1. EXT. elinor’s YARD – DAY Open on a sunny afternoon in ELINOR’s yard, where MR. RABBIT is building a tall birdhouse nearby. Elinor, OLIVE, and ARI are excitedly putting the finishing touches on a real roadster! It’s actually a cardboard box taped to the top of a pull wagon, but the kids are chattering and laughing as they decorate and tape the box, thrilled at the prospect of riding in a self-built car. Elinor is adding a few pieces of tape to secure the cardboard box to the wagon, while Olive paints various objects on the side. ELINOR (casually singing to herself as she works) We’re building a car, we’re building a car. OLIVE (picking up on the singing) Yes we are! Yes we ARE! Ari pops up from inside the box, holding Elinor’s helmet. Ari (also singing) I hope it goes far! ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI (LAUGH) They laugh. Ari steps out of the box and hands Elinor her helmet. Ari Wow! Our car looks amazing, Elinor! ELINOR Thanks, Ari! ArI And those are some cool decorations, Olive. OLIVE Thanks! I’m trying to paint all of the things I see: Olive holds up her hands like a director framing a shot, squinting to peer through them. ANGLE ON: Looking outward from Olive’s fingers, we see a patch of flowers. OLIVE (CONT’D) Flowers... She moves her hands. ANGLE ON: Through her fingers, a tree in the yard. OLIVE (CONT’D) A tree... She moves her hands again. ANGLE ON: Through her fingers, we see Mr. Rabbit, who looks a little surprised. OLIVE (CONT’D) Elinor’s dad’s head... ANGLE ON: Back to the view of the kids in the yard. Mr. Rabbit pauses his work, smiles, and comes over to the kids. Mr. RABBIT That looks great, kids! What are you going to call it? The Rabbit Racer? The Batmobile? The Elephant in the Vroom? ELINOR (aside, to Olive and Ari) Those are dad jokes. ArI (shaking his head sadly) My dad does that, too. ELINOR Do you think it’ll go fast? Mr. Rabbit Well, it’s kind of boxy... OLIVE We did make it from a box. MR. RABBIT I guess there’s only one way to find out. Are you planning to take it for a ride? ELINOR Yup! I have a need for speed! I want to feel the wind in my ears! Elinor quickly straps on her helmet and runs around the yard. ElINOR (CONT’D) (imitates fast car sounds) OLIVE starts to push the wagon away. OlIVE (to Mr. Rabbit) Don’t worry, Mr. Rabbit. We’re just going to ride it down the little hill near your house. MR. RABBIT Have fun! The kids exit, pushing the car, excited to go try it out. 2. EXT. HILL - A FEW MINUTES LATER Elinor, Olive, and Ari arrive with the car at the top of the hill. It’s a beautiful day, and we see the wind rustle a few leaves and a flock of birds fly by. It’s not a steep hill at all - much longer than it is tall. It’s the sort of hill that gives a smooth ride to excite a kindergartener, but nowhere near dangerous enough to make a parent worry. The path leading down the hillside is wide enough for at least two cars the size of Elinor’s wagon. Elinor, Olive, and Ari give the final few grunts of pushing the wagon to the hilltop. ArI Phew! That was hard work. ElINOR But you’ve got to push it up if you want to ride it down. She climbs into the car. OLIVE Don’t forget to buckle your helmet! Elinor buckles her helmet. ArI Ready? ELINOR Ready! OLIVE Set? ELINOR Set! (a beat) Aren’t “ready” and “set” the same thing? Olive and Ari position themselves behind the wagon. OLIVE Hmm. Good point. OLIVE, ARI Three! Two! One! GO! They give the wagon a little push, and it starts to roll down the hill. It’s rolling down fairly slowly - still fun for Elinor, but clearly not as fast as possible. ANGLE ON: Elinor’s face peeking out over the box, with her ears through little holes in her helmet. Her ears flap in the wind, and she closes her eyes in delight. ELINOR Wheeeeeeee! It’s a prolonged “whee” for a long, slow ride, but it gets interrupted. We suddenly ZOOM OUT to see, coasting down the path next to Elinor, CAMILLA DROMEDARY. She’s driving a store-bought kid’s racecar the same general size as Elinor’s and with identical wheels, but the chassis looks like a real roadster, painted yellow with a racing stripe. Camilla wears a helmet that matches her car. Camilla honks her car’s horn <SFX: Honk honk!> to signal as she passes. CaMILLA Coming through! Camilla’s car zips past Elinor’s, and Elinor looks over in astonishment. ELINOR (impressed) Whoa! ANGLE ON: The bottom of the hill. The look of amazement stays on Elinor’s face as her car coasts to a stop - next to Camilla’s, which has already been at the bottom of the hill for a few seconds. Elinor hops out of her wagon immediately. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hi, Camilla! Camilla removes her helmet. CamillA Hi, Elinor! Hold on - I have to put on the parking brake. She reaches down and engages the brake <SFX: sound of parking brake being applied>. ELINOR Your car is amazing! CAMILLA Thanks! I just got it for my birthday. I call it the Camel Convertible! ELINOR (smiling) I think my dad would like that name. Ari and Olive enter, having scampered down the hill after Elinor’s car. Camilla opens the door of her car and gets out. Ari Your car is so fast, Camilla! OLIVE I LOVE the yellow colour . And look: It has a racing stripe, ARI And a cup holder! Elinor, Ari, and Olive peer in wonder at the cup holder. CU: The cup holder with the kids’ faces peering down over it. ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI Ooooooh. CamilLA Your car is nice, too, Elinor. ELINOR Thanks, Camilla - but it’s not as fast as yours. I wonder why! Elinor frowns. ANGLE ON: Elinor kneels and examines the wheels of both cars. ELINOR (CONT’D) Hmm. Both of our cars have the same wheels. ANGLE ON: Elinor stands up again. She looks back at the hill they just descended. ELINOR (CONT’D) And we both drove down the same hill. She looks back at her friends again. ELINOR (CONT’D) I wonder why Camilla’s car is faster than mine. OliVE Maybe we can change your car to make it faster. ELINOR That’s a good idea! Let’s bring it back to my house and make some changes. Elinor, Ari, and Olive start to exit with the car. ArI Bye, Camilla! Camilla See you later! I’ll be polishing my hood ornament. Camilla uses a rag to polish the hood ornament. CROSSFADE TO: 3. EXT. ELINOR'S YARD - A FEW MINUTES LATER Elinor, Olive, and Ari stand around Elinor’s wagon with their hands on their hips. Mr. Rabbit is still building the birdhouse in the background. ELINOR We need to figure out why Camilla’s car is faster than ours. OLIVE Well, what makes her car different? Ari You mean besides the AWESOME CUP HOLDER? Well, her car is yellow... OLIVE I LOVE that yellow colour . And it has a stripe. ARI A racing stripe! Maybe that helps it go faster. ElINOR Oh, so maybe we should change the colour of MY car - and give it a racing stripe too! OLIVE It’s worth a try! ELINOR We’d have to cover up your beautiful pictures, Olive. Is that okay? OLIVE Sure, the painting of your dad’s head looks a little like an onion anyway. SHORT MONTAGE: The kids repaint the car. When they’re finished, it’s the exact same color scheme as Camilla’s - yellow with a racing stripe. ELINOR There! Mr. Rabbit wipes his hands and joins them. MR. RABBIT Very nice! But why did you repaint your car? OLIVE Camilla has a fast car, and it’s yellow. ELINOR With a racing stripe, just like this! ARI We thought if we made our car look like hers, it might go faster too. Mr. RABBIT Oh. Okay! Elinor straps on her helmet. ELINOR Now to test it! CROSSFADE TO: 4. EXT. HILL - A FEW MINUTES LATER Elinor sits in her car again, helmet strapped on, at the top of the hill. ELINOR I have a good feeling about this! OLIVE Our car looks so fast! ARI Ready? ELINOR Ready AND set! Olive, ari GO! They give Elinor’s car a gentle push, and it starts to roll down the hill. ANGLE ON: Elinor once again driving her car downhill, ears flapping in the wind. ELINOR Wheeeeeeee! As before, we suddenly ZOOM OUT to see Camilla passing Elinor in her car. Camilla honks her car’s horn <SFX: Honk honk!>. CaMILLA Coming through! Camilla’s car zips past, and Elinor looks surprised and disappointed. At the bottom of the hill Elinor hops out and ARi Did it work? OlIVE Did our car go faster? ELINOR No. Hmmm. We need more observations. Elinor looks at the two cars side by side. ELINOR (CONT’D) Okay, our car is yellow and it has a racing stripe. CamILLA Just like mine! ELINOR Right. ArI And they both have the same wheels. OLIVE And they both rolled down the same hill. Elinor looks at the two cars again. Her boxy one, and then Camilla’s sleek looking one. ELINOR Wait a sec, I think I see something different - come on! CROSSFADE TO: 5. EXT. ELINOR'S YARD - A BIT LATER Elinor, Olive, and Ari stand around the car in Elinor’s yard. Olive has her drawing materials out. OlIVE What was the difference you saw, Elinor? ArI It was the cup-holder right? I knew it. ElinoR No, it wasn’t the cup-holder. Olive, can you draw a picture of our car? OLIVE Sure! ANGLE ON: Overhead view of the kids drawing on paper. For each item they describe, they sketch a basic outline. olive (CONT’D) Okay. Our car is boxy, like this. She draws a rectangle. EliNOR Okay, now draw Camilla’s car. OLIVE Okay. It’s kind of shaped like this. She draws the car: smooth, angled, aerodynamic. Ari Oh! I see the difference! Camilla’s car has a different shape. It kind of looks like... Ari takes the crayon and he draws. ArI (CONT’D) An AIRPLANE! Airplanes are fast! ANGLE ON: The kids watch as a sparrow swiftly swoops in and lands on the new birdfeeder that Mr. Rabbit has built, then pecks at the birdseed. ELINOR Hmmmmm! Birds are super-fast too! ANGLE ON: She draws the shape of a bird beside the airplane and Camilla’s car. Ari Wait a second, look! They’re all sort of the same shape. OLIVE Camilla’s car, the plane and the bird: They’re all pointy in the front. ANGLE ON: The Kids smile at each other - they’ve figure it out! ARI And they’re all FAST! ELINOR That is so interesting! (thinks, then) We need to change the SHAPE of our car! SONG MONTAGE: Elinor, Ari, and Olive change the shape of their car. Mr. Rabbit helps with scissors, and as they sing, they trim the cardboard to be pointy in front, like a bird’s head. Just for fun, they also paint the car to look like a bird’s head. ELINOR, ARI< OLIVE (singing) OLIVE: If a car is painted slick, ARI: But it’s boxy like a brick, ELINOR: That doesn’t make it quick! OLIVE: So we learned, and now we know ALL: That a boxy car moves slow, ELINOR: But a pointy shape helps it go! OLIVE: If we change it, then it will ARI: Roll quickly down the hill ELINOR: And be fast just like Camill. (pause) A. They share a laugh, then admire the car. ELINOR Woo hoo! Now it’s a lot pointier. It’s like a bird car! Mr. RABBIT You could call it: The Chicken Coupe. (pause) That’s another Dad joke. CROSSFADE TO: 6. Ext. HILL - a BIT LATER At the top of the hill, this time Elinor and Camilla begin their race alongside each other. Ari stands behind Elinor’s car, and Olive stands behind Camilla’s. ArI Ready? ELINOR Ready! OlIVE Set? Camilla Set! Olive, aRI GO! ANGLE ON: The two cars coasting down the hill, side by side. Elinor, camilla Wheeeeeeeeeee! ANGLE ON: The two cars arrive at the bottom of the hill at the same time. Elinor and Camilla laugh and high-five. CaMILLA You DID it Elinor, now you car is just as fast as mine! ElINOR Yep, all because of it’s pointy shape. Olive and Ari run into the scene, and we ZOOM OUT as they all celebrate. Elinor, olive, ari, camilla (ad libbing) That was awesome! / You were so fast! / My turn next! / etc. FADE OUT, THE END.

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ELINOR Wonders Why EP 117 Speed Racer By: Adam Ruben Elinor’s Question: Why is Camilla's racecar so much faster than Elinor's wagon? Logline: When Elinor wants her wagon to move faster, she changes its shape with some inspiration from aerodynamic animals. Curriculum Goals: 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. (Elinor and her friends learn that animals' shapes help them move fast.) ND3 . 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 and her friends build a car based on animals' shapes.) SEP1d . Identify a problem that can be solved by the design of a new or improved object or tool. (Elinor and her friends identify that, to make the wagon as fast as Camilla's car, they need to improve its design.) SEP3b . Compare and contrast objects and events by describing similarities and differences in detail. (Elinor and her friends consider the similarities [wheels] and differences [shape] between her wagon and Camilla's car.) SEP3e . Design and build a solution to a simple problem. (Elinor and her friends design and build a faster car.) SEP4c . Record observations to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. (Elinor and her friends notice the animals' shapes.) SEP6b . Look for and describe patterns and relationships in natural phenomena. (Elinor and her friends notice that fast animals' shapes are similar.) 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 before beginning to design a solution. (Elinor and her friends mistakenly believe that changing the car's decoration will make it faster.) ET1c . Begin to understand that engineering is a collaborative process during which ideas can be exchanged and shared with others while defining a problem and working to design, test and revise a solution. (Elinor and her friends each have theories about why Camilla's car is faster.) ET2b . Use a variety of low-tech tools including writing, drawing and painting utensils, scissors, magnifiers, balance scales, ramps, pulleys, hammers, screwdrivers, sieves, tubing, binoculars, whisks, measuring cups. (Elinor and her friends use scissors and paint to modify their car.) Main Characters: Elinor, Olive, Ari, Camilla Dromedary, Mr. Rabbit Secondary Characters: Backgrounds - Elinor's yard, hill near Elinor's house, forest near Elinor's house Props - red wagon with taped-on cardboard box, paints, kid-sized racecar, bird, fish, rock, tree Line Count - 110 OUTLINE: January 25, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: February 19, 2019 Al All ARI Cam Camilla ELINOR ELINOR AND Olive Elinor, Olive Elinor, Olive, Ari ELINOR, Olive, aRI, sALLY SILAS ELINOR, Olive, ARI, sally, kai ELINOR/Olive Goat twins Kai Olive Olive, ARI Olive, Ari, Olive, ari, sallu, kai, Camilla, Goat Twins Olive/ari SALLY Mr. Rabbit Elinor, camilla Elinor, olive, ari, camilla (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 2 4 3 5 6 CLUBHOUSE ON A HILL (WIDE) – DAY CLUBHOUSE -- DAY SMALL HILL -- DAY BOTTOM OF THE HILL -- DAY CLUBOUSE – LATER IRIS OUT THE END. INT. ELINOR'S LIVING ROOM EXT. ELINOR'S YARD EXT. HILL INT. DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY A BIT LATER A FEW MINUTES LATER CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK. CROSSFADE TO: