Nice! We may have some thoughts on how the worm poop is presented in the animatic, but we'll leave that for then :) Just one line note for line 9.
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
place
for leftover fruits and veggies!
Mz. Mole shows him a
small container
of veggie and fruit scraps and puts Ari’s apple in. Elinor and Olive come over, looking interested.
MZ. MOLE (CONT’D)
Th
ese
leftovers
will be someone else’s lunch!
OLIVE
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
plants and
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!
A
pile
of
leftover fruits and veggies
or any
old leaves
and plants
will turn into new soil
for plants to grow in
.
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.
"We're not sure it's accurate to say the old leaves and plants get dry and crumbly in compost, since moisture is important to the process. Could we say, ""crumbly and mushy"" and leave out ""dry""?
MZ. MOLE
The
old
leaves
, plants
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, CHOM
P
>
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
How do the
worms
turn
the old stuff
into soil?
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
the worm poop
becomes part of the soil!
We see worm
poop
coming out of the back of the worms.
ARI
W
e 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!
MZ. Mole
Yes!
It’s a CYCLE. The food gets RE-used, so we
call it
RE-cycling!
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!
ELINOR WONDERS WHY
EWW
INTERSTITIAL 111: MZ 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
MZ. Mole
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