EXT. BIKE PATH (BESIDE TURTLE POND) -- DAY ELINOR, OLIVE and ARI are having a blast riding along the brand new (dirt ) bike-path beside the pond <SFX: EXCITED CHEERS> as Ari narrates like a sports announcer. ArI (like a sports announcer , loud, biking effort ) WOOO-HOOO!!! Here come the Animal Town Racers, zooming around the BRAND NEW BIKE PATH! Ari has a cool big-wheel trike, Elinor has a scooter, and Olive has a brand-new balance bike. They all have nifty bike helmets (of course!) and they all LOVE going fast! ARI (CONT’D) (announcing , projecting, effort ) Awesome Ari is in the lead, but here comes Elinor the Racing Rabbit and now they’re neck and neck. They are both really whipping a round the big bend , but wait, what’s this? (OLIVE is gaining on her new balance-bike.) It’s OLIVE THE INCREDIBLE!! Coming from behind and taking the lead! Olive zips by proudly. ELINOR (panting a little) Whoa Olive, you’re really good on your new balance bike. OlIVE ( panting, proudly) Thanks! ArI (projecting) Look at her GOOOOOO!! Now that’s what I call FAST! They zip around a turn, Olive in front when she sees something. Her eyes widen. OlIVE Uh-oh! <SFX: SCREECH> - she slams on the brakes (her feet) and behind her Elinor and Ari both have to swerve (gently) to avoid collision. ARI Whoa!! What’s up, Olive? ELINOR Why did you stop so fast? Olive points. OLIVE Look! ANGLE ON: a sweet little baby turtle is trundling across the bike-path. ELINOR A baby turtle ! ArI How cool is that? The kids rush over and admire the little terrapin as it slowly makes its way across the path. Ari narrates the turtle’s progress. ARI (CONT’D) (like a slow sports announcer) And here’s the turtle, putting one foot forwards really slooowly , now it’s stepping with its other foot , now it’s moving it’s whooooole body, and now it’s taking a little break . (the turtle stops for a beat, then starts moving again.) Hold on , it looks like the turtle is moving its other foot – no, wait. (turtle stops) Another break . This is going to take some time. Elinor is encouraging, but Olive is starting to get worried. ELINOR Come on little turtle, you can do it! OlIVE Hurry, turtle, you have to get off the path! What if other bikers come? (she looks up the path) They might hit you . ArI Hmmm. Good point, Olive. ELINOR We’d better guard this turtle. So the kids take their places as turtle guards (maybe linking arms and moving comically slowly as the turtle progresses). They warn MZ . MOLE as she zips by in a pedal-cart with an awning, or something cool. ELINOR (CONT’D) Oh, here comes Mz. Mole . Careful, Mz . Mole, turtle crossing. Mz. Mole slow s down and carefully drives around the turtle and the kids, who move aside to let her pass , smiling and waving as she rides off. Next comes KOA on his skateboard. OliVE Go slow, please, Koa. Turtle on the road. Koa slowly and adroitly skates around. Ari looks over at the turtle. ANGLE ON: It has reached the other side of the path. ARI (announcer) Annnd it looks like, YES! The turtle has done it! It’s crossed the path! The turtle makes its way into the long bulrushes on the other side (we hear a small SPLASH, but the kids don’t notice). ELINOR YAY! ARI See you later, turtle friend. OlIVE Now that the turtle is safe... RACE YA!!! The kids jump on their vehicles and zoom off. EXT. BIKE PATH (AROUND THE LOOP) -- DAY The kids are happily racing again. ArI (announcer) And here’s Elinor the R acing R abbit, scooting towards the big bend again , with Awesome Ari on his trike right beside but – here comes Olive the Incredible once again! Olive grins as she takes her place in the lead. OlIVE (giggling) I can’t help it. I just LOVE going fast! She <SFX: TRUMPETS> her trunk. ARI (announcer) Olive the Incredible is in the lead with the need for speed! WHOO-HOO ! ELINOR Go, OLIVE! AERIAL VIEW – shows the kids zipping around the loop and having a great time. Although they weave in and out, Olive is usually in the lead. From this vantage point we can clearly see the shape of the trail -- a loop BESIDE the pond: (DESIGN NOTE: there should be a little grassy area on the other side of the road from the pond, where we will find the turtle nest). DIRECTOR’S NOTE: This can be a direct down shot so we see helmets and the tops of their bikes. Not 3/4 down shot as animating them on bikes as they go around in a circle will be a real challenge from this perspective. EXT. BIKE PATH (NEAR TURTLE POND) – MINUTES LATER The kids end up at the same place. OlIVE Wha-oh! Olive stops in a cloud of dust with Elinor and Ari close behind. ELINOR There’s the turtle again. ANGLE ON: A nother little turtle is crossing the bike path sooo slowly (and headed in the same direction). OlIVE The turtle is back AGAIN? ArI How can that be? EliNOR C’mon , let’s guard it again. The kids get off their vehicles and resume their guarding positions until the turtle makes it across. ElINOR ( CONT’D ) Why does th is turtle keep crossing the road? OlIVE (making a joke) Uhhh, to get to the other side . ELINOR (giggling) Yeah, but why? And it ’s going in the same direction - from here - to t here. ARI Maybe it forgot its lunch at home and had to go back. I do that aaalll l the time. OlIVE Or maybe it just likes crossing roads ? At this moment MARY and LIZ pedal by on a bicycle-built-for-two. ArI Excuse me, turtle crossing. They go around. OlIVE We can’t guard the turtle all day. What if it decides to cross when we’re not here? We have to figure this out. ELINOR We need MORE observations. Follow that turtle! The kids follow the turtle through the long grass and bulrushes at the side of the path to... EXT. POND -- DAY The kids part the bulrushes and reveal <SFX: Wooooow> . ANGLE ON: A magical little hidden cove, and lazing in the shallow water are two little turtles and one big momma. ElINOR Wait a minute - it’s not just ONE turtle. OlIVE It’s one, two little turtles. ARI And a big turtle too , look . Ari points, ANGLE ON: The big turtle. ElINOR So it wasn’t the same turtle crossing the road. OLIVE It was a different turtle each time. ArI I guess they were coming to float in the pond. OLIVE Yeah, but what were they doing on the other side of the road in the first place? ELINOR Let’s go and check it out. We need even MORE observations. EXT. BIKE PATH – DAY The kids cross the path and enter the grassy spot on the other side. EXT. TURTLE NEST – DAY The kids’ faces light up as they find their answer <SFX: GASP> . ANGLE ON: a nest with three more baby turtles and five broken eggshells. OlIVE More little turtles! ElINOR And broken eggshells. What are they doing here ? Ari Maybe the turtles were playing with some chickens . OLIVE Hmmm . Good idea, but I don’t see any chickens , Ari. ELINOR Maybe the little turtles came OUT of the eggs? OlIVE Oh yeah, I read about this in my Nature Book. Turtles hatch from eggs, just like baby birds. Ari Ohhhhhh . ANGLE ON: One of the baby turtles rouses itself and makes its way out of the nest. Ari ( CONT’D ) Uh-oh, this little one is on the move. OlIVE It’s heading towards the bike path. ELINOR Wait a minute... (observing the eggshells and putting it together) That's why the little turtles were crossing. They hatched here on THIS side of the path... She points down. OLIVE But now they want to get to the pond on the other side. She points to the other side. ArI That makes sense.. . (noticing turtle) And there it goes. The baby turtle makes its way to the bike path. EXT. BIKE PATH -- DAY As Elinor and Ari guard this latest little travelling turtle, Olive makes notes in her book. OlIVE Okay, now we know the problem. Look ! ANGLE ON: Olive’s notebook, she’d made a little drawing of the pond with the bike path beside it, the nest on the other side and a turtle on the path (maybe an arrow to show direction?). Olive ( CONT’D ) The new bike path goes right through where the turtles walk to get from the nest to the pond. Elinor That’s not fair, the turtles were here first. Olive You’re right, Elinor . Ari We should do something. At that moment Ranger Rabbit shows up. RANGER RABBIT Well if it isn’t the Animal Town racers - how is the new bike path? ELINOR Not good Mom. OlIVE We keep getting stopped. ARI By TURTLES! RANGER RABBIT Turtles? ElINOR Yes, see. She parts the bushes beside the trail, Mom takes a look. ANGLE ON: The turtle nest. RANGER RABBIT Oooh, I do see. A Momma turtle made her nest in this dry sandy spot... turtles do that. OlIVE And then she laid EGGS. ArI And when the babies came out of the eggs , they headed straight for the pond. ELINOR Right across the new bike path. RaNGER RABBIT Oh, dear. OlIVE See? Olive shows her drawing to Ranger Rabbit. RaNGER RABBIT (impressed) This is very helpful, Olive. (to all three) It’s my job to take care of all the animals in the Park, but I didn’t realize the bike path put the turtles in danger. Hmmm , let’s try to solve the problem together. What do you think we should do? The kids all think, then... ArI I’ve got it! Parachutes!! THOUGHT BUBBLE: Show turtles in parachutes landing safely in the pond. OlIVE Uh, b ut how do we get the turtles up into the sky in the first place? ARI A turtle launcher? THOUGHT BUBBLE: Shows the “Turtle Launcher”. It can just be a “teeter-totter” type deal, or something more elaborate (Designers have fun!) A turtle steps into place wearing a helmet and a parachute and is launched. RaNGER RABBIT I’m not sure that’s safe r , Ari. Even with parachutes. The turtle lands in a tree. ArI I guess you’re right. THOUGHT BUBBLE BURSTS: Olive You know there’s really only one fair thing to do. ELINOR What’s that? OLive Like you said, Elinor , the turtles were here first . ELINOR Right! And the babies have to make it to the pond safely. (putting it together) Soooo , w e need to move the bike path. OlIVE You mean, like this? ANGLE ON: Olive sketches a detour on her map. ELINOR Yes, can we do it Mom? RANGER RABBIT I think so, l et me talk with Mrs. Beaver. QUICK CROSSFADE TO: EXT. BiKE PATH (NEAR TURTLE POND) -- A little later Mrs. Beaver and her crew are ready to get to work. RANGER RABBIT Well, what do you think? Can we move the path? Mrs. BEAVER We HAVE to move the path, Ranger Rabbit. For the sake of the turtles. (calling) All right, crew! Let’s get to WORK! EXT. BIKE PATH REROUTING MONTAGE The kids sing as they help Ranger Rabbit, Mrs. Beaver and her crew move the path, clearing the new route (maybe just marking out and filling in a dirt bath with sand and rocks if you don’t want them have them removing foliage/trees/bushes) and protecting the turtle crossing with rocks across the old bike path . Elinor, ari, olive ALL: Take care, take care When you’re out in nature Remember to share Take care, take care Think of the animals Already there. ELINOR: Out in the forest Watch where you go OLIVE: There are birds in the trees, And frogs down below ARI: They all need their homes To be happy and safe ELINOR: If you pay close attention It’ll all work out great ALL: Take care, take care Think of the animals Already there Take care, take care When you’re out in nature Remember to share. EXT. NEW BIKE PATH – LATER ANGLE ON: Olive’s design in her notebook. CROSSFADE TO: AERIAL VIEW: they’ve detoured the bike path around the turtle nest. ANGLE ON: Elinor, Ari, Ranger Rabbit and Mrs. Beaver are admiring their handiwork (Elinor is holding Olive’s design). RANGER RABBIT Nice job everyone. Now the turtles will be safe because everyone will ride AROUND them. Mrs. Beaver And we couldn’t have done it without you kids. ElINOR No problem , Mrs. Beaver. ArI We love to help out. It’s what we do. ELINOR Hey, where’s Olive? OlIVE (calling) Over here! Ari and Elinor rush to see what Olive’s doing. ANGLE ON: She is putting the finishing touches on the handmade “Turtle Crossing” sign she’s drawn. ELINOR Whoa, great turtle drawing. OLIVE It’s a turtle crossing sign so everyone will know t hat there are turtles around here . She attaches her drawing to a stick and sticks it into the ground. RANGER RABBIT Very nice, Olive. Now everyone will be careful even if they’re not on the bike path. Mrs. BEAVER And the turtles can go as slowly as they want. At this moment, right on cue, the second-last little turtle struggles out of the grass and begins his long, slow trek. OlIVE Awww, it’s so cute . ELINOR Take as long as you like, little one. ArI (slow announcer) Annnnd, here’s the little turtle, on its way to the pond. It puts out one foot, then mooooves its whole body, then is it going to take another step? Uhm, not sure ... but we know how this is going to go, folks – sloooooowly. A beat. OLIVE Yep, that turtle sure does go slow. Another beat. ELINOR REALLY slow. Olive smiles at her friends. OLIVE Are you thinking what I’m thinking? CU: On Elinor who smiles, she gets it. ELINOR Y eah , while the turtle is going slow, we can go... WIDEN TO REVEAL: The kids are now on their vehicles. ELINOR (CONT’D) ...FAST! They blast off down the bike path, enjoying their speed. ARI (fast announcer) And here are the Animal Town Racers, blasting around their NEW BIKE PATH, away from the turtles who like to go slow - not like our Racers -– WHOO-HOOOO! IRIS OUT, THE END

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW149 Turtle Crossing By Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: Why does the turtle cross the road? Logline: Elinor and her friends are having a blast riding on the new bike path in the park, until they keep getting interrupted by turtles crossing the road. 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: b. Identify the habitats of familiar animals and plants in the environment c. Recognize that each kind of living things has a habitat that has resources to meet its unique needs (Elinor and her friends observe the turtles’ interaction with their environment on land and in the pond) 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: a. Ask questions about and discuss examples of how humans use Earth’s resources (including soil and water) to meet their needs b. Demonstrate an awareness of and the ability to discuss in simple terms the need for conservation, recycling, and respect for the environment c. Participate in simple activities to care for the environment(Elinor and her friends come to realize their new bike path cuts through the turtles’ route to the pond, so they create a detour). SEP1 . Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering) c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation d. Identify a problem that can be solved by the design a new or improved object or tool (engineering) (Elinor and her friends ask questions about the cause of the turtle crossing the road, and the effect of it doing so – and they decide they need to improve the design of the bike path). SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations d. With guidance, plan and conduct simple investigations using simple tools e. Design and build a solution to a simple problem (engineering) (Elinor and her friends investigate the turtle’s habitat, then decide to change the route of the bike path). SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data c. Record observations to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. d. Talk about and reflect on what happened during an investigation or when solving a problem, and why it might have happened (The kids observe the behavior of the turtles, then discuss what is happening and why it is occurring) SEP6 . Constructing explanations (science) and Designing Solutions (engineering) a. Use background knowledge experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena (science) b. Look for and describe patterns and relationships in natural phenomena (science) c. Use and apply productive science discourse to support an explanation d. Use evidence to support a theory or solution to a problem (engineering) (The kids observe the behavior of some of the turtles, then extrapolate that all of the turtles will have the same road-crossing problem, and us that evidence to support their idea that the bike path route must change). OUTLINE – August 8, 2019 FIRST DRAFT - September 12, 2019 SECOND DRAFT: October 4, 2019 POLISH: November 7, 2019 ELINOR OLIVE ARI RANGER RABBIT Art Q Mrs. Beaver We Re (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E ELINOR WONDERS WHY ] BIKE PATH (NEAR TURTLE POND) -- DAY BIKE PATH (AROUND THE LOOP) -- DAY BIKE PATH (NEAR TURTLE POND) – MINUTES LATER POND -- DAY BIKE PATH – DAY TURTLE NEST – DAY BIKE PATH -- DAY BIKE PATH REROUTING MONTAGE NEW BIKE PATH – LATER 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 TOP NOTE: