EXT./INT. EXPLORERS’ CLUBHOUSE – DAY ELINOR calls from inside the Clubhouse. ElINOR Welcome Explorers Olive, Ari, Sally, and Tito. It’s time for the Explorers’ pledge. ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI, SALLY and TITO start reciting their pledge with hand-gestures. Elinor, ari, Olive An Explorer is brave, an Explorer is kind… (We PUSH IN through the window…) An Explorer is CURIOUS, who knows what we’ll find! The kids all cheer <WHOO-HOO> then... Tito Ooooh, I can’t wait to go on an Explorer adventure - I’ll be brave and kind and... (a little hesitantly) Uuhhhm. What does curious mean? ELINOR Good question, Tito. Curious means you really want to find out about new things. Olive Yep, we explorers are verrrrrry curious, so we ask lots of questions. Tito Oooh… (he thinks) What kind of questions? Ari Any kind of question - like the one you just asked. Tito Oh. (he thinks, then, GIGGLES) Yay me! Olive and Ari high-five Tito <SFX: WAY TO GO WALLA>. NOTE: The actor playing TITO has a lovely contagious laugh, feel free to weave it in at the Voice Record. ELINOR Okay, Explorers, now that we’ve said our pledge it’s time for the best part of the Club – EXPLORING!! Follow me! The kids follow Elinor out the door. EXT. EXPLORERS CLUBHOUSE – DAY Tito (excitedly) This is soo exciting!! Where are we going to explore today? ELINOR Hmm, well, that depends on what we want to see. OLIVE I’d like to see some interesting new plants. Ari I want to see cool new animals, like lizards or bugs. SallY I just want to find some sticks. (A pause as the others look at her questioning.) What can I say? I love sticks. ELINOR Well, I want to be like the GREAT explorers, exploring the sea. (THOUGHT BUBBLE: we see Elinor at the front of a ship as she looks out towards the sea) Or a jungle (THOUGHT BUBBLE: We see her trekking through a jungle! ) Or even a new city!! THOUGHT BUBBLE: We see the silhouette of tall buildings. Ari (V.O.) Uhh, Elinor. I don’t think we can go THAT far. The THOUGHT BUBBLE BURSTS, we track down to the kids. OlIVE My Mom said we’re supposed to stay around the woods near the Clubhouse. TITO Yeah, and I’m supposed to be home for lunch. Elinor’s THOUGHT BUBBLE bursts. ELINOR (a little disappointed) <SIGH> You’re right... (brightening) But we can still explore - come on. The Explorers follow Elinor into the woods. Elinor, olive, arI, (sing-song) Let’s go exploring, exploring, exploring... EXT. FOREST GLADE (NEAR THE CLUBHOUSE) – DAY CLOSE ON: Ari. Ari (sing-song) Let’s go exploring – whoops! At that moment Ari accidentally stomps on the end of a stick, which has a little Roly Poly crawling on the other end. ANGLE ON: The force of Ari’s stomp sends the Roly Poly flying through the air. ECU/SLO MO maybe we can see the little creature roll up into a ball, but the kids don’t notice yet. Now a ball, the Roly Poly gently bonks Ari on the head before rolling to the ground. ArI (CONT’D) Huh? Something hit me! Ari looks down as Olive, Tito and Sally gather around. Elinor keeps marching. Olive I saw it! I think it was that little rock. Olive points. ARI Yep that must be it. ANGLE ON: Elinor, still marching along, realizes no one is following her anymore. ELINOR Where’d everybody go? (turning) What are you all looking at? Olive A rock. ELINOR (puzzled) A rock? But Explorers, we have so much more to explore - new plants, new animals, a jungle, the sea, a new city... and sticks. ARI Yeah, but this is a REALLY COOL rock, Elinor, look. Elinor hurries back to see the rock. SCIENCE ECU – Ari has the rolled up Roly Poly in the palm of his hand. ELINOR Oooooh, you’re right, Ari. I’ve never seen a rock like this one before. (pointing to the rock) It’s tiny and round and has lots of lines on it. At that moment the Roly Poly just begins to uncurl itself. Ari Wait a minute – is this rock MOVING? WIDEN: The kids consider this exciting development. Tito I thought rocks don’t move, do they? ElINOR We need MORE observations. Olive takes the magnifying glass out of her satchel and holds it up. MAGNIFYING POV: The Roly Poly is partly rolled up on its back and we can see its legs peeking out and wiggling. NOTE: Although it looks less like a rock now, I think we can keep the conceit until line 40. ElINOR (CONT’D) <GASP!> It has LEGS! Tito seems a bit nervous. TitO (nervously) A rock with legs? I’m scared. Olive You don’t have to worry, Tito. Explorers are brave, remember? Olive puts her arm around Tito. He perks up. TITO (brightening) Oh yeah. The Roly Poly uncurls completely. ELINOR You know what, this isn’t a rock at all. It looks like some kind of bug. ArI That is so coooool ! Olive leans in close to count the legs. OlIVE It has one, two three four five six SEVEN pairs of legs. Elinor is entranced by the Roly Poly which has now flipped over and is crawling around on Ari’s hand. elinor Wow. Look, it’s crawling. OliVE Hmmmm. Let me check my Nature Book. (she hands the magnifying glass to Elinor then takes out her Nature Book and leafs through) OK, so... Hmmm Forest Animals.... ANGLE ON: a drawing of a bunch of different animals that live under a log (who we will meet later): millipede, slug, worm, ant, spider, beetle and a Roly Poly. Olive points to it. OlIVE (CONT’D) Oh! I think we found a Roly Poly! Tito (giggle) Roly Poly, that’s a funny word. OLIVE Listen to this. Roly Polys, or Pill Bugs, actually aren’t bugs at all. They are similar to lobsters and crabs but they live under logs and rocks. ELINOR Really? That is sooo interesting. OLIVE And it says here that Roly Polys roll up into a ball to protect themselves when they’re feeling nervous. All the kids <SFX: OOOOH WALLA>. Meanwhile Ari is starting to squirm. ArI (giggling) YIKES! I don’t think the Roly Poly is nervous anymore – Now it’s just... TICKLY! ANGLE ON: The Roly Poly has crawled up Ari’s arm and is walking around on his wing (not near his face). Ari can’t help wiggle and giggle, <SFX: WIGGLE, GIGGLE WALLA> as the little creature crawls back down his arm. Ari sets it gently on the ground. ARI (CONT’D) Whew! There ya go, little Roly Poly. The Roly Poly starts trundling along with determination. TitO Where’s it going now? ELINOR Let’s find out - follow that Roly Poly! EXT. FOREST GLADE – WIDE As they follow, Elinor has to stop and start a couple of times to match the Roly Poly’s slower pace, causing a series of gentle pile-ups with her friends <SF: OOOF, WHOOPS, GIGGLE>. ARI The Roly Poly doesn’t go very fast. Olive That’s because it’s so small. And it seems to be checking things out. ANGLE ON: The Roly Poly has stopped and is exploring an interesting rock covered in lichen with it’s antennae. ELINOR Oooh, you’re right Olive. I think it’s exploring. Tito Just like us! OlIVE I wonder what things look like to a little Roly Poly. ELINOR Let’s find out. Let’s be Roly Polies, and observe things from the ground, just like a Roly Poly does. Elinor and the others get down low. LOW DOWN POV OF THE FOREST FLOOR: A little puddle, a patch of grass, a rock etc, look huge. Have fun designers! <SFX: WHOOOA WALLA> SALLY That puddle looks like an ocean. Tito The grass looks like a jungle from down here. ArI Wow! This rock looks just like a MOUNTAIN! Climb it, Roly Poly, all the way to the TOP! The Roly Poly keeps moving over the rock, stopping and touching things with its antennae. Olive Yep, it’s exploring for sure. You go, Roly Poly. ELINOR I know! Let’s make this Roly Poly a member of the Exploring Club. OLIVE Great idea, Elinor, only... Roly Polys don’t talk, so it can’t say the Exploring Pledge. ELINOR Then let’s do the Explorers Pledge for him. Ready? The Explorers stand up and start the pledge. Elinor, ari, olive An Explore is brave, an Explorer is kind! An Explore is curious, who knows what we’ll find! ArI Welcome to the Club, Roly Pol-uh-oh... ANGLE ON: The ground, no Roly Poly. OLIVE Where’d the Roly Poly go? The kids look around in panic for a beat, then... ElINOR There it is!! ANGLE ON: the Roly Poly is burrowing in the earth beside a good-sized partially rotten log, suddenly it disappears. Tito <gasp!> It’s gone! Olive It went under the log. Let’s go see it come out the other side. The kids gather around the far side of the log waiting for the Roly Poly to emerge. ELINOR Come on Explorer Roly Poly, we’re waiting for you so we can keep EXPLORING! A beat, then. Ari Roly Poly....? TitO It’s not coming out. OliVE Maybe it’s stuck under there. Olive rolls the log over and the kids discover… EXT. LOG TOWN – DAY ANGLE ON: The kids amazed face, gob-smacked with what they see. <SFX: WOOOW!!!> https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/habitats-and-ecosystems/rotting-log/ ElinoR Look at that! There are all kinds of animals under this log! ARI What ARE all those things? ELINOR We definitely need MORE observations! Elinor still has the magnifying glass in her hand and the kids crouch down low to observe: ECU/MAGNIFYING GLASS POV - The kids take time to watch the bugs and creatures moving around. Ari Whoa! There are worms and slugs and beetles... and more roly polies. A millipede crawls by. elinor Look at all the legs on this one. OLIVE (checking her book) That’s a millipede. The kids <SFX: OOH and AWW> . Tito They’re all munching on that old log. It’s like their lunch room. SaLLY And these ants are walking over a puddle on a stick. (realizing) I found STICKS, just like I wanted! Sally gathers up some sticks she’s found (NOT the one the ants are using) and makes the ant bridge wider to help the ants. DESIGN NOTE: The puddle the ants are crossing is VERY small - the size of a hand. OLIVE Those little plants that are growing out of the log must look just like trees to them. ANGLE ON: little ferns growing out the log. ArI Maybe this is their town. Just like we live in Animal Town. ELINOR A tiny town, under the log. ARI We’ll call it Log Town! ELINOR Wow, it’s so much fun to explore. As the kids sing we examine Log Town and see the things they mention (sea, cave, forest etc.) which are really just small puddles, nooks and ferns but seen from a Roly Poly perspective. Elinor, Ari, Olive Explore, Explore, just walk out the door! The whole world is there, what are you waiting for? Explore, explore, then explore some more, You don’t know what you’ll find until you explore. ELINOR: Who knows where you’ll go, and what you will see, OLIVE: It could be a forest, a cave or the sea, ARI: You might climb a mountain, or wade through a bog ELINOR: Or you might find a town under a rock or a log. ALL: Explore, Explore, just walk out the door! The whole world is there, what are you waiting for? Explore, explore, then explore some more, You don’t know what you’ll find until you explore. END SONG - As the song ends we can see the various animals are seeking shelter under sticks and leaves, or burrowing into the ground. ArI Hey! Where are they going? Olive They’re all hiding. Look, the Roly Polies are all rolled up. TITO They must be nervous. ARI Of what? OLIVE Of US! We probably look huge to them, Ari. Olive crouches low. Her POV reveals this is true. ARI Oh, no! Let’s not make them nervous. ELINOR You’re right. Let’s put the roof back on Log Town. They start to roll the log back into place. Sally Wait! Sally uses her stick to gently move the little creatures into safe spots (small holes, under rocks, covered by a piece of wood). TitO Sweet. Now they won’t be squished by accident when we roll the log back. ELINOR That was a really nice thing to do, Sally. The kids roll the log carefully back into place. ANGLE ON: the little Roly Poly burrows happily underneath. ArI Bye, bye Roly Poly, thanks for showing us around Log Town. In ECU we can see the creatures under the log, crawling around safe and sound. EXT. FOREST GLADE (NEAR THE CLUBHOUSE) – DAY BACK ON: The kids walk back to the clubhouse after a long day of exploring. ELINOR Wow, what a great day to go exploring. OlIVE I got to see plants that grow out of logs. ArI I got to meet a new animal, the Roly Poly, and we got to visit a whole new town under a log. SALLY And I found some sticks! Sally proudly holds up some sticks. She <SFX: GIGGLES> and everyone joins her TitO It was a real adventure! Olive Everyone got to explore what they wanted. (realizing) Except you, Elinor. I’m sorry we didn’t explore far away places like REAL explorers. ELINOR That's OK, Olive. We discovered cool new things near by. And we WERE real explorers… (Elinor points to Tito and to Sally.) Tito, you were BRAVE when we first saw the Roly Poly. And Sally, you were KIND when you made sure our Log Town friends were safe. But most important... ArI We were ALL curious! Tito Where are we going to explore tomorrow? ArI Well, we could explore the mess in my room. Who KNOWS what we’ll find hiding under there. Just sayin, Everybody <SFX LAUGHS>. WIDE SHOT of them continue on their way home through the forest, singing a reprise of the song chorus ( ALT: singing the sing-song from line 21). Elinor, Ari, Olive Explore, Explore, just walk out the door! The whole world is there, what are you waiting for? The others as <SFX: CHEER WALLA> - fade out. THE END Segment 2. 1. INT CLASSROOM -- DAY Mz . Mole carries a plant pot and walks towards the closet. The kids look interested and gather around her. ELINOR What are you doing with that pot, Mz . Mole? MZ . MOLE (FROM IN THE CLOSET) I'm finding a nice spot for it in the closet. OLIVE A plant in the closet? But don't plants need SUNLIGHT to help them grow? MZ . MOLE They sure do, Olive! But this is not a plant. It's a MUSHROOM! We see the pot closer up, revealing a mushroom. [ Mycenae Image ref: https: // media.mnn.com /assets/images/2015/04/ mycena-collage-three-species.jpg.838x0_q80.jpg ]. The kids <SFX: OHHHH WALLA>. MZ . MOLE (CONT'D) Mushrooms actually like to grow in the dark. ARI Coool . I didn't know mushrooms weren't plants! MZ . MOLE That's right! Mushrooms are something different called fungi . ARI Fungi? Hey, I'm a "fun guy" too! They all <SFX: LAUGH>. MZ. MOLE Yes, you are, Ari. Come on in and I'll read you a book about the amazing world of mushrooms. They all crowd in. Mz . Mole turns on a flashlight (there's no moment of darkness) and closes the door. She grabs a book that was there before and shines the flashlight on it. 2. Popup BOOK - continuous We see a forest scene featuring a log (Reuse from Roly Poly if possible). Mz . MOLE Plants need sunlight. It's what they use to live and grow. Page flip and we see the log roll over, with mushrooms peeking out. MZ . MOLE (CONT'D) But mushrooms are different. They don't need sunlight. They like to grow in dark places, like UNDER this log! Zoom in on the mushrooms. ELINOR If there's no sunlight, what do they use to grow? MZ . MOLE Good question, Elinor! They get what they need from the ground using their roots. We show water and nutrients coming up into the mushrooms from its roots. OLIVE That's pretty smart. Does that mean they can grow in places that plants can't? MZ . MOLE Yes! Mushrooms can grow in places where it's totally dark, like underground in a cave! Page flip to a cave scene. We see clusters of mushrooms growing near a pool in a dripping cave. ( where possible reuse scenes from Bishop 118 interstitial) ELINOR So these mushrooms NEVER get sunlight? MZ. MOLE Exactly! And they love it down there. OLIVE I like how they are so many different colors. MZ. MOLE Me too! Mushrooms don't have to be brown. They can be green or red. ELINOR Look, that one is pink! We see a pink mushroom. Image ref: https://mushroomandcompany.com/product/pink-oyster/ OLIVE I see a blue one! We see a blue mushroom. Image ref: https: // en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Lactarius_indigo ARI I spot a spotted mushroom! We see a spotted mushroom. Image ref: https: // en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Amanita_muscaria 3. INT CLOSET -- DAY Back in the closet. Mz . Mole shines the light on herself. MZ . MOLE And that's not even the most amazing color. Some mushrooms can even GLOW IN THE DARK. elinor What, really? Mz . MOLE See for yourselves... She turns off her flashlight. The closet is dark except for the mushrooms, which are glowing and casting a green glow on everyone's faces. [ Mycenae Image ref: https: // media.mnn.com /assets/images/2015/04/ mycena-collage-three-species.jpg.838x0_q80.jpg ] ari Wow, that's amazing! OLIVE I wish I could glow in the dark. MZ . MOLE I think you kids are already plenty bright. They all laugh.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 118A Follow That Roly Poly By Katherine Sandford Elinor's Question: Where can we explore without going very far? OR Where does a Rollie Pollie live? Logline: The Exploring Club wants to explore some place really cool, and they end up exploring under a log. Curriculum 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 (Elinor and her friends realize the Rollie Pollie and the other animals depend on the eco-system under the log to survive). ES3 . Understand that things people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them, but they can make choices that reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things: (Elinor and her friend learn that they disturbed the ecosystem under the log when they moved it) ND4. (RTL Crosscutting concept 'Flows, Cycles, and Conservation'): Appreciate the way that elements in the natural world change, interact and are re-used, and how we can organize our designed world to better fit and care for the environment. (Elinor and her friends realize they should put the log back into place to protect t animals in Log Town) SEP5 . Using mathematics and computational thinking a. Using counting and numbers to describe and compare quantitative attributes of objects b. Sort and categorize observable phenomena based on attributes c. Use mathematical language and vocabulary to describe attributes (Elinor and her friends count and classify the bug they find). CROSS-CUTTING CONCEPT: Scale and proportion. (Elinor and her friends observe how things look from a Rollie Pollie's perspective). Mains: Elinor, Ari, Olive, Tito. Secondary: Sally Locations: Explorer's Clubhouse, Forest, under the log Props: magnifying glass, Nature Book, Rollie Pollie, Assorted worms, centipedes, ants and spiders that live under the log. OUTLINE: May 28, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: July 15, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: August 8, 2019 POLISH: August 3, 2019 RECORD DRAFT: September 9, 2019 ELINOR ARI OLIVE SALLY TITO Art Elinor, olive, ari, tito (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ND4 1 ELINOR WONDERS WHY (RTL CROSSCUTTING CONCEPT 'FLOWS, CYCLES, AND CONSERVATION'): APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT ELEMENTS IN THE NATURAL WORLD CHANGE, INTERACT AND ARE RE-USED, AND HOW WE CAN ORGANIZE OUR DESIGNED WORLD TO BETTER FIT AND CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. (ELINOR AND HER FRIENDS REALIZE THEY SHOULD PUT THE LOG BACK INTO PLACE TO PROTECT THE LOG CITY) EXPLORERS' CLUBHOUSE – DAY CLUBHOUSE EXPLORERS CLUBHOUSE – DAY FOREST GLADE (NEAR THE CLUBHOUSE) – DAY FOREST GLADE – WIDE LOG TOWN – DAY CLUBHOUSE – AFTERNOON 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. J&D NOTES: