-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 ♪♪ Oh, hi!

I almost didn't see you there.

Are you early or am I running late?

[ Clock ticking ] Nope.

You are exactly on time.

Aah!

Uh, can you hold on for just one second?

I'm not ready yet.

Um, talk amongst yourselves.

[ Sloop! ]

[ Zing! ]

[ Wind whistling ] [ Fanfare plays ] Ta-da!

What?

You look concerned.

Not enough?

[ Sloop! ]

[ Zing! ]

♪♪ Ah.

That's better.

Uh, I see I may have gone a little over the top.

Oh.

Well, that is just ridiculous.

There we go.

Much better.

Okay.

Let's see.

We've got...some zebra stripes.

We've got some polka dots.

And we've got some plaid.

Are you seeing a pattern yet?

Great!

Because today is Pattern Day on "Camp TV."

Have fun at your first few activities.

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

What is small, brown, and lives high on the mountaintops?

It sounds like the beginning of a cheesy joke, but it's actually the American pika.

These tiny, adorable mammals aren't just cute to look at.

They are living clues for scientists studying how climate change affects our planet.

Let's talk about why.

So, what are pika anyway?

They look a lot like hamsters but are actually close cousins of rabbits and hares.

Pika and their relatives belong to a group called lagomorphs, an order of small and furry mammals with four top front teeth that never stop growing.

They love to eat their veggies.

No meat for them.

Pika are different from their cousins because they're really small, weighing only about as much... as a baseball.

And they live out here!

[ Voice echoing ] If you've never seen pika before, you're not alone.

That's because they only live in rocky environments like this one, at elevations above where trees can grow and where temperatures are cool year-round.

Here in the Rocky Mountains, this environment is called the alpine tundra, and it's an extreme place to live.

Up here at elevations like this, it's always cold, and it's always windy.

You and I might not want to spend every day up here, but to a pika, this place is paradise.

Here in the Rockies, pika live in talus fields or big, rocky areas in the tundra.

Pika are feisty, protecting their territory from neighbors with everything from scent marking to boxing matches to the fierce cry of the pika warrior.

[ Squeaks ] Pika have special adaptations to help them survive in harsh environments.

Rather than hibernating like their marmot neighbors, they stay awake for the whole winter, building tunnels underneath blankets of snow and scurrying beneath the large rocks.

Their small, round bodies, high metabolism, and thick coat help keep them warm.

Pika eat only plants, but finding plants up here in the wintertime can be tricky.

Pika prep by gathering grasses, flowers, and other plants into hay piles each summer.

When the ground is covered in snow, pika can feed on that stored vegetation for up to nine months.

Hay piles are made of lots of different types of plants, and scientists have found that pika are careful collectors.

To keep their hay piles from rotting too soon, pika harvest plants which decrease bacterial growth, making pika the cutest chemists around.

It's also possible that as those hay piles break down, they generate heat, which keep pika warm for the whole winter.

Pika aren't just adapted to survive in the cold.

They actually need to be cold.

Adaptations like their warm and cozy coat means that pika can get too warm and can't survive for very long at temperatures above about 78 degrees Fahrenheit.

We call pika habitat specialists, which means that they are so well adapted to environments like this that they can't survive anywhere else.

This is why scientists want to study pika.

As the climate changes, alpine tundra habitats normally cool enough for pika year-round might start to become too warm.

As temperatures rise, pika have to move higher and higher to find elevations and temperatures cold enough for their survival.

This means their habitat is getting smaller, and we're worried they won't be able to get from one mountain peak to another.

And you can only go so high before you run out of mountain.

This need for cold temperatures make pika an indicator species, a single species that can tell us how an entire ecosystem is doing.

Scientists visit the same talus field each year to look to see if pika are still there or if they've moved on.

If we don't find pika in places we used to see them, it might mean the area is warming up too much and that alpine habitats are being affected by climate change.

In the meantime, I'm off to go collect some data.

But I hope to see you out here someday soon peekin' some pika.

♪♪ -Hi.

Welcome back to Pattern Day on "Camp TV."

What's a pattern?

I am glad you asked.

A pattern is something that changes in a regular way.

Some patterns repeat.

Some patterns grow.

Take, for example, the stripes on my T-shirt.

We've got orange, green, white, then orange, green, and white.

The colors just keep repeating.

And here's an example of a growing pattern using the number 2.

If you add 2 to the number 2, you get 4.

If you add 2 to the number 4, you get our next number in the line -- 6.

Add 2 to the number 6, and you get 8.

See the pattern?

It keeps going up -- or growing -- by 2 each time.

We can make patterns from colors... shapes... and even sound.

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ E-I-E-I-O ♪ And on that farm, he had a cow ♪ ♪ E-I-E-I-O Moo!

And if you look closely, you can find patterns all around us -- in nature... art... and design.

Come to think of it, patterns can be found in our day, too.

Every morning, the sun rises, and then it sets.

Then the moon comes up... and then goes down.

[ Sloop! ]

And now it's time for you to go off to your next activity.

Hey, that's a pattern in our day, too.

Guess patterns really are all around us.

Music, dance, magic, and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

-Hi.

My name is Signe, and I'm a teaching artist with New Victory Theater.

And I love exploring rhythm.

I'm hoping that today we can explore rhythm together, inspired by the djembe drum.

Let's try.

So, in order for our exploration today, you're gonna need two things.

One, you're gonna need your body.

The second thing you're gonna need are some found objects from around your house that you can use safely to explore rhythm.

Here are some things that I found.

I'm gonna try a coffee tin, and I found some metal parts and an empty cup -- even some old candy that I wanted to try to play with today.

And I grabbed a spoon.

Take a minute to go around your house and find some objects that you can use to explore rhythm safely today.

They should be things that won't break.

So now that you've found some objects and you're ready to get started, let's think about what we know about the djembe.

Well, one thing I've learned about the djembe drum is that it makes low, middle, and high tones.

So let's start with exploring how we can make low, middle, and high tones with our body, starting with low tones.

Well... [ Hands slapping ] ...I could start on my thighs.

That feels that feels like maybe low.

Oh.

When I hit my chest, it's even lower.

[ Lower-pitched slap ] But what if I wanted to make a low sound with my hands?

[ Clap ] Oh, a regular clap sounds pretty high.

I wonder if I change the shape of my hands, if that could change the shape of the sound.

[ Lower-pitched clapping ] I think so.

So what I've done is I've cupped my hands... [ Lower-pitched clapping ] ...and now I've been able to make a low sound with my hands.

Did you find a low sound on your body that you like?

Good.

Hold on to that.

Try to remember it.

So now let's think about a middle sound.

[ Hands slap ] Going back to my thigh.

I like thighs as a middle.

But again, I wonder if I could make a middle sound with my hands.

[ Clapping ] That still feels pretty high.

[ Hand slaps ] Ooh!

I like that.

When I take my four fingers and I put them together... that makes a nice middle sound for me.

I'm gonna choose that as my middle sound.

[ Clapping ] Awesome.

Did you find one you liked?

Hold on to that.

And now let's find a high sound.

[ Hand slaps ] Mm.

My chest feels low.

Let's try something different.

[ Higher-pitched slap ] Oh!

That sounds high to me.

[ Higher-pitched slap ] That sounds high, too.

I think I'm gonna go with this one.

I like this one for my high sound.

Did you find a high sound you liked?

Great.

So here's my low on my body... [ Low-pitched clapping ] ...my middle... [ Hands slapping ] ...and my high.

[ Higher-pitched clapping ] Oh, I like that.

Now let's see if we can try to find a low, middle, and high with some of our found objects.

This is my coffee tin.

And I grabbed a spoon that I knew was safe to play with from the kitchen.

[ Low thudding ] Oh.

That's a nice low sound, I think.

[ Higher-pitched tap ] Oh!

Seems like we've got low on the top... [ Low thudding ] ...and on the side... [ Higher-pitched tapping ] ...that feels kind of like middle.

Low, middle.

Great.

The bottom is metal.

Let's see.

[ Clang ] Whoo!

Okay.

Okay.

That's high.

I think we found it.

I think this is our low... [ Low thudding ] ...middle...and high.

[ Tapping, clanging ] Oh, yeah.

Now, hopefully you've found some fun low, middles, and highs with the objects that you're exploring.

Or you could use your body.

Pick what you want to play with for the next part of our exploration.

I'm gonna stick with my coffee tin for the next part.

So now that I've found some low, middle, and highs, I wonder if I can put that together to make a short phrase.

[ Low thudding, higher-pitched tap ] [ Low thudding, clang ] [ Low thudding, higher-pitched tap ] [ Low thudding, clang ] I think that works for me.

And I could go slow like that.

[ Low thudding, higher-pitched tap ] Or... [ Low thudding, clang ] ...I could speed it up.

[ Low thudding, higher-pitched tap, clang ] [ Low thudding, higher-pitched tap, clang ] Can you find a phrase that you want to try slow and speed it up too?

I bet you can.

So I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming and exploring with me.

I loved exploring rhythm inspired by the djembe drum with you today.

Hope you can have more explorations with rhythm all the time.

Bye-bye for now!

-Arts and crafts?

Yes, please!

Let's get artsy.

♪♪ -What if I told you you could create a lion's face using only heart shapes?

Today, in our lion heart craft, you're going to need a glue stick, a pair of scissors, a black pen, a regular pen, and an orange and a yellow piece of paper.

Now, we need to draw our first lion heart -- the big yellow one.

So take your pen.

♪♪ Now, that heart is gonna act as the shape of the face.

Now cut it out.

♪♪ Now, the next step is to make our lion's mane.

Now, you're going to need five orange hearts for this because they all connect at the back.

One, two, three, four, five.

So try and draw your hearts about the same shape.

♪♪ Once you've drawn those five hearts, try and cut them out as perfectly as you can so that they all match up.

♪♪ All right.

After you've cut out all of your hearts, my number-one tip would be to place them before you stick the face on.

So make sure that they all line up equally.

And your face is going to go on upside down.

I know it feels right to put the heart on like this, but flip it, and it'll make sense later.

That all works out.

Time for some glue.

♪♪ All right.

Here we go.

♪♪ Now, if the edges are peeling up, just glue them down.

♪♪ Now, what would our line be without a nose?

And true to form, it's going to be shaped like a heart.

So grab your orange paper again.

Draw a small heart... ♪♪ ...and cut that one out.

♪♪ Perfect.

♪♪ Looks good to me.

Back to the glue.

♪♪ Okay.

So we've got the face, the mane, and the nose.

What else is he missing?

A pair of eyes.

If you have some googly eyes handy, they'll work out pretty well.

But if you don't, you can just draw them on.

♪♪ Now, our last step is to grab a thick felt pen.

and draw on that mouth.

And you can do some eyebrows, too, if you like.

And there you have it -- our lion heart.

♪♪ [ Lion growls ] -You took the words right out of my mouth.

Write On!

♪♪ -[ Gasps ] Aah!

Didn't see you there.

That was scary.

Anyway, this story comes to us from a 12-year-old in Illinois named Ava.

And it is called "My Monster Friends"!

[ Gasps ] Sorry.

I'm afraid of monsters.

I can do this.

Okay.

Here we go.

Once upon a time, Rosie was afraid of under her bed.

-Good night, Rosie.

And don't worry.

I've checked for monsters, and the coast is clear, my dear.

Oh, I'm a poet, and I didn't even know it.

-There are no monsters.

There are no monsters.

There are no monsters.

[ Exhales deeply ] [ Thud ] [ Gasps ] -Aah!

-Okay.

I can do this.

Just gonna check under the bed.

Aah!

-Aah!

-Wait.

Why are you screaming?

You're a monster.

-I...I, uh... -What's wrong?

-I'm hiding under your bed because I'm scared of the monster in your...closet!

-The monster in my closet?

Okay.

Come with me to the closet.

♪♪ [ Hinges creaking ] -Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Hey, that monster doesn't look scary.

She looks scared, too.

-What's wrong?

♪♪ -I'm hiding in your closet because I'm afraid of the monster in the...shadows!

-Monster in the shadows?

-Uh-huh.

-Okay.

Let's go, monsters.

To the shadows.

I know what's coming, and if there's another monster, I am not going to be scared at all.

♪♪ -Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-Aah!

-What's wrong?

-I'm scared of...you.

-I'm not scary.

Hi.

I'm Rosie.

♪♪ Yellow Monster, meet Pink Monster.

♪♪ And, Pink Monster, meet Green Monster.

♪♪ -Oh.

And that's how Rosie got new monster... [ Gasps ] ...friends who don't scare her anymore.

-It's nice to meet you, Green Monster.

-Actually, my name's Chad.

-The end!

-Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

-Hi.

My name is Gerrie.

And today we are at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

And today we are going to learn about how planes, like the one behind me, fly.

We are going to learn today how four forces of flight help keep planes in the air.

The first force that we're gonna talk about is gravity.

Gravity is what keeps us on the ground.

And because we all have weight, gravity affects us all.

So let's practice with our gravity.

Are you ready?

One, two, three.

We're all going to jump up.

And that is gravity pulling us back to earth.

Are you ready to practice again?

One, two, three.

Jump up.

There's gravity.

And because the plane behind me has so much weight, it has to overcome gravity to get off the ground.

So that is our first force -- gravity.

One, two, three.

Gravity.

The second force of flight that we're going to talk about is thrust.

You'll notice on this plane behind me that it has a large propeller.

The propeller, as it spins faster and faster, thrusts the air and moves the air behind the plane, which then thrusts the airplane forward.

So let's all do that together.

Thrust!

Again.

Thrust!

The propeller, as it spins, thrusts the airplane forward.

The third force that we're going to talk about is drag.

When the plane is moving through the air, it also has air dragging against it, which works against the plane as it moves through the air.

So let's drag ourselves through the air.

Can you do that with me?

Drag yourself through the air.

That is the third force of flight.

Our fourth and last force of flight is lift.

You see the wings behind me, which are actually folded in.

Normally when this airplane is flying, they're of course, all the way out.

You can do that, too.

Lift is generated when air flows over and under the wings.

So let's all lift ourselves up.

So the fourth force of flight is lift.

Try that again.

Lift.

So we've gone through four forces of flight -- gravity... thrust... drag... and lift.

So we talked about how the airplane moved through the air using the four forces of flight.

And now we're gonna do a little bit of airplane yoga.

I've got not only a model here, but a model here to help me demonstrate.

This is my friend Wylie.

We're gonna do some airplane yoga.

Are you ready, Wylie?

-Yes.

-Are you ready at home?

Great.

So, the first way that we're gonna learn how the airplane moves through the air when the air moves over it is pitch.

And this is when the airplane moves forward.

So everybody hold your arms out.

And we're going to pitch forward.

Pitch forward.

Oh, that feels good.

All right.

That is when the airplane moves forward.

And now we're going to roll like an airplane would.

And this is when the airplane moves side to side.

Wylie, can you hold your arms out like an airplane?

Side to side.

Roll side to side.

All right.

Everybody roll side to side.

Okay.

That feels nice.

Rolling.

And now can we pitch?

Pitch.

And roll.

Pitch.

Whoa.

I forgot to pitch.

And roll.

And our last movement is yaw.

And this is back...and forth.

Back...and forth All right.

I'm gonna demonstrate it.

Yaw -- back...and forth.

All right.

So we've got pitch... which is up and down.

Pitch.

Roll, which is side to side.

Here we go.

And yaw, which is back and forth.

And that is a little bit of airplane yoga.

And you can make up your own routine for airplane yoga if you'd like.

Put those together in any sequence you'd like.

And our airplane, then, can move around in any way that it would like through the air, using all its different control surfaces -- through the air using the four forces of flight.

Should we demonstrate those again?

We've got gravity, which keeps us on the ground.

We've got thrust, which moves us through the air, drag, which holds us back, and lift, which keeps us up.

All right.

Thank you for joining me today at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

♪♪ -Hi again.

Who's ready for a... Zach Challenge?!

I have to copy this pattern from this pile using only one hand in less than 30 seconds.

Uh...

The other trick here -- not eating the props.

♪♪ Think I can do it?

Let's see.

[ Beeping ] ♪♪ ...orange, green.

Purple...orange...green.

Purple...orange...green.

Purple...orange...green!

Purple...orange...green.

Purple...orange...green.

Purple...orange...green.

Purple...orange... [ Buzzer sounds ] No!

Oh, man!

So close.

But as they say, it's not all about winning and losing.

It's how you play the game.

And today I did not eat the props.

A Zach Challenge in more ways than one.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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.

Content provided by these institutions.

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