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Additional funding was provided by... ♪♪ ♪ Camp TV, 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 ♪ Welcome back, Camp TV'ers!

It's great to see you again.

And for our new campers, welcome to you, too.

You've come to the right place.

In fact, I've been cooking up something special just for you.

That's right, no half-baked ideas this time around.

Now, before you start grilling me -- "Zach?

Zach, what day is it on Camp TV today?"

Let's just simmer down.

So, have you guessed yet?

If not, do not stew about it.

It all boils down to this.

It's time to tickle those taste buds because today is cooking day on Camp TV.

But first, let's heat things up and get you to your first activity.

Go on.

Now you're cooking!

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

Hi, everyone.

My name is Aliana, and I'm an animal interpreter here at the Memphis Zoo.

This is a video to give you a glimpse into what some of our animals here at the Memphis Zoo have been up to lately.

So today we're going to learn about how fun it is to try brand new foods with our friend Dudley the blue-tongued skink.

Blue-tongued skinks are lizards from Australia and they're omnivores -- that's just a big word that means they like to eat a little of everything -- meat, vegetables and fruit, just like us.

As zookeepers, it's our job to give our animals a well-balanced and healthy diet; we also try to give them a lot of different kinds of food as enrichment.

Giving our animals a lot of different things to eat make their diet more interesting because you would probably get pretty bored if you had to eat the same thing every day.

Having a healthy diet will give you lots of energy to do all sorts of fun activities over the summer.

But that doesn't mean that the things that you eat have to be boring.

Today, we're going to see how much Dudley enjoys trying new food, and maybe it'll give you some ideas of food that you can try.

The Dudley is going to try out some new fruits, and we're going to see what he likes best.

♪♪ We've given him some grapes, apple and melon that we cut into smaller pieces so it's easier for him to eat.

Dudley is less than a year old and still growing.

So a healthy, well-balanced diet is especially important for him.

When he's full grown, he will be about two feet long.

And to give him all the nutrients that he needs to get big and strong, we give him salads during the week and plenty of his favorite food: insects like worms and crickets.

You can probably see Dudley sticking out his bright blue tongue.

And that's because blue-tongued skinks and other lizards use their tongues to smell.

He's smelling these new things that we gave him to see and he wants to investigate further.

And it looks like he does.

It is always fun to try something new to eat, just like Dudley did today.

So we saw Dudley's bright blue tongue that gives his species its name.

But you might be wondering, why is it blue?

In addition to being Dudley's method of smelling and figuring out his environment, his tongue helps keep him safe.

In nature, blue is a warning color that tells other animals, wait, there may be something about me that you don't want to mess with.

A lot of animals that are venomous or poisonous have bright blue coloring.

But Dudley isn't either of those things.

He's pretending to be a venomous snake called a death adder that has a bright blue mouth.

If we're scared of a bigger animal, he would open his mouth really wide, show off that bright blue tongue and hiss really loudly.

Since he has a long body and very short legs.

Many animals would mistake him for a scary snake and either run away or pause before investigating further.

That pause would give Dudley time to run away, probably to a burrow underground where blue-tongued skinks sometimes like to live.

Dudley is pretending to be a snake with his body shape and his loud hiss, but we learned earlier that he's a kind of lizard.

So how can we tell that he's a lizard?

The most obvious reason is that he has legs, but there are other characteristics that make lizards different from snakes.

One difference is their eyes.

You would never want to enter a staring contest with a snake, but you might be able to win one against a lizard.

That's because lizards have eyelids while snakes do not.

So Dudley blinks just like we do, and closes his eyes at night when he goes to sleep.

The other thing that lizards have that snakes do not is ears.

Snakes do not have ears, but Dudley has two ear holes at the back of his head.

Blue-tongued skinks have their ears at the back of their head to help keep dirt out of them when they're burrowing underground.

We don't have blue-tongued skinks like Dudley here in the United States, but we do have a lot of different lizard species.

One thing you can do to help lizards where you live and really all animals is giving them lots of space if you see them in the wild.

If you see a lizard out and about, you can take a couple steps back and give it the space that it needs to go about its business.

It could be basking in the sun, not bothering anybody, or even doing something that helps us.

Remember I said that Dudley's very favorite food is bugs.

Lizards that eat insects provide us an excellent pest control service and help control the populations of bugs that might annoy us or cause us problems.

-Music, dance, magic and more -- step right up to Center Stage.

♪♪ This is a story about changing the world.

Even if you don't know how.

♪ One time there was a giraffe ♪ ♪ And he wanted to change the world ♪ ♪ But he didn't know how, he didn't know how ♪ ♪ Oh, he didn't know, didn't know, didn't know ♪ ♪ He didn't know, no, he didn't know how ♪ ♪ To change the world, change the world ♪ ♪ So he saw a dinosaur ♪ Hello!

♪ He said, "We should change this world" ♪ ♪ The dinosaur didn't know how ♪ I have no idea how to do that!

♪ He didn't know, didn't know, didn't know ♪ ♪ The dinosaur didn't know how ♪ ♪ To change the world ♪ But if you like I could come along and see how it ends.

Then come on!

♪ So they met up with this penguin ♪ ♪ Asked, how do you change this world?

♪ ♪ The penguin said ♪ Golly, I don't know!

But you could go to the library maybe?

♪ Unh-uh, she didn't know, didn't know, didn't know ♪ ♪ The penguin didn't know how to change to world ♪ ♪ Change the world ♪ ♪ Down on their luck ♪ ♪ In an unchanged world ♪ ♪ The giraffe and the dino and the penguin ♪ ♪ Went into the jungle ♪ ♪ The found the lion ♪ Roar!

♪ And they asked, how do you change the world?

♪ Change the world, change the world, sure, sure, sure, change the world, I got this, change the world, I know how, let me just grab my laptop.

♪ The lion had a computer and it was powerful ♪ ♪ He changed the world into a zoo ♪ ♪ That lion somehow had a computer ♪ ♪ And it was fully charged ♪ ♪ He changed the world into a zoo ♪ ♪ And he knew, he knew, he knew, he knew ♪ ♪ How to change the world -- into a zoo ♪ ♪ Whoo-ooh ♪ ♪ He knew, he knew, he knew, he knew ♪ ♪ How to change the world ♪ ♪ And now they know ♪ ♪ We know how to change the world ♪ -♪ Everybody ♪ -♪ To a zoo ♪ ♪ A zoo for all the animals ♪ -♪ Guess what ♪ -♪ Yes, we know ♪ -♪ Ah, the giraffe ♪ -♪ How to change the world ♪ ♪ I said, a giraffe and a lion ♪ ♪ Change the world ♪ ♪ We know how to change the world ♪ ♪ Into a zoo, a zoo for all the animals ♪ ♪ Elephant, the monkey's in the tree ♪ ♪ Change the world ♪ ♪ Who will help me?

♪ ♪ To change the world to ♪ [ Giraffe scat-singing ] ♪ Into a zoo, a zoo for all the animals ♪ ♪ We know, we know, we know, we know how to change the world ♪ ♪ Into a zoo ♪ ♪ I can change the world to ♪ ♪ He knew, he knew, he knew, he knew how to change the world ♪ ♪ And no one ask questions ♪ ♪ About how that lion got a computer ♪ ♪ Hmm!

♪ The end!

[ Cheering and applause ] Okay.

How fun was that?

Speaking of fun, some of my favorite memories are from when I used to cook with my grandma, my Nai nai.

She used to make the best steamed dumplings.

She pleat the dough so beautifully.

It was like each one was a tiny present -- and they were so fluffy.

I used to dream about sleeping on one like a pillow.

My Nai nai would ask me to try all sorts of foods, different colors, tastes, textures, some better than others.

But that's how I figured out some of my favorite foods.

Have you ever tried a new food?

Do you remember what it felt like?

Sounded like?

Smelled like?

Oh, wow.

No time to answer that right now.

Got to peel yourself away and head to your next activity.

See you back here soon.

Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together -- it's Science Wow!

Hi, everyone.

My name is Arvolyn Hill, and I'm coordinator of family programs at the Everett Children's Adventure Garden.

Today, I'm going to be showing you how to do nature observations with plants around your house or outside your window or around the park.

To do this activity, you just need a piece of paper, a notebook and a pencil, and whatever you decide to observe.

So I chose this Monstera plant.

It's one of my favorite plants that I have in my home.

And Nature Observations is an activity that we do all over the children's garden to help students take a moment to look at plants more closely.

Notice the details they might not notice, but more importantly, to make observations just like a scientist.

It's not about drawing a pretty picture.

It's about making observations, taking notes, and noticing really what you see through your own perspective.

And to do this activity, I'm going to share with you three prompts that are from the BEETLES Project, which is through the Lawrence Hall of Science.

And it's an amazing resource center for science and field educators and outdoor educators.

And they shared these prompts with me, and we do them across the botanical gardens with students and families that come to visit us.

So the first prompt is, "I notice."

And so you just take a moment and you share all the things, or you write down all the things that you notice about your plant.

So I notice that my plant has three large leaves.

I also noticed that one of the leaves has a hole inside of it.

The second prompt is, "I wonder."

What do you wonder about the plant?

What are you not sure about?

From my plant, I'm wondering why one of the leaves is starting to brown while all of the other leaves aren't showing any brownness or dryness on them.

I'm also wondering, does this plant ever flower?

I've had this plant for many years and I've never seen it blooming flower.

So I'm wondering, does that ever flower?

And I'm also wondering how big do these leaves get?

Is this the biggest they get or are they going to get even bigger than this?

How big do the leaves of this plant get?

And then the last prompt is, "it reminds me of."

What is it that you're looking at, does it trigger a memory inside of you?

Does remind you of another plant?

What does it remind you of?

For me, this plant reminds me of prehistoric times.

I feel like this plant has been around since the dinosaurs.

It also reminds me of an umbrella because it's so big, and it reminds me of being in the jungle and the tropics.

It's not a plant around like where I've seen in the area that I'm in.

And you can write down all your observations.

You can see mine.

I drew my plant and I wrote down, "I notice, I wonder, It reminds me of," so I can continue to make observations.

And if you don't feel comfortable drawing, you can use words, you can use numbers to observe what you see.

And this is a really great activity that you can do with so many plants.

Just remembering those three prompts -- I notice, I wonder, it reminds me of.

All right, I hope you enjoyed this.

Have fun and enjoy nature observations.

What's cooking?

We are.

Are you ready for today's Zach Challenge?!

Let us see if I can pull off making these ridiculously adorable frozen banana penguins.

Because who wouldn't want one of these charmers around?

You will need some bananas, melted chocolate, candy eyes, and hard shelled candy coated chocolates.

First, peel the banana and cut it in half.

With the help of an adult, melt some chocolate.

When it's cool enough to handle, dip the tip of the banana into the chocolate and keep the rest of the banana for a snack for later.

Add the candy eyes, and don't worry if you don't have store bought ones.

You can always make your own, say, with some white frosting and mini chocolate chips instead.

Add half a candy for the beak, then add a little.

more chocolate to the bottom of the banana and add two yellow feet.

Put your penguin in the freezer for 20 minutes and they'll instantly feel right at home.

Then take them out of the freezer.

And there you have it.

A new best friend or snack?

♪♪ I'm not sure if I have the heart to do this.

I'm going to stick with eating the rest of this leftover banana, at least for right now.

Jump dance, play.

It's time to get active -- Let's Move.

Now we're ready to get into some fun -- first activity we're gonna do is air balloon.

Now, it sounds exactly what it is.

We're going to try to keep the balloon from hitting of the floor.

Now, if you have family members or friends around who would like to participate as well, I recommend you do that.

Definitely adds to the fun.

Now, a few things to be aware of -- make sure you're not running around the whole house and knocking things over, be mindful of your surroundings and be mindful of your partner.

You don't want to be rushing and hitting into each other.

Okay?

Now, as we're doing this activity, I'm going to call out different body parts to you to hit the balloon in the air, okay?

So it might be your head, it might be your elbows, it might be your legs, whatever it is, try to switch it up and make it a little bit more challenging.

And if you find that you cannot do a certain body part, like your legs or your arms, keep trying.

That's how you'll figure it out.

All right?

So here we go.

First thing we're gonna do, balloon up in the air, and we're just going to use our arms and legs to start out with, all right?

Here we go.

♪♪ Almost missed that.

♪♪ ♪♪ Now, as you're hitting the balloon, make sure you keep moving around and not stay in one spot.

Wanna make this a little challenging.

So, if you can, try to jump each time you hit the ball -- each time you hit the balloon, do a jump, all right?

Here we go.

♪♪ All right.

Now grab the balloon, if you find that one balloon was a little too easy, you can always add more.

It doesn't matter what type of balloons they are, you can improvise.

So if you see, I have two different size balloons, but you can still play the game.

All right, so now we're gonna try to keep both balloons up in the air without hitting the floor.

Ready, go.

♪♪ Aw, I lost the small one, we can keep going with the big one!

♪♪ Now try to only use your elbows, alright?

You might have to move around a little bit faster to get to the balloon.

Just elbows only, all right?

Here we go.

♪♪ Oh, I missed it!

The balloon's down.

All right.

We gotta try that again, all right?

Here we go, elbows only.

♪♪ Now go to your head!

Head only!

♪♪ Oh, that's really hard!

♪♪ Oh, very nice.

So, the objective of this game, keep the balloon from hitting the floor.

And if you have family and friends that play along with you, much more fun.

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

Hi, I'm Jasmine, and today we're going to read a story about an inventor and fighter for women's rights, Lyda Newman.

Listen closely and read along.

I'll be asking you some questions as we go.

"Lyda Newman, Inventor and Fighter," by Readworks.

Illustrations by Yosheum Son.

Lyda Newman was an African-American hairdresser.

But that's not all she was.

She was also an inventor!

She created the modern hairbrush.

Her hair brush could get dust and dirt out of hair.

It was also easy to clean.

Lyda Newman was inspired by her work experience to come up with a new invention.

What did Lyda Newman invent?

Lyda was a great inventor.

But she did even more!

Lyda Newman also fought for women's rights in the United States.

Many years ago, women couldn't vote.

Lyda would go and talk about this problem.

She got many people to support the cause.

She kept fighting for these rights all her life.

What was the cause that inspired Lyda Newman during her lifetime?

Lyda was a strong woman who fought for change.

Go, Lyda!

As we just heard, Lyda Newman was a great inventor who also worked hard to fight for what she believed was right.

You can also be inspired by Lyda Newman too.

Make a poster about a cause that's important to you.

Use it to show the world what you care about.

See you next time.

Bye.

Zach: Curiosity and wonder, let's discover together -- It's Science Wow!

Hi, kids, my name is Maria.

And today I'm here to teach you some science.

I have a little bit of water here in this bucket.

I'm going to add a bit more to show you a really cool trick.

When we pick up a bucket of water and we pour some out, the water just spills as I tilt it.

But if I do this really cool trick, I can keep the water inside of the bucket without it spilling -- watch.

The water is directly over my head and none of it is filling out.

I can do that by using this special force called centripetal force.

I bet you've already experienced centripetal force.

Have you ever been on the playground and went on that spinny thing that goes really fast?

Well, when you're on there, you have to hold on so tightly because if you don't, you'll fly right off.

The reason is because centripetal force is just pushing you to the outside of that merry go round.

Another really cool ride is a carousel.

The carousel uses the same motion -- centripetal force -- that pushes you to the outside.

And this last ride, the Himalaya, uses the same idea, except because it goes so fast, it is really pushing you to the outside.

If you're on the ride with a friend, you'll see that all of you end up pushing to the outside of the ride and squishing each other tremendously.

But it's a fun ride, isn't it?

Imagine you're spinning a ball on a string in a circular motion.

As you're spinning it, the ball is moving along the outside of that circle.

The force that keeps it moving and pushing to the outside of the circle is called centripetal force.

That word isn't very easy to say, is it -- centripetal force.

What it actually means, though, is center seeking, and while forces are acting in, the forces also are acting out.

That's how you can ride on an upside down rollercoaster is by using centripetal force.

This ever happened to you?

You want the ketchup, or you want chocolate syrup, and it just isn't coming out.

There's no more.

Most people will just throw the bottle away.

But in our house, we use centripetal force.

My favorite little centripetal force expert is Leah.

Leah, can you come help?

Can you get the ketchup out for me?

Mm-hmm.

Using a little bit of centripetal force, we now have some ketchup.

You can try this trick at home, too.

But first, you must follow these steps.

Ask an adult if you can try this trick.

The second step is really important: Make sure your lid is closed.

If it's not closed you may end up with ketchup all over your ceiling and walls.

So really make sure it's closed tightly.

The next thing I shall the usual grab the bottom of the bottle and stand up to use centripetal force.

That means that we're just going to simply spin it overhead a few times.

Once you do that, voila, you get ketchup.

Have you ever been told to stop playing with your food?

Well, for this game, I encourage it.

I'm going to give you a riddle, and you have to try and guess what's inside each bag.

The items inside are either a fruit or a vegetable.

Two of the five food groups.

If you guess right, awesome.

If you guess wrong, also awesome.

No one is keeping score.

Ready?

I am in the vegetable group.

I grow underground.

I can be eaten cooked or raw.

I help keep your eyes healthy and rabbits happy.

I am the color orange.

I am... A carrot.

Next one.

I am in the fruit group.

They say a very famous scientist named Isaac Newton from the 17th century was sitting under a tree when one of these fell on his head.

Legend has it it helped young Isaac come up with the law of gravity.

Newton's law of universal gravitation is super cool, but we are running out of time, so I encourage you to look it up to learn more about it and him.

Okay, back to the game.

I am... An apple!

And finally, I am in the vegetable group.

I taste good, raw, steamed, sauteed, or roasted.

My closest vegetable cousin is cauliflower -- but we're not on speaking terms at the moment.

I am...

Broccoli!

Nice work.

Next time, maybe we will try the other three food groups.

Don't want the grains, dairy products or proteins to feel left out.

Now, excuse me while I figure out how to use these in my next recipe.

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