♪♪ -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 Joan Ganz Cooney.

♪♪ -♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To some 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" ♪ Aren't birthdays the best?

So I say, why celebrate only once a year?

I mean, the world's a better place because of you.

Who's with me?

Okay.

So, close your eyes and don't open them until I say so.

Oh, and no peeking.

Surprise!

[ Fanfare plays ] Welcome to It's Not Really My Birthday Day on "Camp TV."

This one's for you.

And if today really is your birthday, well, then an extra-special "happy birthday" from me and a few thousand of your "Camp TV" friends.

It's so nice, we are celebrating it twice.

[ Blows horn ] See you after your first activity.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Write On.

This is my story, "The Candy Invention."

-♪ I'm an inventor ♪ ♪ What's up?

Hi, hello ♪ ♪ Watch as I transform these shoes to marshmallows ♪ [ Button beeps, confetti explodes ] [ Confetti explodes ] -♪ It's me, The Mayor ♪ ♪ Work in school's been banned ♪ ♪ Sorry, somehow the Earth has turned to Candy Land ♪ [ Button beeps, machine powers down ] [ Cone howls ] -Woof!

It's The Inventor.

-♪ My invention was an epic fail ♪ -Oh, don't worry, darling.

I'll use my magic tail.

-♪ Magic ♪ -Okay.

That looked like a lot of fun.

Ready for some more?

Well, then, it's time for today's... Zach Challenge!

Here we have 12 innocent-looking mini cupcakes.

Now, you're probably thinking, "Aw, they're so cute," or, "Boy, those look yummy."

Both may be true, but don't let that fool you.

These guys will not go easy on me.

My challenge?

To see how many I can stuff in my mouth before being mistaken for a chipmunk.

Now, please do not try this at home.

No, really.

We will all get in a lot of trouble.

Promise?

Okay.

[ Exhales ] Here goes.

♪♪ [ Ding! ]

-One!

-[ Mumbles ] [ Ding! ]

-Two!

-Mm.

[ Groans ] [ Ding! ]

-Three!

♪♪ [ Ding! ]

Four!

-[ Mumbles ] [ Applause ] -Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

Hey, everybody.

Fox here.

I was just washing my hands, and I discovered a really cool trick.

I can bend water using a comb.

I don't even have to touch the water.

Watch.

So, was that magic?

[ Boing! ]

Am I a wizard?

Nope.

It's actually science.

And it's something that you can try at home.

All you need is a comb, a faucet, and some static electricity.

To learn about static electricity, we have to start small.

I want you to think of the smallest things that you know -- fleas, dust particles, germs!

No, even smaller.

We're talking about these things called atoms.

Atoms build up all matter, like me or coffee mugs, cars, clouds, and air, the moon, flowers, cats, dogs, this guy, or you.

All of the matter around us is made of atoms.

Can I show you a single one?

Let's try it.

♪♪ Nope.

These atoms are so small that they don't really interact with light, which means we're not gonna be able to see them with our eyes.

Now, as small as they are, there's something even smaller inside of them that gives us our static electricity.

An atom looks something like this, and they are made of stuff called protons and electrons.

Protons make up the nucleus in the center, and electrons are outside of that.

We like to say that protons are positively charged and electrons are negatively charged.

When there's an equal number of both, the whole atom itself is neutral.

Let's see what happens if the atom rubs against another atom.

Some of its electrons might move off onto the other atom, or it might take some of the electrons instead.

The atom is no longer neutral because it has a different number of protons and electrons.

Now it is either positively charged for having more protons or negatively charged for having more electrons.

Let's check it out.

If I take this balloon and rub it on my totally-not-fake hair, like this... ...we're causing electrons to move around.

The balloon takes on a positive or negative charge, and my luxurious hair takes on the opposite.

There is a difference between electricity and magnetism, but I can use these magnets to model what's going on.

Positive and positive will push each other away.

Same goes for negative and negative.

However, if we go positive and negative, opposite sides, they will attract and come together.

Since there are two different charges between my hair and the balloon, the atoms that make up my hair try to follow it.

Let's check out the faucet again.

Water is matter, which means it's made of atoms.

And each of those atoms has protons and electrons.

If I comb my glorious and realistic hair, the atoms in the comb are losing or gaining electrons.

Let's say that the atoms in this comb are now negatively charged.

If I bring that comb close to the water just like this, the electrons in the water atoms are repelled by the negatively charged comb, and the protons are drawn towards it.

This makes the stream of water bend.

By the way, if you ever feel a small shock while playing with static electricity, that's what we call a static discharge.

It's when the electrons flow from a negatively charged atom to a positively charged atom, and both atoms return to their neutral, normal state.

Since this is an electric current, you might feel a small shock, hear a faint crackling sound, and you might even see a tiny spark.

These static discharges aren't dangerous on such a small scale, so feel free to play around.

You can try these activities at home.

There's another activity that's kind of hard to see on camera, but still worth trying.

Get a cotton or fleece blanket, turn off the lights, and run your hand over it a bunch of times.

You should see a really cool display of sparks.

-Welcome back.

Since It's Not Really My Birthday Day on "Camp TV," I think each one of us deserves to be treated like royalty, and what better way to make this clear than by wearing a crown?

A birthday crown, that is.

You will need a paper plate, some scissors, markers, and any decorations you'd like.

Remember, if you need some help from an adult, be sure to ask.

First, take the paper plate and fold it in half.

Draw three lines so it looks like pizza slices or triangles.

Begin cutting at the lines, but do not cut all the way.

Only cut up to the ruffled edge.

Open up the plate and make the two final cuts.

♪♪ Now all that's left is to decorate it.

Feel free to color your crown however you'd like.

To make the crown part stand up, fold the triangles up, and there you have it.

Shall we try it on for size?

Perfect.

Ready for some math that counts?

Count On.

-Have you ever wanted chocolate chip cookies so badly that [sighs] you just start daydreaming about them?

Ah, smelling them baking, taking them out of the oven, waiting for them to cool just enough so you can dunk them in milk and take a bite.

The delectable taste with the perfect amount of chocolate chips.

Ah, my mouth is watering.

Let's look up some recipes.

"Chocolate chip cookies."

Here's one.

"Chocolate chip cookies.

Ingredients for four dozen cookies?

If one dozen is 12, then that means that four dozen is 12, 24, 36, 48?

Four dozen is 48?

I'm about to make 48 cookies?

No, I can't use this recipe.

I don't need 48 cookies.

[ Sighs ] -Cut the recipe in half.

-What?

What do you mean, Granny Grams?

-If you don't want to make 48 cookies, but you still want to use the recipe, just cut it in half.

[ Feet shuffling ] -Oh, so Granny Grams is saying that, if I don't want 48 cookies, if I halve the entire recipe, so just put in half of all the ingredients, then I'll get half of the amount of cookies.

So instead of four dozen cookies, I'll get two dozen cookies.

12, 24.

24 cookies is perfect.

Hey, Granny Grams, are you going to be around?

Because I might need a little bit of help in the kitchen when I'm cutting all these ingredients in half.

-Yeah.

Alright.

-Thank you.

Let's start.

Welcome to the kitchen.

Make sure if you are ever trying to cook, you do so alongside a trusted adult, and you are safe and have permission.

The first ingredient that we are going to halve for these chocolate chip cookies are the eggs.

So the recipe for four dozen cookies calls for 2 eggs.

So what's half of 2 eggs?

Hmm.

If you said 1, you are correct.

Half of 2 is 1.

The next ingredient is 2 teaspoons of baking soda.

So right here I have some measuring cups and this one says 1 teaspoon.

So if the recipe calls for 2 teaspoons, but if I'm only going to do half of that, how many of these am I going to put in?

If you said 1, you are correct.

The next ingredient is 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.

So I have 1 tablespoon, but I need to split this in half.

How do you split 1 in half?

It's already just 1.

Um, Granny Grams.

-Yeah?

-I need help.

-Alright.

Stop yapping.

I'm coming.

Let's see.

What do we have here?

If you're trying to split a tablespoon in half, it's just that -- 1/2.

You need 1/2 tablespoon.

If you have 1/2 tablespoon, use that.

Otherwise, just fill up the tablespoon halfway.

-Thanks, Granny Gram's.

The next ingredient is 1 teaspoon of salt.

Similar to the last one, we started with 1.

So if the original recipe called for 1 teaspoon, then for my recipe, I'm going to do half of that, so I'm going to do 1/2 teaspoon.

Perfect.

The next ingredient is 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.

Well, I have my 1/2 cup right here, but I need half of that.

What's half of 1/2 cup?

I mean, I guess I could just fill this up halfway, but what does that mean?

Granny Gram's, what's half of a half?

-Half of a half?

That's easy as pie.

Let me show you how it's done.

You can figure this one out by using a fraction model.

We can clearly see that half of a half is a fourth.

You could also multiply 1/2 times 1/2.

It's easy.

Multiply the numerators, multiply the denominators.

The answer is 1/4.

So either use a fourth of a cup or fill your 1/2 cup up halfway.

-Perfect.

The next ingredient is 1 1/2 cups of butter or 3 sticks.

So here I have three sticks of butter.

So what would this be in half?

Well, if I cut it right in half, right at the 1 1/2 mark.

So that means that 1/2 of 3 is 1 1/2.

So I need 1 1/2 sticks of butter, so I don't need this one.

The next ingredient is 4 cups and 3 tablespoons of flour.

So I think we can do this one without Granny Grams.

So if I need 4 cups of flour, 1, 2, 3, 4 -- but I want half that amount, how many cups would it be?

If you said 2, you are correct.

Alright, so we got that part.

What about 3 tablespoons?

What's half of 3 tablespoons?

Hmm.

You might know from the butter if you said 1 1/2, you are correct.

So we need 2 cups and 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour.

The next ingredient is 3 cups of chocolate chips.

1, 2, 3.

You know what half of 3 is.

What's half of 3?

If you said 1/2, you are correct.

The next ingredient is 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch.

Okay.

1 1/2.

Granny Grams.

-Ugh.

I can never rest around here, can I?

Alright, let's see.

Easy peasy.

If we draw out 1 1/2 and label it in fourths, it's clear to see that 3/4 is half of 1 1/2.

1 1/2 is also the same as 3/2.

So we can also multiply three 3/2 times 1/2 to get the answer of 3/4.

Fill up your 1 tablespoon most of the way but not all.

-The last ingredient we need is 1 3/4 cups of brown sugar.

1 3/4?

Granny Grams, I think I need your help with this last one, too.

-Yeah, yeah.

This better be the last one.

1 3/4 is the same as having 7/4.

After you write it like that, you can multiply it by 1/2 to get the answer of 7/8.

Now, typically, you don't have measuring cups in eighths, so just fill up your cup most of the way but not all.

-Okay, all the ingredients are halved.

We're ready to follow the directions and make these cookies.

♪♪ ♪♪ These might be the fluffiest chocolate chip cookies I have ever made.

Mmm.

Wow.

These cookies were worth all the math work.

Thanks for your help, Granny Grams.

-Yeah, yeah.

-As you can see, fractions are so important and can help us do everyday things like cook.

-Ah.

Cookies?

Huh.

-Arts and crafts?

Yes, please.

Let's Get Artsy.

-[ Imitates sigh ] [ Imitates yawn ] -Hi, everyone.

My name is Curt.

I am a teaching artist for the New Victory Theater.

Thanks for joining me today.

I'm here in my apartment on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and, today, I thought it might be fun for us to do a little exploration of puppetry.

"Hello, everyone."

This is my puppet.

I just made it, and, today, I want to teach you how to make one, too.

This is a form of puppetry called Bunraku.

It comes from Japan, and it's a very ancient form of puppetry.

Loosely translated, the word means "doll," and sometimes it might be referred to as tabletop puppetry, because, as you see, these puppets will also work very well on a tabletop.

The first thing for us to do is to make our puppets, and for this, the only thing that you'll need is a grocery bag.

If you don't have a grocery bag lying around at home, don't worry about it.

You can use some scrap paper, an old newspaper or magazine, or just some spare sheets of paper that you find lying around.

The first thing to do is to cut up your paper bag into some separate sheets just like this.

Once you have your sheet, you're going to take it and have a lot of fun scrunching up like this.

Make one long, thin piece, bend it over, put a twist in for the neck, and you'll find you've made your puppet's head.

Take a second piece, scrunch it up, bend it over, and you'll find that you've made the two legs of your puppet.

Take the two pieces... ...and using a lot of sticky tape, attach them together at the neck and at the top of the legs.

Just so you can see, I've done on mine here.

Once you have that, the next thing to add is the arms.

For mine, I used the handle of my grocery bag, but it can be a strip of paper, or, again, another piece of paper rolled up like this.

You can make adjustments, make sure that you can trim the feet or the legs to be the right length that you like.

The last and final thing to add in our puppet today is the eyes.

For this, I took two pieces of tape and simply drew the eyes on like this and stuck them on the face of my puppet.

Now we're ready to learn some puppetry.

I find it's really useful to put the puppet on my knee like this, but you could also practice on a table if that helps.

The first thing we need to give our puppet is some life.

We find breathing on our own super easy and without even thinking about it.

But we do need to think about it a little bit when it comes to puppetry.

This object is inanimate.

It doesn't have any life.

So if you take a big, deep breath in with me right now [breathes deeply] notice what happens to your body, the sound of your breath and the action of filling up your lungs with air.

Now we're going to try and put that in our puppet together.

Let's practice.

[ Breathes deeply ] Sometimes the sound can really help.

We can change the quality of the breath, which might give us some idea of what emotion the puppet is feeling.

For example, if I'm feeling scared, my breath might change to [breathing rapidly] Let's try and put that in our puppet together.

[ Breathing rapidly ] Very good.

The next thing to practice is where our puppet is looking.

This is where the eyes will really help us.

Grab your puppet, place it on your knee or the table and let's practice together making our puppet look at the ceiling.

Here we go.

See if you can make your puppet look out the window.

Can it wave to a friend across the street?

Can your puppet look at the floor?

Can you make your puppet look at you and say hello?

"Hello."

Very good.

So we have the breath of our puppet and we have our puppet's focus.

The last and final thing to give our puppet is a sense of gravity and weight.

So if my puppet wanted to move from one knee to the other, we could practice that together by going... [ Grunts ] And jump back, as well.

[ Grunts ] There we go.

Now, the only extra bonus thing you might want to add is the help of a friend.

If you have a family member nearby and they want to practice some puppetry with you, you can enroll them as your feet puppeteer, which simply means they will be in charge of making the puppet walk while you remain in charge of making the puppet look, wave, breathe, and all of the skills that we've learned together today.

I hope that you have a lot of fun making your puppet.

As you can see, it's super simple.

Thank you.

Take care.

See you soon.

-I have to say, this is one of the best parties I've been to in a long time.

And you're one of the best reasons to throw one.

So before we call it a wrap, no It's Not Really My Birthday birthday can be complete without making a wish.

So hold on.

♪♪ [ Chuckles ] Ready?

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ Happy birthday, dear Camp TVers ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ Okay, time to make a wish, and I'll do the same.

[ Chime ] Wow.

Happy It's Not Really My Birthday Day, Camp TVers.

♪♪ ♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to part ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To some 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 Joan Ganz Cooney.

Content provided by these institutions.

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