Peg + Cat
The Shapes of Washington, D.C.
Clip: Season 2 Episode 7 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Peg and Cat visit our nation's capital and notice some familiar shapes.
With the help of Ramone, Peg and Cat take a trip to Washington D.C. Cat notices a large pyramid on top of an even bigger rectangular prism. Ramone explains that the Washington Monument is in the shape of an obelisk. They visit the five-sided Pentagon, the dome-roofed Capitol Building and finally, the White House.
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Peg + Cat
The Shapes of Washington, D.C.
Clip: Season 2 Episode 7 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
With the help of Ramone, Peg and Cat take a trip to Washington D.C. Cat notices a large pyramid on top of an even bigger rectangular prism. Ramone explains that the Washington Monument is in the shape of an obelisk. They visit the five-sided Pentagon, the dome-roofed Capitol Building and finally, the White House.
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is packed with giant, solid shapes.
- (Cat): Watch out for that pyramid!
- That's the Washington Monument.
One of the many historic sites in Washington, DC, capital of the United States.
- It's like a pyramid in the sky... on top of a giant rectangular prism!
- That tall pointy shape is called an obelisk.
- Bye, obelisk!
Hello, thing with so many sides!
- One, two, three, four, five.
A five-sided shape is a pentagon, right?
- Which is why they named it the Pentagon.
- (Peg): What's that thing with half a sphere on top?
- (Ramone): The Capitol!
- (Cat): Nice cap, Capitol!
- Check out the big triangle on that house!
It takes four super-tall cylinders to hold it up.
What's that white house called, Ramone?
- The White House.
- Yeah, but what's it called?
- It's called the White House.
- Huh!
I can see why.
- Everybody out.
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