*** SCIENCE ROCK ***
BODY MACHINE
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
When you look down the street
What do you see?
The street is overflowin' with a lot of machines.
Now, I don't mean the buses, the trucks or cars
I'm talkin' 'bout the people
Yeah, you know who they are.
I'm a machine, you're a machine
Everybody that you know, you know they are machines
To keep your engine running, you need energy
For your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Now I'd be a fool
If I said that the fuel
That we needed to burn was gasoline.
'Cause the fuel we use is the stuff called food
And it puts out the power for our machine.
You make a stop at the filling station
(Fill 'er up with chicken sandwich to go!)
As you start to chew, your body does it
All systems go!
(Now that sandwich contains some very important kinds of food energy
for your body. The chicken gives you protein. Bread: carbohydrate.
Mayonnaise: fat. And the lettuce has vitamins, plus cellulose or
roughage. Together, these things help keep your body machine
running smoothly.)
First the saliva, kind of like a driver
(Move to the rear of the mouth!)
But what it's doin'
Along with teeth that's chewin'
Is taking food and breaking it down
.
Down to the stomach the food is pushed
The esophagus does its stuff (gulp, gulp!)
And the stomach starts...
(It's got no movin' parts!)
As the body machine churns up.
Gastric juices operate
On proteins, fats and carbohydrates
In the stomach they do what they do
To take out nutrition and use it for you.
Well the cellulose in those things you know
Will control the traffic flow
Helps the food to move along
So the good stays in and the bad gets gone.
I'm a machine, you're a machine
Everybody that you know, you know they are machines
To keep your engine running, you need energy
For your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Then the small intestine
Does most of your digestin'
By sending all of the nutrients
In through the villi (Which look a little sill-i!)
But act as little vents.
The bloodstream passes
The nutrients it catches
And takes them to the cells you see
You use what it delivers
(And store some in the liver)
For future energy.
I'm a machine, you're a machine
Everybody that you know, you know they are machines
To keep your engine running, you need energy
For your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Your high-powered, revved-up body machine.
Your high-powered, revved-up, complicated tuned-up
Fascinatin' body machine.
(Take care of that machine, you got such a great model there, honey!)
(Give it the right fuel - high protein, low calory.)
(Take it out for a spin every day!)
THEM NOT-SO-DRY BONES
Music & Lyrics: George Newall
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
>> Them bones, them bones, them dry bones
>> Now they're the working of the Lord.
Bones of heard of, but seldom seen
'Cept each year 'round Hallowe'en
But I've got a shock-a-roo
Right now there's a skeleton locked up inside of you!
Minus bones you're... just a blob!
Being framework's their main job.
All your organs, muscles too,
They need your bones to hold them safe and sound inside for you.
Your heart and lungs are tucked away
And they're behind your ribs.
Those bones have been protecting them
Since we were little kids.
(Look out! Here comes a bone-head play!
Burned his brain! (tweet tweet!) What a day!)
Don't take much to overwhelm it,
But luckily those bones up there work like a built-in helmet!
>> Shin bone connected to the knee bone...
(That means the tibia connects to the patella.)
>> Knee bone connected to the thigh bone...
(That means the patella connects to the femur.
And here's how they really fit together!)
Ligaments are what link... bone to bone.
Cartiledge that cushions... in between.
Muscles hook on... by the tendons.
So here's what's happening in your knees most everytime you bend them!
Now there's a lot of skeleton
We never get to see.
But it holds other little parts
That show quite obviously.
Talkin' bout those thirty-two
That we all call our teeth
You got to feed 'em right and keep 'em clean,
Or they can come to grief. (OUCH! Ow!)
So please remember,
You've got to do it while you're young!
Feed your bones some good ol' calcuim.
Drinking milk, a... glass or two,
Will help your bones to stay in shape and do their job for you.
>> Your skeleton
(It's a framework - yes, yes - holding you together.
Shilding organs - yeah, that's its job too)
TELEGRAPH LINE
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Christine Langner and Jaime Aff
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
There's a telegram for you ma'am,
And the message is clear:
It says there's something buggin' you
And buzzin' in your ear.
The results can be quite itchy,
So what is your reply?
(Tell your arm to swat that fly!)
Hey, there's a telegraph line
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the "nervous system".
And every body understands
Those telegram commands,
And you know that everybody better listen.
(The central nervous system is the brain and the spine:
The brain controls the system,
And the spine is the line.
Telegrams come in to tell what's happening to you,
And telegrams go out to tell your body what to do.)
There's a telegram for you sir,
Better read it on the spot:
It says your hand is near a stove
That's very, very hot.
The results can be quite painful,
And there's no time to think...
(Quick! Pull that hand away and get it to the sink!)
There's a telegraph line
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the "nervous system".
And every body understands
Those telegram commands,
And you know that everybody better listen.
(Your peripheral nerves, they go all out,
Delivering those messages
Your senses send out.
From your hearing and touch
To your sight and taste and smell,
It lets your brain react to all the messages they tell.)
There's a telegram for you kid,
And it's at an awful time:
It says you've got to go on stage
And you've forgot your lines.
You're gonna be embarassed,
'Cause this telegram's a rush,
Your heart starts beatin' faster... (And you blush!)
Hey, there's a telegraph line
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the "nervous system".
And every body understands
Those telegram commands,
And you know that everybody better listen.
(The autonomic system has a hold of you,
Controlling automatically,
Some things that you do.
Your breathing and your heartbeat
Just go on, naturally
And when you're scared, you're nerves rev up the speed!)
Hey, there's a telegraph line
You got yours and I got mine.
It's called the "nervous system".
And every body understands
Those telegram commands,
And you know that everybody better listen.
CIRCULATION
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Mary Sue Berry, Josie Armstead and Maeretha Stewar
Animation: Phil Kimmelman and Associates
There's a great new craze that's sweepin' the nation
Come on, do the circulation!
Starts with your heart, what a great sensation!
Come on, do the circulation!
Out through your arteries,
In through your veins,
Your heart pumps your blood, then it does it again.
So come on, everyone
Get it on, everyone
Circulation!
So come on, everybody!
Exercise your body!
For circulation.
Circulation, everybody form a circle now. (Uh huh!)
Circulation, like your blood, you just start movin' around.
Circulation is the function that's so outta sight,
And if your feet fall asleep then you're not circulatin' right.
You got four heart pumps to pump the blood (glug, glug!)
Yeah, that's circulation.
Left and right ventricle,
Left and right atrium,
Yeah, they do it, they circulate!
They pump blood through your lungs for oxygen
And then your arteries take it through... (To your body!)
And your veins bring the old blood back to be renewed.
Circulation takes nutrition to your cells,
And gets rid of carbon dioxide waste as well.
Circulation is the function that's so outta sight,
And if your hands are cold then you're not circulatin' right.
Well your blood is such a life-giving potion,
Like a river, it's always in motion.
From your head to your toes, doin' good as it goes,
It's a big, red, beautiful ocean!
Now the blood's not bad, it's kinda special (Yeah!)
Come dig it, circulate!
With red and white corpuscle cells (Yeah!)
Come do it, circulation!
Red cells carry oxygen,
White cells fight the germs.
So come on, come do it
Yeah, come do it
Circulation!
So come on, come do it
With your heart, come do it!
Circulation.
Circulation, everybody form a circle now. (Uh huh!)
Circulation, like your blood, you just start movin' around.
Circulation is the function that's so outta sight,
So come on you'll circulatin' right!
There's a great new craze that's sweepin' the nation
Come on, do the circulation!
Starts with your heart, what a great sensation!
Come do it, circulate!
Out through your arteries,
In through your veins,
Your heart pumps your blood, then it does it again.
Come on, everybody
Get it on, everybody
Circulation!
So come on, everybody!
Get it on, everybody.
Circulation.
The circulation!
VICTIM OF GRAVITY
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: The Tokens
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
Down, down, down, down gravity!
Helpin' wash the dishes
And I drop a cup.
Why does everything fall down,
Instead of up?
Ridin' up a hill, I spill
And hit the ground.
Wish I could fall up instead of always fallin' down.
>> Down de down down down...
I'm a victim of gravity, >> Oh, yeah...
Everything keeps falling down on me. >> Down, down, down...
No matter where I go, the forces that I know >> Keep pullin' me...
Down, down, down, down, down, down. >> It's all around town, now.
It's like a magnet, deep inside the ground.
When I lift something up, I feel it pullin' down.
>> (It pulls me in the pool, it pulls rain down on me.)
I'm a victim of down, down, down, down gravity, yeah.
Galileo >> [Galileo, Galileo]
Galileo, galilee >> [Oooh, galilee]
He did experiments >> [Galileo, Galileo]
With a force he couldn't see. >> Could not see, yeah...
He allowed that all things fall >> [Galileo, Galileo]
To earth at the very same speed. >> Very same speed, yeah...
He didn't know it yet... >> [Galileo, Galileo]
>> But that was due to gravity!
>> The Moon goes round the Earth,
>> And shines its silver light.
>> The Earth goes round the Sun,
>> And makes the seasons right.
It isn't love that makes the world go round, you see...
>> It's the power of gravity... (But please!)
Don't tell Mary-Jean! >> Down de down down down...
>> Without Earth's gravity
>> To keep us in our place,
>> We'd have no weight at all,
>> We'd be in outer space.
The sea would float away,
And so would fields and towns.
Down, down, down, down, down, yeah.
Isaac Newton, underneath the apple tree, >> Apple tree, yeah...
One hit him on the head, he said
"That must be gravity!"
>> (Newton's Law of Gravity says that every object in the Universe
>> pulls on every other object. The bigger the object, the stronger
>> the pull. But the greater the distance between the objects, the
>> weaker the pull becomes.
>>
>> Come back, Mary-Jean!)
Don't call me clumsy,
Don't ca-al me a fool.
When things fall down on me,
I'm following the rule.
The rule that says that what goes up comes down like me...
>> I'm a victim of...
Down, down, down, down, gravity...
Sho-be-do down, down, down!
WEATHER
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Bob Kalban
Animation: Gerry Ray
(Introducing the greatest show on Earth: the weather!)
Welcome everyone, it's the weather show!
Bring your bathing suits,
Don't forget your boots and coats!
Folks, we guarantee
The show that we perform
Is never dull, if there's a lull
It's just the calm before the storm...
>> Watch it change from icy cold to toasty warm.
>> And rearrange from sunny days to crazy storms.
>> The curtain's rising, we're so glad to have you here!
Come see a new show daily in the atmosphere!
>> Act one: the sun!
The sun shines down
On field and town!
On forest, mountain, desert, sea and snow.
Some heat's absorbed,
Some bounces off... (ha ha ha!)
So here it's hot, where there it may be cold.
>> The heated Earth heats up the air,
>> Just like a big hot air balloon, up up it flows...
The cooler air sneaks in below,
It's heated too, now look out folks,
'Cause up it goes!
(The sinking air is called a "high", which means it has high pressure.
Low pressure air is on the rise, and as they move together...)
>> Act two: the wind!
Those lows and highs,
They sink and rise.
The air begins to move and flow.
It circulates at different rates,
And that creates the winds that blow.
>> The highs are nice,
>> They bring fair skies!
Aha, but a low will often bring you clouds or rain...
>> And when they bump,
>> They form a front.
>> A changing of the weather in between.
(As the highs and lows push and shove, the weather front begins to
move! And if a front moves into town, it means a storm may just come
down!
Act three: the humidity!)
>> Because of heat, drops evaporate...
>> From lakes and rivers, puddles, even trees.
>> The air can fill
>> Right to the gills
>> With water vapour, that's humidity.
When clouds appear,
Rain may be near... >> Oooohhh!
'Cause the vapour's cool and starting to condense.
And if those drops... >> Oooohhh!
Begin to plop... >> Plop, plop, plop!
That's precipitation, folks, you all get drenched!
That's the weather folks,
You got your money's worth.
Hot or cold or soakin' wet,
Hey how lucky can you get?
The weather show's the greatest show, the greatest show on Earth!
(Yes sir!)
ELECTRICITY
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Zachary Sanders
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
When you're in the dark,
And you want to see
You need uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Flip that switch
And what do you get?
You get uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Every room
Can now be lit
With just uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Where do you think
It all comes from?
This powerful... >> Electricity, electricity!
Through high wires
To here it comes,
They're bringing the... >> Electricity, electricity!
Every building
Must be wired
To use it uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Power plants
Most all use fire
To make it uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Burnin' fuel
And using steam
They generate... >> Electricity, electricity!
Turn that generator
By any means.
You're makin' uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
(A generator is a machine that contains a powerful magnet that
creates a magnetic field. When wires are rotated rapidly through
this field, then a current of electricity is produced. Now: if
we only had a superhero who could stand here and turn the
generator real fast, then we wouldn't need to burn so much fuel
- heh- to make...) Electricity!
Benjamin Franklin
Flyin' his kite
Was searchin' for... >> Electricity, electricity!
He knew that it had something
To do with lightning
It's all uh... >> Electricity, electricity!
Rubbin' a comb
With wool or fur
Will give you a charge of...
Static... Electricity! >> [Electricity, electricity!]
Strokin' a cat
To make it pur,
You're buildin' up static
Electricity! >> [Electricity, electricity!]
(Electricity at rest is called "static electricity", like in the
winter, wearing a heavy coat, you get a shock off the doorknob.
Or you scrape across a carpet, and sneak up on your very best
friend, and zap him on the ear with a shock of...) Electricity!
Current flowing
To and fro
Makes a circuit of... >> Electricity, electricity!
Voltage is the pressure
That makes it go,
It's pushin' the... >> Electricity, electricity!
Watts will tell you
Just how much
You'll be using the... >> Electricity, electricity!
Powerful stuff so
Watch that plug.
It's potent... >> Electricity, electricity!
Electricty! >> [Electricity, electricity!]
Electricty! >> [Electricity, electricity!]
ENERGY
Music & Lyrics: George Newall
Sung by: Jack Sheldon
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
(Yawn!)
Energy!
Sometimes I think I'm runnin' out of...
Energy!
Seems like we use an awful lot for...
Heatin' and lightin' and drivin',
Readin' and writin' and jivin'...
Energy!
You'd think we'd be savin' it up.
Energy!
You can get it by dammin' up a river.
Energy!
A windmill can make the breeze deliver.
But even with millin' and dammin',
Our needs are so much more demandin',
For energy,
We have to use some kind of fuel.
Chop! Chop! Chop!
The cavemen used wood to start their fires.
Chop! Chop! Chop!
They made all the tools that they required.
Chop! Chop! Chop!
Inventions got more and more inspired.
The fires got higher and higher,
And clearings got wider and wider.
Energy!
They were burnin' 'bout all their wood up.
Then one day,
Men discovered that coal would do it better.
Miners dug!
And it looked like it might just last forever.
It seemed like the final solution,
(It started the Industrial Revolution!)
Energy!
We could just keep on diggin' it up.
(Now in 1859, way out in western Pennsylvania, a man had built a rig
that got some laughs from folks who came there. But suddenly, a
mighty roar came up from under the ground. Soon, a gusher gushin'
oil soaked all who stood around. Now, no-one knew, when that
gusher blew, the petroleum years were on us. Or that so many trucks
and cars would come to cause a crisis!)
Energy!
We're looking to try and find some new kinds.
Energy!
Explorin' to try and make a new find.
Nuclear and thermal and solar,
If we miss, we'll get colder and colder.
Energy!
We gotta stop usin' you up.
So don't be cross
When momma says "Turn that extra light out."
Just turn it off!
Till we find us a fuel that never runs out.
If everyone tries a bit harder,
Our fuel will go farther and farther.
Energy!
We're gonna be stretchin' you out!
INTERPLANET JANET
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
Animation: Kim & Gifford Productions
They say our solar system
Is centered 'round the sun.
Nine planets large and small parading by.
But somewhere out in space
There's another shinin' face
That you might see some night up in the sky...
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
She's been to Sun
(It's a lot of fun!
It's a hot-spot...) It's a gas!
Hydrogen and helium
In a big, bright glowing mass.
It's a star...
It's a star...
So Janet got an autograph!
Mercury was near the Sun
So Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high, so...
Janet split for Venus,
But on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.
Earth looked exciting,
Kind of green and inviting
So Janet thought she'd give it a go.
But the creatures on that planet
Looked so very weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.
It's a bird...
It's a plane...
Why it must be a U.F.O.!
But it was...
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
Mars is red, and Jupiter's big
And Saturn shows off its rings.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt,
And Neptune is its twin.
And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the Sun.
They say our solar system
Is not alone in space.
The Universe has endless mysteries.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he'd thought
A shootin' star instead turned out to be...
Interplanet Janet
She's a galaxy girl
A solar system miss
From a future world.
She travels like a rocket
With her comet team,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
There's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.