>> hey, scientists, it's me--sid. i want to know what it's like to celebrate the winter holidays in really cold weather. so my friends and i are going to investigate all kinds of weather. come explore with me, sid the science kid, coming up next. >> "sid the science kid" is made possible by... first 5 california is a proud sponsor of "sid the science kid." >> at boeing, we believe the best way to prepare children for success is by nurturing their curiosity and enthusiasm for learning and letting the future of our children take flight. >> and by contributions to your

pbs station from... >> hey, is this thing on? >> ♪ hey, sid, what do you say? what you want to learn today? ♪ >> ♪ i want to know why things happen and how, and i want to know everything now--oh, yeah! how does this thing work? why does that stuff change? how does that do what it just did? hmm. what's up with the sky? do you think i could fly? the world is spinning and i want to know why i got a lot of questions and big ideas i'm sid the science kid... ♪ [captioning made possible by the jim henson company and friends of nci] hey, guess what time it is. holiday time--my favorite time of the year. whoo! ♪ christmas, hanukkah, kwanzaa christmas, hanukkah, kwanzaa ♪ yeah! we celebrate 3 holidays in my house. we decorate a big tree for christmas. then we have a menorah and dreidels for hanukkah. and we light a kinara candle holder for kwanzaa. and the best part is the weather

is always nice and warm here. so we get to celebrate in the backyard, except this year's gonna be different. this year, the whole family's gonna visit aunt irene in minnesota. do you know what it's like in minnesota? it's cold. really, really cold. bam ba-dam, scradam! hee hee! i mean, some people might like mittens and scarves and stuff. me, i like t-shirts. and i like to celebrate the 3 holidays at home, where it's never cold and the weather's warm. i don't think it has to be really cold to celebrate the winter holidays. so i just got to know. what's the big idea with cold weather? ["weather" echoing] >> sid, breakfast time! >> whoo! great. ha ha. breakfast time! whoo!

it's holiday time. yeah! ♪ kwanzaa, christmas, hanukkah oh, i love to see a christmas tree, i'm all for-a, our little menorah, and i so want-za celebrate kwanzaa! ♪ whoo! i guess you guys can tell i'm pretty excited about the holidays. >> oh, me, too, sid. when i was your age, i couldn't wait for christmas and kwanzaa. oh, and this year, it will be really nice to celebrate with aunt irene. >> oh, yeah! you know, aunt irene makes some awesome potato latkes. >> uh-huh! >> hanukkah at her house was always the best. >> so, dad, i've been thinking that maybe aunt irene could come here for the holidays instead. and we could celebrate in the backyard like we always do. >> oh, but, sid, you're going to love minnesota. >> and i'm sure that aunt irene will have some holiday traditions of her own to share. >> yeah. but, um, i really like

our traditions. and i'm pretty sure that i'm not going to like being cold. >> well, here. let me show you what a winter in minnesota looks like. >> oh, yeah! show him the pictures of the snow and the ice. ha ha! you're gonna love it, sid. >> ok. >> see? the cold weather makes frozen ponds, big icicles, beautiful snow-covered trees. and, oh, look at the street. it's all covered with snow. >> oh, that is snowy. hmm, well, if i'm going to minnesota, i think i'd better investigate cold weather when i get to school. >> ♪ i love my mom >> ♪ uh-huh >> ♪ my mom is cool >> ♪ uh-huh >> ♪ but now it's time for having fun at school, yeah! ♪ [mom chuckles] >> hi. >> mwah!

♪ i'm looking for my friends i'm looking for you there's gabriela ♪ >> ♪ watch what i can do! ha ha! yeah! here we go! >> wow! ♪ i'm looking for my friends i'm looking for you hey, there's gerald ♪ >> yeah! check out my moves! ha-ha! yeah! i'm a dancing machine! >> cool! ♪ i'm looking for my friends i'm looking for you hey, there's may ♪ >> ♪ may i show you how i groove? ♪ hee hee! whoo! >> cool! >> groovy! >> yeah, yeah, yeah! >> ♪ we're looking for our friends we're looking for you hey, there's sid ♪ >> did you hear the one about the kid who wanted to know everything about everything? >> that's you! >> ♪ you got me [all laughing and humming]

>> yeah! ♪ we're looking for our friends and look who we found we found each other friends! ♪ [laughter] >> having fun! awesome. >> and now it's time for the sid survey. hello. i am sid, roving reporter with today's survey. the question: have you ever been really cold? and you can think about if you've ever been really cold, too. let's go get some answers. hey, may... >> hi, sid! >> i have a question. have you ever been really cold? >> ooh, yes. one time, i was in a pool with my mom. and when i got out of the water... i was really cold. brr! and then i bundled up in a warm towel. >> well, i'm glad you had a warm towel. >> me, too! >> ok, thanks, may. >> you're welcome. >> bye. >> bye. >> so, gerald...

>> yes! >> have you ever been really cold? >> oh, well, uh, let me see. oh, yes! one time, my family drove to the mountains. and we went sledding in the snow. and the snow was really cold. brr! [gerald shivers] >> gosh. that does sound cold. >> yeah. >> thanks, gerald. >> ok! >> bye. >> bye. >> hi, gabriela. >> hello. >> question. have y ever been really cold? >> oh, yeah. oh, just yesterday, i was looking for a grape ice pop in the freezer. and my fingers were f-f-f-freezing. >> wow. now, that is cold. ha ha. thanks, gabriela. >> sure thing. >> bye. >> and now the results of my survey. may was cold in a pool. gerald was really cold in the snow, and gabriela's fingers were really cold in the freezer.

maybe you thought about being really cold, too. well, there you have it. i am sid, roving reporter and cold expert. >> everybody, rug time! >> ooh, that's teacher susie. >> ♪ it's rug time, come on in rug time, take a seat rug time ♪ >> ♪ we're ready ♪ >> ♪ everybody move your feet rug time ♪ >> ♪ teacher susie! >> ♪ good times on the way rug time, come on in we've got a lot to learn today! ♪ >> ho ho ho! i'm a reindeer, and i'm pulling santa's sleigh! ha! come on, santa. >> trot on over here, mr. reindeer. >> oh, ok! whoa, team! sorry, santa. we have to take a break for science. >> yay! >> gerald's wearing reindeer antlers on his head. and that reminds me, there may be some holidays coming up soon. anyone doing anything exciting? >> ooh, me! >> me! >> i am! >> i'm going to celebrate

3 holidays at once. >> whoa! >> wow! >> tell us about it, sid. >> well, in my house, we have christmas, hanukkah, and kwanzaa. >> 3 holidays? >> mm-hmm. >> you are so lucky. >> yeah! >> i know. i love holidays at my house with my family, but this year, it's going to be different. >> 4 holidays? >> ha ha. no. the same 3. but this time, we're going to celebrate them in minnesota. >> oh, wow! >> ooh! >> uh, wait a minute. what's minnesota? >> well, uh, it's this place where my aunt irene lives. and it's really far away, and it's really, really cold. >> oh, sid's right. it is cold in minnesota in the wintertime. >> is it as cold as the freezer? >> um, well, i don't know. that's really cold. is it that cold there? i mean, how cold is really cold? >> ooh, that's a good question. and there is a scientific way to measure exactly how cold it is outside by measuring

the temperature. >> oh, susie, when i get a fever, my parents take my temperature. >> oh, my parents do that, too. they use a thermometer. >> yes! a thermometer is a great way to measure the temperature of almost anything. hey, where could we go to investigate temperature? >> the super fab lab! >> all right! >> yay! >> it's time to be a scientist. >> great! grab your journals and let's go investigate temperature! >> great! >> ok! yeah! temperature, here we come. [laughter] >> super fab lab! >> observe! compare! contrast! wow! >> today we're going to do the temperature investigation. >> yay! >> ha ha! >> we're going to learn how to measure things that are hot

and--ooh, ooh--cold. >> ooh, cold like minnesota. >> exactly. now, this is a thermometer. it looks different than the kind your parents use to take your temperature. i'll show you how it works. >> ok. >> see this red line? right now, it's measuring the temperature in the room, but when we put the thermometer in something warm, the red line will go up. and when we put the thermometer in something cold, the red line will... >> go down! >> right! >> why are there numbers on the thermometer? >> ooh, good question, may. these numbers are called degrees. >> ooh! >> right now, it's 75 degrees here in the classroom. >> it feels good to me. >> ha ha. it sure does. now, look here. the numbers get higher as the temperature gets warmer. and when the temperature gets cooler, the numbers go... >> oh! oh! oh! i know! lower. >> very good, gabriela.

now, i'm going to put some ice cubes in one bowl and warm oatmeal in this bowl. then we'll use a thermometer to see what temperature it is in each bowl. >> cool! great! >> hey, you're a scientist. you can try this, too. >> the red line on this thermometer tells us that the room is about 80 degrees. now let's put some cold ice into a bowl and place the thermometer inside it. observe what happens to the red line on a thermometer. yes, it's going down. that means the temperature of the ice is colder than the room. now let's try something different. put some warm water into this instant oatmeal and stir it up. when we place a thermometer into the warm oatmeal, do you think the red line will go up or down?

you're right! the red line goes up because the temperature of the oatmeal is warmer than the room. now for something really fun, let's put some cold ice into the warm oatmeal. it's time to make a prediction. do you think the red line on the thermometer will go up or down? draw pictures in your journals of what you think will happen. oh, you think the red line will go down because the temperature will go down. let's find out what happens. hey, you made a great prediction. the red line on the thermometer is going down because the ice made the temperature of the oatmeal colder. so ice makes the temperature colder. warm oatmeal makes the temperature warmer. and adding ice to the oatmeal made the temperature colder again. ok, the bowls are all clean. and i'm ready to look at your journals. gabriela, may we see yours? >> sure! i drew the oatmeal. we added ice cubes to it. and i predicted the temperature

would go down. and it did! >> you were right, gabriela. you observed how the temperature got colder when we added the ice. great. ok, sid, would you like to be next? >> ok. well, this is what the thermometer looked like when it was in the bowl of ice. the red line was really low because it's cold in that bowl. and this thermometer is what i think it would look like in minnesota. it'd be an even lower red line because it's super cold there. >> oh, well, let's help sid. does anyone have a suggestion about what to do if your body feels cold? >> oh, sweaters! sweaters are warm. hey, sid, you could borrow my sweater with the hippo on it if you want. >> wow. thanks, gerald. >> yeah. >> hey, you guys are right. if i put on lots of warm clothes, i'll stay warm in cold minnesota, no matter what the temperature is. >> good thinking, sid. >> yeah! >> you'll be warm, and i bet it'll be fun to bring all your

family traditions to your aunt irene. >> yeah! i can show irene the things we do for the holidays. >> oh, i like that idea. ok, my temperature experts, time to have fun and play with all your new ideas. >> yay! >> ha ha! >> it's time for... >> good laughternoon! >> ha ha! >> knock knock! >> who's there? >> snow. >> snow who? >> 's-no playing outside today. it's too cold. >> ha ha! >> hey, may! >> hi, gerald. >> hey, um, what did one snowman say to the other snowman? >> um, i don't know. what? >> he said, "i'm so c-cold!" >> ha ha! >> happy christmas, gabriela. >> thanks. merry kwanzaa, sid. >> thanks.

>> hey! don't you mean happy kwanzaa and merry christmas? >> yes. and, um, happy hanukkah! >> well, how about this? happy... kwanzaa-hanukkah-christmas! >> happy... kwanzaa-hanukkah-christmas! >> and happy holidays, everyone. >> happy holidays! >> hee hee! >> yeah! this is so fun! hi! [canned applause] >> let's play pretend. sid, you're santa claus. >> ok. ho ho ho! >> and, may, gerald and i will be animals that want to pull your sleigh. >> cool! >> bawk! bawk! hello! i'm a parrot. and i live in the jungle where it's nice and warm. and i want to pull your sleigh. ba-kaw! >> ho ho ho! no way. i live in the north pole, where it's really cold. i don't think you'll like it. >> bawk! won't like it! won't like it!

you're right. i do not like the cold. [laughter] >> ahn, ahn, ahn! i'm an alligator, and i swim around in rivers and swamps. the water is warm, and it's hot outside. i want to pull your sleigh. >> ho ho ho! no way. if you like warm weather, then you won't like the north pole. it's really c-c-cold! >> ahn! ahn! >> yikes. [kids laugh] oh, me. ho, my. ho ho ho. i wish there were an animal that could pull my sleigh who liked cold weather. >> well, hello, santa. i'm reindeer gerald. i have lots of fur, and i live where it's cold and really, um, snowy. so i like cold temperatures! >> ho ho ho! yes! you're the perfect animal for the job, reindeer gerald. >> thank you, santa! ok. so i'm just going to sit down here in the sleigh.

>> ok. >> and then you push me, ok? >> what? no way. i drive the sleigh, and you pull me. we have to deliver presents to all the kids around the world. >> well, that sounds like a lot of work. >> yeah. >> i need more help. hey, alligator and parrot... >> ba-kaw! ba-kaw! >> become reindeer and help me, please. >> ok! >> ok! we're reindeer now. ta-da! reindeer. >> yeah! >> all about santa's sleigh! here we go! >> whoa! >> and now... >> ho ho ho! >> it's time... >> ho ho ho! >> for susie... >> ho ho ho! >> to sing. >> ho ho ho! >> go, susie! >> ha ha! oh, why, thank you. so december's a special time for holidays, and we know it can be warm where we live and cold in minnesota, but did you know it can be a different temperature all over the world on the very

same day in december? >> really? >> cool! >> ♪ one day in december a celebration to remember one day in december all around the world friends and families being together in every kind of weather one day in december all around the world in norway, kids are skating on a pond all day while santa wore flip-flops in l.a. it was cold in canada and hot in rio, the north pole was muy frio one day in december a celebration to remember one day in december all around the world in maine, they rode toboggans through a winter scene while folks were swimming in the caribbean it was balmy in hawaii with

a gentle breeze in alaska, it was cold, but they didn't freeze one day in december a celebration to remember one day in december all around the world friends and families being together in every kind of weather one day in december all around the world ♪ >> wow! all over the world, december holidays can be warm or chilly or hot or windy. >> yeah. or really cold in minnesota. ah! i got to pack lots of warm things to get ready for the freezing temperatures. >> well, sid, we can't wait to hear about your trip. and i hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. >> happy holidays, susie! >> oh, thank you. you're so sweet. ok, my scientists, it's time to

go home. follow me. >> yay! >> ho ho ho! >> ho ho ho! >> now, where's my sid? >> oh, right here, grandma. >> ooh! ha ha ha hah. >> mwah! >> now, okey-doke. let's roll. >> let's roll! [both humming] >> ♪ do do do do do do do la la la la la la la ♪ >> ♪ yeah, backseat driving with grandma ♪ [turns radio off] >> so, kiddo, tell me about your day. >> we learned all about temperatures. and now i know that it will be fun to go to minnesota and celebrate the holidays as long as i wear my warm clothes. >> oh, you got that right! ha ha ha hah. winters in minnesota are fun and snowy. in fact, my best holiday ever was once right before hanukkah, when it started

snowing and snowing for two straight days. yeah! when it stopped, there were 37 inches of snow on the ground. that's a sid-high pile of snow. we went sledding and made snowmen and even built a snow fort. it was great. i celebrated the holidays with my family and friends and the most snow any of us had ever seen. ha ha hah. >> wow! well, do you think there will be that much snow when we get there? >> oh, i don't know, but we can hope. >> yeah. >> ha ha hah. >> my grandma tells the greatest and snowiest stories ever. ♪ i learned something cool something cool today i know it upside down and inside out i learned all about... ♪ >> ha ha ha hah! >> ♪ cold temperatures, brr >> woo-hoo! >> ha ha! scientist in the house. yeah! [canned applause] mom, dad, zeke...

>> hey. >> we learned all about cold temperature and thermometers today. >> mm-hmm! >> oh! >> hey, i got an idea. can we call aunt irene and ask her what temperature it is in minnesota right now? >> oh, i like that idea. yeah, let's give irene a call. >> i love calling aunt irene. >> ha ha ha hah. [dialing cell phone] >> blammo! ha ha! >> hello? >> oh, irene? >> hello? >> irene, it's me. >> oh! ha ha hah! >> oh, ha ha hah. you didn't recognize me. ha ha ha hah! >> no, i didn't. ha ha ha hah. >> oh, well, someone has something special they want to ask you. >> oh! >> hi, aunt irene. it's me--sid. >> oh, hey there, sid. >> hi. what's the temperature in minnesota right now? is it cold? >> oh, yeah. it's very cold. it's 29 degrees. >> wow. >> oh, you know what? i have an idea. i'll look out my window and tell you what's going on outside

right now. >> ok. >> oh, well, i see a family ice skating on a frozen pond right near my house. ha ha hah. >> ha ha ha hah. >> oh, and there's piles of snow on the ground. and the snow looks perfect for making snowmen. ha ha ha hah. oh. and now i'm looking inside my house, and i see a warm fireplace, a big table set for a family dinner. oh, but there's one thing missing, and it's the best part. >> oh, no! what's missing? >> all of you! ha ha ha hah. your mom, dad, grandma, little zekie, and, of course... >> me--sid! ha ha. >> ha ha ha hah. >> we'll be there soon. i love you, aunt irene. >> oh, i love you, too. bye-bye. >> bye. >> bye-bye. >> today was great. we learned all about different temperatures and how to read

a thermometer. and i can't wait to see my aunt irene and play in the snow. hmm, you know, it's too bad it never snows where i live. hey, that gives me an idea. ok, i've got it. here's my super-duper-ooper-schmooper big idea! i want to invent a winter room. it will be a room that you can change from a normal room to a snowy, wintry place any day of the year, even when it's the hottest summer day outside. in the winter room if you want to make a snowman, just push a button. swoosh. it'll snow the right amount. and if you and your friends want to build a snow fort, push another button--foosh-- and there'll be evenore snow. and push one more button-- whoosh--and you'll have a snowy mountain. now you can even go sledding. whee! the winter room is snowy, awesome, and c-c-c-cold! and that's my super-duper-ooper-schmooper

big idea! [canned applause] well, i hope you think winter is as cool as i do. ha ha. and i hope you have a happy holiday with your family. you, too, dr. beaks. ah, i can't wait to be with my family in cold and snowy minnesota because i am sid the science kid! ["science kid" echoing] remember, keep asking lots and lots of questions. see you later, scientists. >> wow! >> hey, that's us! >> oh, hi. we're just checking out our website. you can explore with us. >> yeah! >> oh, that's a great idea. come join us. visit pbskids.org. there's a lot of great information for grownups, too. >> i think we look pretty good in the computer. >> yeah! >> observe, compare, contrast! wow! >> hey, i know how to observe, compare, and contrast. and i bet you do, too. observe. that's when you look

really closely at something and listen to it, maybe even smell it and feel it. compare. that's when you look at two things and think about how they're the same. contrast. that's when you observe things and think about what's different about them. be sure to check out another episode full of amazing science. my friends and i will explore the weather around us and discover the amazing things our bodies can do. see you next time on "sid the science kid." [captioning made possible by the jim henson company and friends of nci] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

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