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Elinor models the foundational practices of science inquiry and engineering design -- including her amazing powers of observation and willingness to ask questions and investigate. When she encounters something she doesn’t understand, like why birds have feathers or how tiny ants build massive anthills, she just can’t let it go until she figures it out.

Olive and Ari have a change of heart when they see creatures helping each other.
Elinor, Olive, Ari, and Ms. Llama sing about eating produce of many different colors.
When half the art class ice sculptures melt, Elinor and her friends try to figure why.
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The kids try to get animals to the Flower Garden. / The kids’ snow sculptures get ruined!
The kids try to build a sandcastle. / The kids learn about slime.
The kids learn the benefits of eating different foods. / Olive tries to take the perfect picture.
Olive and Ari have a disagreement. / The kids learn about meadows.
The kids tell spooky stories of amazing creatures. / The kids learn about mold!
Elinor and friends try to build their own nest./Elinor and friends learn about eating different food
The kids surprise Mz. Mole for Teacher’s Day./A pig named Rudy uses his nose to find truffles.
The kids learn what makes food spicy./Ari plays baseball a little too much.
Olive gets inspired to play the violin./The kids fly high in a hot air balloon.
Elinor learns about forest fires./Ari’s upset because Miri gets all the attention.
The kids take a field trip to a Cloud Forest./The kids learn how crayons are made.
Elinor and her friends learn about germs./Ari has a loose tooth!
Elinor's new fish friend has grown legs! / The kids come up with a special dance routine.
The kids investigate a mysterious drumming sound. /The kids wonder why they need to sleep.
Elinor learns about how birds forage for food./Elinor gives Señor Tapir a going away gift.
The kids learn about moths. / The kids learn that certain fruits grow in certain seasons.
Ari and Olive make Backyard Soup for Elinor. / Elinor learns about dandelions.
Olive wants to have a party with real butterflies! / The kids learn about spiderwebs.
The kids help Hazel grow a garden./Elinor and the Exploring Club play music in the forest.
Olive has too many books! / The kids make a Nature Walk for Nature Day.
The kids learn how Ari and other bats hear so well./The kids wonder how some animals hear.
The kids meet Gael the Lynx, who runs really fast. / Ari makes a new friend named Rocky.
Nature is full of colors you can use to paint! / The kids help pick up litter in the park.
Jorge and Elinor explore why moths have different colors and designs on their wings.
When Olive gets a case of the hiccups, she and Jorge find out if all animals get hiccups.
Jorge and Olive explore the world of flowers and the reasons why they are so colorful.
Jorge and Elinor learn about flies and how they can fly around without getting dizzy.
Jorge and Elinor look at leaves and find out why some of them change color in the Fall.
Ari gives Jorge the inside scoop on why bats like to hang upside down.
The kids learn about smells. /Elinor teaches Camilla Dromedary how colorful Nature can be.
The kids visit huge trees in the sequoia forest./Elinor and Ari try to teach Miri to walk.
The kids learn about honey bees. / The kids learn about turtle eggs.
The kids learn about webbed feet. /It's Elinor's Dad's birthday and they're going camping.
Jorge and Elinor explore to see why and how caterpillars transform into butterflies.
Jorge and Ari take a look at how cheetahs are able to run so fast!
Elinor visits her grandparents in the desert./Olive shows her friends her favorite tree.
What happens to fish in a lake when it freezes?/Ari forgets where he hid his treasure.
A class plant grows in an unusual shape./Insect Day is coming up at school.
The kids have never seen a baby butterfly./Elinor and friend put on a circus.
Elinor, Ari and Olive cross a stream. / Why do we blink?
Extras
Elinor, Ari, and Olive sing about the many amazing ways that seeds can travel.
Olive, Elinor, and Ari discover that the violet sends its seeds out in an explosion.
Ms. Badger teaches the kids a few tips for taking a good photo in nature!
The kids use the photos Olive has taken of a mysterious bird to try and identify it.
Ari and Elinor are excited to make a sandcastle! But the waves keep making things harder.
The kids take inspiration from a sand crab to keep their sandcastle safe from the tide.
Camilla and Elinor get ready for a very fancy tea party, complete with costume jewelry!
When Camilla's ring gets stuck on her hand, Elinor comes up with a slimy way to help out.
When Camilla's tea party gets rained on, a surprising guest comes to visit... worms!
Elinor, Ari, and Olive learn about different colored varieties of the same vegetables.