Great stuff! Good job. No major notes from us. I see PBS has some notes, so we'll just catch the small stuff on the J&D polish. Thanks! EXT./INT. EXPLORERS’ CLUBHOUSE – DAY Elinor 35 Olive 28 Ari 31 Tito 19 Sally 5 Senor Tapir _ Principal Line Count 124 - Please cut 4 lines great! and just FYI, the actor who plays Tito has the most contagious laugh. its super cute so if theres places to naturally have him laugh, lets do it. Great! I really like the changes that were made. I only have a few notes / suggestions. ELINOR calls from inside the Clubhouse. "Very cute. I love the Explorers' Club -- especially their motto! A few sections don't feel like they flow perfectly just yet -- some suggestions on places to reorganize and tighten slightly. Also, let's make sure we get confirmation on the accepted spelling of Roly Poly, if we're going to feature that name in the episode title and title card." EliNOR 1-4: I think this opening might flow better if we reorder the lines a bit. Let's start with line 3, where Elinor welcomes the explorers (see note on revising this slightly). Then line 1 - Now, let's recite the Explorers' pledge! Then line 2, then 4. We want Tito's line, where he reacts to the word "curious," to come right after we hear it in the pledge. All right Explorers, it’s time for the Explorers’ pledge. Through the window we see her, OLIVE, ARI, SALLY and TITO start reciting their pledge with hand-gestures. Elinor, olive, ari, tito An Explorer is brave, an Explorer is kind… (We PUSH IN through the window…) An Explorer is CURIOUS, who knows what we’ll find! To whom is Elinor directing this line? The explorers all know each other, so it feels like this is just for the audience's benefit. Might be more natural for Elinor to welcome each Explorer individually? "Welcome, Explorers Olive, Ari, Sally, and Tito!" ElINOR Welcome, Explorers! Today, we have Explorer Olive, Explorer Ari, Explorer Sally, Explorer Tito and me, Explorer Elinor. The kids all cheer <WHOO-HOO> then... its unclear as to why hes not a 'real' explorer. especially since we just established him as an explorer. perhaps instead : "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?" Tito Ooooh, I can’t WAIT to be a real EXPLORER - 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) Yay me ! Olive and Ari high-five Tito <SFX: WAY TO GO WALLA>. 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 . perhaps add 'i love sticks!' SallY I just want to find some sticks. to simplify since we're establishing three new locations here. i suggest we simplify. ie. the front of the ship as she looks out towards the see. ie. jungle is fins as is. ie. city - we should more of a silouette of tall building ELINOR Well, I want to be like the GREAT explorers, exploring the sea. (THOUGHT BUBBLE: we see Elinor at the mast of an exploring ship...) Or a jungle (THOUGHT BUBBLE: We see her trekking through a jungle! ) Or even a new city!! THOUGHT BUBBLE: We see her coming upon a teeming new civilization , with big skyscrapers and traffic - or maybe an ancient city? Whatever looks good. Ari Uhh, Elinor. I don’t think we can go THAT far. can we not have it so olive says '...my mom...' seems more natural that her parent would tell her to be safe as she leaves to play. Then have tito can say ‘ya, and I’m suppose to be home for lunch’ OlIVE Yeah, your Mom said we’re supposed to stick around the woods near the Clubhouse. Elinor’s THOUGHT BUBBLE bursts. ELINOR (a little disappointed) Oh, yeah, you’re right...<SIGH> (brightening) But we can still explore - come on. The Explorers follow Elinor into the woods. Elinor, olive, ari, tito (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 Rollie Pollie crawling on the other end. ANGLE ON: The force of Ari’s stomp sends the Rollie Pollie 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 Rollie Pollie 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 A rock? Really? Come on guys, we don’t have time to look at rocks, we have to keep exploring! 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 Rollie Pollie in the palm of his hand. after 29 it should read that it just starts to uncurl itself. where we start to see a bit of an opening...otherwise the dialogue that follows is a bit odd that they still think its a rock ELINOR Oooooh, you’re right, Ari. I’ve never seen a rock like this one before. (pointing to the rock) It’s tiny and perfectly round and has these lines on it. At that moment the Rollie Pollie uncurls itself. Ari Wait a minute – is this rock MOVING? WIDEN: The kids consider this exciting development. Olive 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 Rollie Pollie is on its back and we can see its legs wiggling. NOTE: Although it looks less like a rock now, I think we can keep the conceit until line 40. then at 33 it unravels completely ElINOR (CONT’D) <GASP!> It has LEGS! suggets removing 'really?' since ari is looking at it closely too and would see it as clearly as elinor ArI Really? Cool! Olive leans in close to count the legs. OlIVE One, two three four five six SEVEN pairs of legs – to be exact. WIDEN: Meanwhile 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. Meanwhile, Elinor is entranced by the Rollie Pollie which has now flipped over and is crawling around on Ari’s hand. suggest ' You know what, this isnt a rock at all. It looks like some kind of bug.' since she would have established it isnt a rock once they saw it unravel and move ELINOR You know what, I don’t think this is a rock at all. It looks like some kind of bug . ArI Coooool. I know we had a discussion about this on the first draft but maybe Olive demonstrates a different way of looking things up. Maybe she flips through a picture index of 'local animals" until she sees one that looks like what they see and then she can name it. 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... Chimpanzees, Cows, Crayfish, Here we go - Creepy Crawlies..... 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 Rollie Pollie. Olive points to it. I like the flow of this draft here much better! OlIVE (CONT’D) It says here bugs have six legs, so this can’t be a bug. Oh! It looks like we found a Rollie Pollie! Listen to this. Rollie Pollies, or Pill Bugs, actually aren’t bugs at all. They’re the same kind of animal as crabs or lobsters. It seems natural that someone might ask "I wonder if it lives in water too?"- (just and idea) then they could follow it find out where it lives. They discover they don't live under the water but under a log...who knew that was its own habitat . ELINOR Really? That is sooo interesting. OLIVE And it says here that Rollie Pollies roll up into a ball to protect themselves when they are feeling nervous. All the kids <SFX: OOOOH WALLA> Meanwhile Ari is starting to squirm. the design of these characters dont allow for much of a neck to be seen. suggest the pill bug has crawled up his arm and then goes around his wing and back down. plus it would take too long for it to travel up one arm, across his neck and down the other ArI (giggling) YIKES! The Rollie Pollie doesn’t seem nervous right now – but he does seem TICKLY! ANGLE ON: The Rollie Pollie has crawled up Ari’s arm and is now tickling his neck (not near his face). Ari can’t help wiggle and giggle, <SFX: WIGGLE, GIGGLE WALLA> as little creature crawls down his other arm, he sets it gently on the ground. ARI (CONT’D) Whew! There ya go, little Rollie Pollie. The Rollie Pollie starts trundling along with determination. TitO Where’s it going now? ELINOR Let’s find out - follow that Rollie Pollie! EXT. FOREST GLADE – WIDE As they follow, Elinor has to stop and start marching a couple of times to match the Rollie Pollie’s slower pace, causing a series of gentle pile-ups with her friends <SF: OOOF, WHOOPS, GIGGLE>. ARI The Rollie Pollie doesn’t go very fast. Maybe it’s because it’s so small. Olive Plus it seems to be checking things out . ANGLE ON: The Rollie Pollie 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. OlIVE I wonder what things look like to a little Rollie Pollie. and observe the world the way' sounds a bit old for our character ELINOR <GASP!> Let’s find out. We can be Rollie Pollies too, and observe the world the way a Rollie Pollie 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 That grass looks l ike a jungle from down here . ArI Wow! This rock looks just like a MOUNTAIN! Climb it, Rollie Pollie, all the way to the TOP! It keeps moving along stopping and touching things with its antennae. Olive Yep, it’s exploring for sure. You go, Rollie Pollie. ELINOR I know! We should make this Rollie Pollie a member of the Exploring Club. OLIVE Great idea, Elinor, only... Rollie Pollies don’t talk. ELINOR Then let’s do the Explorers Pledge for him. Ready? The Explorers stand up and start the pledge. Elinor, olive, ari, tito An Explore is brave, an Explorer is kind! An Explore is curious, who knows what we’ll find... ArI Well, today we found a Rollie Poll-uh-oh... ANGLE ON: The ground, no Rollie Pollie. suggest not repeating 'uh-oh' OLIVE Uh-oh. Where did the Rollie Pollie go? The kids look around in panic for a beat, then... ElINOR There it is!! ANGLE ON: the Rollie Pollie 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 Rollie Pollie to emerge. ELINOR Come on Explorer Rollie Pollie, we’re waiting for you so we can keep EXPLORING! A beat, then. Ari Rollie Pollie....? TitO He’s not coming out. OliVE Maybe he’s stuck under there . Olive roll s 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! 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! Worms and slugs and beetles and - look at all the legs on this one. A millipede crawls by. Tito Look at them all munching on that rotting log. It’s like their lunch room . SaLLY And these ants are walking along a stick over a puddle – like a bridge over a pond. (realizing) I found STICKS ! Sally gathers up some sticks she’s found (NOT the one the ants are using). DESIGN NOTE: The puddle the ants are crossing is VERY small - the size of a hand. OLIVE And those pretty ferns look just like trees. ArI Maybe this is their town too , like we live in Animal Town. ELINOR We found a tiny town, under the log. ARI We’ll call it Log T own! ELINOR All ready for us 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 Rollie Pollie 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’s everybody going? Olive They’re all hiding, like the Rollie Pollie did when it 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 Yes, remember: Explorers are kind. 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 makes sure the little creatures left are in good spots (small holes, under rocks, covered by a piece of wood). TitO Nice . Everyone is safe now, and they won’t be squished by accident when we roll the log back. ELINOR That was very thoughtful of you, Sally . The kids roll the log carefully back into place. ANGLE ON: the little Rollie Pollie burrows happily underneath. ArI Bye, bye Rollie Pollie, thanks for showing us around Log town. In ECU we can see the creatures under the log, crawling around safe and sound. BACK ON: The kids walk home after a long day of exploring. ELINOR Wow, what a great day to go exploring . OlIVE I got to see cool new plants. ArI I got to meet a Rollie Pollie. SALLY I found some sticks! Olive I’m sorry we didn’t explore far like REAL explorers, Elinor. ELINOR That's OK, Olive. You don't have to go far to go exploring. There's LOTS of things to observe and discover everywhere. Ari Yeah, we found a whole new town under a regular ol’ log . ELINOR And we WERE real explorers… Tito, you were BRAVE when we first saw the rollie pollie. And Sally, you were KIND when you made sure all of our Log Town friends were safe.. ArI And MOST important.. . ELINOR We were ALL curious! TITO Brave, curious, kind - you’re right. We’re all real explorer s . ELINOR Yup, and this was the BEST exploring day EVER. OLIVE Even though we didn’t go very far. Tito I hope we get to go somewhere just as exciting tomorrow. ArI Well, we could explore under the mess in my room. Just sayin, Everybody < SFX LAUGHS > WIDE SHOT of them continue on their way home through the forest . TitO (calling out) B rave, curious, kind ! B rave, curious and kind! The others as <SFX: CHEER WALLA> - fade out. THE END

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EP 135 Follow That Rollie Pollie 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 ELINOR ARI OLIVE SALLY TITO Art Elinor, olive, ari, tito (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ND4 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 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: