0:00:01 > 0:00:07# Every day when you're walkin' down the street, everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day if you learn to work and play
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# Gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open up your eyes, open up your ears
0:00:30 > 0:00:34# And make things better by working together
0:00:34 > 0:00:36# It's a simple message
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# And it comes from the heart
0:00:38 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself for that's the place to start
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- # We can learn to work and play, get along with each other!- Hey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day! Hey! What a wonderful kind of day! HEY! #
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- HEY!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Hey, is it getting hot or is it just me?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I am feeling a little toasty.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Close up, these ants seem a lot like people.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Yeah, it really looks like a city.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Do you ever get the feeling that we're being watched?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Oh, Buster, you're being paranoid!
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- Cool! Everyone looks like ants! - Let me see, let me see!
0:01:41 > 0:01:47- Sorry, my quarter ran out. - But I didn't see the ant people!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50There's no such thing, DW.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- They SEEM like ants cos we are high up.- There ARE ant people!
0:01:54 > 0:01:59There's Aunt Bonnie, Aunt Ruthie, Aunt Hilary, Aunt Claudia...
0:01:59 > 0:02:05- Are those Zantopods?- They just look like just Zantopods from up here.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09They're just Earthlings. Wanna see my collection?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11DRILLING
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- Arthur!- Shhh!
0:02:25 > 0:02:29'Great scientists have five characteristics in common.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31'They are:
0:02:34 > 0:02:39'The first letter of each word - what does it spell?'
0:02:39 > 0:02:41ALL: PANTS. 'That's right.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:46'PANTS - a helpful way to remember what all great scientists possess.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51'Take Galileo - from the Leaning Tower of Pisa,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54'he dropped hundreds of lead balls.'
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Hmm, different sizes, but they land at the same time.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07Could it be true for ALL lead balls? Bring up 100 more!
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Si, signore, as you wish.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14HE GRUNTS WITH EFFORT
0:03:14 > 0:03:18'Or take Gregor Mendel - father of modern genetics -
0:03:18 > 0:03:23'who studied thousands of pea plants to see how traits are passed down.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:30After 20 years and 7,053 pea plants, it all comes down to this.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36Does plant number 7,054 have smooth or shrivelled peas?
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Er...it was smooth, I mean shrivelled. No, I mean...
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Mmmm! Peas!
0:03:46 > 0:03:51That film is 30 years old. It's as inspiring as when I first saw it.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57I'll give extra credit to anyone who can design a project using the five virtues of science.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59You have four weeks.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04Wanna go to the hardware store? I'm gonna make rock candy.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Why are you gonna MAKE rock candy? Just buy some.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- I want to observe crystals forming. - I'm going to cultivate pond scum.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20- It's full of Paramecium.- Watching pond scum would put me to sleep.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Me, too. I'm getting tired just thinking about it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Brain, these two just don't have any PANTS. Come on.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- We have plenty of PANTS!- Yeah!
0:04:33 > 0:04:37We're patient, attentive... Ooh, look at the monkey!
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Buster, check it out. An ant farm.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46"In no time, ants will build an exciting metropolis.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- "Makes science fun." - We'd show them who has PANTS!
0:04:51 > 0:04:56We wouldn't have to do a lot of work! The ants would do it all!
0:04:59 > 0:05:01ANTS: # You must confess
0:05:01 > 0:05:04# Ants may be P-A-N-T-S!
0:05:04 > 0:05:10# Ants - the easiest assignment to get extra credit! Yes, you said it
0:05:10 > 0:05:14An A-N-T F-A-R-M! An ant farm! #
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Yahoooo!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Where are the ants? - Maybe they're in there already.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Hello, ants! Anyone in there?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30"Ants must be ordered separately. Allow one week for delivery."
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- That only gives us three weeks for our project!- Relax!
0:05:34 > 0:05:39Ants lift 10 times their weight. They'll build a farm in no time.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46- It's been two weeks and the ants haven't arrived.- Spring is here.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51- Look what I found in my pocket this morning.- Ugh! What is it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:56A ham sandwich - my lunch when we won at bowling in September.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58It's good luck.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Coupons, bills, sweepstakes...
0:06:06 > 0:06:07..ants!
0:06:08 > 0:06:12JOLLY MUSIC PLAYS ON TV
0:06:12 > 0:06:19- No! It's still my TV time!- We just want to put our ants in the farm.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- There are ants in that envelope?! How do they breathe?- They just do.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Are they all related?! How do you get the ants from there to there?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You should get Mom.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Would you quit pestering us! Look, you just pour them in.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Oops.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46"Have adult construct funnel out of paper
0:06:46 > 0:06:50"and pour ants through opening very slowly."
0:06:50 > 0:06:54You are so much trouble!
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- I gotta go practise my asthma... I-I mean, tuba!- MO...!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- Please don't tell Mom and Dad. I'll do anything!- Anything?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07You're the only one that made it into the farm
0:07:07 > 0:07:10so you have to do something.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Make a tunnel, anything! - Here, Arthur.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Waffles the rabbit. Books 1 to 24.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Read to me now. I wanna finish them by Sunday.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25She's cute! What's her name?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- "It" doesn't have a name. - She looks like a Penelope.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- It looks like every other ant. - No, she doesn't! She's special!
0:07:34 > 0:07:39Do you like Waffles the rabbit? Let's find out.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Ahem! We're waiting!
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Not one stupid crystal! I've checked this jar every hour for two weeks!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Maybe you don't have PANTS.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56At least I'm DOING a project. Just wait till we get our report cards!
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Buster and I ARE doing a project. It's more exciting than that jar!
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Actually, Arthur, I've decided to team up with someone else.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11What?! Why?
0:08:11 > 0:08:16I need the extra credit. It didn't look too good with the ant farm.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Well...you're wrong! The ants are in one place now!
0:08:21 > 0:08:24They've done all sorts of interesting things.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Huh?!
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Ohh!
0:08:40 > 0:08:46- You should have told us. We have to call an exterminator.- What's that?
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- Someone who gets rid of bugs. - You're going to kill the ants?!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But they're Penelope's friends and family!
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- Arthur, tell them you'll get them all back.- How?!
0:08:59 > 0:09:04I don't know. If you do, you don't have to read me any more Waffles.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Let me try, Dad! Please!
0:09:07 > 0:09:11You have till the end of the week. That's it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Oh, what a lovely day for a picnic!
0:09:14 > 0:09:19I'll say! But I hope we don't have any ants come along to spoil it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24- (See any of them?- No. Maybe we just have to give it some time.)
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- ARTHUR GROANS - I'm stuffed!- Where are they?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I thought ants loved picnic food.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Me, too. This is gonna be trickier than I thought.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Let's find out what THEIR favourite food is.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44No ants in the soup... nothing on the waffles.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47The pickles are clean and the chilli... Hey!
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Note to self. Keep Pal outside during experiments.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55PAL BARKS
0:10:12 > 0:10:15A clay ant! Big deal!
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- How's that gonna help us?- It's not just a clay ant, it's a queen ant!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24All the worker ants bring back food to the queen.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29If she's a queen, you forgot the most important part.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33There!
0:10:34 > 0:10:39I'm sorry, Penelope. I've tried everything, but it's no use.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Time to let you go. Maybe you'll be adopted by some other ant colony.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47So you don't think I have PANTS!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Well, feast your eyes on this!
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- I've already seen your jar. - No! Look, it's a crystal!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57I'm positive this time!
0:10:57 > 0:11:01I upped the concentration of sugar and it worked. Wow!
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Is all this for your ant farm.- No! It's an idea I was trying for DW.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It was a failure.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13No-o-o-o-o!
0:11:16 > 0:11:20I-I'm so sorry! I'll get some glue! Maybe we can fix it!
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Get some bug spray. This puddle is crawling with ants.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32That's it! Sugar water's what they like to eat! Thank you, Francine!
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I'm glad we saved them, though I won't get the extra credit.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45- But you have plenty of stuff for a report.- You're right!
0:11:45 > 0:11:51I've been patient, attentive and nosy, thoughtful and systematic.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Hey, I've got PANTS!- I wish I could prove I have pants.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59You can! Your PANTS helped me get my PANTS!
0:11:59 > 0:12:03What's the big deal about pants?! Everyone wears them!
0:12:03 > 0:12:068-year-olds care about the weirdest things!
0:12:06 > 0:12:10The pond scum was taking so long to cultivate
0:12:10 > 0:12:14so we've included moulds from Buster's collection of foods.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- I believe this is Myxomycetes or slime mould.- It used to be ham.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Er...very good. Both of you get extra credit.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28All right! See? I told you it was good luck!
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Subtitles by TFL Ltd BBC Broadcast - 2003