1. EXT. SCHOOLYARD – DAY Mz. Mole addresses her excited students, who are sitting on the grass or lounging around in front of her. Mz. Mole All right, class. Today is a very special day. It’s our NATURE CELEBRATION!! <SFX: YAY WALLA!!> The class is raring to go. Mz. Mole (CONT’D) Everyone needs to help get ready. Lizzie and Mary you’re in charge of showing off the Nature Artwork. (angle on Lizzie and Mary in front of the artwork on a clothesline - one end collapses, the Goat Twins are covered in artwork) Koa and Tito you’ll be gathering the Nature Snacks from the class garden. (angle on Koa ready to go with a shovel, Tito pops up from behind a small bush with a basket) Elinor, Olive and Ari you’re in charge of setting up the Nature Walk in the woods behind the school. Everyone else helps with the decorations for our NATURE CELEBRATION. Our trio is stoked! They run to the entrance of their Nature Walk (a semi-circular path through the forest that takes you back to the playground - the exit is not far away). Ari Yes! Our Nature Walk is gonna ROCK. Olive Not just rock, Ari. It’s gonna have trees and flowers, too! Ari Hehe, good one Olive. EliNOR (hopping around) I can’t WAIT to show our friends ALL the amazing nature around here. Olive takes out her notebook. Olive Ok , we picked out a really nice path with three great spots to stop and notice nature. ANGLE ON: Olive’s notebook shows a little diagram of the woods behind the school, with the Nature Walk traced out. With her trunk, she points to the three stops in order: the Beehive, the Bird’s Nest and the Willow Tree. ELINOR That looks so fun, Olive. But... how will our friends know which way to go to follow the path? Ari No worries, Elinor. That’s why I made these signs - TAH-DAH! Ari points. ANGLE ON: some small kid-like arrow signs set up close by (they stand up on bases of X shaped crosses). ElINOR Those look great, Ari. Olive Yeah, they’ll show our friends which way to go. Ari Okay, lets go put them up. Ari grabs the signs and antics to run off. ELINOR Uh Ari, aren’t you forgetting something? (Ari stops, uncertain. <SFX: UHHHH WALLA> ) (good natured) The first sign! To tell everyone where to start. ArI (a revelation) Oh, riiiiiiight. Ari runs back and sets up the first arrow, but it wobbles a bit (the cross/feet of the signs are a bit small). Olive Great. Now let’s go set up the rest of the Nature Walk! The kids run off but we stay on the arrow. A beat, then it falls over. 2. EXT. NATURE WALK (BEEHIVE) -- DAY The kids run on-screen. Ari (like an announcer) And now, the first spot on the Nature Walk... My favorite... (Ari gestures) The BEEHIVE! The kids all look the way Ari is pointing (it’s not too far up, and it’s obvious). <SFX: WHOOAA> OlIve It’s dripping with honey! Ari It is? (He looks up and the honey drips on his face near his mouth) It IS! (he licks the honey away) Mmmmmm. Honey. Elinor Sweet! Our friends are gonna love it. Okay, let’s put a sign to point to the next spot on the Nature Walk. Olive checks her notebook then points. Olive It’s... this way! Ari One sign, coming up. (puts the sign, then) Let's go! They all run off in the direction of the sign. 3. EXT. NATURE WALK (BIRD’S NEST) – DAY They come running OS, with Elinor in the lead. ElinOR The next stop on the Nature Walk is... the bird’s nest! She gestures. ANGLE ON: a bird’s nest, again, not too far up. Suddenly a baby bird pops out. OlIVE Oh, look! There’s a baby bird! ELINOR Isn’t it cute? That’s why I picked this spot. ArI Nice one, Elinor. Where to next? Olive checks her notebook and points. Olive That-a-way! Ari puts up the sign and off they go. 4. EXT. NATURE WALK (WILLOW TREE) – DAY CU: Olive, excited and in Vanna White mode. OlIve And now, my favorite spot on the Nature Walk... (she waves her arm with a flourish) The Willow Tree! WIDEN TO REVEAL: The Willow Tree, and it is truly spectacular. ARI This willow tree is AMAZING Olive. Look at the nice big branches. ElinOR It’s so big and strong - this tree isn’t going anywhere. OlIVE Yep. That’s why I love trees. (she pats the trunk) They’re always right there where you left them. ElINOR Awesome. All we have to do now is set up the last... whoooa ! Elinor trips and almost falls. Ari Are you okay, Elinor? What happened? Elinor I’m okay. I just tripped over something, oh I see... (she observes the willow tree roots carefully) Whoaa! This willow tree has big, long roots. OlIVE Yeah, I read about it in my Nature Book. All plants have roots, but a big tree like this one has really long roots that grow deep under the ground. It helps them stay in place. As Olive talks, we see a THOUGHT BUBBLE with a picture from her book revealing a willow tree’s deep roots. ArI Cool. Where to next, Olive? Olive checks her notebook. Olive This is the last spot, so we just need a sign that points back to the playground. That way! Olive points. Ari sets up the final sign. <SFX: ARI HEE-YAH!> Then the kids run OS. 5. EXT. NATURE WALK (ENTRANCE) -- DAY The kids arrive back at the schoolyard, now all decorated. Mz. Mole stands amidst her class. MZ. MOLE It looks like we’re all ready. (announcing with joy) Let the Nature Celebration begin!! The kids <SFX: CHEER WALLA> Elinor Ooooh, I can’t WAIT for our friends to try our Nature Walk! Elinor, Ari and Olive run back to the entrance. Ari notices the sign on the ground. ElinoR (CONT’D) Uh-oh. The sign fell over. (she picks it up) There. Now we’re really ready. All we need are some friends. Ari steps up. ARI Leave this to me... (he assumes a pose, announcing like a carnival barker) Step right up folks and see the wonders of NATURE. The bees... Elinor and Olive start getting into it. ElINOR The birds! OlIVE The amazing TREES! At this moment Sally Beaver walks by and stops dead. Sally Trees? Did you say trees? I LOVE trees! And sticks! Will there be sticks? Olive There will definitely be sticks, Sally. Come enjoy our nature walk! Sally Okay, which way do I go? ARI Just follow the signs. Sally points in the direction of the first sign. SALLY This way? ARI You got it. Sally walks off. Meanwhile Koa and Tito come walking around the school with a basket of veggies and shovels. Elinor (calling) Tito! Koa! Want to go on our Nature Walk? Koa and Tito look at each other and smile. Then run to the kids (leaving behind their gardening shovel and basket of veggies). 6. EXT. NATURE WALK (BEEHIVE) -- DAY Sally Beaver gets to the Beehive. SallY (singing to herself) Sticks, sticks, sticks, sticks... (she stops when she sees) Oh! Bees! Awesome! Look at that hive dripping with honey. She nabs a drip of honey on her paw and puts it in her mouth, then she admires the bees for a beat. SallY (CONT’D) Mmmm, I wonder where I should go next. (She notices the sign.) Oh, right, follow the sign. She starts going in that direction when she sees something on the ground. SALLY (CONT’D) <GASP!> A stick! She bends down to pick it up but as she does she gently knocks into the arrow sign. She doesn’t notice it wobbling as she walks off happily with her stick. Then it falls over. A beat, then Koa and Tito arrive. Tito Look! A beehive! They each grab a drip of honey with their fingers. <SFX: Mmmmm WALLA> Koa Now which way should we go? Tito Ari said to follow the signs. Koa Oh, there’s one. They see the sign on the ground. It points the wrong direction. They look at each other, shrug, then follow the sign into the forest. 7. EXT. NATURE WALK (BIRD’S NEST) - DAY We see the sign, waiting, with the Momma bird perched on it. As we hear Sally approach the bird takes off and the sign falls over into some bushes just before she appears. SaLLY (O.C.) (singing to herself) One stick, two sticks, three sticks four... (arriving) Hey! A bird’s nest. (the baby bird pokes out) And a BABY! How tweet, tweet, tweet! (observes for a moment, satisfied) This is a great nature walk. I wonder which way I should go next. Hmmm, I don’t see another sign. (she looks around, confused, then makes up her mind) Maybe it’s this way. (singing to herself) Five sticks, six sticks, seven sticks, more! She walks off into the forest the wrong way. 8. EXT. NATURE WALK (ENTRANCE)- DAY Ari is ushering the Goat Twins in. Ari Right this way, enjoy your Nature Walk. Remember to follow the signs. Olive Wow, our Nature Walk is sure popular. Everyone is going in - Sally and Koa and Tito and Lizzie and Mary. ELINOR Bu-uut, no one has come back yet. ANGLE ON: The end of the walk, at the other side of the playground. A beat. Ari I guess they’re walkinging slowly? 9. EXT. FOREST (BEEHIVE) – DAY The twins arrive at the beehive location, see the sign on the floor, and follow it the wrong way. Then the camera widens. WIDE SHOT REVEALS: Sally, Koa, Tito, Mary and Lizzie are wandering around in the forest. ANGLE ON: Sally bumps into Koa and Tito. SaLLY Koa! Tito! Do you know which way we’re supposed to go next? Koa Uh, nope. They told us to follow the signs, but I don’t see any. SALLY Me neither. Suddenly the Goat Twins arrive. Tito Uh-oh, are we all lost? 10. EXT. NATURE WALK (ENTRANCE) -- DAY The kids are waiting for their friends, looking towards the exit. Olive Why is no one coming out? At that moment Sally, Koa, Tito, Lizzie and Mary all emerge from the forest back at the playground. ElinOR There you are! Ari What happened? TitO We got lost. ArI Lost? How could you get lost? ElINOR Didn’t you follow the signs? KOA We only saw one sign. TITO And it pointed us into the forest. Koa Then we couldn’t find another sign. Our trio is confused: ARI I wonder what happened to all our signs? ElINOR Let’s go find out. We need more observations! The kids run off. 11. EXT. Beehive -- day The kids arrive at the beehive spot. Elinor Where's the sign? Olive notices. OlIve There it is, it fell on the ground and it’s pointing the wrong way. Ari No wonder everyone got lost. Ari stands it back up. ElINOR Let’s go check the next sign. 12. EXT. FOREST (BIRD’S NEST) - DAY They look around for the sign. Elinor spots it. ElINOR There it is. ArI It must have fallen into these bushes. Together they pick it back up. OLIVE Let’s go check on the last sign. Off they go. 13. EXT. WILLOW TREE - DAY The kids emerge from the forest and find the last sign in its rightful place. Ari Phew! At least this sign is still stand... (he trips on the root) Whooops. ELINOR Oh, no! It’s those roots again. Ari does one of his patented flips (accidentally knocking into the sign without noticing - it teeters). He lands, leaning casually on the Willow Tree as if to look cool. Ari I meant to do that. (The sign falls over) But not that. Olive picks it up. OlIve It’s not your fault Ari, these signs fall over a lot. Olive gives the sign a slight push, and it falls over. ElinOR Yeah, they don’t stay in place. I wonder... How can we keep them from falling over? Ari Hmmm, good question. (He leans on the tree again) Let’s think about this. As Olive and Ari think (Olive pacing, Ari leaning on the tree in different and funny overdramatic thoughtful pose) Elinor is observing Ari. ELINOR Wait a minute Ari, I think you’re LEANING on the answer! ARI I am? OlIve He is? ElINOR Look at the tree. It doesn’t fall over when you lean on it, like the sign did. Ari Huh, you’re right. (Ari pushes on it) It won’t budge. The other kids join him - they push and push, but the tree doesn’t fall, it keeps standing straight and tall. Ari (CONT’D) It’s like it’s stuck to the ground. EliNOR (the penny drops) Stuck to the ground... that’s it! The tree IS stuck to the ground - by its roots. Elinor points to the big root. The kids all gather and observe. Ari gives the root a little kick. Olive Yeah, the roots under the ground help the tree stay in place. In a THOUGHT BUBBLE, we see the cross section picture of the big tree with the roots again. ArI Those are some deep roots! ELINOR And that gives me an idea. Ari I know. We should grow the SIGNS! Ari hunches over a barren spot of ground. ELINOR I don’t think we can grow signs. But maybe we can we bury the bottoms of the signs - like the tree roots. Elinor has a THOUGHT BUBBLE that shows a sign going into a shallow hole that gets filled with dirt. Olive Great idea, Elinor! But how are we going to make the holes on the ground? ElINOR <GASP!> I know... (Elinor runs to the exit, it’s not far, and calls OC) Koa, can I borrow your gardening shovel? (a beat, then) Thank you. Elinor runs back to Olive and Elinor brandishing his shovel. ElINOR (CONT’D) Let’s get digging! 14. SIGN BURYING MONTAGE: The kids sing as they bury signs, first at the Willow Tree, where the compare the bottom of the sign to the exposed roots before burying it, then at the other locations. Elinor, Olive, ari ELINOR: Trees have roots, That hold them steady, Through wind and rain, They’re always ready. OLIVE: Our signs need to stay up, So our friends can get around, So we’ll bury the bottom, Like a root in the ground. ARI: When our signs are strong and straight, We’ll all know where to go, Our Nature Walk will be great And everyone will know. ALL: With roots, roots, roots, Trees and signs stay up strong. With roots, roots, roots You can’t go wrong. 15. EXT. willow tree - DAY Mz. Mole and the class are following our trio as they finish up the walk. OLIVE And HERE is the last part of our Nature Walk... The willow tree! <SFX: WOOOOWW /WOO HOO /AWESOME>. The class kids admire the beauty of the tree and then run up to play on it. Mz. MOLE What a wonderful Nature Walk. And these signs were SO helpful! Ari goes over and leans on the sign. ARI Yup , and notice they don’t fall over. ELINOR We buried the bottom of the signs to keep them in place, Mz. Mole. Olive Just like the roots on this big tree. mz. Mole How clever! And what a perfect way to end our Nature Celebration. Ari Yeah, trees are so cool! He runs to the tree and starts doing patented Ari flips and jumps and ends by hanging upside down. <SFX: ARI TA-DAH WALLA> Elinor Good thing that tree has really deep and strong roots! They all share a <SFX: GIGGLE>, then Elinor and Olive run off to join their friends as we... IRIS OUT THE END

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 131B Nature Walk By: Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: How can we keep our signs from falling over? Logline: The kids’ Nature Walk signs keep falling over until Elinor and her friends realize they need “roots” like a tree. Curriculum Goals; LS2 . Understand that that plants have different parts that help them survive and grow: b. Identify the basic parts of plants and their function d. Explore how different external features of an animal or plant help it survive in its environment. (Elinor and her friends notice that the roots keep a tree from falling over.) ND3 . ( RTL Crosscutting concept ‘Structure and Function’): 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 copy the idea of “roots” by burying the bottom of their signposts in the ground). SEP 8 Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information · Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea · Obtain information using various texts, and other media that will be useful in answering a scientific question and/or supporting a scientific claim. (Elinor and her friends rely on Olive's Nature Book to give them information about the tree's roots). Designing Solutions (engineering) · Construct evidence-based explanations for natural phenomena ( science ) · Use tools and/or materials to design and/or build a device that provides a solution to a specific problem (engineering) (Elinor and her friends realize that the reason the tree stands up straight is because its roots are buried in the ground, and they decide to copy this idea to solve the problem of their signs falling over). OUTLINE: November 26, 2019 FIRST DRAFT: December 20, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: January 22, 2020 POLISH: February 10, 2020 RECORD DRAFT: February 20, 2020 OUTLINE Mz. Mole Oli Ari 0live OlIve Elinor OlIi Sally Koa Tito Goats Twins Mary and Liv Olo (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E 13 ELINOR WONDERS WHY CLASSROOM – DAY SCHOOL YARD NATURE WALK (BEEHIVE) -- DAY NATURE WALK (BIRD'S NEST) – DAY NATURE WALK (WILLOW TREE) – DAY NATURE WALK (ENTRANCE) -- DAY NATURE WALK (BIRDS NEST) NATURE WALK (ENTRANCE)- DAY NATURE WALK (BEEHIVE AND BIRD'S NEST) – DAY NATURE WALK ENTRANCE/ WILLOW TREE/NATURE PATH/BIRD'S NEST -- DAY SIGN BURYING MONTAGE: NATURE WALK THE END. WILLOW TREE EXT. FOREST 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.