1. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY Open on Ari holding an apple core, approaching the garbage can. MZ . MOLE Ari, bring that apple core over here. I have a special garbage can for leftover fruits and veggies! Mz . Mole shows him a mini garbage can of veggie and fruit scraps and puts Ari’s apple in. Elinor and Olive come over, looking interested. ELINOR What’s that little garbage can for, Mz . Mole? MZ . MOLE This garbage will be someone else’s lunch! ARI Gross! Who would eat that? MZ . MOLE Worms! To them it’s delicious! I’ll tell you all about it in today’s story time. The kids gather round. She opens a book with a diagram of a the compost cycle [ apple -> apple core -> soil -> tree -> apple...] on the cover. 2. INT COMPOST PILE -- DAY We see a pile of red and yellow leaves and fruit and veggie scraps. MZ . MOLE (CONT’D) Nature has a wonderful way to reuse leftover food, and also old leaves. ARI That’s compost! We do that at home. We zoom into the pile, showing leaves and scraps in more detail. As we watch, they get old and dry and brown. MZ . MOLE That’s right! If you pile up leftover fruits and veggies and old leaves, it will turn into new soil after a while. We see a time progression [sunrise/sunsets?] as the pile turns into rich soil. ELINOR That’s so INTERESTING, Mz . Mole! But HOW do leaves and leftovers turn into new soil? As it turns into soil, we see worms are wriggling around inside. MZ . MOLE That’s a great question, Elinor! The leaves and food get dry and crumbly, but there are also some special helpers. Worms! They eat it up! We see the worms diving in and eating with gusto. <SFX: CHOMP, CHOMO> ARI Yuck! <beat> Wait, do they LIKE it? The worms stop eating for a second. MZ . MOLE It’s their favorite! The worms dive in with renewed energy. <SFX: CHOMP, CHOMO> OLIVE Eating the old stuff turns it into soil, Mz . Mole? How does that work? We zoom in on the worms, see the food going in their mouths. MZ . MOLE Well, the worms eat the leaves and leftovers and then when they... Um , when it comes out again, it becomes part of the soil! We see worm casings coming out of the back of the worms. ARI At home, we put the new soil in our garden. We see the compost sprinkled into a garden. MZ . MOLE Yup ! It helps other plants grow. OLIVE And those plants can make more food for US! It’s all a big circle! The book illustration shows the cycle. 3. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY All the kids are excitedly putting their leftover apple cores, and orange and banana peels into the compost bin. MZ. MOLE Look at all this wonderful worm food! OLIVE First it’s lunch time for us.... ELINOR ...then it’s lunch time for the worms!

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW INTERSTITIAL 111: Ms MOLE Worms in compost Written by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson FOLLOWS: " Composting " CONNECTION: More detail on what worms do to turn leaves and veggie scraps into compost. CURRICULUM: Worms eat dead leaves and what "comes out the other side" is an important part of the soil. Goals: LS5 . Begin to understand that animals and plants depend on other living things and nonliving things in the environment to meet some of their needs: [The kids realize that worms help turn old food and leaves into new soil for plants.] ES3b Demonstrate an awareness of and the ability to discuss in simple terms the need for conservation, recycling, and respect for the environment. [ The kids learn that their fruit and veggie scraps can be composted ] FIRST DRAFT: 3/11/2019 ELINOR MS MOLE ARI MS MOLLE OLIVE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 1 3 INT CLASSROOM DAY INT CLASSROOM -- DAY 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.