-[meows]
-[triumphant music] [chirping] ♪ How, what, where, why?
What, where, why? ♪ ♪ How, what, where, why?
What, where, why? ♪ ♪ Ada Twist, scientist ♪ ♪ She's gonna find out
What the answer is ♪ ♪ Under here, over there ♪ ♪ Science is everywhere you look ♪ ♪ With Iggy Peck, architect ♪ ♪ And Rosie Revere, engineer ♪ ♪ So much to do and you can help too ♪ ♪ A mystery, a riddle, a puzzle,
Or a quest ♪ ♪ There are wonders to discover
And hypotheses to test ♪ ♪ Science is the best ♪ ♪ Ada Twist,
scientist ♪ ♪ She's gotta find out
What the answer is ♪ ♪ Everywhere science is
She's forming a hypothesis ♪ ♪ Connecting polka dots
'Cause this is Scientist Ada Twist ♪ [Ada speaking] [upbeat music playing] -[Ada] Hi, Mama!
-Morning, hon. Ready for pancakes? Mm-hmm! Can you make them perfectly round? -I guess we'll see.
-Shh! -[laughs]
-[gasps] -[both] Mwah!
-Yuck! Why do people kiss? -That's what I'm saying!
-[laughs] Ask your mom. Gotta go to work. Can't wait to see what you got planned
for
tonight. It's gonna be good. What I planned for tonight? Hmm. Ada, Arthur, cereal, eggs, please. -[Ada] Mm-hm.
-I'll get the eggs. I'll get the cereal. Hey. The cereal has heart-shaped candy in it! Huh? The eggs have lovey eyes on them. [groans] -Huh?
-[meows] And the cat gave me peonies,
my favorite flowers. Thanks, Mooshu! Lovey eyes? Heart-shaped cereal? [gasps] Peonies! Oh, no! I forgot our anniversary! -[meows]
-Mom, the pancakes! -Oops!
-[sizzling] That is not a perfect circle. [sighs] [ga
sps] Mom,
do you know what you just made? A mess? A unicorn! In science,
this is called a happy accident. When you try to make one thing,
but accidentally make something better. Lovely. Forgetting our anniversary,
though, that's not a happy accident. Anniversaries are for showing love.
And I forgot! [gasps] I can't plan something now.
I have a big project due for work! Don't worry, Mom. I'll find a way to help. Hmm. So what do you think? I think I love this unicorn pancake! [laughs] About my par
ents' anniversary? Oh, right. 'Fraid I got nothin'. Me too. We'll help you with anything, Ada.
but my parents don't live together. Oh! Whoa! -So anniversaries aren't my specialty.
-Know what we need? A brainstorm. ♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪ ♪ Throw in every thought you've had
No idea is ever bad ♪ ♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪ ♪ Gather your friends
Try to find the how, the what, the why ♪ ♪ Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪ ♪ Let our imaginations
Become great new creations ♪ ♪ When we brainstorm, brainstorm
Brainstorm, brainstorm ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ I have an idea! We could make the house
and everything in it red. The color of love! Yeah, sure. But also the color of Mars.
My dad loves Mars! But then everything will be red forever!
The furniture. And Mom, Dad, Arthur, and me. And I like being Black. I have an idea! Your mom could fly
up to your dad's bookstore on a dragon, carrying a sweet new harp
and sing a love song! My dad loves all kinds of instruments, but where'd we get
a dragon with a harp on short n
otice? -Excellent point.
-Oh! What if we made a house out of chocolate for your dad?
It would be chocolatey amazingness! Wow. -That's it!
-Really? We'll build a chocolate house? No! That would take way too much time
and way too much chocolate. -Can there be too much chocolate?
-Nope! [laughs] What I meant was
Dad always bake us his Chocolate Surprise Cake
on special occasions, so we'll bake it for him. -Sweet!
-Fabulous idea! Oh! I love the idea of making
his Chocolate Surprise Cake. There's onl
y one problem. It's an old family recipe
that only Dad knows. No one ever wrote it down. -Really?
-Ah, man. Good try. Wait, we can figure out
the recipe in the lab. -Baking is science.
-My mom says that cooking is an art, but baking is a science.
She'd know. She's a chef. Okay, while you three
figure out the recipe, I'll try and find a backup gift
just in case. Don't worry, Mom. We've got this. What would I do
without my little scientist? You wouldn't have an anniversary gift
and that would be b
ad. [Mom laughs] -[upbeat music plays]
-Loading the lab. [thrilling music playing] When I bake with my dad, he says his Chocolate Surprise Cake
has to be sweet, soft, and tall. Sugar and chocolate make it sweet.
To make it soft, we need-- -Pillows!
-[laughter] Nope. Butter. And for tallness-- -Building blocks!
-[Ada laughs] -Baking powder.
-Oh! -That'll work too.
-And it'll taste better. And finally, sprinkles on top. Now what's missing are eggs and flour
to hold it all together. -[cracking]
-[s
tirring] I think I found a gift! [both] Huh? Oh, Mom. [both] A tie? -I think he already has that tie.
-I think that is his tie. Okay, I'll dig around again
after I get some work done. -Hmm.
-[sighs] We'd better make this work. [whimsical music plays] -[clock ticks, dings]
-[Ada] It's done. -[meows]
-[both] Whoa! [Iggy] It's a tower of cake! Whoa! Dad's cake is never this tall! Don't drop it! It's wobbling! Oh, I can't look! Whoa! -[all sigh]
-Let's see if it's done! -[Iggy] Duck!
-[Ada] Look out
! Oh, man, I got caked! We need to rethink this recipe. [squelching] If baking powder makes the cake tall,
maybe there was way too much. I'd guesstimate that we need exactly
a lot less this time. -[beeping]
-[clock ticks, dings] -It's looking good.
-[Rosie] Really good. Perfect! -[squelching]
-[all sigh] It's not perfect. It sunk! Just like our hopes and dreams.
[groans] And if a tie my dad already owns
is all Mom can come up with, [sighs] we should just give up. I wanted to help Mom show Dad
ho
w much she loves him, but I failed. And we can't fix it. Ada Twist,
I may not know a lot about anniversaries, but I know about not giving up,
and so do you. Yeah. We just need to keep trying. You're right!
We're scientists. We don't give up. This is too important. I just wish we knew
what we were doing wrong! [groans] Oops. Sorry. Rosie, what you just did...
I know what to do! Watch this. That's what I did. Is that good? Yep. It shows the chemical reaction.
Watch this. -It didn't overflow that t
ime.
-Exactly. I forgot the other thing
my dad always says. "Measure twice, bake once." Baking is science, right? We need the right chemical reaction
to make the cake perfect. We had the right ingredients,
but not the right amounts. Come on, let's try again.
Fast. Dad's coming home soon! [clock ticks] [upbeat music plays] Okay, all the ingredients are in. Plus love. Dad says that makes it extra sweet. I hope it works. [bell dings] -It actually looks like a real cake.
-It's tall, but not too tall
. Soft, but not sunken! -Yummy.
-Tasty! And it's chocolatey and sweet. [all] Yay! Woo-hoo! [laugh] [crunching] Wait, listen. [crunching] Why is it crunchy? Sprinkles? Dad's Chocolate Surprise Cake
doesn't have sprinkles inside. It's supposed to have sprinkles outside.
This is a disaster! Sprinkles are never a disaster. But it's not Dad's cake.
It's not perfect. We have to remake it. We can't! Dad's coming home soon.
Maybe Mom got a good gift? How about this? I painted the Milky Way. Here's Orion
's Belt,
the Big Dipper, Polaris. -[meows]
-Oh, you're right. It's like a star exploded. It's a mess and a half.
How's the cake coming? We accidentally got sprinkles inside
so it's not Dad's Chocolate Surprise Cake. No, but it's your surprise cake. You made the cake plus a surprise. Sounds like a happy accident to me. -I love when that happens.
-Yeah! Like my unicorn pancake. -Come on, let's get it on the table.
-[sighs] Okay. -[Rosie] We'll help.
-Then we have go home. You got this, Ada. Thanks
, you guys. Oh! What do we have here? Please be seated, Mr. Dad. I mean, Mr. Twist. -Happy anniversary!
-[both] Mwah! Tonight, we have for you,
drumroll, please. -[clinking]
-Dad's Chocolate Surprise Cake! Really?
But the recipe isn't even written down. [crunching] Huh?
This isn't my Chocolate Surprise Cake. Knew it. It's better! -[gasps] Really?
-Yeah! Sprinkles inside the cake? Genius. Your daughter outdid herself. As usual. It was a happy accident.
Plus I added a special ingredient. Love. Mm,
I can taste the love! This is the most delicious anniversary
present I've ever gotten. Thank you! [both] Mwah! [groans] I'll allow the kiss. This time. [all laugh] [meows] Wow! An exploding star. Well, it was supposed to be--Never mind.
Yep. That's exactly what it is. [laughter] [upbeat music plays] Hmm. [gasps] I have an idea.
Let's meet another scientist. Come on! Hi, I'm Lasheeda Perry
and I am a pastry chef. Today, we are going to talk about
how baking soda plays a very scientific role in b
aked goods,
specifically cookies. [Ada] Yum! As a pastry chef,
we are always thinking about, "If I put this ingredient
with that ingredient, what reaction am I going to get?" I want to show you today
what baking soda does to baked goods. -Shall we make our chocolate chip cookies?
-[Ada] Let's go! [Lasheeda] Baking soda has been used
for many years, because it helps leaven your baked good. Leavening means to help your product rise. [Ada] Cool. I've played with different recipes
where I use a litt
le bit of baking soda, and then I used a lot,
and I had a completely different product. -[chiming]
-There goes our timer. [drumroll] On the right, here, are chocolate-chip cookies
with baking soda. And over here is without baking soda. And the most obvious difference
is the color. These are nice and golden. Here, the centers are still pretty pale. The spreading is different as well. With the baking soda,
it has a nice. thick edge. And more uniform
compared to the rustic edges where they're just
doing their own little thing. [laughs] Now this is the fun part. This is really why I love being
a pastry chef, because I get to taste it! It is so good. [laughs] Fun fact! Baking soda is not only used
in baked goods such as cookies, but it's also used in fire extinguishers. [spraying] Wasn't that cool? Science is the best! [Ada speaking] [laughter] [doorbell rings] Rosie Rule number seven.
Always ring three times for good luck. -Hey, Iggy!
-Hi! Hi, Ada. Hi, Rosie. Let's get this garden party st
arted! Yeah, about that-- -[Rosie] I love gardens and parties.
-[Ada] I don't think... I'm so excited to spend all afternoon
in your beautiful... -Yikes!
-Sweet zucchini! I've been trying to tell you. I invited you for a garden party,
but look! -[Ada] Uh...
-[Rosie] Okay. Are these plants sad? -Or sleepy?
-No, they're just not healthy right now. My dad used to take care of them, but
since he moved, he hasn't been able to. Maybe they need to laugh. My mom always says
laughter is the best medicine
. Why are potatoes good detectives? -Because they keep their eyes peeled!
-[all laugh] Good one, Rosie! Really? Not even a little leaf wiggled!
Tough crowd. -Hey there, team! Who's hungry?
-[Rosie] Deviled eggs! Yum! Thanks! So, what are you kids up to today?
Tell me all the fun plans. We were gonna have a garden party, but-- I know, this garden doesn't exactly
give off a party vibe, does it? Not really. But these deviled eggs are egg-cellent! -[all laugh]
-Get it? 'Cause they're eggs. Glad you
like them,
'cause they're going on the café menu. This rosemary
would've made them more delish, but I don't have a green thumb. That's 'cause only ogres do.
And some elves. [laughs] No, Rosie. Having a green thumb
means you're good at gardening. -Oh! That makes more sense.
-I wish I was better at gardening. But with running the café
and being the classroom mom at school, I don't have time. If only there was a button I could press
to take care of my plants. -[bell]
-That's the quiche! Gotta run.
My mom might not have a green thumb,
but she loves this garden. -I wish I could make it nice for her.
-Iggy, we're scientists. -And your best friends. We'll help!
-We've got your back. Really? Thanks! So what do we do now? Well, first we've gotta examine this garden
really close. I've got an observation.
The leaves are droopy and yellowy. The plants over here
are even droopier and yellowier! Huh. The plants in the shade are droopier
than the ones in the sun. Fascinating. [sneezes] Excuse me. Dry
dirt makes me sneeze. Great observation, Iggy. If the soil's dry, it could mean
the plants haven't been watered lately. I think we have a hypothesis. I love a hymoposethis! Hypothestimiza? [groans] Why is that word so hard to say? I'll help you out! ♪ I've got a hypothesis
I've got a hypothesis ♪ -.♪ Does that ♪
-♪ Observation ♪ -♪ Mean this? ♪
-♪ Explanation ♪ ♪ Right or wrong
Let's find out what the answer is ♪ ♪ It might not be right
But we're gonna find out ♪ ♪ What this theory is all about
♪ ♪ An educated guess
But will it stand up to our test? ♪ ♪ Yes, that's what a hypothesis is ♪ ♪ I've got a hypothesis
I've got a hypothesis ♪ ♪ Let's find out how right it is ♪ ♪ Let's go ♪ So our hypothesis is plants need sunlight and water
to be healthy. We should test it out. Loading the lab. [thrilling music plays] [Ada] Test subject is ready. Cue the sun, Rosie! Or if you want to be
scientifically accurate, a special gardening bulb
whose light is like the sun's. Wow! It's getting less yel
lowy! And more green-y! -I mean, greener.
-All because of the sun? Whoa. I have so much power. We just proved the first part
of our hypothesis. Plants need sun! Ada, the sun's really heavy! I wonder how heavy the real sun is. Ada! Oh, right.
You can put the light down now, Rosie. [sighs] Now on to test number two. Iggy, release the rain! Or if you wanna
get scientifically specific, a bucket of-- -[Iggy] Yikes!
-[both laugh] Water. Whoops. Sorry! It's okay. I love the rain.
And puddles! Woo-hoo!
Yeah! [laughs] [gasps] The droopiness is all gone. Which means we proved
part two of our hypothesis. Plants need water. Now let's take our findings
back to the garden. First, we gotta move the umbrella
so the plants get more sun. Oh! And give them water! [straining] [all] Whoa! Nice landing! -[all gasp]
-It worked. Go, sun! Now all they need is a little of this. [sniffs] Hey, I'm not sneezing.
Must mean the soil isn't dry anymore. Come on, little plantipoos. You can do it. Huh. We gave them sunl
ight and water,
so why are they still droopy? -What are we missing?
-Maybe more jokes! I got one. Which vegetable
loves hanging out with animals? A zucchini! -Get it? Zoo-cchini?
-[all laugh] Another good one. The plants don't think so.
I'll keep working on my jokes. What we really need is a plant expert.
I wish we knew one. -Wait! I know a plant expert.
-You do? Huh? [dialing] [Iggy] Oh, hi, Dad! Iggster. What's up, bud? Oh, look,
the three musketeers are all here! -Hi, Mr. Peck!
-Hello! We're
trying to help Mom's garden
and you're the best plant expert I know. We gave them water and sun,
but they still look sick. Help! Okay, calm down. I'm gonna help ya.
Oh, did you do the plant dance? The plant dance? -You know. The silly wiggle.
-[all cheering, laughing] -Yeah!
-Huh? -[sighs] It didn't work.
-Yeah, I just wanted to loosen you up. You looked kinda serious. -Oh!
-[laughter] What you actually need is fertilizer. -[Ada] Huh?
-Ferti-whater? Fertilizer. It's like vitamins for plants.
You
take them to stay strong and healthy. -Uh-huh.
-Sure do! Plants need vitamins too,
but they get theirs from the soil. Adding fertilizer helps keep them healthy. -Cool.
-Of course! And you can make your own. You just need natural stuff that has lots
of nutrients. Want me to tell you how? -Please!
-Yes! Absolutely! Great! Once the natural ingredients are all smooshed up into something
that looks like gooey dirt, you've got fertilizer. Now all you gotta do
is sprinkle it on the soil. -Thanks, Mr.
Peck.
-You rock, Mr. P. Anytime, kiddos. Thanks, Dad. Whoa! Fertilizer's squishy
and kind of gross. I love it! Time to take your vitamins, plants! Wow, we did it! Awesome possum. Possums? Where? -Don't worry. No possums.
-[laughs] -The garden's just awesome.
-'Cause it's healthy. Now my mom will finally have
a pretty garden all the time. Yep. All she needs to do
is water and feed it a lot. There's more to do? Plants are like people.
They need to be watered and fed regularly. I get it. I need to
be watered
and fed regularly too. Uh, that sounded better in my head. My mom doesn't have time for that.
Remember what she said? Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, now that we know
how to keep a garden healthy, we need to find an easy way
to help her take care of it. Let's brainstorm. What if we create a new type of plant
that never needs food, water, or sunshine? She wouldn't have to do anything. But what if we accidentally
make zombie plants? [Ada] Whoa! I'd love that,
but Iggy's mom might not. Neither wou
ld Iggy's mom's son, me! -Is there maybe a less zombie-ish idea?
-Got one. We could ask garden gnomes to take care of the plants.
They eat a lot though. And my mom has enough cooking to do
for the café and me without having to feed gnomes too.
She needs something really easy. -Oh! Like a magic word?
-Or a button? Wait! Iggy's mom said she wishes she could
press a button to take care of her garden. So maybe we could build something
that waters and fertilizes the plants with a button that controls
it! Okay, it's ready! Iggy, that's a plant-astic design!
I'll build it! [upbeat music plays] And done! Wow, what is that thingamajig? It's called The Green Thumbinator! It waters
and fertilizes the plants for you. And to turn it on,
you just have to press this button. Oh! -[clicks]
-[whirring] [Mrs. Peck] Wow! Now that I have time for. Thanks to you three, I finally have
a green thumb and a green garden. -[all] Oh!
-[Rosie] Fantastic! [sighs] This is the best garden party
I've ever been to. And
this is the best strawberry smoothie
I've ever had. Made with fresh strawberries
from my beautiful, healthy garden. And I'm working on a new dessert menu.
Maybe strawberry shortcake? -Yes!
-Yum! -Hey, kiddo!
-Dad! Dropping off your sketchbook.
He's always forgettin' it. Don't I know it! Come have a smoothie
and enjoy the garden. Looks great. Maybe I need
gardening tips from you three. I've got the best tip.
You've gotta make the plants laugh. What do you get when Bigfoot
walks through your gard
en? -Uh, stumped? Get it? Like "stomped"?
-[laughs] Good guess. Squash! You know, 'cause Bigfoot's big feet
would squash everything! [laughter] Hmm. [gasps] I have an idea.
Let's meet another scientist. Come on. Hey, my name is Rory Aronson, I'm a robotics engineer,
and today I'm gonna show you how I take care of my garden
with my farming robot. [crunching] [upbeat music plays] This is the Farmbot. Farmbot plants seeds, waters,
takes photos, and removes weeds, to take care of your garden
and gro
w plants, so you can have fresh veggies
right in your backyard. -[Ada] Oh!
-[Rory] One of our Farmbots is at NASA. They use it to do research to figure out
how are we gonna grow food in space? What they want to do
is be able to send astronauts to Mars and then grow food for them,
so that they can eat and survive without having to take up
too much of the astronauts' time. In here is the brain of the Farmbot. That's a little computer
that tells the muscles, which are the motors, to move around and
go to the right spot in the garden
and take care of everything. You use your phone to tell it where to go,
how much to water. Then you can set it on a schedule
and forget it. Once the tomatoes are ripe, Farmbot sends you a message,
"Tomatoes are ready." -"Time to make a salad."
-[Ada] Yum! -Fun fact!
-[Ada] Fun fact! Seeds are really picky about
the temperature they'll start to grow in. In fact, spinach seeds
will only start growing if the soil is between
60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Wasn't th
at cool? Science is the best! [closing theme music playing]
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