Sid the Science Kid Season 1 Episode 13

Ep 13. Grandma's Glasses

  • TVY
  • September 24, 2008
  • 26 min

Sid the Science Kid season 1 episode 13 revolves around Sid and his family as they visit their grandma. Sid's grandma lends her glasses to Sid to try on, which make everything she sees look bigger. Intrigued by how these glasses work, Sid goes on a mission to investigate how things that are far away can look big and close up.

Throughout the episode, Sid conducts several experiments to understand how the lenses of the glasses work. He uses different materials to create his own lenses and observes how they affect the size of objects seen through them. He also explores the magnifying glass and telescope with his friends, Gabriela, May, and Gerald.

Sid and his friends test out the different magnification lenses and observe how the image through the lenses changes. Sid observes that when he looks through a magnifying glass, things appear larger than when he looks at them with just his eyes. After observing his friend May's telescope, Sid realizes that adding more lenses can make things look even bigger.

The group comes up with several hypotheses for why this happens. They think that the lenses may be bending or amplifying the light to make things appear bigger. They test out their hypotheses with different materials and tools, and eventually come to the conclusion that lenses work by bending the light and focusing it in one spot.

Throughout the episode, Sid also explores how glasses and lenses help people see better. He learns about nearsightedness and farsightedness, and how glasses with different lenses can help people with these conditions. He tries on different glasses with different lenses and observes how they change how he sees the world.

By the end of the episode, Sid has learned a lot about lenses and glasses. He realizes that they work by bending and focusing light to make things appear bigger or clearer. He is also excited to learn about how lenses can help people who have trouble seeing.

Overall, Sid the Science Kid season 1 episode 13 is a fun and educational episode that explores the world of lenses and glasses. It encourages viewers to ask questions and come up with their own hypotheses, and teaches them about the science behind how lenses work.

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  • First Aired
    September 24, 2008
  • Content Rating
    TVY
  • Runtime
    26 min
  • Language
    English
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