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Super Science!
This new season on Sesame Street, which premiered on September 27th, focuses on scientific investigation.
Continuing our two-year emphasis on science-related topics, new storylines, animations, and live action films
encourage children to create meaning of their world through discovery and investigation. Sesame Street’s colorful
and loveable characters model asking questions, making observations using all of their senses, documenting
changes, and forming conclusions. Children become true scientific investigators and thinkers as their innate sense
of awe and curiosity about their everyday world is fostered.
Season 41 Science Street Stories
Chicken When It Comes to Thunderstorms
Elmo, Abby, Chris, and Leela explain all about
thunderstorms to some chickens and experiment with different ways to help them not be afraid.
The Whoosh and Vanish Mystery
Telly and Elmo become investigators to solve the
mystery of their missing basketball by observing clues,
forming hypotheses and experimenting with wind.
Bert’s Pigeon Search
Abby and Elmo search all over Sesame Street to
identify a Blue Bar pigeon for Bert, who has never
seen one before, by observing and comparing
different types of birds.
Camouflaged Challenge
Elmo, Rosita and Chris investigate all around
Sesame Street and photograph six camouflaged
things so they can join the Camouflage Club.
The Happy Scientists
Telly, Rosita and Elmo become scientists to investigate
if everyone on Sesame Street takes a bath
What’s That Noise?
Elmo, Luis and Maria discover a grasshopper in the
house and, through observation and investigation,
must figure out answers to their questions to get it back outside.
Up in the Air
Big Bird and Snuffy experiment with gravity and
learn how important it is when Abby magically makes
gravity disappear.
Snuffle Sneeze
Snuffy is allergic to something on Sesame Street so
Gina helps him and Big Bird experiment to figure out what is making him sneeze.
Where’s the Itsy Bitsy Spider?
Elmo, Telly, and Rosita make observations and learn
all about spiders as they search for where the Itsy Bitsy
Spider might live, so they can sing to her when she
crawls up the water spout.
Puddle Jumping
Elmo explores and learns to appreciate all of the great things about rain as he finds things to do while
he waits to jump in puddles
Fairy Tale Science Fair
Telly and Baby Bear report on the Fairy Tale Science
Fair, where Little Red Riding Hood observes and
compares her Granny and the Big Bad Wolf,
Cinderella investigates whether a pumpkin sinks or
floats and the Three Little Pigs experiment with
different materials to build a house.
Rock Rock Band
Elmo, Abby and Zoe help Vergil Von Vivaldi search for rocks to be part of his Rock Band by observing,
comparing, and learning about different types of rocks.
Dirtballs
Oscar has had it with Sesame Street’s cleanliness
and starts a new company to help dirty things up, but
instead learns what lives inside dirt and how useful it
can be.
Super Grover 2.0
Season 41 of Sesame Street introduces a new segment, featuring the lovable, blue monster Super Grover. “Super
Grover 2.0” is a continuation of this season’s curriculum, scientific investigation, allowing young children to become
active participants in the process of scientific inquiry. In this all new segment, Super Grover comes to the rescue of
those who need some super hero help. The segment, focusing on a STEM curriculum (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics), promotes problem solving using critical thinking and scientific process skills. As
Super Grover questions, observes, investigates and reports, our hero literally stumbles across the solution to
scientific problems all across the world.
Super Grover 2.0 Storylines
A
Prickly Problem Through observation and trial
and error, Super Grover discovers the perfect ball for
a cactus to play with in the desert.
W
hy Did the Chicken Cross the Wall? Super
Grover helps a chicken get over a wall by discovering
that levers are tools.
W
heels After a group of penguins are unable to
complete their dance routine because of a giant block
of ice in the middle of their dance floor, Super Grover
discovers that wheels can move heavy things,
including the block of ice.
P
ulleys After helping a family of birds lift a piano
into their nest, Super Grover discovers that pulleys
make it easier to lift heavy things.
R
ockin' the Boat Super Grover discovers how to
balance a boat when each side is unequal in weight.
H
ow Now Down Cow Through trial and error,
Super Grover helps a cow get down stairs by making a ramp.
Encouraging children to explore the fascinating worlds
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
is what connects Sesame Street’s 41st season with the
current national focus on STEM concepts. Additionally,
the learning of specific STEM ideas is highlighted by
focusing on the underlying process skills which
connect all four STEM subjects:
Observing and questioning Encouraging children to
explore, discover, observe, wonder and mess about in their
everyday world.
Investigating Encouraging children to plan, set up, and
create a fair test to gather information. Investigation is all about
multiple trials and learning new information along the way.
Analyzing and reporting Looking at the data collected and
interpreting the evidence. Data collection is used to elaborate
on the “because” in children’s thinking.
Reflecting on the big idea Drawing meaning and
reflecting on the “big idea” or take-home message.
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