1. EXt. Dry pond -- DAY Open on MZ. MOLE, ELINOR, OLIVE, ARI and KIDS (as necessary). The kids are spread out, looking for something in different directions. The sun is overhead and it is hot. Mz. Mole is carrying a bag. Elinor I think it was that way. ari I’m pretty sure it was over there. Olive stands staring at an empty space between a tree and a large rock. Olive Where did it go? Mz. Mole Now just what are you all looking for? The kids gather around Olive. Olive holds up a large picture. ANGLE ON: the picture is in full frame, we see the same tree and rock with a pond, surrounded by lush green plants, dragonflies and frogs. The picture also has the kids sitting by the edge with their feet in the pond. Olive This really neat pond we saw the last time we were here. The picture is pulled down to reveal the same scene but with no pond and just some dried plants OLIVE (CONT’D) But now it’s gone. Mz. MOLE Oh, that IS a neat pond! But it’s a SPRING-TIME pond. And what happens a lot in the spring? Ari It rains a LOT? Elinor Oh, I get it. Now it's SUMMER and there isn't much rain so the pond is all dried up. MZ. MOLE That’s right. ArI But there were so many little critters living in the pond. What happened to them? MZ. MOLE Those critters have some very clever ways to survive. Let’s read about one of my favorites, called Daphnia. Mz. Mole pulls out a book from her bag and opens to a picture of a pond 2. EXT. IMAGE OF Pond IN BOOK CROSS/SECTION: We see daphnia bobbing in the water, they are quite small. Adult daphnia with eggs image ref: https: // upload.wikimedia.org / wikipedia /commons/thumb/4/ 4e / Daphnia_pulex.png / 440px-Daphnia_pulex.png ElINOR Look how they bounce up and down! Mz. Mole turns the page and with a magnifying glass we can see a Daphnia close up with two eggs on her back.(Or Mz. Mole can us a magnifying glass. Some books have these attached by a string) OLIVE She has little eggs on her back! Mz. Mole turns the page a few times and the level of the pond drops down with each turn. ARI Oh no, their pond is drying up! We should warn them. MZ. MOLE Not to worry, the momma daphnia makes a special case that keeps her eggs safe as the pond dries up. The Daphnia's back develops a hard brown case. We see the egg case fall off the Daphnia’s back, the daphnia swims away as the case falls to the bottom of the pond. Egg case ref: https: // upload.wikimedia.org / wikipedia /commons/thumb/5/52/ Daphnid_GLERL_1.jpg / 440px-Daphnid_GLERL_1.jpg Pages Turn and we see the level of the pond drop until there is just dry dirt with a brown egg case resting on it. ElINOR Don’t the little eggs need water? MZ. MOLE They do. But if they are in their special case they can wait for the spring rains to fill up the pond again. Then, pop! Out come the new little daphnia. We see rain fill the water level back up. We zoom in closer to the brown egg case at the bottom. When Mz. Mole says “pop!” Two little daphnia pop out of the case and start bobbing around. Baby daphia image ref: https: // upload.wikimedia.org / wikipedia /commons/thumb/5/52/ Daphnid_GLERL_1.jpg / 440px-Daphnid_GLERL_1.jpg OliVE There they are! MZ. MOLE Indeed! Nature has a lot of clever tricks to help pond creatures survive the summer. 3. EXT. pond -- DAY The kids are sitting around the dried area, looking hot and tired, except for Olive who is next to Mz. Mole Olive So there’s a whole pond here just waiting for water to bring it back to life? MZ. MOLE That’s right! A little like your friends over there. Mz. Mole smiles and winks at Olive and pulls a jug of water out of her bag. Olive smiles, puts her trunk in the water, sucks it up and then sprays it in the air. The water falls on the other kids and they start <GIGGLING AND LAUGHING> and running around Video of swimming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rOCjjD29SY

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW Interstitial 122 Mz. Mole Story Time: Daphnia By Matt Giorgianni Follows: Frozen Fish - When the pond freezes, Elinor and her friends become worried about how the fish who live there can survive the winter. With Farmer Bear's help they learn they're fine, resting in the cold water beneath the ice Curriculum: The kids learn about Daphnia, the cute little water flea, that lives in ponds that dry up. They have special eggs which dry out and wait until the rains and streams fill the pond back up, only then do they hatch. LS4 . Understand that all animals and plants have a life cycle, can reproduce, and change and grow over time: 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:? FIRST DRAFT: September 8, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: September 27th, 2019 POLISH DRAFT: October 15, 2019 El Mz. MOLE OLIVE (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) Int Ext I/E 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.