1. EXT. ELINOR’S HOUSE – LATE AFTERNOON It’s a late fall day (no snow yet) and Elinor is hopping around in her back yard. Suddenly she notices as the first few snowflakes of winter start falling. ElinOR <GASP!> It's starting to snow! A few flakes fall around her, and she <GIGGLES> as one of them lands on her nose. At that moment a spectacular “V” of Canada geese flies overhead <SFX: HONKING> as they make their way south. Elinor looks up. EliNOR (CONT’D) It’s some geese flying south for the winter. (waving) Goodbye, geese! See you next spring! Then she hears a distinctive <SFX: Chick-a-dee-dee-dee call> Elinor hops in excitement! ELINOR (CONT’D) <GASP!> I know who that is! We hear the call again <SFX: Chick-a-dee-dee-dee call> Just then a tiny but super-friendly chickadee flutters OS and lands in a nearby tree. Elinor (CONT’D) Chicky! I'm so glad to see you! You’re my favorite chickadee bird friend. Chicky calls in a friendly way <SFX: FEE-BEE, FEE-BEE>. ELINOR (CONT’D) You sound happy. (she imitates the call) Fee-bee, fee-bee. Chicky flutters over and picks a red berry from a small low-lying bush nearby. ELINOR (CONT’D) Ooh , that berry looks yummy. Chicky flies off with her berry in her beak. ELINOR (CONT’D) Goodbye, Chicky! Elinor turns to look away, but a beat later Chicky returns to pick up a second berry. ELINOR (CONT’D) Oh, you’re back? Another berry? Chicky, you must be hungry. Chicky flies off. At that moment Ranger Rabbit calls from the house. RANGER RABBIT (calling) Elinor! Time to come in! ELINOR (calling) Coming Mom! Bye Chicky! Elinor hops off. 2. INT. ELINOR’S BEDROOM – LATER It’s dark outside and we can see through the window that it has started snowing harder. Ranger Rabbit is helping Elinor get ready for bed. Elinor Guess what, Mom. I saw Chicky today. RaNGER RABBIT Oh, your chickadee bird friend? How is she? ElINOR She’s great but... (thinking) Why is she still here? RANGER RABBIT What do you mean? ELINOR Mz. Mole said birds fly south where it’s warm in winter, because it’s hard to find food when the snow comes. RANGER RABBIT That’s true. ELINOR So why didn’t Chicky fly south like the geese I saw today? Ranger rabbit Well, not all birds fly somewhere warm for the winter, Elinor. Lots of birds stay here, not just Chicky. The ones that stay are the ones who can find food. Then Ranger Rabbit kisses Elinor on the head. Ranger rabbit (CONT’D) Now, have a good sleep, honey bunny. I’ll see you in the morning. She turns out the light. RanGER RABBIT (CONT’D) Sweet dreams. Ranger Rabbit leaves the room. Elinor lies in bed watching the snow. ELINOR But how is Chicky going to find food with all this snow? 3. EXT. ELINOR’S HOUSE – THE NEXT MORNING The yard is completely covered in snow. Elinor (in scarf and gloves) bounds outside, doing great bunny hops. Elinor Wow! Look at all the snow! Then she sees a lump in the snow right where Chicky’s berry bush was and she remembers. ELINOR (CONT’D) Uh-oh. That’s the bush where Chicky got the berries. It’s covered in snow now. Elinor starts looking around for her bird-friend. ElINOR (CONT’D) Chicky? Where are you? Chicky! At that moment ARI and OLIVE show up (also in winter gear). Ari is munching on some sunflower seeds from a bag. Ari (mouth full) Hey Elinor, (munch, munch) what are you doing? ELINOR Oh, hi Ari, hi Olive. I’m looking for my friend Chicky. (calling) CHICKEEEEE! OLIVE Oh, you mean the little bird with the pretty black feathers in her head? EliNOR Yep, that’s her. OLIVE I love her. She’s sooo friendly. ARI (munching) But don’t birds fly south in the winter? ELINOR Not all of them. My Mom said some birds stay here. Olive is distracted by Ari’s <SFX: munch, munch, munch> . OLIVE Ari, what are you eating? ARI (mouth full munch, munch) Sunflower seeds! Want some? Elinor/olive Sure! Olive, Ari and Elinor munch on the sunflower seeds, (Olive using her trunk to feed herself – <SFX: munch, munch, munch >. ELINOR I’m a little worried about Chicky. OLIVE Why? ELINOR Yesterday I saw her picking some berries from that little berry-bush. She points to a lump in the snow. ARI What bush? I don’t see any bush. Just a lump of sno… oh, I get it. OLIVE (putting it together) Chicky’s berry-bush is covered in snow. Ari Yep. EVERYTHING is covered in snow. OLIVE Then how is Chicky going to find berries? Or any kind of food? ELINOR My mom said birds that stay here can find food, but I don't see how they can do it with all this snow. OLIVE Huh. ELINOR I know! I'll get my binoculars, and we'll see if we can find Chicky. We need more observations! She hops OS. 4. EXT. FOREST -- DAY As Elinor hops ahead in the lead, investigating with her binoculars, Olive and Ari spitball. OliVE So how do birds find food in winter? ArI Maybe they order pizza. OLIVE Mmmm, I don’t think birds have phones. ARI Right, good point. OLIVE I know. Maybe they put their food in lunch boxes, like we do. ArI Maybe. But how would they carry them? They’re way too big. OLIVE You’re right. Maybe they have backpacks. ElINOR Look! I see something fluttering in the trees! ANGLE ON: A robin, flying through the trees. OLIVE I’ll some notes about the birds. Olive takes her notebook from her satchel as they follow the birds. MONTAGE: Elinor observes with the binoculars while Olive makes notes and Ari flips around, hovering here and there as he watches. · BIN POV: (SCIENCE CU) They see three American Robins pecking at leftover crab-apples in a tree covered in snow. ON KIDS: A crab-apple falls from the tree - Ari catches it! Olive smiles and draws a picture of the crab-apple. · BIN POV: (SCIENCE CU)The Downy Woodpecker pulls out a bug in the tree-trunk and eats it. ON KIDS: Ari pulls an Ew face. Olive draws a picture of a bug. · BIN POV: Two sparrows have found an old sunflower head that sticks out of the deep snow in Elinor’s sleeping garden. ON KIDS: Olive draws a picture of a sunflower. Ari smiles and munches seeds from his bag. END MONTAGE The kids are watching the sparrows on the sunflower head. OLIVE (CONT’D) Wow. Winter Birds find food in all kinds of hidden places. Old apples, bugs in trees, sunflowers left over from summer. ARI (munch, munch) Anywhere they can. ElINOR That's so interesting! But what about Chicky? We still don't know where she's getting her food. Suddenly they hear the distinctive <SFX: CHICK-A—DEE—DEE>. ELINOR (CONT’D) That’s CHICKY! I know it’s her because she always goes... (imitating) Chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee! C’mon! 5. EXT. CHICKY’S TREE - DAY They find Chicky pecking at a hole in a tree. Ari There she is! OlIVE What’s she doing? ARI I’ll take a closer look. Ari flies up to get a better look and Elinor looks through her binoculars. BIN POV: Ari checks out Chicky’s stash. ARI (CONT’D) Hey! There are seeds and berries inside this tree. Ari lands on the ground. ELINOR I’ll bet Chicky put them there. I saw her flying off with berries in her beak yesterday. OlIVE Smart Chicky! It’s like her own little tree lunch box..so I was sorta right. ArI So THAT’S how she gets food during the winter. When she’s hungry she just goes to the tree and gets some. B-uut I noticed there aren’t that many seeds in that hole. ELINOR Uh-oh. What if Chicky runs out of food before the end of the winter? Suddenly Olive has an idea. Olive I know! Let’s give her some of OUR sunflower seeds... ARI Great idea. Ari offers the seeds to Olive. Olive takes a few with her trunk and holds them up. Olive (very quietly) Here you go Chicky, some nice seeds for you. A beat where Chicky lands on a nearby branch and tentatively inches over, then she flutters over and LANDS ON OLIVE’S TRUNK!! The three kids <SFX: GASP> with excitement as the cute little bird looks at them with one friendly bright eye, then she takes a seed and flutters off!! ArI Whoaaa! Did you see that? Olive starts jumping up and down with excitement. OLIVE (thrilled) She landed on me! She landed on me! I can’t believe Chicky landed on me!! ELINOR Let’s go tell my Mom! 6. INT. KITCHEN - DAY Back at home, the excited kids are in mid-story as they tell Ranger Rabbit what they’ve observed. ELINOR ...and then we saw birds looking for food in all kinds of cool places, Mom. ARI Like bugs inside trees... OlIVE And leftover apples... RaNGER RABBIT Yep, it’s tricky but birds who stay here in winter find food anywhere they can - that’s called foraging; when you look in all kinds of places. Like when Chicky foraged for sunflower seeds on Olive’s trunk! The kids <SFX: GIGGLE> ElINOR Wait a minute, I know how we can help Chicky. Let’s build bird-feeders so Chicky and other birds can get extra food in winter. ARI But what will we make them out of? The kids think for a beat. OLIVE I know, let’s “forage” around the house and look for things we can use to make bird-feeders. RANGER RABBIT That’s a fabulous plan – forage away, kids! QUICK MONTAGE OF MATERIAL FORAGING: The kids look around the house in drawers, cupboards and the blue recycle bin. Elinor, Olive, Ari (singing) ALL: Let’s feed the birds Let’s feed the birds Winter is snowy so Let’s feed the birds OLIVE: Chicky needs a feeder ARI: We’ll build her something great ELINOR: From things we find around the house... Olive finds string in a drawer. Elinor takes the last paper towel off the roll, revealing the cardboard tube underneath – perfect! Ari finds paper plates in a cupboard OLIVE- (spoken) Some string ELINOR - (spoken) A tube ARI - (spoken) A paper plate! The kids gather around the kitchen table where Ranger Rabbit has laid out tape, paint, kid-friendly scissors and other craft supplies. ELINOR: We’ll build a birdfeeder ARI: And when our work is through OLIVE: She’ll have lots of food to eat ELINOR: And all her friends will too! Let’s feed the birds Let’s feed the birds Winter is snowy so Let’s feed the birds END MONTAGE 7. INT. KITCHEN - DAY Gathered around the table, the kids put the finishing touches on the birdhouses they built with the things they found. Olive Finished! She holds up her creation. Olive has painted a milk carton to look like a house. It has an open door at the bottom with a perch. There’s also a tiny book placed on the top. ELINOR You made a milk carton into a birdfeeder house - that’s so smart, Olive! OLIVE This isn’t just a house, look... She picks up the tiny book on top of the house. ANGLE ON: The book has tiny pictures of bird food - apples, seeds insects. ArI It’s a birdfeeder library! Nice! OLIVE That way the birds will have something to read while they have a snack! Elinor and Ari <SFX: GIGGLE>. Then Ari holds up two paper plates held together with string. ArI I made a flying saucer bird feeder from two paper plates. The top plate is the roof, and the bottom plate is for the seeds... (He flies it around making flying saucer noises) Boop-beep-boop. (alien voice) Take us to your birdseed. OLIVE (laughing) Let’s see your birdfeeder, Elinor. Elinor decorated a paper towel roll to look like a tree trunk with a little hole in the side (near the bottom, which is blocked) and a small perch. OlIVE (CONT’D) It looks just like Chicky’s tree! ELINOR Yep. I made it out of a paper-towel roll. You just pour the food in the top and it comes out this hole on the side. ArI Cool! There sure are lots of different ways to make a birdfeeder. Olive Now we just have to fill them up with food. Ari? Can we have some of your sunflower seeds please? Ari Sure! (he checks the bag) Uh oh. We ate them all. Olive Oh no! Now what are we going to do? Ranger Rabbit overhears and chuckles. RaNGER RABBIT Hmmm, sunflower seeds, eh. She goes to the cupboard and takes out a bag. ELINOR Mom! You have a secret hiding place! OLIVE Just like Chicky. The kids <GIGGLE>. ELINOR Thanks, Mom. What else do birds like to eat, Olive? Olive checks her notes. OlIVE Uhhh, apples. RANGER RABBIT I have apples right here. I’ll cut up some slices. OLIVE And bugs! RANGER RABBIT Sorry, kids. No bugs in my kitchen. The kids <SFX: LAUGH> 8. EXT. ELINOR’S HOUSE - DAY Ari is standing on a branch (having already flown up), hanging the last birdfeeder. ArI There we are... OLIVE Perfect. Nice work Ari. Now all we need is... Chicky flies OS giving her friendly <SFX: Fee-Bee Call > ElINOR It’s Chicky!! Hello Chicky! (imitating Chicky) Fee-Bee, Fee-Bee! Chicky settles on Elinor’s bird-feeder and takes a peck. OliVE Look! She’s using the birdfeeder you made, Elinor! At that moment some other birds (the sparrows, the robins, the woodpecker) all arrive and land on the bird-feeders too! The kids admire their handiwork, happy to see the birds enjoying their feast. ELINOR And so are all her bird friends! ArI Eat all the food you want, birdies! OlIVE We made these special bird-feeders for you from stuff we foraged around the house. ArI (proud) Uh-huh. That’s right, we foraged. (a beat as he watches) Wow, watching those birds makes me huuuungry. His stomach growls a little. OlIVE Maybe we should build an Ari-feeder next! All three kids <SFX: LAUGH> as we... Segment 2. 1. EXT Barn -- Evening Open on Senor Tapir, with his guitar, standing next to a barn in Animal Town. A group of kids (REUSE FROM “The Science of Staying Warm”) including ELINOR, ARI and OLIVE (all in winter gear), finish building a snowman and stick a carrot nose in its face. There is snow on the ground and everyone wears winter coats and hats. A CHICKADEE flies in and lands on the snowman’s nose. ElINOR Senor Tapir, how do chickadees keep warm in the winter? They don’t have winter coats or fur like us. SenOR TAPIR You know what, Elinor, a scientist named Richard Hill had the same question. Lights please. Ari turns a (freestanding, so it can be anywhere) spotlight onto Senor Tapir, who is wearing a thin coat, and his narrow silhouette shines onto the side of the barn behind. Tapir starts to strum his guitar and sings. After a few words, we transition to a simpler style of animation that describes what he is singing. SENOR TAPIR (CONT’D) (singing) How do chickadees keep warm in the winter? TRANSITION TO: 2. EXT WINTER FOREST (SIMPLE STYLE) -- DAY We see a chickadee fly and land on a snowy branch in a winter forest. A man (Richard Hill illustrated as a Jack Rabbit) is walking down a trail and pauses to look at the little bird. SENOR TAPIR (CONT’D) Richard Hill wanted to know. When the temperature’s dropping, oh why don’t they stop and become popsicles in the snow? Cut to a room, where Richard turns a spotlight onto a chickadee on a perch, projecting its silhouette onto a backdrop behind the chickadee. Richard turns down the temperature (rotates thermostat and thermometer drops), the bird poofs a bit, and he traces its silhouette. He turns the temperature down again (rotates thermostat and thermometer drops as it gets colder), the chickadee poofs up more and Richard traces its silhouette again so we can compare the difference in shape. The shape of a chickadee's shadow Gave Richard the answer that he found, 'Cause in chilly weather Birds poof up their feathers. The colder it gets then the more they get round. Chickadee Dee Dee your shadow helped him see, How you poof up your feathers in a cold winter storm, Chickadee Dee Dee your shadow helped him see, the way you stay toasty and warm. Toasty and warm. The chickadee perches on a branch and poofs up. Its cheeks look rosy (a little artistic license to indicate the bird feels warm). The bird is standing tall and looks down to its feather-less feet, and as a nod to following lyrics it quickly sits down to keep its feet warm under its feathers. As you perch on your seat Your feathers trap heat From your chickadee head to your chickadee feet. Scenes of snow coming down harder and harder and chickadees poofing more and more until they are very round. Chickadee Dee Dee your shadow helped him see, the way you stay toasty and warm. Toasty and warm. TRANSITION TO: 3. EXT BARN -- Evening The kids cheer as Senor Tapir finishes his song. Now he is wearing more jackets and has a dramatically larger silhouette. Simultaneously, Ari finishes tracing Senor Tapir’s silhouette onto the side of the barn with some chalk. Ari Are you feeling warm Senor Tapir? Your shadow tells me you are all puffed up! SENOR TAPIR Ahh , Ari, I always feels warm when I’m singing with you kids - Gracias amigos ! A chickadee flies in and lands on Senor Tapirs hat. FADE OUT.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 110A Feed The Birds By Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: How do birds find food in the winter? Logline: Elinor and her friends build a birdfeeder for her friend Chicky the chickadee by using things they find in the house. Curriculum Goals: LS3 . Understand that all animals need food in order to live and grow, that they get their food from plants or from other animals: (Elinor will observe the birds foraging for food) ND3. ( RTL Crosscutting concept 'Structure and Function'): Understand that structures and materials in the natural world can be used or can inspire the engineering of structures with similar function in the designed world. (Elinor designs a birdfeeder that looks and functions like the tree where she observed the Chickadee was storing her seeds.) SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations d. plan and conduct simple investigations using simple tools (binoculars, notebook) e. Design and build a solution to a simple problem (engineering) (Elinor and her friends design birdfeeders so the birds will have access to more winter food.) SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data c. Record observations to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s)(Elinor and her friends will observe the birds foraging for food and make the connection to birdfeeders ) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. d. Talk about and reflect on what happened during an investigation or when solving a problem, and why it might have happened (Elinor and her friends observe the different ways birds find food in the winter, and decide to help solve the problem by building bird feeders) ET1 . Begin to understand that asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems, and that it is important to clearly understand the problem b. Define a simple problem that can be solved through the design of a new or improved tool or technology (Elinor and her friends define the problem of winter food sources for birds and (partially) solve it by making bird feeders.) ET2 . Begin to understand that people depend on various technologies in their lives and that human life would be very different without technology: a. Begin to use a variety of technologies (high-tech and low-tech) for a variety of purposes including to make observations, conduct investigations, and solve problems related to scientific investigations and engineering design b. Use a variety of low-tech tools including writing, drawing and painting utensils, scissors, magnifiers, binoculars (Elinor and her friends use binoculars and notepads to observe the birds, and scissors, paint, string, and recycled craft supplies to make bird feeders.) (A NOTE ABOUT CHICKADEE SOUNDS: The distinctive “ chick-a-dee-dee-dee ” call is actually a distress call, but it is so recognizable that I think we should use it. The Chickadee SONG (as opposed to the call)sounds more like “Fee-Bee” or “ Sweet-ie ” and is also very familiar. Chickadee call: https: // www.youtube.com / watch?v = d8oW5DqPGCA Chickadee song: https: // www.youtube.com / watch?v = P2UJzLb6Zek Liner Count: 112 Main Characters: Elinor, Ranger Rabbit, Olive, Ari Settings: Elinor's house and back yard Props: robins, sparrows, chickadee, berries, Canada geese, sunflower seeds, binoculars, Olive's notebook, crab-apples, bug, sunflower head, crafting supplies including paper towel roll, milk carton paper plates, string and paint. OUTLINE: February 8, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: March 4, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: March 27, 2019 POLISH: April 30, 2019 RECORD DRAFT: May 14, 2019 ELINOR Ari OLIVE RANGER RABBIT ARIO Elinor, Olive, Ari THE END (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ND3 ELINOR WONDERS WHY (RTL CROSSCUTTING CONCEPT 'STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION'): UNDERSTAND THAT STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS IN THE NATURAL WORLD CAN BE USED OR CAN INSPIRE THE ENGINEERING OF STRUCTURES WITH SIMILAR FUNCTION IN THE DESIGNED WORLD. (ELINOR DESIGNS A BIRDFEEDER THAT LOOKS AND FUNCTIONS LIKE THE TREE WHERE SHE OBSERVED THE CHICKADEE WAS STORING HER SEEDS.) ELINOR'S HOUSE – LATE AFTERNOON ELINOR'S BEDROOM – LATER ELINOR'S HOUSE – THE NEXT MORNING FOREST -- DAY CHICKY'S TREE KITCHEN END MONTAGE ELINOR'S HOUSE SEGMENT 2. DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. MONTAGE: QUICK MONTAGE OF MATERIAL FORAGING: