-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.

♪♪ -♪ "Camp TV" ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ To summer 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" Hi, and welcome to another great day here on "Camp TV."

I'm Zach, your head camp counselor.

What?

Is there something in my teeth?

Uh, something on my face?

[ Sighs ] Oh, boy.

I can hear my mom now.

"Zach, use your napkin!"

Um...uh... Hmm.

I don't feel anything.

Oh!

It's probably my new haircut.

I know, I know.

My barber used a number-8 clipper when I explicitly asked for a number 2.

[ Chuckles nervously ] [ Sniffs ] [ Exhales sharply ] No.

All good there.

Well, um, I guess we'll just get started with our first activity then.

Oh, and before I forget, today is inside-out day on "Camp TV."

See you in a few.

A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.

-Hello, friends.

Welcome to the Memphis Zoo here in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

My name is Chelsea, and I'm an animal interpreter here at the zoo.

As an animal interpreter, I spend part of my time taking care of our ambassador animals and the other part sharing the stories of our animals with you all.

Now, today, we're going to be learning all about prehensile-tailed porcupines.

Prehensile-tailed porcupines are found in South America, in the forests of places like Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina.

They're what we call an arboreal animal, which means they live or spend most of their lives in trees.

Prehensile-tailed porcupines have their very own adaptations for surviving nighttime in the trees.

"Prehensile" means that they can use their tail as an extra limb, like a hand or an arm, which really helps when you're living your life high up off the ground.

Prehensile-tailed porcupines can use their tails to balance, help them reach, and even hang upside down.

They are herbivores, which means they eat only plants, such as tree bark, leaves, fruits, and vegetables.

To help them eat these things, they have special teeth.

Since they are rodents, just like rats and mice, they have front teeth called incisors that grow their entire lives.

Not only do these teeth help them eat, but eating things like bark off the trees can help them file down those teeth so they don't get too long.

Nocturnal animals usually don't have great eyesight, so they rely more on their sense of smell to communicate.

Prehensile-tailed porcupines will use a special scent they produce to mark their territory to let other animals know that this is their home and to stay away.

They can also use this special scent to communicate or talk to their family.

Porcupines are also covered in quills, which are just specialized hairs.

If they feel threatened or afraid, they can raise those quills up.

This not only gives the protection, but it gives the look that they're bigger and scarier to any predator that would try to attack them.

The ends of the quills have barbs.

So, if a predator was to attack, the quills would stick in the predator and pull out of the porcupine.

This doesn't hurt the porcupine, and the quills will grow back, just like our hair.

This is Willa.

She's an 18-year-old prehensile-tailed porcupine.

Now, that's pretty old for this kind of porcupine.

But even older animals can make great ambassadors for their species.

Now, Willa just joined our ambassador team this year.

So, not only has she had to learn how to be comfortable with us, but we've had to learn how to be comfortable with her.

Now, having her favorite treats around really helps.

Every day, Willa has training sessions with her trainers to learn behaviors, to help with her care, and also to help her do programs just like this.

Simple actions you take can make the world a better place for not only animals like Willa, but animals all over the world.

One big thing we can do to help is reduce the amount of trash that we produce.

For example, we can buy fruit that doesn't come wrapped in plastic or toys that come in less packaging.

You can also use reusable products like reusable shopping bags and reusable water bottles.

All these actions mean less trash that ends up in nature.

And remember, the most important thing you can do to help wildlife is to spread the word.

Your voice is the most powerful tool that you have.

On behalf of myself, Willa, and the rest of us here at the Memphis Zoo, thank you so much for hanging out with us.

And remember -- with a closer look, the ordinary can become extraordinary.

Bye, friends.

-Jump, dance, play.

It's time to get active.

Let's Move.

-When we hear the word "strong," we usually think of being physically strong, like the Hulk.

But strength isn't just physical.

It's also mental.

For instance, if you're good at math, that is a strength.

Or if you're funny, that is another strength.

Or if you're honest and caring, that is also a strength.

You have your own strengths, and it's important to embrace them because that is what makes you special.

So, now I want you to stand up.

Now you're going to step your feet apart like this.

Good.

Take one foot and turn it out to the side, like this.

Okay, you're going to bend this knee a lot.

This leg should be straight like this.

When you're ready, reach your arms all the way out to the side and keep your palms facing down.

Now let's just hold this here.

Now take a breath in.

And let it out.

[ Exhales heavily ] This pose is called Warrior 2, and Warrior 2 is a power pose because it's strengthening our legs and our ankles, but it's also making us feel strong and powerful on the inside.

Breathe in through your nose.

[ Inhales deeply ] Out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] One more time.

Breathe in through your nose.

[ Inhales deeply ] And out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] Do you feel your inner power?

Keep holding this pose.

You got this.

Take a breath in through your nose.

[ Inhales deeply ] And out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] Good.

One more time.

Take a breath in through your nose.

[ Inhales deeply ] And out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] You are a warrior.

Now I want you to come back to center and drop your arms.

Good.

So, we just did Warrior 2 on one side, and now we want to do it on the other side.

Turn your foot out to the side, like this.

Good.

Bend our knee.

And I want you to look at your other leg.

Is it straight?

Okay.

When you're ready, reach your arms to the side.

Now, let's just hold this pose for a little bit.

Breathe in through your nose... [inhales deeply] ...and out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] Okay, bend this knee a little bit more.

You got this.

Take a breath in through your nose.

[ Inhales deeply ] And out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] Do you feel like a warrior?

One more.

Breathe in through your nose.

[ Inhales sharply ] And out through your mouth.

[ Exhales heavily ] Feel your inner strength and your inner power and just keep practicing.

♪♪ Whenever you start to compare yourself to others, remember you have strengths that are unique and special to you.

And whenever you need to remind yourself of your inner strength, just get up and do Warrior 2 pose and own your power.

♪♪ -What did you think of that last activity?

Pretty great if you ask me.

And speaking of great, who's ready for a... Zach challenge?

Bam!

[ Chuckles ] Being that today is inside-out day on "Camp TV," my mission is to get every tissue inside this box out all in under 30 seconds.

My other mission -- to not waste these perfectly good tissues once the fun is done.

I pledge with clean hands and a clean table that whatever I take out of this box will be returned to the box and reused.

Ready...steady... [ Timer beeping ] Ahh!

[ Laughs ] ♪♪ Ugh!

[ Breathing rapidly ] [ Gasps ] Ah!

They're stuck!

Did a bunch there.

Ahh!

♪♪ Nailed it!

[ Laughs ] [ Buzzer ] Whew!

That was tough.

But so am I.

See you after your next few activities.

♪♪ ♪♪ Arts and crafts?

Yes, please.

Let's Get Artsy.

♪♪ -If you wanted to make a concert grand harp, it might take you a year.

But we can do a pretty good job with a box and some rubber bands.

This is one that's already completed.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] And I have a regular box here and another file-folder box here.

You can use either one.

If you find a shoe box, the smaller the better.

You can decorate it any way you want.

And then get a bunch of rubber bands.

If you can find ones of different sizes, that'll be the most fun to make different sounds.

So, you do want to make sure you have a grown-up helping you.

You don't want to get your face too close just in case these do break.

And you just stretch it over the box.

Make sure you like the way it sounds.

[ Rubber band plunks ] That's pretty good.

I'm going to use a blue one next.

[ Rubber band plunks ] That's pretty similar.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] So, I'm going to try to find a smaller one that'll stretch even more and maybe make a higher sound.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] That's pretty good.

So, this is pretty done.

That's a good harp right there.

And now if you have a file folder at home, you can make a different kind of harp.

Maybe you might need bigger rubber bands for this one.

[ Rubber band plunks ] The more you stretch them, as long as they don't break, the more tension there will be... [ Rubber band plunks ] ...and the pitch of the rubber band will change.

[ Rubber band plunks ] Good.

That's two different sounds.

Let's see what this thick one sounds like.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] Pretty good.

How about another big one?

[ Rubber bands plunk ] Sometimes you need to adjust a little bit.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] That's pretty nice.

♪ Da da da dum And I think we need one more.

That one's going to be too small.

So we'll use another blue one.

[ Rubber bands plunking ] So, you can either pluck it... [ Rubber bands plunking ] ...or do your glissando.

[ Rubber bands play glissando ] -Welcome back to inside-out day on "Camp TV."

Have you ever heard someone being described as wearing their heart on their sleeve?

It's when you make what you're feeling on the inside clear to people on the outside.

Now, some days I find it's really easy to express how I'm feeling, and other times, not so much.

All I know is, when I share how I'm feeling with others -- a good friend or a trusted adult -- I often feel better.

But sometimes I would rather let someone else do the talking for me.

And that someone or something... is this.

Say hello to my mini moody me.

You can make one, too.

Here's how.

Find two paper cups, a marker, scissors or a crafting knife.

Heads up -- please ask an adult for help when it comes to the cutting part.

First, draw a simple design of your face on one of the paper cups.

Then, with the help of an adult, carefully cut out the middle section.

Next, place the second cup into the first and draw a mood.

Feel free to draw any sort of expression you'd like -- happy, silly, angry, sad.

Just make sure to rotate the paper cup until a new blank space appears for drawing the next mood.

And there it is -- a mini, moody me.

-Blb-blb-blb-blb-blb-blb!

-I know.

I'll miss our campers, too.

But they'll be back right after the next few activities.

♪♪ Mmm!

Let's Get Cooking.

♪♪ -Hi.

I'm Sammy with "America's Test Kitchen Kids," and I'm 12 years old.

And we're going to be learning how to measure liquid ingredients by making a New York chocolate egg cream.

When measuring liquid ingredients, we have to measure accurately.

One time I was making a pasta recipe and I didn't measure accurately the flour and I had to go back and, like, take it out.

So, it was very annoying.

So we have to make sure we measure accurately.

Now we're going to start measuring.

You're going to have to measure seltzer and milk with a liquid measure.

But let's start by measuring the chocolate syrup.

You want to measure two tablespoons of this right into a glass or a cup.

Make sure that you're filling it all the way up to the top of the measuring so that you get all of the chocolate in.

And don't forget that you have to put two.

♪♪ We're going to be adding 1/3 cup of whole milk.

So, we're going to use this liquid measuring cup, and you want to pour your whole milk in.

And it's important to squat down so you can see how much you get in so that your eye is level with the line of the 1/3 cup.

And you want to pour it right on top of your chocolate sauce.

And then you want to mix it up really well so that it's just a chocolate milk and there are no more streaks of chocolate in it.

♪♪ So, now let's measure our seltzer.

You want to put it up to the 2/3 cup line.

You want to squat down so that your eye is even with the line so that you get the perfect amount.

Perfect.

Once you have that, you want to pour it into your chocolate milk mixture.

And you can stir it this time with a pretzel rod.

♪♪ And then the bubbles are going to start forming at the top.

And you want to serve it right after you mix it.

This way, it will taste the best.

♪♪ Tastes very good.

And if you bite the pretzel... you got a very nice salty and sweet together.

So, that's how you make a New York chocolate egg cream.

Today we learned how to measure liquid ingredients.

Thank you for watching.

Bye!

-Music, dance, magic, and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

-Hey, everyone.

I'm Sarah, a teaching artist at the New Victory Theater.

I'm here in the Brooklyn location of the New Vic, a.k.a.

my living room.

And this is exciting.

There is a live audience here.

This arts break combines magic and clowning and challenges you to create ridiculous magic tricks which everyone can see aren't really magic.

Um, I'm going to be spoofing three different magic effects.

"Spoof" means to imitate or pretend to do in a funny way, and effects are types of tricks.

Let's do it.

Did you know I can predict the future?

I predict that 1.5 seconds from now, I will dump this bucket of socks on my head.

♪♪ Magic.

♪♪ Can you think of a ridiculous way to make a prediction?

I will now move this roll of duct tape from one side of the table to the other, not with my hands, but with the power of my mind.

[ Inhales sharply ] ♪♪ Magic.

-[ Smooches ] -Can you think of a ridiculous way to move things with your mind?

I can make things appear out of nowhere.

♪♪ Magic.

-[ Exhales sharply ] -Can you think of a ridiculous way to make things appear?

Let's review.

I spoofed these three effects -- making predictions, moving things with your mind, and making things appear.

Here are a few other classic effects you can create ridiculous versions of -- making things disappear, magically putting things back together, making things change places, and making things float.

Speaking of which, I'm levitating right now.

♪♪ I'd like to thank the audience for being here.

-[ Snoring ] -And I'd like to thank you for watching.

See you later.

[ Fingers snap ] Magic.

-Daytime or nighttime, it's always time for story time.

Welcome back.

Before you go, let's bring the inside out one last time, and I've got just the thing to do it -- a book about skeletons.

Don't worry.

It's not as creepy as it sounds.

It's called "Samira and the Skeletons," written by Camilla Kuhn.

And no one reads it better than my friend Evie.

So, Evie, take it away.

-Thanks, Zach.

Hello, and today I'm going to be reading "Samira and the Skeletons," by Camilla Kuhn.

But first I wanted to tell you something.

My clothes are inside out.

That's because "Samira and the Skeletons" is a very inside-out book.

Now let's read it.

♪♪ -"Samira thinks it's wonderful being Samira!

And it's wonderful being at school, and it's wonderful being best friends with Frida.

But one day the teacher stands up and says something really horrible.

'Inside our bodies, we each have a skeleton,' the teacher says.

"With a skull, and ribs, and a spine, and --" 'No way!'

Samira shouts.

'I do not.

And neither does Frida.'

'Yes, you do,' the teacher says.

'Everyone does.

I have a skeleton, and Sven has one, and Serena, and Kenan... Everyone has a skeleton.

Everyone in the whole wide world.

You do too, Samira.

And Frida,' says the teacher.

♪♪ 'Just look at your lovely teeth!

That's your skeleton peeping out of your mouth.

"Peekaboo," it's saying.

"Can I have something to chew on soon?"

Which is perfect, because it's time for lunch!'

says the teacher.

'Enjoy!'

It's a terrible lunch break.

It's impossible to eat with your mouth full of bones.

And you can't talk either.

'Want to sit together?'

Frida asks, but Samira can't answer.

Frida and her skeleton sit somewhere else.

'Fine,' Samira thinks, because she doesn't like Frida so much anymore.

Skeleton-Frida.

Then it's gym class.

The teacher shouts a lot.

Run here, run there, jump and hop around and climb and do a somersault with a body full of bones.

Samira can feel them there and there and there.

And the skeleton copies what she does all the time.

'Now walk in pairs,' the teacher says.

And Skeleton-Frida comes over and wants to be her partner.

But Samira doesn't want to be with her.

Mom comes to pick Samira up.

Bony fingers and bony cheeks?

She's not getting a hug.

And Samira walks behind her all the way home.

'Bad day today, Samira?"

Mom asks.

'I have a skeleton,' Samira says.

'So does Frida.

And so do you.

And so does everyone in the world!'

'Is that so?'

Mom says 'Yuck, how horrible!'

'I don't want one, Samira says.

'I can understand that,' Mom says.

'Get rid of it!'

Samira says.

'Okay!'

Mom says.

'Can you do that?'

Samira asks.

'Sure, I can,' Mom says.

'We'll just take the skeleton out and put it under your pillow, and then the tooth fairy will come and get it during the night.'

'The tooth fairy?'

'Yes, and she'll be so, so happy!

Imagine getting a whole skeleton when she usually only gets silly little teeth!'

♪♪ Mom fetches some tools, a bucket, and some bandages, and Samira has to lie on the kitchen table.

'But don't I actually need a skeleton?'

Samira asks.

'Not at all.

Snails don't have a skeleton, and neither do worms or jellyfish.

And they manage just fine, don't they?'

Well, they mostly crawl around on the ground or float in water.

But that's just fine, isn't it?'

Mom says.

'Yes,' Samira says.

'Here we go then,' Mom says.

'Head or feet first?'

'Um,' Samira says.

'I'll start with the head.

Lie very still now.

'One, two --' The skeleton jumps off the table.

'No, no, no!"

it screams and runs out the door as fast as it can down the road.

and all the way to the block where Frida lives.

Frida is sitting in the playground at the end of her street.

'Stop me!'

Samira shouts.

'It's my skeleton.

It's gone completely nuts.'

'Mine too!

Frida shouts, And she starts hopping around and running just like Samira.

'Hold me tight,' Samira shouts.

'And you hold me tight, too,' Frida shouts.

And they hold each other tight and laugh and dance.

Then Samira says, 'And now my skeleton wants to jump rope!'

'Mine too,' says Frida.

Samira and Frida jump rope in the yard.

The skeletons join in, but they can't be seen.

They're inside, where they've always been.

Mom has packed away the tools.

'That's good,' Samira thinks.

Soon it is a new day at school.

'And under our skin, we have muscles.

They are the same as meat,' the teacher says.

'Exactly like a steak.'

'Steak?!"

Samira says.

'Yes.

Or ground beef.

And you've got them too, Samira.

And Frida.

Everyone does.

Everyone in the whole wide world," says the teacher.

♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ "Camp TV" ♪ It's time for us to part ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ To summer 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" -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.

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