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♪♪ -♪ "Camp TV" ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ To summer reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ It's "Camp TV" ♪♪ Good morning.

I'm weatherman Zach.

And today's forecast -- expect the unexpected.

Whether you live in the north, south, center of the country or the coasts, we are expecting 2 feet of snow every 6 seconds, starting here, starting now, right in my living room.

[ Record needle scratches ] W-Wait.

What?

-Blblblblblblbl!

That can't be right.

♪♪ Uh, okay, folks.

This just in.

Uh, this snow is brought to you by "Camp TV" because we believe every kid deserves an extra day to chill.

[ Chuckles ] Uh, wh-- Uh... Brrrrr!

It's a brrrrand-new day!

Welcome to Snow Day on "Camp TV"!

[ Wind whistling ] Um, a little help here?

[ Wind whistling ] A little birdie told me it's time to Go Wild.

♪♪ -Hi.

I'm Susan, a senior keeper at the San Diego Zoo.

And today at Polar Bear Plunge is a very special day for our polar bears.

It is Snow Day for them.

♪♪ The polar bears are showing some great behavior today with the snow.

I did see one of our polar bears, Tatqiq, sliding down the snow down the hill, which I think she thought that was kind of fun.

And they also do a lot of digging and making great big holes that they can lay in, as well as they kind of sniffed around and were enjoying the different things that were hidden in the snow.

♪♪ The polar bears, too, were so excited.

They definitely wrestled with each other.

Some of that behavior, they grab each other at the neck and it looks a little bit rough, but they were just really having fun, and it's part of their play behavior.

Polar bear fur appears white because it is actually hollow and it reflects the sun's light, so it altogether appears white, but if they're rolling in different substrate that we give them -- Substrate is dirt or mulch or even sand.

And even when they rub against some palm fronds, they get a little bit green.

So they take on the color that they had just rolled around in.

♪♪ Polar bears do not hibernate.

They -- The females will build a den and be in that den for about six months.

So it's similar to hibernation, but while they're in that den, they have cubs, and they are feeding their cubs throughout those six months.

♪♪ Polar bears have some great adaptations.

And we saw a little bit on Snow Day today.

Although they did slide around on the snow, as they were walking around, they didn't look like they were slipping at all.

They have fur on the bottom of their paws, as well as great foot pads, and so that allows them better traction in the snow.

They also in the wild will have great big layers of fat on their bodies to keep them nice and warm in the cold Arctic temperatures.

♪♪ ♪♪ -You took the words right out of my mouth.

Write On.

I'm Lauren, and today we are going to practice showing, not telling, with similes.

Similes are a type of figurative language.

Fancy.

And they are when you compare one thing to an unexpected other thing.

They're a great way to show, not tell, because they're a pretty easy way to get really creative and use your imagination.

Let's try one.

The man is tall.

Let's see what that would look like.

-Hey.

What's up?

I'm tall.

-Not so interesting.

I just told you he was tall.

I didn't show you what kind of tall he was.

Let's make this more interesting by using a simile and comparing the man to something else.

-The man was tall like a giraffe.

Let's see what that would look like.

-Hey, guys.

I'm tall.

Look how tall I am compared to this giraffe.

Hey, giraffe, I think there's something on top of your head.

-That was so fun!

He was tall like a giraffe!

Let's try another one.

The wizard is weird.

Let's see what that would look like.

-Hey.

I'm weird.

-I didn't show, not tell.

I just said he was weird.

We don't know what kind of weird!

We don't know how the wizard is weird!

Okay.

It's okay.

We have this under control.

Let's use a simile.

Let's compare the weird wizard to something else.

The wizard was as weird as an upside down frog sneezing confetti.

Oh.

This is gonna be weird!

-Ribbit-achoo!

[ Fireworks whistling ] -That was so much fun!

We used similes to compare one thing to another.

I'm feeling as proud as my Aunt Linda when she won that chili cook-off.

"Oh, you know, most alarms of chili only go up to five-alarm chili, but mine's a seven!"

-Hi.

Welcome back to Snow Day on "Camp TV."

Awesome last activity, wouldn't you say?

And speaking of awesome, who's ready for another... Zach Challenge?!

Before me, six glasses of melted snow and, in this bowl, a bunch of bouncy ping-pong balls.

I mean, stellar snow balls.

My challenge -- bounce three snowballs in, in a row, in under 20 seconds.

Okay.

Here we go.

[ Breathes deeply ] [ Whistle blows ] ♪♪ So close.

[ Gasps ] Ooh!

[ Laughs ] Wait!

I need one more!

Oh, no!

♪♪ Celebrated too soon!

No!

Ohh!

[ Laughs ] [ Buzzer ] Ooh!

That was...snow much fun.

See you after your next few activities.

[ Fingers snap ] Who's ready for a Field Trip?

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Mmm!

Let's Get Cooking!

What better way to wind down a Snow Day than with some hot chocolate?

With an adorable snowman on top, I say.

You will need some hot chocolate, some large marshmallows, some pretzel rods, chocolate chips, candy corn, and some toothpicks.

To make the snowman, take a toothpick and carefully poke it halfway through a marshmallow.

If you could use some help, be sure to ask an adult.

Place a second marshmallow on one end of the toothpick and a third one on the other end until it looks like the shape of a snowman.

On the bottom marshmallow, add two pretzels for legs.

And on the middle marshmallow, add two pretzels on the sides for arms.

With the help of an adult, melt some chocolate and then place it into a plastic bag.

♪♪ Cut a little hole at one of the corners and squeeze some dots for the buttons and make the eyes.

♪♪ Okay.

How cute is that?

Come on.

You can finish by adding a piece of candy corn for the nose.

That is adorable.

Once it's complete, place your snowman on top of your drink and let it float in all its glory.

Just be careful of the toothpick.

Be sure to let friends know there's one inside.

That is, if you can stand eating such adorableness.

I think I'll save mine for now, maybe make him a cup of hot chocolate, too.

Music, dance, magic, and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

-Hi.

My name is Signe.

And I'm a teaching artist at New Victory Theater.

And I'm really excited to be with you today to think about how art lives all around us, all around me and all around you.

And what makes an artist is someone who makes choices about the things they create and use around them.

So in thinking about our time together today, I was like, "Well, what are some objects that are around my house that might help me think about being an artist?"

And I grabbed a pen.

There were some artists who made some choices about the size of this pen and the shape of this pen and the color of this pen.

And I thought, "Wow.

Well, that's a lot of choices that artists made to make this pen."

This is knitting.

And this is an art form that someone in my family taught me.

And now I'm using this art form to make new pieces of art.

This is going to become a hat that I can give to someone that I love.

And I got to make choices about the color of yarn that I wanted to use and the size of needles.

And because I think art does live all around us, I kind of want to talk to somebody about the art in their house and in their family.

I'm going to call a friend.

My friend's name is Christina.

Let's do it.

Hey, Christina.

-Hey, Signe!

-Hi!

How are you?

I'm doing great.

How are you today?

-I'm so good.

I wanted to call you because I was thinking about art, and I know you're an artist, and I wondered if I could talk to you a little bit about the art in your house and the art in your family.

-Oh, that's great.

I would love to talk to you about art.

You know, I do it all the time.

We're making choices, making transformations.

I love art in all its forms.

-I wonder, do you have any family traditions that incorporate art that you'd be willing to share with me?

-Oh, yeah.

My family traditions are a little bit more interactive, I think.

My dad and I, we whistle together.

He taught me how to whistle when I was a little girl.

And actually sometimes when we'd be walking in a grocery store or out and about, if I didn't see him, I could hear him because he'd be whistling.

-Like a secret language almost.

-Almost.

-Well, how did your dad teach you how to whistle?

-Hm.

That's a great question.

So he actually used a song.

There's a song called "Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding, and there's a whistling section in that song.

And so he taught me to put my lips together and blow out my lips.

[ Whistling ] And then we kind of started making up the melody and using that song as the -- the song to practice to.

-That's amazing.

What does it sound like?

-You want to hear it?

-I would love to.

-Okay.

[ Whistling "Dock of the Bay" tune ] ♪♪ -That is so beautiful!

Wow!

Thank you so much for sharing that, Christina.

-Oh, absolutely.

I -- It was -- It's super fun.

I love whistling.

-Well, I don't actually know how to whistle very well.

-That's okay.

I wonder if you could take the inspiration from the whistle and transform it into something that is inspiring to you.

How would you like to transform the whistle?

-Ohh!

Well, something that I can do, and sometimes it feels really good, is to, like, kind of make rhythms on my body.

-Yeah, that sounds awesome.

-So I wonder if I could transform what you offered in the song that you shared and the whistle into how I make rhythms on my body.

Let me see if I can do it.

[ Laughs ] -I love it!

I love that last part!

So, so creative, Signe!

-Well, thanks.

I feel like your art form that you shared with your father, I was able to make choices as an artist and transform it into something that felt good to me.

I wonder if our friends who are watching can take the same whistle and transform it in a way that feels good to them.

You want to try?

-Sure.

Should we actually try to put it together maybe?

-That sounds great.

If you whistle, then our friends at home can try to transform that song into something that feels good to them as their artistic choices.

-Awesome.

Okay.

Let's try.

On "three."

One, two, three.

[ Whistling "Dock of the Bay" tune ] ♪♪ -Wow!

Now, I can't actually see you at home, but I can imagine that some of you put it into your body like a dancer.

And maybe some of you put it into your body like a drummer.

Maybe some of you even drew a picture to the whistle and transformed it into visual art.

That's cool.

-Signe, thank you so much for reminding me about this amazing art form that I have in my family.

-Christina, thank you so much for being willing to share it and letting it be inspiration that allowed all of us to explore transforming it as we became artists today together, too.

I'm really glad that we shared this time, and something that feels really fun to me about our time was that we got to share it together.

So for all my friends out there who are watching and playing along, we invite you to call your friends or your family, maybe someone in your house or home or maybe someone who's outside your house or home, and interview them and find a piece of art of theirs that you can transform, too.

See you later!

-Bye!

[ Whistling ] -A little birdie told me it's time to Go Wild.

♪♪ ♪♪ -This is Dot, and she is just about three months old.

-And this is Lucas, and he's about a month older than Dot.

-These guys were hand-raised from day one.

We actually acquired these eggs from Minnesota Zoo as part of a breeding loan.

Once they got big enough and lost most of their baby down at about six weeks old, we introduced them to a pool back in holding where it was a safe place to swim.

And once we were confident in their swimming abilities, we introduced them to whatever members of the colony wanted to come into a back area and meet them.

♪♪ ♪♪ -These penguins are definitely spunkier than any of the penguins we've worked with.

We like to call them spirited.

♪♪ -They're very curious.

They want to know all of the people business that's going on just as much as we want to know all the penguin business that's happening in the exhibit.

We have a 200,000-gallon pool here.

It's all manufactured saltwater.

Water temperature is a brisk 59.3 degrees.

The reason the temperature is that low is because the penguins in their natural habitat live at the southern tip of South Africa, where most of the water that these guys swim in is much, much colder than what we have in the pool here.

-These birds are designed for this marine lifestyle.

They've got a nice layer of fat, as well as very dense feathers.

They have the most dense feathers of any bird species in the world, about average 60 feathers per square inch.

The way those feathers lie and interlock actually prevents the water from penetrating through to their skin.

So they may look wet when they come out onto land, but they're actually dry underneath, so they have their own personal dry suit.

♪♪ The sharks that are in the water with them are leopard sharks.

Now, this species can be found here on our Pacific Coast, but they're very similar to a species of shark that they would naturally live with in the wild in South Africa.

And the sharks in here do not eat penguins.

They actually are competitors.

They eat the same thing as the penguins.

So, they are a bottom-dwelling shark with a small mouth, little teeth, and they enjoy eating fish, squid, And occasionally they'll eat a fish that the penguin drops or vice versa -- the penguin will eat a fish that the shark drops.

-We work with them every day and we appreciate their personalities and we just love them as an animal, but their numbers in the wild are very, very threatened.

They estimate that there's only about 18,000 breeding pairs left.

So the more people we can get to meet these birds and fall in love with them, the more people will care about preserving the habitat and doing what they can to help their wild counterparts.

♪♪ -Daytime or nighttime, it's always time for story time.

Brrr!

It's cold out there!

Nice to be inside, warm and cozy in my homemade igloo.

Feels like a perfect time to sit back, relax, and read a great book.

[ Gasps ] This is one of my favorites.

It's called "Snowflake Bentley" by Jacqueline Briggs Martin.

It tells the true story of an artist and scientist named Wilson Bentley.

He loved the snow so much, he took 500 photographs of individual snowflakes.

And because they were taken so close up, we get to see the incredible range of shapes these tiny crystals can be.

Isn't snow amazing?

No two snowflakes are alike.

Almost as unique and special as you.

Hm.

Or we could read that one.

♪♪ This is "Ten Ways to Hear Snow," written by Cathy Camper.

Ohh!

It's so hard to choose just one.

I know.

I'll "eeny meeny miney mo" it.

[ Muttering ] [ Inhales sharply ] Okay.

Let's read this one and save the other for another time.

Ready?

"Ten Ways to Hear Snow," written by Cathy Camper and illustrated by Kenard Pak.

"When Lina woke up, everything was quiet.

No cars honked, no buses chugged, no garbage trucks gulped trash across the street.

[ Gasps ] Snow!

Last night's blizzard was gone, leaving the city muffled and white.

But today was grape-leaf day when Lina would help her grandma make warak enab.

Sitti was losing her eyesight, and Lina loved helping her cook.

'I want to tell Sitti about the snowstorm and make sure she's okay.'

'The snow's so deep,' Lina's mom said.

'We could go with you,' Lina's dad offered.

But Lina wanted to go to Sitti's by herself.

'Stay warm, habibti,' her dad told her.

Lina bundled up.

Outside, the sun on the snow was as bright white as a light bulb.

Lina squinched her eyes and pulled her scarf over her nose.

She could barely see.

'I wonder if this is how Sitti feels,' Lina thought.

The world sounded softer, but the noises she heard were clearer.

Scraaape!

Scrip!

Scraaape!

Scrip!

What was that?

It was Mrs. Watson's shovel digging out the sidewalk.

That's one way to hear snow, Lina thought.

Lina walked down the street.

Snyak!

Snyek!

Snyuk!

The noise was low to the ground.

What was that?

It was the treads of Lina's boots crunching snow into tiny waffles.

Two ways to hear snow.

Lina ducked under a pine tree.

Ploompf!

A powdery sound.

A blue jay on a branch had knocked down snow.

Three ways to hear snow, Lina counted.

She listened for more.

Swish-wish.

Swish-wish.

What was that soft, whiskery noise?

People were sweeping snow off their cars.

Their brushes made the fourth way to hear snow.

Lina cut across the park.

Scritch, scratch.

Scritch, scratch.

Another snow noise?

Lina saw long, skinny tracks by her boots.

Ahead of her, people were skiing.

Their skis made the fifth way to hear snow.

Rachid and Mariam were building a snowman.

Pat.

Pat.

Pat.

What was that?

It was mittens smoothing the snowman's head.

The gentle sound made the sixth way to hear snow.

As Lina walked away, her friends whispered and laughed.

Thwomp!

Oh, no!

Lina ran away fast from the seventh way to hear snow.

Lina reached Sitti's building all out of breath, her boots covered with white powder.

Stomp, stomp, stomp!

Lina giggled.

She was making the eighth way to hear snow.

'Hello, Lina,' the lady in the lobby said.

'Go on in.'

She pointed toward Lina's grandma's room.

Lina tapped on the door.

'Surprise, Sitti!

It's me!

I came to make grape leaves with you!'

Lina threw her coat and mittens on the radiator to dry.

'Wonderful!

The lamb and rice are ready,' Sitti said.

'Yalla!

I can't wait!'

Lina shouted.

'Let's get started.'

Lina rinsed the grape leaves and placed them on towels.

'Put some filling in the center, roll them up, and put them in the pot,' Sitti instructed.

'They're like little grape leaf cocoons,' Lina said, looking at them piled on the plate.

'Or lots of little sleeping bags,' Sitti replied.

'Ha!

Mine looks like a mustache!'

Lina held her stuffed grape leaf under her nose.

Sitti held hers under her nose, too.

'That's good!'

She wrinkled up her face and said, 'We look like a coupla real tough guys,' in a tough-guy voice.

'Sitti, did you know we had a blizzard last night?'

'Of course.'

Lina was surprised.

How could her grandma know when she couldn't see very well?

Then she heard a noise.

Drip, drip went the mittens.

It was the sound of snow melting.

Nine ways to hear snow.

Suddenly Lina understood how Sitti knew.

'Sitti, did you hear the snow?'

Sitti smiled.

'Each morning I open the window and listen.

Today everything sounded hushed and soft.

No noise is the sound that means it's snowing.'

'Sitti, I listened, too.

I heard snow nine different ways.

Shovels were one.

Boots were two.

The blue jay was three...' 'Slow down, habibti.

I want to hear them all.

But right now, shh...' Sitti went to the window and opened it again.

'Listen,' she said.

Outside, the late blue afternoon was completely still.

'Quiet is the tenth way to hear snow.'"

[ Chuckles ] [ Inhales deeply ] [ Sighs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ "Camp TV" ♪ It's time for us to part ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ To summer reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ It's "Camp TV" -This program was made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Additional funding was provided by the Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and the Pine Tree Foundation of New York.

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