Episode
Sid the Science Kid: Sid’s Backyard Campout
Overview
In celebration of National Backyard Campout Day on June 25, pack some food and bring your backpack because Sid the Science Kid, Gerald, and Dad are gearing up for a big adventure…they’re setting up tents for a campout in the backyard! During the campout, Dad is eager to share his love of nature and demonstrates how to have a great time outside with the simplest of necessities. They look for animals, cook their own dinner, marvel at the stars in the sky, roast marshmallows, and sing songs around the campfire. And here’s the best part, you are invited to join the adventure and sing along!
Details
- Series
- Sid the Science Kid
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2011-06-20
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Sid’s Backyard Campout is Episode 14 in Season 2 of Sid the Science Kid. It aired on 2011-06-20. The runtime is 30 min.
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More episodes from this season
Episode 12: Shadow Smile!
Sid investigates shadows and explores ways to create a shadow by blocking a light source.
Episode 16: I Want to Be a Scientist!
Sid and his classmates take a field trip to the Science Center.
Episode 11: Discovering Darkness
Sid investigates what happens when a light source is completely blocked, creating darkness.
Episode 17: The Amazing Computer Science Tool!
Sid's mom volunteers to show his class how a computer works; students make discoveries with magnifying glasses in the Super Fab Lab.
Episode 10: Let There Be Light
Sid explores the science of light and discovers that light comes from various energy sources.
Episode 18: The Big Cheese!
A marine biologist gives the students a research project.
Episode 9: Save the Stump!
Sid is super excited because his Dad is clearing out space in the yard for a basketball court! While Sid and Dad are surveying the land, Sid notices a big stump teeming with little creatures! During a special field trip to The Science Center, Sid and his friends discover that there are animal habitats all around us, even in old stumps, and if one habitat is destroyed, all of the other habitats and animals are affected.
Episode 19: Sid Wings It!
Sid wears his homemade cardboard wings and tries to fly; a visit to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.
Episode 8: Reused Robot!
Sid's toy robot is broken, so he wants to throw it "away." Sid's Mom tells him there is no such thing as "away," and when we put something in the trash, we are actually creating waste. Sid and his friends explore the idea that everything we throw away goes somewhere. This leads to an investigation of how to recycle and reuse items so that we make less trash.
Episode 20: Sid Engineers a Solution
Sid tries to get a cereal box, but it is out of his reach; at school, Sid and his friends try to get a ball down from a tree.