♪♪ -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... ♪♪ -♪ 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 ♪ I don't know about you, but I've been spending a lot more time indoors lately, and there's something I'm able to do, something I've always loved to do, now, more than ever.

Can you guess what that might be?

The sweet joy of wearing pajamas!

[ "Pomp and Circumstance" plays ] Today we celebrate our inalienable right to be comfy.

To wear our jammies all day, every day.

Okay, uh, every day might be a little excessive, but all day, at least for today, because today is... on Camp TV.

Now, go forth with your head held high, in all your pajama glory.

Off to your first activity.

Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's... -Hi.

My name's Stephen and I'm a science interpreter here at the Franklin Institute and we're here again with another spark of science!

Today, I'm going to show you one of my favorite things.

This is called the...

I want you to look at it and guess what it makes.

What does this machine make?

♪♪ ♪♪ [ Resonating ] ♪♪ ♪♪ It makes music!

Ben Franklin invented this, but he didn't invent the concept.

He invented this machine.

Now, sound, when it's traveling through the air, what shape does it make?

A wave.

Sound is a wave.

So, the two aspects of a wave.

One is its frequency, so, how often is it going up and down.

The other is the difference between this sound... [ Resonating ] ...and this sound... [ High-pitched resonating ] Same frequency, but different... volume!

So, a note can have a frequency that is just as often, but with a higher volume.

Try it with a glass of water.

Not only will you be able to hear it, but you'll be able to see what's happening.

♪♪ Right on the top of this water, there are tiny ripples.

That subtle amount of friction I added on it -- not too much because I have some water to make it just slippery enough -- that vibrates these.

A vibration is what makes all sounds and every musical instrument has some part of it which you are supposed to make vibrate, in order to make it make noise.

♪♪ Alright?

Thank you so much for joining me.

-Welcome back, my fellow Pajama Day campers, and welcome to today's [ Echoing ] Zach Challenge!

The following snacktivity involves something you'll often catch me eating in my PJs.

[ Sloop! ]

[ Laughs ] Will I be able to stack eight pieces of cereal in under ten seconds?

Only time will tell.

[ Bell dings ] [ Whimsical suspenseful music plays ] ♪♪ [ Buzzer ] [ Fanfare plays ] [ Laughs ] Yes!

I did it!

[ Crunching ] Ready for some math that counts?

-Hey, friends.

What's up, guys?

I hope you're ready to hang out today.

I think you should grab some paper because we are going to talk about my walk in the park and see just how far did I walk!

Hey, guys!

Welcome to another episode of... Hey, that's me!

Hey.

[ Echoing ] So, what's up?

[ Normal voice ] Anyway, yesterday I went to the park and I decided, "Why not do a little exercise while I'm here?"

It was a nice day.

You know, sun was shining, birds was chirping.

I decided to take a walk around the perimeter of -- not the park.

[ Trombone blasts ] No way.

The park is huge.

But the playground, you know.

I figured, "Start out small, baby steps, baby steps.

I can do that."

You know, my son was playing.

I was like, "You good?"

He was like, "Yeah, Ma, I'm good."

I was like, "Cool.

I'm going to walk the perimeter."

So, I was like, "Alright, I'm walking, I'm walking, I'm walking."

I was like, "[ Gasps ] That felt good.

Let me walk the perimeter again."

So, I'm walking, I'm walking, I'm walking.

By now, I'm sweating.

I was like, "Son, it's time to go.

Mama needs some water."

So!

[ Bell dings ] I ended up walking the perimeter twice.

I felt really good because that's exercise.

Exercise is really healthy!

And I left feeling good about myself.

Oh, by the way, these were the measurements of the playground.

Not bad, right?

That's a pretty good walk, especially since I did it two times.

But if I walked the perimeter of that playground twice... ...how far did I walk?

Don't go getting all scared about the word... "Oh, my gosh, perimeter, what is perimeter?!

That's a really big word, Miss Christal!"

A lot of times, big words, like... ...have really... [ Alarm blaring ] Who cares?

Look in the middle of it.

I mean, like whoever made up the word perimeter, thank you so much!

It has such a little simple meaning.

I mean, yeah, I could sit up here and do the whole... Ahem!

Alright, so the... ...of the outside.

Oh!

What am talking about?!

Yeah, time to make it simple.

See the part that says rim?

Because guess what -- it totally gives away the def every time.

And when I say def, you know what I mean -- definition.

I totally get it.

Perim -- rim, rim, like the rim [ Alarm blaring ] of a cup, the outside.

Hello!

Now, by the way, this would be circumference because it's a circle, but...

So, we're going to stick to like a polygon, thank you.

But this shape, this rectangle, we could find the pe-rim-eter of it, if we added all the sides together.

I guess you're wondering, "Why is she -- What is all of that?

Why is she doing that?!"

That's kind of what I do to help myself remember.

Remember that rim we were talking about?

I'm thinking about the rim.

I make an imaginary rectangle to help remind myself the rim is on the... Somebody said it.

The...

So I kind of go... Hey!

What do we do to find a perimeter?

It's kind of like a dance.

What do we do to find a perimeter?

I like that.

♪ What?!

♪ ♪ Add all sides together ♪ Anywho, I told you -- very simple meaning, right?

Alright, now, enough chitchat because it's...

Okay, friends, I want you to practice finding the perimeter on this 4-sided shape.

It's also called a... because it's a 4-sided shape.

Anyway, remember -- to find the perimeter, you're going to need to add all four sides, alright?

I'll be back.

Take your time.

♪♪ ♪♪ Okay, friends, let's check out the perimeter of this shape.

You know, like the rim, the outside, of this shape.

Alright, it doesn't matter which two you started with.

I'm going to start with... And then I'll put the 10 with the 1 and come up with 11.

Then I got to take that 10 and put it with the 11... ...for a final perimeter of 21 inches.

As always, if you got something different, just adjust it.

No worries.

[ Tires screech ] Now, back to that perimeter that I walked around that playground.

So, I'm ready to find out just how far did I walk because I worked so hard!

I was walking.

I was sweating.

And I just want to know...

When we looked at that playground that I walked around -- really cool shape -- all those sides were very different.

But guess what -- we still had to... in order to find the... of what I walked.

♪ Ahhh ♪ [ Beeping ] ♪ Ooh ♪ [ Beeping ] Notice how, every time I add one side with another side, I just circle it.

That way, I know it's already been used.

[ Beeping ] And I came up with... [ Tires screech ] Alright, so far, you know the perimeter around the playground is... Can you figure out how far that means I really walked?

♪♪ Now, that was 104 meters after I sweated it out the...

Right?

But then I had enough energy and I was like, "I'm going to go again!"

So, once I went again, I really went another 104 more meters.

Now, that's where you had to remember to...

It didn't matter if you did 104+104 to get -- Somebody's already ready to tell me!

I know, right?!

Or if you took that 104 and you multiplied it by 2.

Those of you who are doing that multiplication out there, awesome job.

Either way, you should have gotten to -- Mm, are you ready, are you ready, are you ready, are you ready?!

Somebody is screaming it out there in Mathland!

I hear you!

I do!

Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!

And if you got something else, you know what we do -- just adjust it.

Take a look.

Guess what -- I'm proud of all of you.

Whether you got 208 or not, I'm proud of each and every one of you guys out there.

Thanks for joining me today for some... Be sure to join me again.

♪ What?

♪ [ Bell rings ] -So, when I think of Pajama Day, I can't help but think of sleep.

And when I think of sleep, I can't help but think of dreaming.

Have you ever heard of a dreamcatcher before?

It's a woven web that's said to allow only good thoughts to enter our minds when we're sleeping.

Legend has it that the web traps any bad thoughts before they can enter our dreams.

Now, who couldn't use one of those?

Should we give making one a try?

You will need -- a paper plate, markers, a hole puncher, yarn, tape, safety scissors, and anything you'd like to use for decoration.

To begin, cut the center out of your plate, leaving only the rim.

Now, this can be a little tricky, so, I recommend asking an adult for some help.

Then decorate your plate with your favorite colors.

My favorite colors are green, blue, and orange.

Using a hole puncher, punch some holes, like I've done here.

Next, take several pieces of yarn, in varying lengths, and tape them to the back of the plate, allowing them to dangle.

I added some feathers to the tails of the yarn for decoration.

It's time to make the web.

Cut a long piece of yarn and tape it to the back of the plate.

Now, you'll need to weave it in and out of the holes, crisscrossing them over the open center of the plate.

When you're happy with the web, secure the loose end to the back of the plate.

Now, doesn't that look dreamy?

[ Chuckles ] Hope you catch some good ones tonight.

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

-Welcome, welcome.

My name is Max, from the Memphis Zoo, and I'm here with a very good friend of mine that I'd like for you all to meet.

Today I brought my good friend Indy, the tailless whip scorpion.

Now, a lot of people see tailless whip scorpions and think that they look really scary.

But Indy and I are here today to tell you that they're actually not that scary.

They're harmless and they have a really important role to play in helping our environment.

So, first, let's start with talking about what tailless whip scorpions are.

So, they are a member of the Arachnid order, much like spiders; and true scorpions, the ones with the stingers.

And they are called tailless whip scorpions and sometimes even whip spiders, however, they're not actually spiders or true scorpions.

They're from a special order of animals called... ...which I know is a mouthful to say, so, let's say it together three times fast.

Amblypygids, amblypygids, am-pbbbt!

I always get through two.

Amblypygids are really cool because they can actually be found living in warm and tropical areas all over the planet.

You can find them in continents such as Asia; Africa; South America; and even here, in North America.

Now, you may be wondering, "Max, why have I never seen an amblypygid or tailless whip scorpion before?"

And there's actually three good reasons for that.

The first is that they're nocturnal, which means they prefer to be resting and hiding during the day, and then they come out at night to go looking for food.

Now, for an arthropod, or an animal with six different eyes, they actually don't have to worry about being able to see that well at night because, even though they have six eyes, they don't see that well, anyway.

Instead, they have some special adaptations for being able to find their way around.

So, the reason they're called whip scorpions is because, if you look carefully, you will see that they have two long appendages, or specialized legs, right next to their head and they look a lot like whips.

But they don't actually use them to whip anything.

Instead, they use those to sense what's going on around them and that's how they find their way around.

They can also use it to find other, smaller bugs to eat or to avoid predators, such as reptiles and birds.

Imagine having, say, for example, two long fingers stuck to your head and using those to feel your way around.

So, the second reason you probably haven't seen a tailless whip scorpion before is because they usually like to hide in tree cavities, or holes in the tree; or sometimes under leaves, rocks, and inside of old logs as well.

And that is because, even though they may look a little scary to certain people, they actually have a lot of predators.

There's lots of different types of reptiles, like lizards and birds, that would love to eat them, and they don't actually have a lot of ways of protecting themselves, so, whenever they get scared, they prefer to run and hide underneath something.

The third and last reason you probably haven't seen an amblypygid or tailless whip scorpion before is because they are very, very fast.

Take, for example, Indy's favorite food, which is crickets.

If they wanted to catch a cricket, they'd have to move really quickly and lunge and grab it with those big arms and pull it in before the cricket can hop away.

Now, those arms actually have a fancy word.

They're called -- repeat after me -- And those pedipalps help them to hold on to their food, so they can bring it in and eat it up.

And the reason they have those long, spiky-looking things on those pedipalps is because it makes it easier to quickly grab a cricket and then bring it in, so they can eat it up.

Now, say they wanted to wrap those pedipalps around my finger.

It would feel a lot like getting pricked by a thorn, so, actually not too bad.

But the thing is they really don't like to use those pedipalps to protect themselves.

If they get scared or if, say, a predator, like a bird or a lizard, tries to eat them, they prefer to run and hide.

So, not really that scary, when you think about it.

If they got in a situation, though, when they couldn't hide anywhere, they would actually choose to open up those pedipalps and make themselves look really big, to try and scare away any predators.

Kind of like when you flex your muscles and look nice and tough.

So, if they get scared, they run and hide and they have a lot of predators as well, so, if you think about it, they're really not all that scary.

But part of the reason I'm talking about tailless whip scorpions, or amblypygids, today is because they have a really important role they play in our ecosystem.

They help lots of plants and animals that we have around us and in our neighborhoods.

As I mentioned before, they do like to eat smaller bugs and, without any arachnids, such as spiders, true scorpions, or tailless whip scorpions around, there might be a lot more pesky bugs bugging you, like mosquitoes, for example.

So, they help to keep the bug population down.

And another important role they play is that they're actually a food source for a lot of different animals.

So, if there was no more arachnids or tailless whip scorpions around, it'd be a lot harder for certain animals, like lizards or birds, to find anything to eat.

So, there are a lot of common questions that me and Indy get whenever we are out meeting guests.

The first one is... And they actually cannot bite because they don't have jaws and they have very tiny, little mouths.

So, they don't bite, they don't sting, and they are not venomous at all.

Now, they can grab onto you with those tiny, little pedipalps, but that's something that they really don't want to do because, as I mentioned earlier, they don't like to use it to protect themselves and they only do that when they get really, really scared.

Indy, for example, has never done that with me.

Another question that we get is "What happens if a tailless whip scorpion, like Indy, loses a leg?"

And that's actually a very cool process because, when tailless whip scorpions are growing from babies into big adults, like you see right here, they don't have skin that stretches as they grow, like you do.

Instead, they have to shed their exoskeleton and grow a whole new one.

Kind of like when you outgrow, say, a jacket that gets too small, you have to take it off and put on a fancy new one that fits better.

Same thing happens with the tailless whip scorpion.

They will grow a whole new exoskeleton, shake off the old one, and, when they're growing that new exoskeleton, they can actually grow their limbs, like their legs, back.

So, if they do lose a leg, it's okay.

The next time they molt, they can grow it right back.

Another question that people like to ask is... Well, tailless whip scorpions are actually a solitary animal.

Solitary means they prefer to be by themselves.

Sometimes they will meet with each other in their natural habitat, if they want to hatch some eggs.

But for the most part, they like to be on their own.

They're actually happier that way.

But it's okay -- me and Indy are best friends, even though she won't admit it.

So, I think that will do it for us today, folks.

Thank you so much.

Have a wonderful rest of the day and please do both me and Indy a favor.

The next time you see an arachnid, try not to squash it.

You give them space and they'll do the same for you.

Thanks for joining us and take care.

-Arts and crafts?

Yes, please!

-Hi, everyone.

I'm Deearah and I'm here in ColorLab art studio in Brooklyn Children's Museum.

Today we will be making a color play painting inspired by the artwork of Frank Bowling.

Frank Bowling is a Guyanese British artist who uses color, shape, and form to create paintings that express the geography of his home country of Guyana, as well as to express his thoughts and feelings.

Let's get started.

So, today, I'm inspired by the ocean.

So, the first thing I'm going to do is to create a layer of paint that's just blue.

Cover your entire sheet in one color of your choice and allow it to dry completely.

After your first layer has completely dried, now, we're going to experiment, or improvise, with paint.

You may have a sponge at home that looks like this or that looks like a sponge that you might use in your kitchen.

And so I'm going to sponge.

And you can even drip the paint, too.

Drip or drop the paint.

Now, I added a little bit of water to my red paint and I'm going to experiment a little bit with what would happen if I dripped the paint onto the page.

Another thing you can try is to think about other everyday objects in your home that could create some texture on the painting.

So, I've dripped the paint, but now I'm curious about what would happen if I use a comb to pull the paint across.

I've used silver and red.

Now, I would like to try one last color.

And whether your canvas is an actual piece of canvas or a piece of paper... ...you can also use it to help you create your piece.

So, Frank Bowling will sometimes move the canvas around to create different effects on his artwork.

Now, let's allow the second layer of paint to dry completely.

Now, that your second layer of paint has dried, think about what shape you would like to put on for your third layer.

So, today I'm using circles and I'm using, here, a top of a jar, as well as a takeout container.

And I'm going to place it down on the painting and I'm using an oil pastel.

You can also use crayons to trace circles around onto the artwork.

Here is my color play painting inspired by the ocean and the work of Frank Bowling.

Now, it's your turn.

Enjoy using paint, unexpected everyday objects, and your imagination to express yourself.

Have fun!

-When I was little, one of my absolute favorite books was called "The Going to Bed Book," by Sandra Boynton.

And the truth is, it still is.

I love all of Boynton's books and her animal illustrations are beyond adorable.

At the end of every day, I would read "The Going to Bed Book" before bedtime and it felt like visiting with some of my very best friends.

So, without further ado... [ Lullaby plays ] "The sun has set not long ago.

...they brush and brush and brush their teeth.

They're on their way to bed at last.

The day is done.

They say good night, and somebody turns off the light."

The end.

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