1. Ext PARK – Day
Open on Elinor, Olive and Ari
standing around looking expectantly. Mr Dog walks by
MR DOG
Hi kids, what are you up to?
Olive
We were supposed to meet Señor Tapir here
Mr Dog sniffs the air
and smiles
.
MR DOG
Oh! (
sniff
, sniff) He’s around here somewhere.
ELINOR
How do you know?
MR DOG
I have a special way to recognize my friends. Watch this trick.
Mr Dog pulls out a blindfold.
MR DOG
(CONT’D)
Now mix yourselves up.
The kids shuffle their positions. Mr. Dog then leans down and sniffs (at a distance) each one.
<SFX:
SNIFF, SNIFF> then he points.
MR DOG
(CONT’D)
Olive..Elinor..Ari
Mr Dog turns his nose toward a small bush behind the kids
MR DOG
(CONT’D)
...and hello Señor Tapir!
Señor Tapir pops out from behind the small bush, with a big smile.
<SFX:
WHOAA
WALLA AND LAUGHTER> as Mr. Dog takes off his blindfold.
ElinoR (laughing)
What?! That was amazing Mr. Dog
Señor Tapir swings his guitar around from behind his back.
Señor Tapir
You know,
Mr. Dog’s fancy trick
reminds me of a scientist named Alexandra
Horowitz
who wanted to know how dogs can tell who is who.
2. Ext Park – Day
We see a family of elephants
SeNOR TAPIR
(singing)
Some animals use their eyes to tell who is who
That one is Jim, that’s Sally, that’s Lou
An elephant looks over at three other elephants who each wave their trunk as their names are called out
But dogs have themselves a powerful nose
Could they use it to tell Mike from Rose
Well, Alexandra
Horowitz
wondered that too
So she set out to see how they tell who is who
Alexandra (as a cat) walks up, smiles and points to the dog’s nose
So she designed an experiment and found a surprise
A dog uses its nose like
others
use
their
eyes
Smells waft into a dog’s nose, and it gets thought bubbles of the faces of the animals.
When a dog sniffs a hand, a leg or a sleeve,
They smell so much more than you would believe
Sniff sniff, who is
Mike
Sniff sniff, who is
Rose
Dogs
figure it out
by using their nose!
Each one of us
has
our
own
unique
smell.
But the difference is small so it’s quite hard to tell
But to a dog it’s not small, in fact it’s quite clear
Mike is right there and Rose is right here.
When a dog sniffs a hand, a leg or some feet
They smell so much more than you would believe
Sniff sniff, who is
Mike
Sniff sniff, who is
Rose
Dogs
figure it out
by using their nose!
3. Ext PARK – Day
Back in the park.
Señor Tapir
So you see, dogs use their sense of smell to figure out who is who.
Mr Dog sniffs
the air
.
ElinOR
That nose sure is special
MR DOG
I sure think so. And what do you think Ms. Gorilla?
The kids look confused when Ms. Gorilla pops out from behind a second small bush next to the first one. The kids all
<SFX:
LAUGH> at the sight of the large gorilla popping out from a small bush
Reference:
https:
//
www.nytimes.com
/2017/09/22/science/
dogs-smell-recognition.html
ELINOR WONDERS WHY
EWW
INTERSTITIAL 108: SENOR TAPIR
Alexandra
Horwitz
and Dogs
Written by Matt
Giorgianni
FOLLOWS: "
Ms
Mole's Glasses"
CONNECTION: Using other senses to recognize things and people.
CURRICULUM: Alexandra
Horowitz
was curious whether dogs use smells to recognize each other and themselves. Dogs react to their own scent, particularly if it's mixed with another smell. Alexandra expanded our idea of recognition in animals by reminding us that there are other senses than vision that animals use to identify animals.
SEP1
. Asking questions and defining problems. [Alexandra
Horowitz
wanted to know how dogs recognize each other]
SEP3
. Planning and carrying out investigations. [ Alexandra
Horotitz
did an experiment ]
LS2
- Understand that animals have different body parts that are used in different ways to meet their needs, and that plants have different parts that help them survive and grow. A. Identify body parts of animals and their function. (The kids learn that dogs use their noses to identify other animals).
FIRST DRAFT: 3/5/2019
ELINOR
MR DOG
OLIVE
ARI
SENOR TAPIR
Kids
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