Sid the science kid. Weather kid Sid [videorecording] / NCircle Entertainment ; the Jim Henson Company ; PBS Kids ; executive producers, Lisa Henson, Brian Henson, Halle Stanford, Bradley Zweig ; produced by Chris Plourde ; KCET.
Special features: Susie's songs (6 min.); Trailers (4 min.). Drew Massey/Misty Rosas (Sid), Alice Dinnean Vernon/John Munro Cameron (Gabriela), Julianne Buescher/Kristin Charney/Dana Michael Woods (May), Victor Yerrid/Alon Williams (Gerald), Donna Kimball/Sonya Leslie (Susie), Victor Yerrid/John Munro Cameron (Dad), Alice Dinnean Vernon/Sonya Leslie (Mom), Donna Kimball/Dana Michael Woods (Grandma), Donna Kimball/Kristin Charney/Alon Williams (Zeke). Originally broadcast by PBS as segments of Jim Henson's Sid the science kid as part of the PBS Kids preschool two-hour morning block in 2009.
Summary:
Sid is excited--about the weather. Stymied by rain on a day when he had important plans, he and his friends set out to investigate weather: rain, sun, temperature, and wind. They ask questions, do experiments, examine cause and effect, and discuss their results. Sid is an inquisitive youngster who tackles the everyday ideas that preschoolers find fascinating (Why do bananas go "bad?" How does my juice box straw work? How does a bird fly without a plane?). "Sid the Science Kid" promotes science-readiness by encouraging kids' instinctive curiosity about the world around them. Each set of programs concentrates on a single scientific concept to allow children to observe, describe, and quantify, and use tools like rulers or magnifying glasses.
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