carroll.

>> Would you like to try another?

>> Does Zarg have a choice?

>> Let's try subtraction, Zarg.

>> I guess that is a no.

>> Five little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log eating some most delicious bugs.

Yum, yum.

>> Hmm, bug guts.

Zarg likes bug guts.

>> One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.

Then there were four speckled frogs.

Glub, glub.

You're not counting, Zarg.

>> Four frogs.

Zarg refuses to do the glub, glub.

>> Okay.

Four little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log eating some most delicious bugs.

Yum, yum.

One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.

Then they were three speckled frogs.

Glub, glub.

>> Zarg sees now there's three frogs.

>> Mm-hmm.

You're getting good at this.

♪ >> Welcome to animal yoga.

My name is Priscilla, and I'm here to practice yoga together with you.

Let's take a deep belly breath in, and check how are we feeling in this very moment?

[ Deep breath ] Now bring our hands in front of our hearts.

Namaste.

Ready to begin?

♪ >> Today, we are going to take frog to the mountain on our horses.

So let's stand up, and we're going to first put our special boots on, okay?

So grab your boots.

And get the other boot.

Very good.

Do you want to have a hat?

We can put a hat too.

Well, my boots and hats are red.

You can choose your color.

All right.

So let's hop on your horse, and then hold on to your reins.

And then we're going to go, down and up.

Down and up.

Can we go really fast now?

We are galloping.

What is the sound of the galloping here?

Very fast.

Very fast.

And then we arrive.

Can you be really low?

Yes.

Very good.

Let's hop off.

Good job.

Now we arrived at the mountain.

And froggy wants to say hi to all of his little friend animals that live in the mountain.

So we're going to close our eyes and you're going to imagine -- close your eyes and imagine all the animals that live on the earth.

They are crawling on the ground.

Moving on the ground.

And now we're going to imagine all the animals that live in the water.

Fish maybe.

Maybe some frogs also jumping in and out of water.

Some animals, they are near a waterfall.

And now, we are going to imagine animals.

They are living inside the earth, maybe worms.

Maybe they are living inside of a cave near the fire.

And now we're going to imagine the animals that live, they are flying in the air.

Insects, birds, they are all animals that live in harmony.

They are all in harmony and are friends with each other.

That's how we should be with our friends as well.

You can open your eyes.

Bring your hands in front of your heart and feel the harmony of your mountain.

>> Thank you for joining me.

May all be peaceful.

May all be well.

May all be happy.

Namaste.

♪ >> Thanks for joining us in the "Friday Zone."

>> You can find us online at Fridayzone.org or @thefridayzone.

>> And remember to live, learn and play the "Friday Zone" way.

>> Okay.

Matt, you ready?

>> What?

You have a joke for me?

>> Yeah.

Do you want to hear two short jokes and one long joke?

>> Sure.

>> Joke, joke.

Jooooooke!

>> Where do you find these?

♪ >> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

>> WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

>> And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ >> Do you cool cats have the purr-fect idea for the "Friday Zone"?

Want to share a hobby or let us know what's happening in your town?

Then contact us on our website at Fridayzone.org, or send an email to zone@indiana.edu right now!