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Transcript: Simply Symmetry
(soft music plays)
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
SYMMETRY.
Amanda is in her early thirties, with wavy blond hair. She wears a blue shirt and headphones.
Amanda says HI, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO
TODAY'S
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
I'M TEACHER AMANDA
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SPEND THE
NEXT HOUR TOGETHER WITH YOU,
LEARNING FROM THE
COMFORTS OF OUR OWN HOME.
JUST LIKE AT SCHOOL,
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
LEARNING SPACES IN OUR HOMES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT
TABLES AND CHAIRS,
STOOLS, PILLOWS AND CARPETS.
SO, TELL ME, WHERE ARE
YOU LEARNING FROM TODAY?
ARE YOU SITTING ON A
REALLY COMFY COUCH
OR IN A BIG, COZY CHAIR?
ARE YOU SITTING ON
A CHAIR AT A TABLE
OR ON A STOOL AT A DESK?
ALTHOUGH ALL OF THESE LEARNING
SPACES ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT,
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S
SIMILAR ABOUT THEM ALL.
HMM. WHAT COULD THAT BE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
NO, IT'S NOT THE COLOUR OF THEM.
AND IT'S NOT HOW COMFY THEY ARE.
BUT IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THEIR SHAPE.
I BET YOU DIDN'T THINK
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
BE A DETECTIVE TODAY.
WELL, YOU BETTER PUT ON YOUR
IMAGINARY DETECTIVE HAT.
GRAB SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH,
LIKE A PENCIL,
A CRAYON, MARKER,
AND SOMETHING TO WRITE ON,
LIKE PAPER, DRY ERASE BOARD,
PIECE OF CARDBOARD,
BECAUSE THIS HOUR IS
GOING TO BE FULL OF PROBLEMS
THAT NEED YOUR HELP
TO BE SOLVED.
I THINK I KNOW WHO COULD
HELP US BECOME OBSERVANT,
EXCELLENT DETECTIVES.
LET'S WATCH OLIVE AND OTTO
FROM THE ODD SQUAD
SOLVE THEIR
OWN MYSTERY AND MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE THEY'LL
HELP US SOLVE OURS, TOO.
A clip plays.
Olive wears a dark blue Odd Squad uniform. She has combed side parted brown hair.
Olive says MY NAME IS AGENT OLIVE.
THIS IS MY PARTNER,
AGENT OTTO.
A picture of Oto appears. He has black hair and bangs.
She continues THIS IS A
WANING GIBBOUS MOON.
BUT BACK TO OTTO AND ME.
WE WORK FOR AN
ORGANIZATION RUN BY KIDS
THAT INVESTIGATES
ANYTHING STRANGE,
WEIRD, AND ESPECIALLY, ODD.
OUR JOB IS TO
PUT THINGS RIGHT AGAIN.
WHO DO WE WORK FOR?
WE WORK FOR ODD SQUAD.
Fast clips show the agents' adventures.
A file reads "My Better Half."
Olive and Otto stand in Ronnie and Donnie's living room.
In his twenties, Ronnie says SO MY BROTHER, DONNY,
AND I ARE WATCHING TV,
AND DONNY'S REALLY
GETTING INTO THE SHOW,
AND THEN HE ACTUALLY
GOT INTO THE SHOW.
Ronnie indicates the television set, and they see that Donnie is knocking on the glass from within the box.
Donny says HEY!
UH, COULD YOU BE
OF ASSISTANCE? PLEASE?
Olive gasps and says OUR TV GETOUTONATOR
SHOULD DO IT.
AGENT OTTO?
Otto uses the TV-Get-Outinator gadget to free Donnie.
Donny says WHERE?
(whirring)
Donny says AHH! PHEW!
Ronnie says DONNY! DONNY! DONNY!
MY OLDER BROTHER!
I MISSED YOU, MAN!
THANKS, ODD SQUAD.
Otto says NO PROBLEM.
Olive says LET'S GO.
Ronnie says MAN!
HEY, HEY, WHERE'S THE REMOTE?
Donny says LOOK, YOU SEE, DON'T...
IF...
LOOK, CALM...
Donnie sheepishly points to the inside of the TV, where the remote is floating.
Ronnie says DONNY!
Olive and Otto arrive back in the headquarters.
Olive says INCOMING!
Miss O wears a necklace and her hair tied-up in a bun.
Miss O says WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
OLIVE, OTTO, WELCOME BACK.
Olive says THANKS, MS. O.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK.
Miss O yells ENOUGH CHITCHAT!
GO SEE MAYOR MACKLEMORE
IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN!
SOMETHING VERY ODD HAS HAPPENED.
Otto says BUT WE JUST GOT BACK.
AND I DON'T EVEN
HAVE MY JACKET ON!
Miss O says OSCAR!
Oscar wears a white doctor apron, a bow tie and glasses.
Oscar says HEY, GUYS.
JACKETONATOR.
(whirring)
Now, the agents wear coats.
Otto says OW!
Miss O yells WELL, WHAT'RE YOU
WAITING FOR? GO!
Otto says LET'S GO, GO, GO.
Olive says PREPARING TO SQUISHONATE.
An agent says SQUISHONATING.
They disappear through a system of interconnected tubes.
(screaming)
Olive says MR. MAYOR.
They meet the Mayor in a park. The Mayor wears a tall gray and black hat, a red patterned scarf and a dark coat.
Mayor says OH. AGENT OLIVE,
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
OH, I DON'T
BELIEVE WE'VE...
Olive says MY NEW PARTNER, AGENT OTTO.
Otto says WHAT'S UP?
Mayor says OOH!
(chuckling)
I LIKE HIM BETTER
THAN YOUR LAST PARTNER.
Olive says UH, YES, SO, UM...
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
Mayor says DO YOU KNOW WHAT A SNOWMAN IS?
Otto says YEAH.
Mayor says THIS WILL BE A LOT
EASIER TO EXPLAIN, THEN. COME.
He yells SOMEONE'S RUINED
ALL THE SNOWMEN!
Mayor Macklemore shows that the snowmen have been split in half and are missing one of their sides.
Otto says OH, NO!
Mayor says AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
LOOK AT THAT BENCH!
THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF IT.
I USED TO CALL THIS
MY SPECIAL STAR SWEATER.
(yelping)
NOT SO SPECIAL ANYMORE!
THIS JUST GOT REAL, YO!
Olive says WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS, MR. MAYOR.
Mayor says DON'T WORRY, SWEATER.
YOU'LL BE SPECIAL AGAIN.
Otto says SO WEIRD! WHY'S EVERYTHING
MISSING ONE HALF?
Olive says NOT EVERYTHING, PARTNER.
THESE TREES ARE STILL WHOLE.
I HAVE A HUNCH WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE MATH ROOM.
They magically appear in a colourful 3D dimension.
Math Room says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
Olive says MATH ROOM, SHOW US A PICTURE OF
WHAT THE SNOWMAN, THE BENCH,
AND MAYOR MACKLEMORE'S
SWEATER LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.
Math Room says GENERATING IMAGES.
Animated cubic shapes open up to show the cut in half objects from the park.
Olive says NOW SHOW US WHAT
THEY USED TO LOOK LIKE.
I KNEW IT. THESE ARE ALL
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS.
Otto says WHAT'S THAT?
Olive says WHEN AN OBJECT HAS SYMMETRY,
IT MEANS THAT ONE HALF
IS EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THE OTHER HALF.
THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
IS HERE, SEE?
THIS HALF IS THE
SAME AS THIS HALF.
Otto says OH, YEAH!
SAME WITH THE
BENCHES AND THE STAR.
BOTH HALVES ARE THE SAME.
IT'S LIKE A MIRROR IMAGE.
Math Room says THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU HOLD A MIRROR
UP TO ONE HALF,
THE MIRROR IMAGE
LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME.
Olive says MATH ROOM, BRING UP ONE OF THE
TREES FROM THE TOWN SQUARE.
Math Room says GENERATING FOLIAGE.
Olive says BUT THIS ISN'T SYMMETRICAL.
THE TWO SIDES ARE DIFFERENT.
(buzzing)
THAT'S WHY IT WAS LEFT ALONE.
BUT WHO WOULD BE DESTROYING
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive says YEAH, WHO?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive says YEAH, WHO?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive sings YEAH, WHO?...
Otto says SERIOUSLY?
Next, the agents sit in Miss O's office. She browses though the pictures.
Miss O says LOOKS LIKE THE WORK
OF SYMMETRICAL.
Otto says SYMMETRICAL?
Miss O says LET ME SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
An empty picture appears.
She continues NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
LEGEND HAS IT
AL'S THE MOST SYMMETRICAL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
ONE SIDE OF HIS BODY LOOKS
JUST LIKE THE OTHER SIDE.
Olive says SO, SHOULDN'T HE LOVE SYMMETRY?
Miss Oh says OH, HE DOES.
JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
He yells SYMMETRICAL WANTS TO BE
THE ONLY SYMMETRICAL
THING IN THE UNIVERSE!
Otto says HE TAKES HALF OF ANYTHING
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL?
Olive says LIKE YOUR NAME.
Otto says WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
Miss Oh says "OT-TO."
THIS SIDE IS THE
SAME AS THIS SIDE.
Otto says SO?
Miss Oh says SO THAT MEANS
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
Miss Oh glumly holds up a mirror and shows Otto that he has actually been "cut" in half and that half of his body has disappeared. Olive looks at Otto and gasps. Otto screams.
In Oscar's lab, Miss O yells CALM DOWN!
Otto screams CALM DOWN?
HALF OF MY BODY'S DISAPPEARED!
OSCAR, CAN YOU FIX IT?
Oscar says UH, YES.
OH, SORRY, I MEAN NO.
SOMETIMES I GET THE
TWO WORDS MIXED UP SOMETIMES.
SORRY.
I'M AFRAID THE ONLY PERSON WHO
CAN FIX THIS IS SYMMETRICAL.
Olive says MS. O, HOW DO I FIND HIM?
Miss O says THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY.
(rattling)
Miss O shakes a rattle at Olive.
Olive says NO!
PLEASE!
ANYTHING BUT THAT.
I WON'T! I CAN'T!
Terrified, Olive initially refuses, but caves in after hearing Otto's crying.
Then, Olive arrives in a dark warehouse by herself and carries a gift bag with her. Baby Genius and his Russian nanny Rivka appear suddenly. Rivka wears a dark coat and an eye patch.
Rivka says SO, YOU HAVE COME TO
SEE BABY GENIUS.
Olive says YES. I NEED HELP
FINDING SYMMETRICAL...
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
Rivka says AND WHY SHOULD BABY
GENIUS HELP YOU?
Olive pulls a stuffed unicorn out of the gift bag.
Rivka says AW, UNICORN.
(baby crying)
HE DOESN'T LIKE UNICORNS.
Olive says OH. HOW ABOUT A COMB?
Rivka says GREAT, A COMB,
SO BABY CAN COMB
ALL THE HAIR HE DOESN'T HAVE.
(glass breaking)
(baby crying)
Olive says WAIT A SEC.
I ONLY HAVE
SOME POCKET LINT.
(baby giggling)
Rivka says IT IS THE SIMPLE THINGS.
Rivka hands Olive a piece of paper.
Rivka says GO TO THIS ADDRESS
ON MAIN STREET.
THERE YOU WILL
FIND YOUR... AL.
Olive looks at the paper and is puzzled to find that the marking on it is not an actual number.
Olive says BUT... THIS ISN'T AN ADDRESS.
Rivka and the baby are gone.
(baby's laugh echoing)
(phone chiming musically)
Olive answers her phone and says GO FOR OLIVE.
Miss O says WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Olive says BABY GENIUS GAVE ME AN ADDRESS,
BUT IT LOOKS WEIRD.
Miss O says YOU WANT TO TALK WEIRD?
I JUST WATCHED OTTO
TRY TO DRINK SOUP.
I CAN'T UNSEE THAT.
Olive says SYMMETRICAL'S DESTROYING HALF OF
ANYTHING THAT'S SYMMETRICAL.
SO, MAYBE THIS DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE A NUMBER
BECAUSE IT'S SYMMETRICAL,
AND THIS IS ONLY HALF OF IT.
She pulls out a mirror and lines the address up with the surface. The mirror image makes the numbers read "138."
She says GOT TO GO, MS. O.
138.
THAT'S THE ADDRESS!
138 MAIN STREET.
THANK YOU, BABY GENIUS,
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
She yells I'M COMING FOR YOU, AL!
Olive enters a restaurant.
Olive yells ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
WHICH ONE OF YOU IS AL?
All three of the men raise their hands.
Olive says YOU'RE ALL NAMED AL?
WELL, WHICH ONE OF
YOU LOVES SYMMETRY?
They all raise their hands again.
Olive says SERIOUSLY?
FINE, YOU'RE ALL COMING WITH ME.
NOW.
She brings all three suspects back to headquarters.
Miss O says REMEMBER, SYMMETRICAL
IS THE MOST SYMMETRICAL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
Olive says LOOK AT AL NUMBER ONE.
MOLE ON ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE,
BUT NOT ON THE OTHER.
Miss O says NOT SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT ABOUT AL NUMBER TWO?
Olive says SHORT HAIR ON ONE SIDE,
AND LONG,
LUXURIOUS HAIR ON THE OTHER.
Miss O says I USED TO STYLE MINE THAT WAY.
Olive says UM, NOT SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT ABOUT AL NUMBER THREE?
LOOK! IDENTICAL WATCHES
ON BOTH WRISTS.
Miss O says AND THE SAME EARRINGS
ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL!
Olive says AND HIS HAIR IS PERFECTLY
PARTED DOWN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S YOU!
Symmetrical says BUSTED!
Olive yells GET HIM!
AAAH! AAAH!
Then, at the lab, Symmetrical says AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE
YOU WANT TO BE WHOLE AGAIN?
Otto says UH, YEAH!
Symmetrical says OKAY.
The villain restores Otto to his full-bodied self.
Otto says I'M BACK!
OH, I MISSED ME SO MUCH.
Miss O says OSCAR, TAKE HIM AWAY TO
FIX THE REST OF THE TOWN.
Oscar says RIGHT AWAY, MS. O.
YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.
Otto says I'M SO HAPPY I CAN FINISH
THE REST OF THAT SOUP.
OH, THE LOVELY SOUP.
(moaning)
Otto enjoys a bowl of soup all over his mouth and nose.
Olive says UGH. HE DOES EAT SOUP WEIRD.
Miss O says IT'S EVEN WEIRDER
WITH HIS WHOLE FACE.
(fanfare sounding)
A Female Announcer says WELCOME TO HEADQUARTERS,
THE POOLS.
Oscar stands in a pool.
Oscar says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
GOT TIME BETWEEN CASES?
WELL, WHY NOT HEAD DOWN TO ONE
OF THE MANY ODD SQUAD POOLS?
WE HAVE POOLS FILLED
WITH WATER, LIKE THIS ONE,
BUT ALSO ICE CREAM,
FUZZY DICE,
AND EVEN CHAIRS.
BUT NO DIVING IN THAT ONE.
SERIOUSLY, IT REALLY HURTS.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
WHICHEVER POOL YOU CHOOSE,
IT'S EASY TO FIND
YOUR WAY AROUND
BECAUSE EACH POOL IS
COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL.
YOU CAN TELL THAT THE ONE I'M
STANDING IN IS SYMMETRICAL
BECAUSE THIS HALF IS
THE SAME AS THIS HALF.
SEE? SAME. AND SAME.
AND SAME AGAIN.
THE POOLS WERE DESIGNED BY
FAMOUS ODD SQUAD ARCHITECT
DR. OSSINGTON,
WHO, HIMSELF, WAS SYMMETRICAL,
AS HIS TOP HALF WAS THE EXACT
SAME AS HIS BOTTOM HALF.
OH, YOU SHOULD
HAVE SEEN HIM SWIM.
IT WAS REALLY WEIRD.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THIS...
He moves and kicks splashing water.
He continues AND THEN LIKE...
THEN HE'D GO...
In off, an agent says AND NOW, AN OFFICIAL
MESSAGE FROM MISS O.
Sitting at his desk, Miss O says HAS SOMETHING ODD HAPPENED TO
YOU AT HOME OR IN YOUR SCHOOL?
HAVE YOU TURNED INVISIBLE OR
BEGUN WALKING ON THE CEILING?
ARE THINGS REPEATING THEMSELVES
OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
ARE THINGS REPEATING
THEMSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
IF SO, ODD SQUAD CAN HELP.
CALL US TODAY.
OUR AGENTS ARE STANDING BY.
(phones ringing)
A baby boy sits on the floor surrounded by telephones.
She continues OR SITTING.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE,
TVOKIDS.COM.
The end credits roll.
Logo: Sinking Ship Entertainment.
The clip ends.
Amanda says OLIVE AND OTTO WERE GREAT
DETECTIVES IN THAT EPISODE.
THEY PUT A STOP TO SYMMETRICAL
AND THEY PUT THE BENCHES,
THE TREES AND EVEN PEOPLE
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT YET WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER?
HAVE YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM?
DO YOU KNOW WHY I SAID THERE
IS SOMETHING SIMILAR
ABOUT ALL OF OUR
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS?
YOU GUESSED IT.
THERE'S SYMMETRICAL
PROPERTIES IN ALL OF THEM.
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT OLIVE AND
OTTO LEARNED IN THIS EPISODE.
THEY LEARNED THAT
A SYMMETRICAL OBJECT
HAS TWO SIDES THAT ARE
EXACTLY THE SAME
AND THEY'RE DIVIDED
BY A LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND THAT LINE OF
SYMMETRY CAN BE VERTICAL,
CAN BE HORIZONTAL,
AND CAN BE DIAGONAL.
SO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK
VERY CAREFULLY.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE'S
SYMMETRY ALL AROUND US,
IN NATURE, IN OUR HOMES,
IN WORDS AND NUMBERS, IN ART.
TAKE A FEW SECONDS
AND LOOK AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU SEE SOMETHING
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL?
THAT HAS ONE SIDE THAT'S
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
MAYBE YOU SEE A CHAIR,
A TABLE, A PILLOW,
A CUP, OR EVEN A LETTER IN A
WORD THAT'S NEAR YOU.
IF YOU'RE WEARING
A PAIR OF SOCKS, LOOK DOWN.
ARE THEY MATCHING TODAY?
IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T ALWAYS WEAR
MATCHING SOCKS EITHER.
BUT IF THEY ARE MATCHING,
YOU'RE ACTUALLY
WEARING SYMMETRY.
USING WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
ABOUT SYMMETRY ALREADY,
I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT
NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.
IN MY OFFICE, I HAVE A SHELF,
AND ON THIS SHELF, I ONLY WANT
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS.
SO, I HAVE A FEW THINGS
THAT I NEED YOUR HELP WITH.
I NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF
THEY'RE SYMMETRICAL OR NOT.
CAN YOU HELP ME?
OKAY, LET'S LOOK
AT THE FIRST ONE.
I HAVE A TINY
LITTLE OBJECT HERE.
She shows a white ceramic cat.
She continues CAN YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS
IS SYMMETRICAL OR NOT?
HMM. WELL, IF WE
LOOK AT IT CLOSELY,
I SEE TWO EARS,
AND TWO EYES, AND A NOSE,
AND ALL OF THOSE
LOOK SYMMETRICAL.
IF I LOOK DOWN A LITTLE BIT
LOWER, I SEE A BODY.
ALSO LOOKS SYMMETRICAL.
OH. BUT RIGHT DOWN HERE,
THIS ANIMAL HAS A TAIL.
IS THERE A TAIL
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
NO.
IS THIS SHAPE SYMMETRICAL?
IS THIS OBJECT SYMMETRICAL?
IF YOU SAID NO,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, THIS CAN'T GO ON MY SHELF.
I HOPE THAT I HAVE
SOME THINGS IN MY OFFICE
THAT CAN GO ON MY SHELF.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE EMPTY.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
She shows a big gray star.
She says DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHAPE THIS IS?
I BET YOU YOU'RE SAYING
A STAR AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
THIS IS A STAR.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT
CAN GO ON MY SHELF?
HMM.
DOES IT HAVE THE PROPERTIES THAT
WOULD MAKE IT SYMMETRICAL?
I HAVE ONE POINT ON THIS SIDE.
DO I HAVE THE SAME POINT
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
YES.
DO I HAVE TWO POINTS ON
THE BOTTOM THAT ARE THE SAME?
AND I HAVE ONE POINT ON THE TOP.
NOW, I DON'T HAVE A
POINT ON THE BOTTOM,
BUT IF I DREW A LINE
FROM THE TOP ALL
THE WAY DOWN THE MIDDLE,
WOULD BOTH HALVES
BE THE EXACT SAME?
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY WOULD BE THE SAME.
SO, THIS STAR IS SYMMETRICAL
AND I CAN PUT IT ON MY SHELF.
OH, I WAS STARTING TO THINK
THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE
ANYTHING ON THAT SHELF.
I HAVE ONE MORE OBJECT FOR YOU.
Now, she shows yellow and red Lego blocks making a tower.
She continues ONE OF MY STUDENTS
MADE THIS FOR ME.
DO YOU THINK THIS
OBJECT IS SYMMETRICAL?
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. HMM.
I SEE A RED SHAPE...
THAT'S IN THE SHAPE
OF AN 'L' ON THIS SIDE.
IT HAS TWO RED BLOCKS
ON THE BOTTOM
AND TWO RED BLOCKS STACKED UP.
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AN 'L'.
DO YOU SEE AN 'L' ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SHAPE?
TWO RED BLOCKS ON THE BOTTOM
AND TWO RED BLOCKS
STACKED ON TOP.
IT LOOKS THE SAME.
WHAT ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE?
I SEE A PATTERN,
ORANGE, YELLOW, ORANGE, YELLOW.
DOES THAT PATTERN REPEAT
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
LET'S SEE.
ORANGE, YELLOW, ORANGE, YELLOW.
AND THEY'RE BOTH FOUR BLOCKS.
I WONDER IF THIS
IS SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CAN YOU SEE A LINE OF SYMMETRY,
WHERE ONE SIDE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
IS IT...
RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE?
IS IT RUNNING VERTICALLY
DOWN THE MIDDLE?
IF YOU SAID THIS
OBJECT IS SYMMETRICAL,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND IF YOU FOUND
THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING VERTICALLY
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
RIGHT DOWN THE CENTRE,
YOU ARE ALSO RIGHT.
THIS CAN DEFINITELY
GO ON MY SHELF.
SO, OF THOSE THREE ITEMS,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE
THAT DID NOT BELONG
AND ONE THAT
COULD NOT BE ON MY SHELF.
I HOPE I CAN
FIND SOME OTHER THINGS
AROUND MY OFFICE THAT WOULD FIT.
IF NOT, MY SHELF
IS GOING TO BE VERY BARE.
OH.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TIME
THAT WE NEED TO
GET UP AND MOVE AND GROOVE,
AND I'VE PICKED A PERFECT
DANCE JUST FOR YOU.
(hip hop beat playing)
Out of a shiny light, Mickeey pops up in a TV studio with graffiti on the walls. He is in his early teens, with short black hair. He wears a red and black jacket, blue jeans and a gray T-shirt.
Mickeey says YO! WHAT'S UP?
WHAT'S GOING ON, MOVERS?
WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
A BRAND NEW WAY TO GET STEPPIN'.
TIME TO LET IT SLIDE
WITH THE HEEL-TOE-GLIDE. WOO!
He does some hip hop moves and then says THIS ONE'S A TOUGH ONE,
SO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
LET'S GO CHECK IN
WHAT THE FEET ARE DOING.
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A STEP FRONT,
THEN BACK,
THEN A HEEL, TOE, GLIDE.
DRAW A SEMI-CIRCLE,
THEN ONCE YOU'RE DONE,
PICK UP THAT OTHER
KNEE TO GO AGAIN.
STEP, STEP, HEEL,
TOE, GLIDE, PICK IT UP.
LET'S GO SEE
WHERE THE HANDS ARE.
YOU'RE GONNA START OFF
WITH TWO BIG THUMBS UP,
YOU'RE GONNA DRAW
TWO CIRCLES AROUND...
THEN YOU'RE GONNA
GIVE SOMEONE A BIG HUG,
THEN TAKE YOUR ARMS OUT,
TO REPEAT AGAIN.
CIRCLES, BIG HUG,
DOWN, PICK IT UP.
CIRCLES, BIG HUG,
DOWN, PICK IT UP.
YOU GUYS JUST GOT YOURSELVES
THE HEEL-TOE-GLIDE.
MUSIC AND FRIENDS?
Daniel and Kara join him.
Mickeey says FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, HEY!
STEP, STEP, HEEL, TOE,
AND GLIDE, SIX, SEVEN, AND...
STEP, STEP, HEEL.
NOW, SLIDE! WHOO!
PICK IT UP. WHOO! YEAH!
He says GUESS WHAT, GUYS?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
The clip ends.
Amanda says OH. OH, WE'RE BACK.
OH. I'M JUST CHECKING OUT
MYSELF IN THE MIRROR.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT I SEE
IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE,
AND THAT'S WHAT A MIRROR DOES,
IT SHOWS YOU YOUR REFLECTION.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW?
ARE YOU FEELING A LITTLE SWEATY?
IS YOUR HEART BEATING
A LITTLE FASTER?
ARE YOU BREATHING
A LITTLE HEAVIER?
THESE ARE ALL GREAT SIGNS.
THEY MEAN THAT YOU WERE REALLY
WORKING YOUR BODY HARD
AND THAT'S JUST
WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS,
YOU TO BE MOVING AND GROOVING.
SPEAKING OF YOUR HEART,
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO DRAW A
PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL HEART?
IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
SO, I HAVE A LITTLE TIP FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS,
TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER,
FOLD IT IN HALF,
MAKING SURE THAT
ALL OF THE SIDES
AND EACH CORNER
MATCH UP PERFECTLY,
OPEN IT UP, AND NOW YOU HAVE A
LINE OF SYMMETRY ON YOUR PAPER.
SO, YOU CAN DRAW ONE HALF ON ONE
SIDE OF THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND THE OTHER HALF,
THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR OBJECT,
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE.
YOU COULD HAVE
YOUR LINE OF SYMMETRY
RUNNING VERTICALLY,
UP AND DOWN,
OR HORIZONTALLY, TOP TO BOTTOM.
SO, THAT TRICKY HEART,
YOU COULD DRAW ONE HALF
ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAPER,
AND THEN TRY AND DRAW
THAT PERFECT OTHER HALF,
THAT PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL
HALF ON THE OTHER.
ANOTHER TRICK
WITH HEART ESPECIALLY IS,
IF YOU FOLD YOUR PAPER
AND YOU DRAW ONE
HALF OF YOUR HEART
ON THE LINE OF SYMMETRY,
RIGHT THROUGH
THE FOLDED MIDDLE PIECE,
AND YOU CUT AROUND
THAT SHAPE THAT YOU DREW,
THE HALF OF YOUR HEART,
WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP,
YOU HAVE A PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL HEART.
YOU COULD USE THAT AS A TEMPLATE
TO TRACE OF PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL HEART
OR YOU COULD
EVEN USE THE CUT OUT
THAT CAME FROM THAT PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL DRAWING
THAT YOU DREW AND
CUT OUT AS A TRACER.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER IS
THAT BOTH SIDES ARE SYMMETRICAL
AND YOU HAVE A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
EPISODE, I ALSO HAD MENTIONED
THAT YOU CAN FIND SYMMETRY
IN LETTERS AND WORDS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LETTERS
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE
IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT
IF THEY HAVE A VERTICAL,
A HORIZONTAL OR MAYBE BOTH LINES
OF SYMMETRY.
WE'RE GOING TO USE A VENN
DIAGRAM TO SORT OUR LETTERS.
Black letters appear on a whiteboard behind her. The board also shows a Venn Diagram.
She continues A VENN DIAGRAM IS A
SORTING TOOL THAT WE USE
THAT HAS TWO BIG CIRCLES
THAT OVERLAP IN THE MIDDLE.
ONE OF MY CIRCLES IS LABELLED
"VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY."
THE OTHER CIRCLE IS LABELLED
"HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY."
SO, ANY LETTERS THAT HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
WILL BE PLACED IN
THIS SIDE OF OUR CIRCLE.
IF THEY HAVE A
HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY,
THEY'LL BE PLACED IN
THIS SIDE OF THE CIRCLE.
HUH. THERE'S ONE SPACE LEFT,
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE BOTH
OF MY CIRCLES OVERLAP.
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT'S GOING
TO GO IN THE MIDDLE SECTION
OF THE VENN DIAGRAM?
HMM.
IF YOU GUESSED THE LETTER THAT
HAS BOTH LINES OF SYMMETRY,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ANY OF MY LETTERS THAT HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND A HORIZONTAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY
WILL BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE
SECTION OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
ABOUT THE VENN DIAGRAM?
TWO CIRCLES PUT TOGETHER.
THEY OVERLAP IN THE MIDDLE.
HMM. DO THEY LOOK
SYMMETRICAL TO YOU?
IF I DREW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE,
WOULD ONE SIDE BE EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
YES. YES, IT WOULD.
THE VENN DIAGRAM THAT I HAVE
UP HERE IS ALSO SYMMETRICAL.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S LOOK AT OUR LETTERS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE LETTER 'A'.
She shows a black magnet letter A on a dish.
She continues CAN YOU SEE ANY
LINE OF SYMMETRY?
CAN YOU SEE THE PART
WHERE THE ONE SIDE
IS GOING TO MATCH
WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDE?
ARE WE GOING TO
DRAW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
THE 'A' HORIZONTALLY?
WOULD THE TOP
MATCH WITH THE BOTTOM?
OR ARE WE GOING TO DRAW OUR
LINE OF SYMMETRY VERTICALLY
THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE 'A',
RUNNING FROM
THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM
THROUGH THE MIDDLE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HMM.
IF YOU SAID THE VERTICAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IF I FOLDED THIS 'A'
IN HALF VERTICALLY,
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
THEN ALL OF THE CORNERS AND ALL
OF THE SIDES WOULD MATCH UP.
SO, THE 'A' WOULD STAY
IN OUR VERTICAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY HALF.
THERE'S NOT TWO
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP IT IN THE
OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE CIRCLE.
LET'S PICK ANOTHER LETTER.
WHICH LETTER DO YOU
THINK WE SHOULD PICK?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE LETTER 'D'.
CAN YOU SPOT THE
LINE OF SYMMETRY?
IS IT RUNNING VERTICALLY,
FROM THE TOP OF THE LETTER
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTER,
OR IS IT RUNNING HORIZONTALLY,
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
TO THE LEFT SIDE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF I DREW MY LINE OF SYMMETRY
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
COULD THIS
SHAPE BE FOLDED IN HALF,
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER?
AND WOULD EVERY CORNER
AND SIDE MATCH?
OR IF I RAN MY LINE OF
SYMMETRY HORIZONTALLY,
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
TO THE LEFT SIDE,
WOULD THAT CREATE
A PERFECT MATCH?
IF YOU SAID HORIZONTALLY,
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IF I FOLD THIS LETTER 'D'
ACROSS THE MIDDLE...
THE TOP CORNER WILL MATCH
WITH THE BOTTOM CORNER
AND THE CURVED PORTION
OF THE 'D' ON THE TOP
WILL MATCH WITH THE CURVED
PORTION OF THE 'D'
ON THE BOTTOM.
SO, THIS LETTER WOULD GO INTO
OUR HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
SECTION OF THE VENN DIAGRAM.
WE HAVE EIGHT LETTERS
LEFT ON THE BOARD
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A LETTER
THAT WOULD FIT IN
THE CENTRE PART
OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
TO FIT IN THE CENTRE
PART OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM,
THE LETTER MUST HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY,
LIKE THE 'A',
THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTRE
FROM THE TOP THE BOTTOM,
AND A HORIZONTAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT RUNS ACROSS THE MIDDLE
FROM RIGHT TO LEFT
OR LEFT TO RIGHT.
CAN YOU SPOT THE LETTER
THAT HAS BOTH
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
THAT WOULD GO
IN THE CENTRE PART
OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM?
COULD IT BE THE 'M'?
COULD IT BE THE 'S'?
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU
ARE PROBABLY POINTING
AT THE 'O'.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE 'O'.
THE LETTER 'O'
HAS TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY.
THERE'S ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE
AND THERE'S
ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING VERTICALLY
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
IF I FOLD THE 'O'
IN HALF VERTICALLY,
THE TOP IS GOING TO
MATCH WITH THE BOTTOM.
IF I FOLD THE 'O' ACROSS
THE MIDDLE HORIZONTALLY...
THE RIGHT SIDE IS GOING
TO MATCH WITH THE LEFT SIDE.
SO, THAT MEANS THAT OUR 'O'
HAS TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY
AND IT DOES GO IN THE CENTRE
PART OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
NOW THAT YOU'VE
LEARNED ABOUT VERTICAL
AND HORIZONTALLY
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
ARE YOU READY?
I'D LIKE YOU TO PRINT YOUR
NAME IN UPPERCASE LETTERS
ON THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU
BROUGHT TO YOUR LEARNING SPACE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER YOUR NAME
HAS ANY LETTERS
THAT HAVE LINE OF SYMMETRY.
SO, ANY LETTERS
THAT ARE SYMMETRICAL.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW THAT
LINE OF SYMMETRY ON YOUR LETTER.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU.
MY NAME IS AMANDA, SO I WROTE MY
NAME IN UPPERCASE LETTERS,
"A-M-A-N-D-A,"
AND I LOOKED AT
MY LETTERS CAREFULLY
TO SEE IF THEY HAD
ANY LINE OF SYMMETRY.
THE 'A', LIKE WE
ALREADY FIGURED OUT,
HAS A VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
MY 'M' HAS A VERTICAL LINE
OF SYMMETRY AS WELL.
HAVE ANOTHER 'A'.
I HAVE LOTS OF 'AS' IN MY NAME.
AN 'N'.
I ALSO FIGURED
THAT THE LETTER 'N'
DOES NOT HAVE
A LINE OF SYMMETRY.
I CANNOT PUT A LINE THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE 'N' HORIZONTALLY
AND FOLD IT SO THAT ALL MY
POINTS ON MY LETTERS MATCH UP.
I ALSO CANNOT DRAW
A LINE VERTICALLY
AND HAVE THE LETTERS AND THE
POINTS ALL MATCH UP AS WELL.
THE LETTER 'D' HAS A
HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER
'A' IN MY NAME,
SO I KNOW THAT IT HAS
A VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
SO, NOW, IT'S YOUR TURN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY LINES OF
SYMMETRY IN YOUR NAME?
FOR MORE FUN WITH SYMMETRY,
CHECK OUT THIS
MATHXPLOSION
VIDEO.
A clip plays.
(music plays)
An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.
Mathematician Eric appears on screen. He's in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show's logo and blue jeans.
The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.
Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!
The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom holding two small kites.
Eric says WELL, HELLO, THERE, DID YOU KNOW
THAT, IN ORDER TO BE STABLE,
A KITE SHOULD BE AS
SYMMETRICAL AS POSSIBLE? MM-HMM.
SYMMETRICAL MEANS THAT ONE SIDE
BECOMES EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU FLIP,
TURN OR SLIDE IT.
YOU MIGHT THINK
ALL KITES ARE THE SAME,
BUT A SYMMETRICAL
KITE WILL FLY WAY BETTER
AND BE SO MUCH EASIER CONTROL
THAN ONE THAT'S NOT SYMMETRICAL.
OR AS WE SAY IN THE MATH
WORLD... ASYMMETRICAL.
He drops a butterfly kite with a wing bigger than the other and it falls to the floor.
He says ASYMMETRICAL.
HEH.
Next, he releases the other kite and it stays suspended in the air.
He says THAT'S A SYMMETRICAL KITE.
FOLLOW ME. I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW KITES REALLY WORK.
Now, he stands in a park holding a big triangular kite.
Eric says THIS KITE IS SYMMETRICAL.
NOTICE HOW THIS
SIDE OF THE SPINE,
THIS VERTICAL LINE
IN THE CENTRE,
IS THE SAME AS THAT SIDE.
THE SHAPE HERE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS OVER THERE.
THE TWO SIDES ARE
MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER.
THEREFORE, THE KITE IS BALANCED.
THIS KITE IS ASYMMETRICAL.
NOTICE HOW THE SIZE AND
SHAPE OF THE WING HERE
IS DIFFERENT FROM OVER THERE.
IT WON'T BALANCE.
EVEN THOUGH IT DOES
GET UP IN THE AIR,
IT WON'T STAY
THERE FOR VERY LONG.
He runs holding the butterfly kite and says LET'S TRY IT.
COME ON!
(stammering)
(groaning)
Then, he says THERE ARE LOTS OF KITE SHAPES,
THE CLASSIC DIAMOND,
THE DELTA OR BAT-SHAPE,
EVEN PRISMS,
AND DRAGONS,
AND BUTTERFLIES.
BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR
A KITE TO BE SYMMETRICAL,
SO ONE SIDE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER SIDE.
Now, he flies the big triangular kite and says WHOO! OH, YEAH!
OH, YEAH! WHOO!
TOO EASY.
REMEMBER, SYMMETRY
HELPS KITES FLY.
THIS IS COOL.
Eric draws a circle on a blackboard and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays.
Eric says SYMMETRY HELPS THINGS FLY.
THE BODY AND WINGS OF
AIRPLANES ARE SYMMETRICAL.
BIRDS AND INSECTS THAT
FLY ARE ALSO SYMMETRICAL.
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED.
NOT ALL SYMMETRICAL
THINGS CAN FLY.
CUBES ARE SYMMETRICAL.
ORANGES AND LIMES AND KIWI FRUIT
ARE ALL SYMMETRICAL, TOO.
BUT THEY DON'T FLY.
The clip shows an animation with the objects mentioned.
Back in the workroom, he says YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN
SYMMETRICAL KITE.
HEY, MAKE AN ASYMMETRICAL ONE,
TOO, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
FLYING A KITE...
IT'S NOT MAGIC, IT'S MATH.
A big explosion brings the show's logo back on the screen.
(music plays)
The end credits roll.
Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.
Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.
The clip ends.
Amanda says WE LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT SYMMETRY TODAY.
WE LEARNED THAT AN
OBJECT THAT IS SYMMETRICAL
HAS TWO SIDES THAT
ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT
A LINE OF SYMMETRY
SEPARATES THOSE TWO SIDES.
She shows the Lego blocks tower.
She says SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SHAPE THAT WE LOOKED AT
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE
HAS ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND IT'S VERTICALLY,
RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAPE.
THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE
EXACT SAME AS THE LEFT SIDE
AND THE LEFT SIDE'S THE EXACT
SAME AS THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO, THIS SHAPE IS SYMMETRICAL.
NOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT SHAPES
BECAUSE SOME SHAPES HAVE MORE
THAN ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY.
WHILE THIS SHAPE ONLY HAS
ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY,
THE VERTICAL ONE RUNNING
TOP TO BOTTOM,
THE LETTER 'O'
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
HAD TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY...
A VERTICAL AND A HORIZONTAL ONE.
NOW, I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND
YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR YARD
TO FIND SOME OBJECTS
THAT YOU CAN USE
TO CREATE A SYMMETRICAL PICTURE.
YOU CAN USE ANYTHING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE
PICTURES FOR INSPIRATION.
A picture shows a tulip drawn on a sidewalk.
She continues YOU COULD DRAW A
PICTURE ON THE SIDEWALK
OR YOUR DRIVEWAY USING CHALK.
KEEP IN MIND THAT
ALL OF YOUR PICTURES
MUST HAVE ONE SIDE EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER.
THIS TULIP ALSO
HAS A NAME ABOVE IT.
CAN YOU READ IT?
IT SAYS "A-VA'. AVA.
AVA IS A SYMMETRICAL NAME.
THE 'A' THAT BEGINS THE
NAME ALSO ENDS THE NAME.
IF YOU DREW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE 'V'
AND THE BOTTOM OF THE 'V',
YOU WOULD SEE THAT
IT IS SYMMETRICAL.
Another picture shows Lego blocks distributed symmetrically as in a city design.
She continues YOU COULD USE LEGO.
THIS DESIGN WAS CREATED
WITH A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGO
WITH SOME WHITE PIECES
DOWN THE CENTRE,
CREATING A LINE OF SYMMETRY.
THESE ARE SOME OTHER OBJECTS
FOUND AROUND A HOUSE...
SOME TOY CARS,
TOY MOTORCYCLES, SOME WEIGHTS.
THE WAY THAT THEY WERE PLACED
SHOWS THAT BOTH SIDES
ARE SYMMETRICAL.
I HAD SOME SHAPES
AROUND MY HOUSE,
SO I CREATED THIS DESIGN.
IT HA A HORIZONTAL AND A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
LEARNING WITH ME TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE NEXT TIME.
STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY,
STAY POSITIVE, STAY AWESOME.
The caption changes to "TVO Kids would like to thank the following volunteer teacher for teaching the children of Ontario from their homes: James Bambury, Kenisha Bynoe, Spencer de Man, Joel Seaman. Kristy Tait Angel, Vickita Bhatt, Amanda Cameron, Arianna Stelman, Robert Vidler."
(soft music plays)
A caption reads "Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
SYMMETRY.
Amanda is in her early thirties, with wavy blond hair. She wears a blue shirt and headphones.
Amanda says HI, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO
TODAY'S
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
I'M TEACHER AMANDA
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SPEND THE
NEXT HOUR TOGETHER WITH YOU,
LEARNING FROM THE
COMFORTS OF OUR OWN HOME.
JUST LIKE AT SCHOOL,
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
LEARNING SPACES IN OUR HOMES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT
TABLES AND CHAIRS,
STOOLS, PILLOWS AND CARPETS.
SO, TELL ME, WHERE ARE
YOU LEARNING FROM TODAY?
ARE YOU SITTING ON A
REALLY COMFY COUCH
OR IN A BIG, COZY CHAIR?
ARE YOU SITTING ON
A CHAIR AT A TABLE
OR ON A STOOL AT A DESK?
ALTHOUGH ALL OF THESE LEARNING
SPACES ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT,
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S
SIMILAR ABOUT THEM ALL.
HMM. WHAT COULD THAT BE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
NO, IT'S NOT THE COLOUR OF THEM.
AND IT'S NOT HOW COMFY THEY ARE.
BUT IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THEIR SHAPE.
I BET YOU DIDN'T THINK
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
BE A DETECTIVE TODAY.
WELL, YOU BETTER PUT ON YOUR
IMAGINARY DETECTIVE HAT.
GRAB SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH,
LIKE A PENCIL,
A CRAYON, MARKER,
AND SOMETHING TO WRITE ON,
LIKE PAPER, DRY ERASE BOARD,
PIECE OF CARDBOARD,
BECAUSE THIS HOUR IS
GOING TO BE FULL OF PROBLEMS
THAT NEED YOUR HELP
TO BE SOLVED.
I THINK I KNOW WHO COULD
HELP US BECOME OBSERVANT,
EXCELLENT DETECTIVES.
LET'S WATCH OLIVE AND OTTO
FROM THE ODD SQUAD
SOLVE THEIR
OWN MYSTERY AND MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE THEY'LL
HELP US SOLVE OURS, TOO.
A clip plays.
Olive wears a dark blue Odd Squad uniform. She has combed side parted brown hair.
Olive says MY NAME IS AGENT OLIVE.
THIS IS MY PARTNER,
AGENT OTTO.
A picture of Oto appears. He has black hair and bangs.
She continues THIS IS A
WANING GIBBOUS MOON.
BUT BACK TO OTTO AND ME.
WE WORK FOR AN
ORGANIZATION RUN BY KIDS
THAT INVESTIGATES
ANYTHING STRANGE,
WEIRD, AND ESPECIALLY, ODD.
OUR JOB IS TO
PUT THINGS RIGHT AGAIN.
WHO DO WE WORK FOR?
WE WORK FOR ODD SQUAD.
Fast clips show the agents' adventures.
A file reads "My Better Half."
Olive and Otto stand in Ronnie and Donnie's living room.
In his twenties, Ronnie says SO MY BROTHER, DONNY,
AND I ARE WATCHING TV,
AND DONNY'S REALLY
GETTING INTO THE SHOW,
AND THEN HE ACTUALLY
GOT INTO THE SHOW.
Ronnie indicates the television set, and they see that Donnie is knocking on the glass from within the box.
Donny says HEY!
UH, COULD YOU BE
OF ASSISTANCE? PLEASE?
Olive gasps and says OUR TV GETOUTONATOR
SHOULD DO IT.
AGENT OTTO?
Otto uses the TV-Get-Outinator gadget to free Donnie.
Donny says WHERE?
(whirring)
Donny says AHH! PHEW!
Ronnie says DONNY! DONNY! DONNY!
MY OLDER BROTHER!
I MISSED YOU, MAN!
THANKS, ODD SQUAD.
Otto says NO PROBLEM.
Olive says LET'S GO.
Ronnie says MAN!
HEY, HEY, WHERE'S THE REMOTE?
Donny says LOOK, YOU SEE, DON'T...
IF...
LOOK, CALM...
Donnie sheepishly points to the inside of the TV, where the remote is floating.
Ronnie says DONNY!
Olive and Otto arrive back in the headquarters.
Olive says INCOMING!
Miss O wears a necklace and her hair tied-up in a bun.
Miss O says WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.
OLIVE, OTTO, WELCOME BACK.
Olive says THANKS, MS. O.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK.
Miss O yells ENOUGH CHITCHAT!
GO SEE MAYOR MACKLEMORE
IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN!
SOMETHING VERY ODD HAS HAPPENED.
Otto says BUT WE JUST GOT BACK.
AND I DON'T EVEN
HAVE MY JACKET ON!
Miss O says OSCAR!
Oscar wears a white doctor apron, a bow tie and glasses.
Oscar says HEY, GUYS.
JACKETONATOR.
(whirring)
Now, the agents wear coats.
Otto says OW!
Miss O yells WELL, WHAT'RE YOU
WAITING FOR? GO!
Otto says LET'S GO, GO, GO.
Olive says PREPARING TO SQUISHONATE.
An agent says SQUISHONATING.
They disappear through a system of interconnected tubes.
(screaming)
Olive says MR. MAYOR.
They meet the Mayor in a park. The Mayor wears a tall gray and black hat, a red patterned scarf and a dark coat.
Mayor says OH. AGENT OLIVE,
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
OH, I DON'T
BELIEVE WE'VE...
Olive says MY NEW PARTNER, AGENT OTTO.
Otto says WHAT'S UP?
Mayor says OOH!
(chuckling)
I LIKE HIM BETTER
THAN YOUR LAST PARTNER.
Olive says UH, YES, SO, UM...
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
Mayor says DO YOU KNOW WHAT A SNOWMAN IS?
Otto says YEAH.
Mayor says THIS WILL BE A LOT
EASIER TO EXPLAIN, THEN. COME.
He yells SOMEONE'S RUINED
ALL THE SNOWMEN!
Mayor Macklemore shows that the snowmen have been split in half and are missing one of their sides.
Otto says OH, NO!
Mayor says AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
LOOK AT THAT BENCH!
THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF IT.
I USED TO CALL THIS
MY SPECIAL STAR SWEATER.
(yelping)
NOT SO SPECIAL ANYMORE!
THIS JUST GOT REAL, YO!
Olive says WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS, MR. MAYOR.
Mayor says DON'T WORRY, SWEATER.
YOU'LL BE SPECIAL AGAIN.
Otto says SO WEIRD! WHY'S EVERYTHING
MISSING ONE HALF?
Olive says NOT EVERYTHING, PARTNER.
THESE TREES ARE STILL WHOLE.
I HAVE A HUNCH WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE MATH ROOM.
They magically appear in a colourful 3D dimension.
Math Room says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
Olive says MATH ROOM, SHOW US A PICTURE OF
WHAT THE SNOWMAN, THE BENCH,
AND MAYOR MACKLEMORE'S
SWEATER LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.
Math Room says GENERATING IMAGES.
Animated cubic shapes open up to show the cut in half objects from the park.
Olive says NOW SHOW US WHAT
THEY USED TO LOOK LIKE.
I KNEW IT. THESE ARE ALL
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS.
Otto says WHAT'S THAT?
Olive says WHEN AN OBJECT HAS SYMMETRY,
IT MEANS THAT ONE HALF
IS EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THE OTHER HALF.
THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
IS HERE, SEE?
THIS HALF IS THE
SAME AS THIS HALF.
Otto says OH, YEAH!
SAME WITH THE
BENCHES AND THE STAR.
BOTH HALVES ARE THE SAME.
IT'S LIKE A MIRROR IMAGE.
Math Room says THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU HOLD A MIRROR
UP TO ONE HALF,
THE MIRROR IMAGE
LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME.
Olive says MATH ROOM, BRING UP ONE OF THE
TREES FROM THE TOWN SQUARE.
Math Room says GENERATING FOLIAGE.
Olive says BUT THIS ISN'T SYMMETRICAL.
THE TWO SIDES ARE DIFFERENT.
(buzzing)
THAT'S WHY IT WAS LEFT ALONE.
BUT WHO WOULD BE DESTROYING
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive says YEAH, WHO?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive says YEAH, WHO?
Otto says YEAH, WHO?
Olive sings YEAH, WHO?...
Otto says SERIOUSLY?
Next, the agents sit in Miss O's office. She browses though the pictures.
Miss O says LOOKS LIKE THE WORK
OF SYMMETRICAL.
Otto says SYMMETRICAL?
Miss O says LET ME SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
An empty picture appears.
She continues NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
LEGEND HAS IT
AL'S THE MOST SYMMETRICAL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
ONE SIDE OF HIS BODY LOOKS
JUST LIKE THE OTHER SIDE.
Olive says SO, SHOULDN'T HE LOVE SYMMETRY?
Miss Oh says OH, HE DOES.
JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
He yells SYMMETRICAL WANTS TO BE
THE ONLY SYMMETRICAL
THING IN THE UNIVERSE!
Otto says HE TAKES HALF OF ANYTHING
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL?
Olive says LIKE YOUR NAME.
Otto says WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
Miss Oh says "OT-TO."
THIS SIDE IS THE
SAME AS THIS SIDE.
Otto says SO?
Miss Oh says SO THAT MEANS
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
Miss Oh glumly holds up a mirror and shows Otto that he has actually been "cut" in half and that half of his body has disappeared. Olive looks at Otto and gasps. Otto screams.
In Oscar's lab, Miss O yells CALM DOWN!
Otto screams CALM DOWN?
HALF OF MY BODY'S DISAPPEARED!
OSCAR, CAN YOU FIX IT?
Oscar says UH, YES.
OH, SORRY, I MEAN NO.
SOMETIMES I GET THE
TWO WORDS MIXED UP SOMETIMES.
SORRY.
I'M AFRAID THE ONLY PERSON WHO
CAN FIX THIS IS SYMMETRICAL.
Olive says MS. O, HOW DO I FIND HIM?
Miss O says THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY.
(rattling)
Miss O shakes a rattle at Olive.
Olive says NO!
PLEASE!
ANYTHING BUT THAT.
I WON'T! I CAN'T!
Terrified, Olive initially refuses, but caves in after hearing Otto's crying.
Then, Olive arrives in a dark warehouse by herself and carries a gift bag with her. Baby Genius and his Russian nanny Rivka appear suddenly. Rivka wears a dark coat and an eye patch.
Rivka says SO, YOU HAVE COME TO
SEE BABY GENIUS.
Olive says YES. I NEED HELP
FINDING SYMMETRICAL...
YOUR EXCELLENCY.
Rivka says AND WHY SHOULD BABY
GENIUS HELP YOU?
Olive pulls a stuffed unicorn out of the gift bag.
Rivka says AW, UNICORN.
(baby crying)
HE DOESN'T LIKE UNICORNS.
Olive says OH. HOW ABOUT A COMB?
Rivka says GREAT, A COMB,
SO BABY CAN COMB
ALL THE HAIR HE DOESN'T HAVE.
(glass breaking)
(baby crying)
Olive says WAIT A SEC.
I ONLY HAVE
SOME POCKET LINT.
(baby giggling)
Rivka says IT IS THE SIMPLE THINGS.
Rivka hands Olive a piece of paper.
Rivka says GO TO THIS ADDRESS
ON MAIN STREET.
THERE YOU WILL
FIND YOUR... AL.
Olive looks at the paper and is puzzled to find that the marking on it is not an actual number.
Olive says BUT... THIS ISN'T AN ADDRESS.
Rivka and the baby are gone.
(baby's laugh echoing)
(phone chiming musically)
Olive answers her phone and says GO FOR OLIVE.
Miss O says WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Olive says BABY GENIUS GAVE ME AN ADDRESS,
BUT IT LOOKS WEIRD.
Miss O says YOU WANT TO TALK WEIRD?
I JUST WATCHED OTTO
TRY TO DRINK SOUP.
I CAN'T UNSEE THAT.
Olive says SYMMETRICAL'S DESTROYING HALF OF
ANYTHING THAT'S SYMMETRICAL.
SO, MAYBE THIS DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE A NUMBER
BECAUSE IT'S SYMMETRICAL,
AND THIS IS ONLY HALF OF IT.
She pulls out a mirror and lines the address up with the surface. The mirror image makes the numbers read "138."
She says GOT TO GO, MS. O.
138.
THAT'S THE ADDRESS!
138 MAIN STREET.
THANK YOU, BABY GENIUS,
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
She yells I'M COMING FOR YOU, AL!
Olive enters a restaurant.
Olive yells ODD SQUAD! ODD SQUAD!
WHICH ONE OF YOU IS AL?
All three of the men raise their hands.
Olive says YOU'RE ALL NAMED AL?
WELL, WHICH ONE OF
YOU LOVES SYMMETRY?
They all raise their hands again.
Olive says SERIOUSLY?
FINE, YOU'RE ALL COMING WITH ME.
NOW.
She brings all three suspects back to headquarters.
Miss O says REMEMBER, SYMMETRICAL
IS THE MOST SYMMETRICAL
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
Olive says LOOK AT AL NUMBER ONE.
MOLE ON ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE,
BUT NOT ON THE OTHER.
Miss O says NOT SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT ABOUT AL NUMBER TWO?
Olive says SHORT HAIR ON ONE SIDE,
AND LONG,
LUXURIOUS HAIR ON THE OTHER.
Miss O says I USED TO STYLE MINE THAT WAY.
Olive says UM, NOT SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT ABOUT AL NUMBER THREE?
LOOK! IDENTICAL WATCHES
ON BOTH WRISTS.
Miss O says AND THE SAME EARRINGS
ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL!
Olive says AND HIS HAIR IS PERFECTLY
PARTED DOWN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S YOU!
Symmetrical says BUSTED!
Olive yells GET HIM!
AAAH! AAAH!
Then, at the lab, Symmetrical says AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY SURE
YOU WANT TO BE WHOLE AGAIN?
Otto says UH, YEAH!
Symmetrical says OKAY.
The villain restores Otto to his full-bodied self.
Otto says I'M BACK!
OH, I MISSED ME SO MUCH.
Miss O says OSCAR, TAKE HIM AWAY TO
FIX THE REST OF THE TOWN.
Oscar says RIGHT AWAY, MS. O.
YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.
Otto says I'M SO HAPPY I CAN FINISH
THE REST OF THAT SOUP.
OH, THE LOVELY SOUP.
(moaning)
Otto enjoys a bowl of soup all over his mouth and nose.
Olive says UGH. HE DOES EAT SOUP WEIRD.
Miss O says IT'S EVEN WEIRDER
WITH HIS WHOLE FACE.
(fanfare sounding)
A Female Announcer says WELCOME TO HEADQUARTERS,
THE POOLS.
Oscar stands in a pool.
Oscar says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
GOT TIME BETWEEN CASES?
WELL, WHY NOT HEAD DOWN TO ONE
OF THE MANY ODD SQUAD POOLS?
WE HAVE POOLS FILLED
WITH WATER, LIKE THIS ONE,
BUT ALSO ICE CREAM,
FUZZY DICE,
AND EVEN CHAIRS.
BUT NO DIVING IN THAT ONE.
SERIOUSLY, IT REALLY HURTS.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
WHICHEVER POOL YOU CHOOSE,
IT'S EASY TO FIND
YOUR WAY AROUND
BECAUSE EACH POOL IS
COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL.
YOU CAN TELL THAT THE ONE I'M
STANDING IN IS SYMMETRICAL
BECAUSE THIS HALF IS
THE SAME AS THIS HALF.
SEE? SAME. AND SAME.
AND SAME AGAIN.
THE POOLS WERE DESIGNED BY
FAMOUS ODD SQUAD ARCHITECT
DR. OSSINGTON,
WHO, HIMSELF, WAS SYMMETRICAL,
AS HIS TOP HALF WAS THE EXACT
SAME AS HIS BOTTOM HALF.
OH, YOU SHOULD
HAVE SEEN HIM SWIM.
IT WAS REALLY WEIRD.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THIS...
He moves and kicks splashing water.
He continues AND THEN LIKE...
THEN HE'D GO...
In off, an agent says AND NOW, AN OFFICIAL
MESSAGE FROM MISS O.
Sitting at his desk, Miss O says HAS SOMETHING ODD HAPPENED TO
YOU AT HOME OR IN YOUR SCHOOL?
HAVE YOU TURNED INVISIBLE OR
BEGUN WALKING ON THE CEILING?
ARE THINGS REPEATING THEMSELVES
OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
ARE THINGS REPEATING
THEMSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
IF SO, ODD SQUAD CAN HELP.
CALL US TODAY.
OUR AGENTS ARE STANDING BY.
(phones ringing)
A baby boy sits on the floor surrounded by telephones.
She continues OR SITTING.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE,
TVOKIDS.COM.
The end credits roll.
Logo: Sinking Ship Entertainment.
The clip ends.
Amanda says OLIVE AND OTTO WERE GREAT
DETECTIVES IN THAT EPISODE.
THEY PUT A STOP TO SYMMETRICAL
AND THEY PUT THE BENCHES,
THE TREES AND EVEN PEOPLE
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT YET WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER?
HAVE YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM?
DO YOU KNOW WHY I SAID THERE
IS SOMETHING SIMILAR
ABOUT ALL OF OUR
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS?
YOU GUESSED IT.
THERE'S SYMMETRICAL
PROPERTIES IN ALL OF THEM.
LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT OLIVE AND
OTTO LEARNED IN THIS EPISODE.
THEY LEARNED THAT
A SYMMETRICAL OBJECT
HAS TWO SIDES THAT ARE
EXACTLY THE SAME
AND THEY'RE DIVIDED
BY A LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND THAT LINE OF
SYMMETRY CAN BE VERTICAL,
CAN BE HORIZONTAL,
AND CAN BE DIAGONAL.
SO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK
VERY CAREFULLY.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE'S
SYMMETRY ALL AROUND US,
IN NATURE, IN OUR HOMES,
IN WORDS AND NUMBERS, IN ART.
TAKE A FEW SECONDS
AND LOOK AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU SEE SOMETHING
THAT'S SYMMETRICAL?
THAT HAS ONE SIDE THAT'S
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
MAYBE YOU SEE A CHAIR,
A TABLE, A PILLOW,
A CUP, OR EVEN A LETTER IN A
WORD THAT'S NEAR YOU.
IF YOU'RE WEARING
A PAIR OF SOCKS, LOOK DOWN.
ARE THEY MATCHING TODAY?
IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T ALWAYS WEAR
MATCHING SOCKS EITHER.
BUT IF THEY ARE MATCHING,
YOU'RE ACTUALLY
WEARING SYMMETRY.
USING WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
ABOUT SYMMETRY ALREADY,
I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT
NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.
IN MY OFFICE, I HAVE A SHELF,
AND ON THIS SHELF, I ONLY WANT
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS.
SO, I HAVE A FEW THINGS
THAT I NEED YOUR HELP WITH.
I NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF
THEY'RE SYMMETRICAL OR NOT.
CAN YOU HELP ME?
OKAY, LET'S LOOK
AT THE FIRST ONE.
I HAVE A TINY
LITTLE OBJECT HERE.
She shows a white ceramic cat.
She continues CAN YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THIS
IS SYMMETRICAL OR NOT?
HMM. WELL, IF WE
LOOK AT IT CLOSELY,
I SEE TWO EARS,
AND TWO EYES, AND A NOSE,
AND ALL OF THOSE
LOOK SYMMETRICAL.
IF I LOOK DOWN A LITTLE BIT
LOWER, I SEE A BODY.
ALSO LOOKS SYMMETRICAL.
OH. BUT RIGHT DOWN HERE,
THIS ANIMAL HAS A TAIL.
IS THERE A TAIL
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
NO.
IS THIS SHAPE SYMMETRICAL?
IS THIS OBJECT SYMMETRICAL?
IF YOU SAID NO,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, THIS CAN'T GO ON MY SHELF.
I HOPE THAT I HAVE
SOME THINGS IN MY OFFICE
THAT CAN GO ON MY SHELF.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE EMPTY.
LET'S TRY ANOTHER ONE.
She shows a big gray star.
She says DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHAPE THIS IS?
I BET YOU YOU'RE SAYING
A STAR AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
THIS IS A STAR.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT
CAN GO ON MY SHELF?
HMM.
DOES IT HAVE THE PROPERTIES THAT
WOULD MAKE IT SYMMETRICAL?
I HAVE ONE POINT ON THIS SIDE.
DO I HAVE THE SAME POINT
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
YES.
DO I HAVE TWO POINTS ON
THE BOTTOM THAT ARE THE SAME?
AND I HAVE ONE POINT ON THE TOP.
NOW, I DON'T HAVE A
POINT ON THE BOTTOM,
BUT IF I DREW A LINE
FROM THE TOP ALL
THE WAY DOWN THE MIDDLE,
WOULD BOTH HALVES
BE THE EXACT SAME?
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY WOULD BE THE SAME.
SO, THIS STAR IS SYMMETRICAL
AND I CAN PUT IT ON MY SHELF.
OH, I WAS STARTING TO THINK
THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE
ANYTHING ON THAT SHELF.
I HAVE ONE MORE OBJECT FOR YOU.
Now, she shows yellow and red Lego blocks making a tower.
She continues ONE OF MY STUDENTS
MADE THIS FOR ME.
DO YOU THINK THIS
OBJECT IS SYMMETRICAL?
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. HMM.
I SEE A RED SHAPE...
THAT'S IN THE SHAPE
OF AN 'L' ON THIS SIDE.
IT HAS TWO RED BLOCKS
ON THE BOTTOM
AND TWO RED BLOCKS STACKED UP.
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AN 'L'.
DO YOU SEE AN 'L' ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SHAPE?
TWO RED BLOCKS ON THE BOTTOM
AND TWO RED BLOCKS
STACKED ON TOP.
IT LOOKS THE SAME.
WHAT ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE?
I SEE A PATTERN,
ORANGE, YELLOW, ORANGE, YELLOW.
DOES THAT PATTERN REPEAT
ON THE OTHER SIDE?
LET'S SEE.
ORANGE, YELLOW, ORANGE, YELLOW.
AND THEY'RE BOTH FOUR BLOCKS.
I WONDER IF THIS
IS SYMMETRICAL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
CAN YOU SEE A LINE OF SYMMETRY,
WHERE ONE SIDE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
IS IT...
RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE?
IS IT RUNNING VERTICALLY
DOWN THE MIDDLE?
IF YOU SAID THIS
OBJECT IS SYMMETRICAL,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND IF YOU FOUND
THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING VERTICALLY
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
RIGHT DOWN THE CENTRE,
YOU ARE ALSO RIGHT.
THIS CAN DEFINITELY
GO ON MY SHELF.
SO, OF THOSE THREE ITEMS,
THERE WAS ONLY ONE
THAT DID NOT BELONG
AND ONE THAT
COULD NOT BE ON MY SHELF.
I HOPE I CAN
FIND SOME OTHER THINGS
AROUND MY OFFICE THAT WOULD FIT.
IF NOT, MY SHELF
IS GOING TO BE VERY BARE.
OH.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TIME
THAT WE NEED TO
GET UP AND MOVE AND GROOVE,
AND I'VE PICKED A PERFECT
DANCE JUST FOR YOU.
(hip hop beat playing)
Out of a shiny light, Mickeey pops up in a TV studio with graffiti on the walls. He is in his early teens, with short black hair. He wears a red and black jacket, blue jeans and a gray T-shirt.
Mickeey says YO! WHAT'S UP?
WHAT'S GOING ON, MOVERS?
WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
A BRAND NEW WAY TO GET STEPPIN'.
TIME TO LET IT SLIDE
WITH THE HEEL-TOE-GLIDE. WOO!
He does some hip hop moves and then says THIS ONE'S A TOUGH ONE,
SO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
LET'S GO CHECK IN
WHAT THE FEET ARE DOING.
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A STEP FRONT,
THEN BACK,
THEN A HEEL, TOE, GLIDE.
DRAW A SEMI-CIRCLE,
THEN ONCE YOU'RE DONE,
PICK UP THAT OTHER
KNEE TO GO AGAIN.
STEP, STEP, HEEL,
TOE, GLIDE, PICK IT UP.
LET'S GO SEE
WHERE THE HANDS ARE.
YOU'RE GONNA START OFF
WITH TWO BIG THUMBS UP,
YOU'RE GONNA DRAW
TWO CIRCLES AROUND...
THEN YOU'RE GONNA
GIVE SOMEONE A BIG HUG,
THEN TAKE YOUR ARMS OUT,
TO REPEAT AGAIN.
CIRCLES, BIG HUG,
DOWN, PICK IT UP.
CIRCLES, BIG HUG,
DOWN, PICK IT UP.
YOU GUYS JUST GOT YOURSELVES
THE HEEL-TOE-GLIDE.
MUSIC AND FRIENDS?
Daniel and Kara join him.
Mickeey says FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, HEY!
STEP, STEP, HEEL, TOE,
AND GLIDE, SIX, SEVEN, AND...
STEP, STEP, HEEL.
NOW, SLIDE! WHOO!
PICK IT UP. WHOO! YEAH!
He says GUESS WHAT, GUYS?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
The clip ends.
Amanda says OH. OH, WE'RE BACK.
OH. I'M JUST CHECKING OUT
MYSELF IN THE MIRROR.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT I SEE
IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE,
AND THAT'S WHAT A MIRROR DOES,
IT SHOWS YOU YOUR REFLECTION.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW?
ARE YOU FEELING A LITTLE SWEATY?
IS YOUR HEART BEATING
A LITTLE FASTER?
ARE YOU BREATHING
A LITTLE HEAVIER?
THESE ARE ALL GREAT SIGNS.
THEY MEAN THAT YOU WERE REALLY
WORKING YOUR BODY HARD
AND THAT'S JUST
WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS,
YOU TO BE MOVING AND GROOVING.
SPEAKING OF YOUR HEART,
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO DRAW A
PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL HEART?
IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
SO, I HAVE A LITTLE TIP FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DRAW
SYMMETRICAL OBJECTS,
TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER,
FOLD IT IN HALF,
MAKING SURE THAT
ALL OF THE SIDES
AND EACH CORNER
MATCH UP PERFECTLY,
OPEN IT UP, AND NOW YOU HAVE A
LINE OF SYMMETRY ON YOUR PAPER.
SO, YOU CAN DRAW ONE HALF ON ONE
SIDE OF THE LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND THE OTHER HALF,
THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR OBJECT,
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE.
YOU COULD HAVE
YOUR LINE OF SYMMETRY
RUNNING VERTICALLY,
UP AND DOWN,
OR HORIZONTALLY, TOP TO BOTTOM.
SO, THAT TRICKY HEART,
YOU COULD DRAW ONE HALF
ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAPER,
AND THEN TRY AND DRAW
THAT PERFECT OTHER HALF,
THAT PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL
HALF ON THE OTHER.
ANOTHER TRICK
WITH HEART ESPECIALLY IS,
IF YOU FOLD YOUR PAPER
AND YOU DRAW ONE
HALF OF YOUR HEART
ON THE LINE OF SYMMETRY,
RIGHT THROUGH
THE FOLDED MIDDLE PIECE,
AND YOU CUT AROUND
THAT SHAPE THAT YOU DREW,
THE HALF OF YOUR HEART,
WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP,
YOU HAVE A PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL HEART.
YOU COULD USE THAT AS A TEMPLATE
TO TRACE OF PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL HEART
OR YOU COULD
EVEN USE THE CUT OUT
THAT CAME FROM THAT PERFECTLY
SYMMETRICAL DRAWING
THAT YOU DREW AND
CUT OUT AS A TRACER.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER IS
THAT BOTH SIDES ARE SYMMETRICAL
AND YOU HAVE A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
EPISODE, I ALSO HAD MENTIONED
THAT YOU CAN FIND SYMMETRY
IN LETTERS AND WORDS.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME LETTERS
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE
IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT
IF THEY HAVE A VERTICAL,
A HORIZONTAL OR MAYBE BOTH LINES
OF SYMMETRY.
WE'RE GOING TO USE A VENN
DIAGRAM TO SORT OUR LETTERS.
Black letters appear on a whiteboard behind her. The board also shows a Venn Diagram.
She continues A VENN DIAGRAM IS A
SORTING TOOL THAT WE USE
THAT HAS TWO BIG CIRCLES
THAT OVERLAP IN THE MIDDLE.
ONE OF MY CIRCLES IS LABELLED
"VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY."
THE OTHER CIRCLE IS LABELLED
"HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY."
SO, ANY LETTERS THAT HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
WILL BE PLACED IN
THIS SIDE OF OUR CIRCLE.
IF THEY HAVE A
HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY,
THEY'LL BE PLACED IN
THIS SIDE OF THE CIRCLE.
HUH. THERE'S ONE SPACE LEFT,
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE BOTH
OF MY CIRCLES OVERLAP.
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT'S GOING
TO GO IN THE MIDDLE SECTION
OF THE VENN DIAGRAM?
HMM.
IF YOU GUESSED THE LETTER THAT
HAS BOTH LINES OF SYMMETRY,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ANY OF MY LETTERS THAT HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND A HORIZONTAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY
WILL BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE
SECTION OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
ABOUT THE VENN DIAGRAM?
TWO CIRCLES PUT TOGETHER.
THEY OVERLAP IN THE MIDDLE.
HMM. DO THEY LOOK
SYMMETRICAL TO YOU?
IF I DREW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE,
WOULD ONE SIDE BE EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER?
YES. YES, IT WOULD.
THE VENN DIAGRAM THAT I HAVE
UP HERE IS ALSO SYMMETRICAL.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S LOOK AT OUR LETTERS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE LETTER 'A'.
She shows a black magnet letter A on a dish.
She continues CAN YOU SEE ANY
LINE OF SYMMETRY?
CAN YOU SEE THE PART
WHERE THE ONE SIDE
IS GOING TO MATCH
WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDE?
ARE WE GOING TO
DRAW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
THE 'A' HORIZONTALLY?
WOULD THE TOP
MATCH WITH THE BOTTOM?
OR ARE WE GOING TO DRAW OUR
LINE OF SYMMETRY VERTICALLY
THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE 'A',
RUNNING FROM
THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM
THROUGH THE MIDDLE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HMM.
IF YOU SAID THE VERTICAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY,
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IF I FOLDED THIS 'A'
IN HALF VERTICALLY,
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
THEN ALL OF THE CORNERS AND ALL
OF THE SIDES WOULD MATCH UP.
SO, THE 'A' WOULD STAY
IN OUR VERTICAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY HALF.
THERE'S NOT TWO
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP IT IN THE
OUTSIDE PORTION OF THE CIRCLE.
LET'S PICK ANOTHER LETTER.
WHICH LETTER DO YOU
THINK WE SHOULD PICK?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE LETTER 'D'.
CAN YOU SPOT THE
LINE OF SYMMETRY?
IS IT RUNNING VERTICALLY,
FROM THE TOP OF THE LETTER
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTER,
OR IS IT RUNNING HORIZONTALLY,
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
TO THE LEFT SIDE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF I DREW MY LINE OF SYMMETRY
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
COULD THIS
SHAPE BE FOLDED IN HALF,
FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER?
AND WOULD EVERY CORNER
AND SIDE MATCH?
OR IF I RAN MY LINE OF
SYMMETRY HORIZONTALLY,
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
TO THE LEFT SIDE,
WOULD THAT CREATE
A PERFECT MATCH?
IF YOU SAID HORIZONTALLY,
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IF I FOLD THIS LETTER 'D'
ACROSS THE MIDDLE...
THE TOP CORNER WILL MATCH
WITH THE BOTTOM CORNER
AND THE CURVED PORTION
OF THE 'D' ON THE TOP
WILL MATCH WITH THE CURVED
PORTION OF THE 'D'
ON THE BOTTOM.
SO, THIS LETTER WOULD GO INTO
OUR HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
SECTION OF THE VENN DIAGRAM.
WE HAVE EIGHT LETTERS
LEFT ON THE BOARD
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A LETTER
THAT WOULD FIT IN
THE CENTRE PART
OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
TO FIT IN THE CENTRE
PART OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM,
THE LETTER MUST HAVE A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY,
LIKE THE 'A',
THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTRE
FROM THE TOP THE BOTTOM,
AND A HORIZONTAL
LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT RUNS ACROSS THE MIDDLE
FROM RIGHT TO LEFT
OR LEFT TO RIGHT.
CAN YOU SPOT THE LETTER
THAT HAS BOTH
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
THAT WOULD GO
IN THE CENTRE PART
OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM?
COULD IT BE THE 'M'?
COULD IT BE THE 'S'?
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU
ARE PROBABLY POINTING
AT THE 'O'.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE 'O'.
THE LETTER 'O'
HAS TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY.
THERE'S ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
ACROSS THE MIDDLE
AND THERE'S
ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
THAT'S RUNNING VERTICALLY
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
IF I FOLD THE 'O'
IN HALF VERTICALLY,
THE TOP IS GOING TO
MATCH WITH THE BOTTOM.
IF I FOLD THE 'O' ACROSS
THE MIDDLE HORIZONTALLY...
THE RIGHT SIDE IS GOING
TO MATCH WITH THE LEFT SIDE.
SO, THAT MEANS THAT OUR 'O'
HAS TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY
AND IT DOES GO IN THE CENTRE
PART OF OUR VENN DIAGRAM.
NOW THAT YOU'VE
LEARNED ABOUT VERTICAL
AND HORIZONTALLY
LINES OF SYMMETRY,
I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
ARE YOU READY?
I'D LIKE YOU TO PRINT YOUR
NAME IN UPPERCASE LETTERS
ON THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU
BROUGHT TO YOUR LEARNING SPACE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER YOUR NAME
HAS ANY LETTERS
THAT HAVE LINE OF SYMMETRY.
SO, ANY LETTERS
THAT ARE SYMMETRICAL.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW THAT
LINE OF SYMMETRY ON YOUR LETTER.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU.
MY NAME IS AMANDA, SO I WROTE MY
NAME IN UPPERCASE LETTERS,
"A-M-A-N-D-A,"
AND I LOOKED AT
MY LETTERS CAREFULLY
TO SEE IF THEY HAD
ANY LINE OF SYMMETRY.
THE 'A', LIKE WE
ALREADY FIGURED OUT,
HAS A VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
MY 'M' HAS A VERTICAL LINE
OF SYMMETRY AS WELL.
HAVE ANOTHER 'A'.
I HAVE LOTS OF 'AS' IN MY NAME.
AN 'N'.
I ALSO FIGURED
THAT THE LETTER 'N'
DOES NOT HAVE
A LINE OF SYMMETRY.
I CANNOT PUT A LINE THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE 'N' HORIZONTALLY
AND FOLD IT SO THAT ALL MY
POINTS ON MY LETTERS MATCH UP.
I ALSO CANNOT DRAW
A LINE VERTICALLY
AND HAVE THE LETTERS AND THE
POINTS ALL MATCH UP AS WELL.
THE LETTER 'D' HAS A
HORIZONTAL LINE OF SYMMETRY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER
'A' IN MY NAME,
SO I KNOW THAT IT HAS
A VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
SO, NOW, IT'S YOUR TURN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY LINES OF
SYMMETRY IN YOUR NAME?
FOR MORE FUN WITH SYMMETRY,
CHECK OUT THIS
MATHXPLOSION
VIDEO.
A clip plays.
(music plays)
An animated clip shows a big orange X on a blue background. It explodes and letters and numbers come out of it in all directions and float around.
Mathematician Eric appears on screen. He's in his mid-twenties. He has short dark brown hair and a beard. He wears a red T-shirt with the show's logo and blue jeans.
The screen turns red and the logo of the show appears next. It reads "MathXplosion." Meanwhile, cones, cubes and dices float around it.
Kids voices sing a song with lyrics that go WHAT A HIT
IT'S NOT A TRICK
IT'S MATHXPLOSION
JUST FOR YOU
COOL AND NEW
MATHXPLOSION!
The episode starts with Eric standing in a workroom holding two small kites.
Eric says WELL, HELLO, THERE, DID YOU KNOW
THAT, IN ORDER TO BE STABLE,
A KITE SHOULD BE AS
SYMMETRICAL AS POSSIBLE? MM-HMM.
SYMMETRICAL MEANS THAT ONE SIDE
BECOMES EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU FLIP,
TURN OR SLIDE IT.
YOU MIGHT THINK
ALL KITES ARE THE SAME,
BUT A SYMMETRICAL
KITE WILL FLY WAY BETTER
AND BE SO MUCH EASIER CONTROL
THAN ONE THAT'S NOT SYMMETRICAL.
OR AS WE SAY IN THE MATH
WORLD... ASYMMETRICAL.
He drops a butterfly kite with a wing bigger than the other and it falls to the floor.
He says ASYMMETRICAL.
HEH.
Next, he releases the other kite and it stays suspended in the air.
He says THAT'S A SYMMETRICAL KITE.
FOLLOW ME. I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW KITES REALLY WORK.
Now, he stands in a park holding a big triangular kite.
Eric says THIS KITE IS SYMMETRICAL.
NOTICE HOW THIS
SIDE OF THE SPINE,
THIS VERTICAL LINE
IN THE CENTRE,
IS THE SAME AS THAT SIDE.
THE SHAPE HERE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS OVER THERE.
THE TWO SIDES ARE
MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER.
THEREFORE, THE KITE IS BALANCED.
THIS KITE IS ASYMMETRICAL.
NOTICE HOW THE SIZE AND
SHAPE OF THE WING HERE
IS DIFFERENT FROM OVER THERE.
IT WON'T BALANCE.
EVEN THOUGH IT DOES
GET UP IN THE AIR,
IT WON'T STAY
THERE FOR VERY LONG.
He runs holding the butterfly kite and says LET'S TRY IT.
COME ON!
(stammering)
(groaning)
Then, he says THERE ARE LOTS OF KITE SHAPES,
THE CLASSIC DIAMOND,
THE DELTA OR BAT-SHAPE,
EVEN PRISMS,
AND DRAGONS,
AND BUTTERFLIES.
BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR
A KITE TO BE SYMMETRICAL,
SO ONE SIDE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER SIDE.
Now, he flies the big triangular kite and says WHOO! OH, YEAH!
OH, YEAH! WHOO!
TOO EASY.
REMEMBER, SYMMETRY
HELPS KITES FLY.
THIS IS COOL.
Eric draws a circle on a blackboard and colours it inside. He taps on it and a new clip plays.
Eric says SYMMETRY HELPS THINGS FLY.
THE BODY AND WINGS OF
AIRPLANES ARE SYMMETRICAL.
BIRDS AND INSECTS THAT
FLY ARE ALSO SYMMETRICAL.
BUT DON'T BE FOOLED.
NOT ALL SYMMETRICAL
THINGS CAN FLY.
CUBES ARE SYMMETRICAL.
ORANGES AND LIMES AND KIWI FRUIT
ARE ALL SYMMETRICAL, TOO.
BUT THEY DON'T FLY.
The clip shows an animation with the objects mentioned.
Back in the workroom, he says YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN
SYMMETRICAL KITE.
HEY, MAKE AN ASYMMETRICAL ONE,
TOO, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
FLYING A KITE...
IT'S NOT MAGIC, IT'S MATH.
A big explosion brings the show's logo back on the screen.
(music plays)
The end credits roll.
Produced by GAPC Entertainment in association with TVOKids.
Copyright GAPC Entertainment (MathPlosion) Incorporated, 2016.
The clip ends.
Amanda says WE LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT SYMMETRY TODAY.
WE LEARNED THAT AN
OBJECT THAT IS SYMMETRICAL
HAS TWO SIDES THAT
ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT
A LINE OF SYMMETRY
SEPARATES THOSE TWO SIDES.
She shows the Lego blocks tower.
She says SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE SHAPE THAT WE LOOKED AT
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE
HAS ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY
AND IT'S VERTICALLY,
RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAPE.
THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE
EXACT SAME AS THE LEFT SIDE
AND THE LEFT SIDE'S THE EXACT
SAME AS THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO, THIS SHAPE IS SYMMETRICAL.
NOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT SHAPES
BECAUSE SOME SHAPES HAVE MORE
THAN ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY.
WHILE THIS SHAPE ONLY HAS
ONE LINE OF SYMMETRY,
THE VERTICAL ONE RUNNING
TOP TO BOTTOM,
THE LETTER 'O'
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
HAD TWO LINES OF SYMMETRY...
A VERTICAL AND A HORIZONTAL ONE.
NOW, I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND
YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR YARD
TO FIND SOME OBJECTS
THAT YOU CAN USE
TO CREATE A SYMMETRICAL PICTURE.
YOU CAN USE ANYTHING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE
PICTURES FOR INSPIRATION.
A picture shows a tulip drawn on a sidewalk.
She continues YOU COULD DRAW A
PICTURE ON THE SIDEWALK
OR YOUR DRIVEWAY USING CHALK.
KEEP IN MIND THAT
ALL OF YOUR PICTURES
MUST HAVE ONE SIDE EXACTLY
THE SAME AS THE OTHER.
THIS TULIP ALSO
HAS A NAME ABOVE IT.
CAN YOU READ IT?
IT SAYS "A-VA'. AVA.
AVA IS A SYMMETRICAL NAME.
THE 'A' THAT BEGINS THE
NAME ALSO ENDS THE NAME.
IF YOU DREW A LINE OF SYMMETRY
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE 'V'
AND THE BOTTOM OF THE 'V',
YOU WOULD SEE THAT
IT IS SYMMETRICAL.
Another picture shows Lego blocks distributed symmetrically as in a city design.
She continues YOU COULD USE LEGO.
THIS DESIGN WAS CREATED
WITH A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGO
WITH SOME WHITE PIECES
DOWN THE CENTRE,
CREATING A LINE OF SYMMETRY.
THESE ARE SOME OTHER OBJECTS
FOUND AROUND A HOUSE...
SOME TOY CARS,
TOY MOTORCYCLES, SOME WEIGHTS.
THE WAY THAT THEY WERE PLACED
SHOWS THAT BOTH SIDES
ARE SYMMETRICAL.
I HAD SOME SHAPES
AROUND MY HOUSE,
SO I CREATED THIS DESIGN.
IT HA A HORIZONTAL AND A
VERTICAL LINE OF SYMMETRY.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
LEARNING WITH ME TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE NEXT TIME.
STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY,
STAY POSITIVE, STAY AWESOME.
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