Episode
Sid the Science Kid: The Broken Wheel
Overview
When a wheel falls off Sid's favorite toy truck, he tapes it back on. But now the wheel won't spin, and Sid wonders how exactly wheels work? At school, Sid explores how wheels are simple machines that help move all kinds of things like cars, trains, tricycles, and even toy trucks!
Details
- Series
- Sid the Science Kid
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2008-10-27
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Broken Wheel is Episode 21 in Season 1 of Sid the Science Kid. It aired on 2008-10-27. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 20: Sid's Health Day
Sid wonders what is the best way to always stay healthy? At school, Sid and his friends discover that there’s lots of ways to stay healthy: washing hands to avoid germs, eating nutritious foods, brushing teeth and exercising!
Episode 22: My Slide
Sid wonders how he can lift up his big, heavy stuffed animal dinosaur onto his bed. Sid and his friends explore how inclined planes are simple machines that make it much easier to push up heavy things...including big stuffed animal dinosaurs!
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Episode 23: Sid's Amazing Invention
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Episode 18: The Big Sneeze
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Episode 24: The Tree House
Sid learns about pulleys while pondering how to move a box of toys to his tree house.
Episode 17: I Want Cake
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Episode 25: Climb, Ignatz, Climb
Sid pretends that his stuffed animal panda is going on an adventure to the top of the playground slide. Sid and his friends make a plan and use simple machines like wheels, inclined planes, levers and pulleys to get the panda all the way to the top of the slide!
Episode 16: A Brush With Teeth
Sid wonders if you really do have to brush your teeth every single day? At school, Sid discovers that our mouths are filled with different kinds of teeth that do lots of different jobs—like chewing our food! So it’s really important to keep our teeth healthy by brushing them every day!
Episode 26: Hello Doggie
When Sid hears dogs barking in his neighborhood, he wonders if they're talking to him. At school, Sid discovers that animals do communicate in lots of different ways, like using body language, making sounds, and barking! The episode features the introduction of Philbert, a dog adopted by Sid's Grandma.
Episode 15: All My Senses
Sid wants to know about all his different senses. At school, Sid and his friends embark on a quest to explore vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste!
Episode 27: Home Tweet Home
Sid wonders why there aren't any birds living in the birdhouse he built with his Dad? Sid and his friends discover that lots of animals build and live in their own homes, like beehives, anthills, and bird nests!