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- Let's read it back.

- [Announcer] Discover science, sing.

♪ Somewhere ♪ - [Announcer] Play, and so much more.

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Isn't that fun?

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- Hi, friends.

My name is Adam, and I'm a teaching artist with the New York City Children's Theater.

Today, we're gonna be reading my new favorite book, "All the Ways to Be Smart" by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys.

This book is about young people just like you and all the things that make you special, and in fact, very, very smart.

Are you ready?

Yeah?

Well, let's begin.

"All the Ways to Be Smart" by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys.

"I can't wait to share with you how smart you are the whole day through.

Smart at drawing witches' hats, smart at gluing wings on bats.

Smart at rhyme and telling time, climbing trees and making slime.

Smart is not just ticks and crosses, smart is building boats from boxes.

Painting patterns, wheeling wagons, being mermaids, riding dragons.

Smart at drawing things with claws, facts about the dinosaurs.

Folding up airplanes for flying, smart is kindness when there's crying."

You see, the kid is giving the dinosaur a flower to make the dinosaur feel better.

Now I want you to think of your favorite flower.

What color is it?

Is it red, blue, yellow, purple, whatever color you want it to be, and I want you to pick up your flower, look at it for a second, and now I want you to hand it to the person standing next to you.

Ooh, you see, you did something extremely kind, and that is, in fact, very, very smart.

Let's keep going.

"Growing, throwing, bubble blowing.

Smart is knowing where you're going.

Finding treasures, flower picking.

Ukulele!

Finger clicking!

Smart at sharing, caring, scaring, smart at picking what you're wearing.

Smart at saying hi and bye to people when they feel all shy.

Crazy dances!

Horsey prances!

Feeling scared but taking chances.

Jumping off so you can fly!

Smart at asking how, what, why?"

Wow, all right.

Now what I'm gonna ask you to do, I wanna see your best crazy dance.

I'll do it with you.

You ready?

On the count of three, one, two, three.

Crazy dance, crazy dance!

Show, show your crazy dance!

Crazy dance, crazy dance!

Go show your crazy dance!

Oh my gosh.

Your crazy dance is wonderful.

It's better than mine.

Let's keep going.

"Smart at building ships to Mars, drawing very pointy stars, knowing all the planet names, making space suits that shoot flames.

Smart and matching shapes and pairs, like hexagons and big blue squares.

Counting all the way past 40, being sorry when you're naughty.

Smart at bugs and squeezy hugs, and mixing potions up in mugs.

Making up new games with teams, and floating off on daytime dreams."

I wonder what she's dreaming about.

Is she dreaming about the flower in her hair?

Is she dreaming about the ants going into her sandwich?

Or the frog that's jumping over into the pond?

Now let's think of something that makes us really, really happy.

Everyone close your eyes with me.

And I want you to think of something that makes you so happy that you just have to smile.

[laughs] I thought of something really happy.

Did you?

Wonderful.

All right, let's keep going.

Smart is reading, writing, spelling, but it is also storytelling.

Finding things on all the pages, sitting still and quiet for ages.

Smart is not just being best at spelling bees, a tricky test.

Or knowing all the answers ever.

Other things are just as clever.

Every hour of every day, we're smart in our own special way, and nobody will ever do the very same smart things as you.

And that's the end of "All the Ways to Be Smart."

Wow!

[claps hands] Give yourself a round of applause.

You see, you are already so special in everything that you can do right now.

Think about it.

All the kids in this book can do very different things.

One can crazy dance.

One can horsey prance.

One can daydream.

One can create wings on bats.

There's so many wonderful things that every individual can do, and what makes them very smart is that they do it with confidence.

They do it because they know that they are really good at it.

And you are great at things too, and I think we should figure that out.

[laughs] Are you ready?

All right, let's begin.

Everybody is so special, and can do many things, and they are amazing.

Now I want you to think of something that you're very good at.

It can be an activity.

It can be like, I'm really good at soccer.

I'm really good at a sport, or I'm very helpful.

For me, it's I am a great singer.

Now take a second to think about what is it that you are very, very good at.

All right.

And when you're ready, I want you to say it out loud with me on the count of three.

Ready?

All right.

One, two, three.

Nice, nice.

Okay, and the next step is that I want you to act it out with me.

So I said I'm a great singer.

And so you know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna start singing.

I'm a great singer.

♪ Ah ♪ All right.

Let's hear your turn.

On the count of three, one, two, three.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Okay, now the next thing I want you to do is I wanna see your biggest superhero pose.

Here comes mine.

I'll start first, one, two, three.

All right, now it's your turn.

Let me see your superhero pose.

One, two, three.

Awesome.

Oh, yours looks great.

Now on the count of three, we're gonna stay in this pose, and we're gonna say I am smart!

Are you ready?

All right, here we go.

On the count of three, one, two, three.

I am smart!

Yes, you are absolutely smart and wonderful and unique and just perfectly you.

You did wonderful.

Thank you so much.

I had so much fun reading "All the Ways to Be Smart" with you.

Thank you so much for joining me today, and remember, you are amazing, and special, and absolutely smart.

All right, take care.

Bye-bye.

- Hi, movers and shakers.

This is Violet, and I'm here with my sister Ivy.

- Hi.

- And we're gonna sing a song with you called "Green and Speckled Frogs," and this is a counting song.

So put up three fingers.

All right, ready?

- Mm-hmm.

♪ Three green and speckled frogs ♪ ♪ Sitting on a speckled log ♪ ♪ Eating the most delicious worms ♪ ♪ Yum, yum ♪ ♪ One jumped into the pool ♪ ♪ Where it is nice and cool ♪ ♪ And now there are two green speckled frogs ♪ ♪ Two green and speckled frogs ♪ ♪ Sitting on a speckled log ♪ ♪ Eating the most delicious worms ♪ ♪ Yum, yum ♪ ♪ One jumped into the pool ♪ ♪ Where it is nice and cool ♪ ♪ And now there is one green speckled frog ♪ ♪ One green and speckled frog ♪ ♪ Sitting on a speckled log ♪ ♪ Eating the most delicious worms ♪ ♪ Yum, yum ♪ ♪ It jumped into the pool ♪ ♪ Where it is nice and cool ♪ ♪ And now there are no green speckled frogs ♪ - All right, that was pretty silly.

Thanks for singing with us.

- Thanks.

[bright music] ♪ Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum ♪ ♪ Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum ♪ Hi, friends, it's Isabel, and welcome to my learning corner.

Today, we are going to be reading words, building words, and sorting words all with long vowel sounds, especially the long U, and the long E. Can you see why I'm dancing?

Are you ready to learn?

[children cheering] Great, let's go.

Today, we are going to start with a listening game.

In this game, I'm going to say two words.

You're going to listen for the vowel sounds inside the words.

If the sounds of the vowels are the same, you're going to give me a thumbs up.

If they are different, you're gonna give me a thumbs down.

Sounds good.

Let's try one together.

Cub, cube.

Hmm, let's think about the first word, cub.

Uh, uh.

Now the second word.

Cube.

U, uh, u.

Are those vowel sounds the same or different?

That's right, they are different, good job.

Let's try a few more.

Wide, ride.

[playful xylophone music] You got it.

Pet, Pete.

[playful xylophone music] All right.

Last one.

Cute, mute.

[playful xylophone music] Good job.

Now we're ready to read some words together.

Friends, today we're gonna focus on the long U and the long E sounds.

The long U actually makes two different sounds: the long U, like in mule, U, or the long U, ooh, like in rule.

We're also going to focus on the long E that says... Great, E. We have already been learning about special one-syllable words that end in a vowel.

We know that if the word ends in a vowel, it's going to say its long sound.

So using that, let's read these two words together.

We.

We.

Good job, and let's try the second one.

Fl, fl, ooh.

What's that word?

Flu.

Good job.

Now we're going to look at a different way that we can get the vowel to say its long sound.

Let's start with this word.

Cub.

Cub.

What's that word?

Cub, right, cub, a baby bear.

Now what letter can I add to this word to help the u say its long sound instead of its short sound?

What could I use?

[spring boings] E. The letter e will help a vowel say its name in a word that has a vowel, separated by a consonant, followed by the e, which is going to be silent.

So let's see, how would we say this new word?

Hm.

C. This is going to say its name.

Cube.

Cube.

Good job.

Now, remember I have said that the u has two sounds, U and ooh.

What happens to the sound, the long sound of U, if I change the C to a T?

Tube.

Tube.

What's the new word?

Tube.

That's right.

I love this very helpful vowel.

This is a new syllable type.

It's called the vowel-consonant-e syllable type.

I love learning new things.

Let's look at how the e can help the letter e say its name.

Our special helper e doesn't help the e say e too often, but when it does, it is really helpful.

Let's read this word together.

Remember we have our vowel, consonant, e. The e is going to help the e say e, and this e at the end is silent.

Let's go.

These.

These.

What's that word?

That's right, these.

Good job reading, guys.

Now we're gonna practice everything we've learned about one syllable words that end in the vowel-consonant-e syllable type that helped us say U, ooh, and E, to play a game.

Are you ready?

[children cheering] Great!

Your job is going to be to sort the words you read according to the sound a vowel makes inside the word.

Let's look at our column headings first.

This first word, I notice that it ends with an e, which means I have my vowel-consonant-e syllable type.

The U is going to say U or ooh.

Flute.

Flute.

Flute.

What sound is the u making in that word?

U or ooh?

Ooh, good job.

Now for the rest of the words, I'm going to whisper read it, and you're gonna read it out loud, and you're gonna tell me what the word is, okay?

Wake.

Wake.

Wake, thank you.

Hike.

Hike.

Hike, good job.

Woke.

Woke.

Woke.

Thank you.

Now we know the sounds we're going to be listening for as we read our new words.

You'll read it, and then I'll read it after you.

Here's the first word.

Tube.

Where should this go?

Oh, right here?

Excellent.

Let's look at another word.

Bake.

Where should this go?

Right here?

Okay.

Remember, this is a digraph.

The digraph says wh.

White, good job.

Should this go here?

No.

The vowel sound is saying I, so I guess I should put it under the word hike.

Let's look at another word.

What does this say?

Game.

Where should this go on our word sort chart?

[humming] No.

Oh, excellent job.

Very good, friends.

Let's look at another word.

Looks familiar, right?

What does the u say in this word?

U.

Cute.

Right here.

What is this word?

Home.

Where does this go?

We haven't had one of those words.

Excellent.

This word starts with a blend.

Dr, dr. Drive, good job.

And where should this go?

Yes, exactly.

Here's our last one.

Remember the e is silent.

Joke, good job.

And here it goes.

Yay!

We finished our game.

Thank you so much, friends.

We played a game in the beginning, where we listened for the vowel sounds in words.

We played a game at the end, where we listened for the vowel sounds in words, and you, at home with a trusted adult, can just say any word that comes to your mind, and then you can have a race to see who will say the vowel sound inside of the word first.

Lots of fun.

I can't wait to see you next time.

Don't forget to watch the next episode.

Bye, guys!

[bright music] [computer chimes] - Hello, Mr. Ritz.

- Leslie, hello.

It's great to hear your voice.

- I just moved into a new apartment building, Basil Towers.

- Basil Towers, it looks incredible!

Look at all those lush, green plants.

- Yeah, I moved here because the plants grow all year, even in the winter, and I just love fresh aphids to eat.

- Sounds delicious.

I do not like to eat aphids, but I love that you like to eat them.

- Well, aphids are pests that like to eat your plants, so ladybugs eat aphids to protect the plants, and I am a ladybug.

- Thank you, Leslie.

I appreciate all the work you do to protect plants.

Growing plants is one of my favorite things to do.

I'm so glad you're a neighbor in my community.

- Would you like to come for a visit?

My new apartment building is in the National Health, Wellness and Learning Center.

- Wait a minute.

The National Health, Wellness and Learning Center?

That's my classroom, and I'm on my way there right now.

I'll see you soon, Leslie.

[phone chimes] Wow, what a great neighbor.

I'm so happy she's part of my community.

What makes up a community?

Well, every community is made up of people, plants, and animals working together and relying on each other.

I'm so glad Leslie's part of my community.

Come, let's go pay her a visit.

[bright music] Welcome to my class, students.

This is the National Health, Wellness and Learning Center at Community School 55 in the Bronx, New York.

I brought some things to share with you today.

Do you know what they could be?

Come, let's take a look.

[gasps] Oh, tiny envelopes.

What do you think are in these tiny envelopes?

[envelopes rattle] Seeds, that's right.

What is a seed?

A seed is a part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.

You too can grow new plants from seeds.

Would you like to see some of the plants that I grew from seeds?

Let's observe with our eyes.

These plants are not house plants.

These plants are food, food that we can cook and eat.

Leslie, are you home?

- Hi, Mr. Ritz.

Thanks for coming to see me.

- Leslie, it's winter.

I wonder how are these plants growing?

- Mr. Ritz, they are inside.

They're protected from the cold weather.

- But what about the sun?

Plants need light to grow.

- We've got that covered.

[bell dings] These lights give the plants all the light they need.

- Brilliant.

Now, hold on a second.

I don't see any water.

These plants must be thirsty.

I'll get the hose.

- Wait, Mr. Ritz, you don't need the garden hose.

- I don't?

- No.

Do you hear that sound?

- I hear water.

Where is it?

- The water is inside the tower.

Water is stored at the base, and a pump sends water to the top.

The water then rains down over the roots of the plants.

- Thank you, Leslie.

That's right, and that's because plants drink water through their roots.

What is that smell?

[inhales deeply] Is that basil?

- Of course, this is Basil Towers after all.

[inhales deeply] - It smells so good.

In fact, when I walked into the classroom, I could smell the basil.

Hmm, I wonder what else these plants do.

- Well, Mr. Ritz, all plants clean the air, and provide oxygen for us to breathe.

Try taking a deep breath, Mr. Ritz.

[breathes deeply] - Leslie, I feel better already.

- Of course you do.

Your lungs are filled with fresh oxygen.

- Wow, plants are such good neighbors.

I am so happy to have them in our community.

I wonder what else can we grow indoors?

Can we grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables?

This is my favorite vegetable.

Do you know what it is?

This vegetable is called bok choy.

It has leafy greens at the top.

And listen to this.

[bok choy crunches] Snap.

This white part at the bottom is crunchy.

[crunching loudly] Mmm, delicioso.

What is your favorite vegetable?

[bell dinging] Oh, tasty.

I love it.

We might have some of your favorite vegetables growing right here.

Did you notice, next to Basil Towers, there are other towers growing food too?

What's growing over here?

Wow, look at these vegetables.

This one here is just a baby.

A young plant like this is called a seedling.

It's just a few days old.

It gets bigger every day, just like you.

This other vegetable down here, it's about 24 days old, and wow, this guy down here is 42 days old.

Do you think it's all grown up?

- This basil over here is almost ready to harvest, Mr. Ritz.

- Harvest means that the basil is ready to be picked, and then we can eat it.

Eating fruits and vegetables is very healthy, and remember, all fruits and vegetables come from plants, and all plants start with a seed.

- Do you have some new seedlings to take their place?

- That's a great question.

Let's investigate.

Maybe we have some seedlings over here.

This is a seedling tray.

Do you see any seedlings growing?

No, I don't either.

Do you remember what I brought you this morning?

Here they are, basil seeds.

[seeds rattling] We can do so many things with basil.

We can make a nice salad or a pesto, or a soup with this in a couple of weeks.

We can even put it on pizza, and Leslie, basil goes real well with aphids.

I wonder, can a seed packet tell us how to plant basil?

One, pour seeds into your hand.

Two, place one seed in each hole.

Three, water gently, and four, blow them a kiss.

Let's try.

Look how small they are.

Did you think they were going to be this small?

We better get these little guys in their new home.

[bright music] Sh, the seeds are sleeping.

We'll come back and visit them later.

Do you know that you can do this at home?

This microgreens kit is so cool.

All we need to do is place this packet with the little seeds into the tray, give it a little bit of some water, some light and some air, and let them grow.

In a week, you'll have a whole tray of sprouts to eat on a sandwich or as a salad.

You too can sprout microgreens at home.

All you need is a plate, a wet paper towel, and some seeds.

I wonder what's going on inside those seeds.

Let's investigate.

For this directed drawing, you will simply need a piece of paper, and something to draw with, a pencil, crayon, or a marker.

You might like to use a pencil so you can erase, but I'm going to use a marker so you can see it better.

The first thing I'm going to do is draw a letter C. Look.

[bright music] Plain and simple, the letter C. Now I'm going to make a line outside the C. This is the beginning of the seed.

I'll connect the inside by making a squiggly line.

And then I'll do the same thing again.

If you look, you'll notice it looks like a seed or a bean.

The next thing I'm going to do is put a half of a heart.

That half of a heart is going to become the embryo.

I'll put a line right here, and we'll call it embryo.

E-M-B-R-Y-O.

Now, I'm going to add in a half of a moon.

That half of the moon, boys and girls, will be the first leaves.

A line down the middle.

We'll add in the veins.

And then we'll add one more leaf coming out the top here, and these will be called our first leaves.

F-I-R-S-T. Leaves.

L-E-A-V-E-S. Now we'll call this piece around the outside the seed coat.

S-E-E-D C-O-A-T.

Seed coat, because that coats the whole seed.

And then lastly, we'll put one more line here, and that's because all of this is where the food is stored.

So we will call it food storage.

F-O-O-D S-T-O-R-A-G-E. You can keep drawing at home.

In the meantime, how long do you think it will take for these seeds to start growing?

Let's turn the clock ahead five days.

[fast-paced music] Wow!

Look at these seedlings.

When I was in first grade, we had a classmate named Sprout.

He was the tiniest student in the class, but he was so filled with energy.

That's what seedlings are.

They're tiny, and they're filled with energy.

I can eat them up right now, but not yet.

They have to grow up big and strong first.

This seedling tray is small.

I think they need some more room.

What do you think?

I bet we can find a spot for these in Leslie's apartment building.

Let's go.

Hey, Leslie.

Guess what I got for you?

You're gonna love this.

Would you like some new neighbors?

I've got a bunch of basil for you.

- They're so cute, and soon, they're going to be delicious and nutritious.

Thank you, Mr. Ritz.

A friend of mine just sent me this great book.

Would you read it to me?

- "The Thing About Bees."

"When a bee and a flower love each other very much, a fruit is born.

The flower makes a sticky yellow dust called pollen.

As the bee drinks the flower's nectar, she gets pollen all over her hairy body.

The bee moves pollen from one flower to another, then we wait and wait, and presto!

The flower turns into a fruit you can eat.

This process is called pollination.

We'd be very hungry without the bees.

They help vegetables and nuts grow, too.

Thank you, bees.

Here's the thing about bees.

Sometimes bees can be a bit rude.

They fly in your face and prance on your food.

They buzz in the bushes and buzz in your ear.

They sneak up behind you and fill you with fear.

And worst of all, they do this thing called sting.

Ouch!

We may want bees gone because their sting hurts.

But if they were all gone, it would hurt much worse.

Without bees, there'd be no more picnics with watermelons.

There'd be no more smoothies with mango.

There'd be no more strawberries for shortcakes, and no more avocados for tacos.

There'd be no more apples, which means no more pie.

No more cucumbers, which means no more pickles.

No more blueberries and raspberries for pancakes, or sweet cherries to drizzle, because some foods won't grow without bees to help them along.

In a way, bees are just like you.

You buzz in the bushes and buzz in my ear.

You sneak up behind me and fill me with fear.

You fly in my face and prance on my food.

You even sting when you're in a bad mood, but I never stopped loving you.

You're my sweet cherry, the apple of my eye.

You're my cucumber pickle, my bumblebee in the sky.

You're my cold watermelon at a picnic in the park.

You're the avocados on my tacos.

You're my strawberry heart.

Without these little buzzers, the world wouldn't know what to do.

That's the thing about peas.

We need them just as much as we need you.

Wow, we learned so much today.

Let's write down what we learned.

We learned about plants and the communities we live in.

We learned that we all live in a community.

We learn that people, animals, and plants make a community.

We learned that all fruits and vegetables come from plants.

We learned all plants come from seeds, and we learned that you can plant seeds anywhere.

We learned that plants clean the air, and give us oxygen to breathe.

And we met Leslie Ladybug today.

Let's get Leslie back to her community.

- See you next time, students!

[bright music] - Hi, I'm Andrew, and I am back with another activity about the built environment in your community.

In today's video, we're going to talk about shapes.

What is a shape?

A shape is the flat outline of an object.

Where can you find shapes?

[gentle music] Shapes can be found all around us in both the built environment, the world that is designed and built by people, as well as in the natural environment, the parts of the world that are found in nature, and are not made by people.

There's many different kinds of shapes, and we can put shapes into two categories that we call organic shapes and geometric shapes.

Organic shapes have curved lines, and are not made out of straight, even lines, and organic shapes often look different on one side compared to the other side of the shape.

Organic shapes are most common in the natural environment.

Here's a picture of the natural environment.

Where do you see shapes in this picture?

These shapes are organic shapes, because they're not made out of straight, even lines.

If you look at your own body, like your face or your hand, you will also see examples of organic shapes.

Organic means it has to do with living things, so organic shapes are commonly found in animals and plants, and also in people.

The other type of shape is called geometric shapes.

Geometric shapes are made of straight, even lines and angles.

Many geometric shapes look the same on one side compared to the other side.

Geometric shapes are most common in the built environment.

Here's a picture of the built environment.

What shapes do you see in this picture?

You might know the name of many common geometric shapes, like squares, triangles, and circles.

So we know that geometric shapes are most common in the built environment, and organic shapes are most common in the natural environment, but can you find an organic shape in the built environment?

Are there organic shapes and things that are made by people?

Here's a picture of something from the built environment.

Do you see an organic shape in this picture?

Remember, we're looking for a shape that is made out of curved lines, and doesn't look the same on both sides.

Yes, the shape is here.

So there are organic shapes in the built environment.

It's just the geometric shapes are more common in the built environment.

And can you find a geometric shape in the natural environment?

Let's take a look at another picture of the natural environment, of something from nature.

Do you see a geometric shape in this picture?

Remember, a geometric shape has straight, even lines, and it looks the same on both sides.

Here is an example of a geometric shape in something that is from nature.

It was not built by people.

In fact, this was built by an animal.

What animal built this thing that we're looking at?

This is something that was built by bees.

It is a place where bees live, a beehive, so bees actually use a geometric shape when they build their home.

Do you know the name of this shape?

You can count the number of sides.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

So this is called a hexagon, a geometric shape with six sides.

You'll notice that there's a lot of different hexagons all together.

It looks like the same shape is being repeated.

There's a special word for when you have the same shape repeated over and over again, and that word is pattern.

Let's spell the word pattern together.

Pattern.

P-A-T-T-E-R-N. Pattern.

When the same shape, or more than one shape, is repeated, it's called a pattern.

Patterns can be found all around us in the natural environment, as well as in the built environment, and they can be made out of all different kinds of shapes.

You will find patterns made of organic and geometric shapes.

Let's take a moment to look for a pattern in the world around you.

Look for a pattern just in the room where you are right now.

So you're looking for the same shape that's repeated over and over again.

It could be something that was made by people, or it could be something from the natural environment, whatever you see around you that has a pattern.

[bright music] What example of a pattern were you able to find?

Here's a pattern that I found in this room where I'm sitting right now.

Do you see what shape is being repeated here?

The shape that's being repeated is triangles.

So this is a pattern of many triangles on this model bridge that is being repeated.

Now let's look at a few more examples of patterns in both the built environment and the natural environment.

Here's a picture of a built environment.

What shape is being repeated?

The shape that forms a pattern in this picture is a square, a shape with four sides that are all the same.

And here is a picture of the natural environment.

What shape is making a pattern here?

Where do you see a pattern here?

The pattern is in the animal's spots.

Because these are organic shapes, there might not be a specific name for the shape that we're looking at, but it is a similar shape that's being repeated over and over again, so we can say that this is also a pattern in the natural environment.

In today's activity, you're going to use paper shapes to create a pattern.

For this activity, you can use either geometric shapes or organic shapes.

For organic shapes, all you have to do to create them is tear the piece of paper into as many different sized shapes as you want.

To create geometric shapes, you will need scissors, which you can ask an adult to help you with, or you can also tear them very carefully along a folded edge of the paper to make geometric shapes.

Now I'm going to create a pattern using these geometric shapes.

As you can see, I have two different colors of shapes, and I'm going to use different colors so that it's easier to see the pattern against the white paper, but you don't have to use colored paper for this.

You could also just use white paper, and as you can see, I have a lot of different shapes, all geometric shapes.

I've got these squares.

[bright music] I've got rectangles, triangles, and do you know the name of this shape?

This is another one that has four sides, but it's not a square or a rectangle.

This is called a trapezoid.

So I have trapezoids as well.

Let's move the shapes to the side so that we have room to create the pattern.

The color can be part of our pattern as well as the shapes.

So let's start with a rectangle.

We're gonna put a black rectangle there, and then I'm also going to put a shape that is the same shape, but a different color.

I'm going to put it on top.

And then I think I'm gonna use a different shape next.

Let's use one of the trapezoids.

So let's put this one there.

So now we've created something, and now we can make it repeat, so that it's a pattern, 'cause what makes it a pattern is that it's gonna repeat.

So now I'm doing another orange rectangle, and then what am I gonna do next to repeat this pattern?

I'm gonna put another black rectangle like that, and then we can put another orange trapezoid.

So now I've created a repeating pattern, and I can continue to repeat this pattern.

I can also take glue and start gluing it down, and next, I'm going to show you how I can create a pattern using organic shapes instead of geometric shapes.

So next, you're going to see a pattern with organic shapes, and we'll use the same colors, but because these are organic shapes, they're not going to be perfect, straight even lines like these ones.

So let's start by deciding what kind of pattern we're going to make.

I'm gonna make it going across, and I have these little smaller shapes, and I have these kind of larger ones.

So I'm going to actually use the colors to help me show a pattern.

Especially if you're using organic shapes, you might want to do it this way, because you can have many shapes that are very different from each other, but if there's different colors, it's easier to see how they can form a pattern.

So as you can see, I'm making a pattern by taking one of these small black shapes, and putting one of these larger orange shapes after it.

Now I'm going to start gluing.

Does this remind you of anything?

There are so many different patterns in the world around us that you might see something that this reminds you of, and because of the size of my shapes, I think I'm actually going to add some more.

So I think I'm going to put more smaller orange shapes here to kind of fill in, but that will just become a part of the pattern.

So we can also put some of these.

So now instead of one orange shape, there's going to be two orange shapes, and that will just be another part of our pattern.

So here I have created a pattern with organic shapes.

We have one black shape, and then two orange shapes, and then one black shape, two orange shapes.

So this is the pattern that I'm going to be using.

What did you create using your shapes?

What kind of a pattern did you make?

Did you use different colors, or a variety of different shapes, or just one?

See if you can add something to the pattern that you created to turn it into a picture of either the built environment or the natural environment.

Here's an example.

First, I took my geometric shape collage that I made, the first collage that I made, and I thought it looked kind of like a skyscraper.

So I added some details to it, and I turned it into a skyscraper.

[bright music] Is this an example of something that belongs in the built environment or the natural environment?

Skyscrapers are buildings.

They're designed and made by people, so they are part of the built environment.

So I turned this pattern into a picture of the built environment.

With my pattern of organic shapes, I also turned it into a picture, and I added details to it, and what did I make a picture of?

This is a picture of a tiger.

So would you say a tiger is something in the built environment, or the natural environment?

Tigers are animals, which means they are from the natural environment, so I turned this into a picture of something from nature.

You can take your pattern and decide.

Does it look more like it would be something from the built environment, or something from nature?

And turn it into a picture using the pattern.

Join us next time for another activity about the built environment in your community.

Bye.

- [Announcer] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.

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