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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 JUNIOR LESSON:
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Miss B is in her early thirties, with short curly black hair. She wears a denim shirt and a necklace.
Miss B says HI, JUNIORS,
AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE
OF
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR
OF LEARNING.
MY NAME IS MS. B
AND I'M EXCITED
TO EXPLORE SOME LEARNING
WITH YOU TODAY,
WHILE YOU ARE
LEARNING FROM HOME.
TO BE HONEST,
I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
THIS IS MY FIRST
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING EVER.
DO YOU GET NERVOUS
WHEN YOU DO NEW THINGS,
OR WHEN YOU MEET
NEW PEOPLE?
I WONDER WHAT TRICKS YOU HAVE
TO MANAGE THIS STRESS.
I LIKE TO TAKE SLOW,
DEEP BREATHS
AND TRY
TO LAUGH IT OFF.
BUT I KNOW
WHATEVER HAPPENS,
IT WILL BE
A NEW ADVENTURE
AND I'M HAPPY
TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR,
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT A TYPE OF MEDIA
CALLED PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'LL EXPLORE SOME
COOL RESOURCES FROM TVO,
LEARN SOME NEW FACTS,
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO APPLY ALL THIS
NEW KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF FUN.
OKAY.
SO, FOR TODAY'S LESSON,
YOU ARE GOING TO NEED
SOME WRITING TOOLS.
THIS COULD BE A PIECE OF PAPER
AND A PENCIL,
OR IT CAN BE
A DIGITAL PAPER,
LIKE GOOGLE DOCS
OR MICROSOFT.
IF YOU ARE WORKING
ON PAPER,
YOU MAY ALSO NEED
SOME COLOURING THINGS,
LIKE MARKERS
OR PENCIL CRAYONS.
LASTLY, YOU WILL NEED
A SAFE PLACE WITH LOTS OF ROOM
TO DO SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
FOR A BODY BREAK.
PLEASE PAUSE THE VIDEO
TO GET THIS READY
AND PRESS PLAY
ONCE YOU'RE READY TO GO.
I TEACH A JUNIOR CLASS
AND EACH MORNING,
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
AS A GROUP,
WE LIKE
TO CENTRE OURSELVES.
SINCE YOU'RE
MY STUDENT TODAY,
I REALLY WANNA DO THIS
WITH YOU.
IN CANADA,
ANY TIME WE GATHER,
WE SHOULD HONOUR THE LAND
AND TERRITORY WE ARE MEETING ON
BY RECOGNIZING
THAT THE LAND WAS FIRST OWNED
BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
AS I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I DO IN MY CLASS EACH DAY.
I WONDER IF YOU DO THIS
IN YOUR CLASS?
IF YOU DO, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A
FAMILIAR STATEMENT THAT YOU SAY.
TODAY, I WILL READ
A LAND RECOGNITION STATEMENT,
BUT BEFORE I DO,
I REALLY WANNA CONNECT YOU
TO WHY WE READ THESE
LAND RECOGNITION STATEMENTS.
HERE'S A SHORT CLIP
TO EXPLAIN.
A man sits by a desk. He is in his forties, balding with a short beard. He wears a white shirt under a blue jacket.
He says LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHOW RESPECT
FOR THE TREATIES WE'VE ENTERED
WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
THE FIRST TREATY,
BETWEEN SETTLERS AND THE
HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY,
THE TWO ROW WAMPUM,
HAS ROOTS IN NIAGARA,
WHERE I LIVE.
AT THE LANDSCAPE OF NATIONS
IN QUEENSTON HEIGHTS,
WE'VE BUILT A MONUMENT TO
RECOGNIZE AND SHARE THAT STORY.
THE TWO ROW WAMPUM
IS DEPICTED AS TWO PURPLE ROWS
AGAINST A BED OF WHITE.
Fast clips show an arched pathway in a park.
He continues IT'S MEANT TO SIGNIFY
TWO CULTURES, TWO PEOPLES,
FOLLOWING PARALLEL PATHS
ON A RIVER,
UNDISTURBED BY EACH OTHER.
IF YOU START
ON THE TWO ROW WAMPUM PATH,
IT WILL LEAD YOU
TO THE TREE OF PEACE.
AND SO CAN OUR JOURNEY
WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
BUT WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING
AND RESPECTING
THE TREATIES
THAT WE'VE SIGNED,
WE CAN'T FOLLOW THAT PATH.
IN HONOUR
OF THOSE TREATIES,
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT IN TORONTO,
WHERE TVO'S MAIN OFFICE
IS LOCATED,
WE OPERATE ON THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES
OF THE ANISHINAABE,
THE HAUDENOSAUNEE,
THE HURON-WENDAT,
AND THE MISSISSAUGAS
OF THE NEW CREDIT TERRITORY.
AND IN NIAGARA,
THE ANISHINAABE,
HAUDENOSAUNEE,
AND OJIBWE CHIPPEWA.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
THE ENDURING PRESENCE
OF ALL FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS,
AND INUIT PEOPLES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TVO OPERATES
ON A COLONIAL SETTLER STATE.
WE RECOGNIZE THE VIOLENCE,
OPPRESSION, AND UNDERMINING
OF SELF-DETERMINATION THAT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STILL FACE.
IT IS OUR DUTY,
OUR COLLECTIVE DUTY,
TO AMPLIFY INDIGENOUS STORIES,
PERSPECTIVES, AND ISSUES.
Miss B reappears and says WELCOME BACK.
I BET YOU LEARNED A LOT
AND ARE WANTING TO KNOW MORE,
SO LET'S DO THAT NOW.
IN ORDER TO HONOUR THE LAND
THAT YOU'RE ON,
YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE WHOSE LAND
IT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO.
HERE'S A QUICK DEMONSTRATION
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND OUT
WHICH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S LANDS
YOU ARE LIVING ON.
A slate shows a map that reads "First Nations and Treaties. Go to www.ontario.ca/page/treaties to find out!"
A Female Narrator says HELLO.
THIS IS A VIDEO
THAT WILL HELP YOU TO FIND OUT
WHOSE LAND YOU ARE LIVING ON.
BY THE TIME
YOU'RE FINISHED THIS VIDEO,
I HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
WHO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE
WHO FIRST LIVED ON THE LAND
THAT YOU LIVE ON TODAY.
PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE
THAT YOU SEE LISTED.
SEE YOU OVER THERE!
THIS IS A WEBSITE
THAT IS ALL ABOUT
TREATY LANDS IN ONTARIO.
IT GIVES US A LOT
OF VALUABLE INFORMATION
ABOUT TRUE CANADIAN HISTORY,
AND I RECOMMEND THAT YOU
COME BACK AND EXPLORE IT.
BUT FOR TODAY,
WE ARE GOING TO BE USING IT
JUST TO HELP US OUT
TO FIND OUT WHOSE LAND
THAT WE ARE LIVING ON,
IF WE ALREADY DON'T KNOW
THAT INFORMATION.
SO, LET'S GET STARTED.
ONCE AT THE WEBSITE,
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
TO THE TREATIES SECTION.
YOU CAN FIND IT BY LOOKING
FOR THE SUBTITLE, "TREATIES."
ONCE IN THAT SECTION,
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND LOOK
FOR THE INTERACTIVE LINK
THAT SAYS "INTERACTIVE TREATIES MAP."
SELECT IT,
AND THIS WILL BRING YOU
TO AN INTERACTIVE
TREATIES MAP OF ONTARIO.
THIS MAP LETS YOU SEE
THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED
ON THE LAND IN ONTARIO
BEFORE SETTLERS CAME
AND MADE TREATIES WITH THEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY,
THE TREATIES WERE NOT, UM...
WERE NOT, UH, RESPECTED.
AND SO, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LANDS.
SO, THIS MAP WILL TELL US
WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED THE LAND.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
TO FIND OUT.
NOW, THE WAY
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS
IS YOU CAN TYPE IN
YOUR CITY NAME,
OR YOU CAN ALSO TYPE IN
YOUR POSTAL CODE.
LET ME SHOW YOU
WITH AN EXAMPLE.
I WILL TYPE IN "TORONTO."
IF YOU NOTICE,
AS I START TYPING,
THE COMPUTER WILL START
GUESSING MY CITY.
AND HERE IT IS,
RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP-
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.
THIS MEANS I DON'T NEED
TO TYPE ANY FARTHER
AND I CAN JUST SELECT
THIS, UM,
THIS CHOICE THAT
THE COMPUTER HAS GIVEN TO ME.
ONCE I DO THAT,
IT WILL PINPOINT MY LOCATION
ON THE MAP.
LET'S DO IT.
AND HERE WE ARE.
THIS IS WHERE TORONTO, ONTARIO'S
LOCATED ON A MAP OF ONTARIO.
THE NEXT THING
YOU WANT TO DO
TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TREATY LAND
THIS FALLS ON,
AND WHICH GROUP OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES FIRST LIVED ON THE LAND,
IS YOU'RE GOING TO CLICK
ON THE COLOUR SECTION.
SO, HERE I GO.
CLICKING ON
THE COLOURED SECTION,
AND IT GIVES ME
A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
IT TELLS ME THAT THE TREATY
IS CALLED THE TORONTO PURCHASE.
IT TELLS ME
WHEN IT IS SIGNED,
AND IT TELLS ME
THE TREATY NUMBER,
WHICH IS ALL
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
DON'T FORGET,
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHOSE LAND WE LIVE ON.
SO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
IF YOU NOTICE,
THE TITLE IS A LINK.
SO, LET'S CLICK ON IT
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO, ONCE WE DO THAT,
IT SHOULD GO TO TREATY 13,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS
HAPPENED TO ME ONCE BEFORE
WHEN I WAS PRACTICING
THIS VIDEO,
SO IT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION
THAT I ALREADY READ,
WHICH SAID THAT TORONTO
WAS LOCATED ON TREATY 13.
AND I USED THAT INFORMATION
AND I SCROLLED DOWN
TILL I FOUND IT.
HOPEFULLY
THERE'S NOT A GLITCH
AND YOURS WILL GO
RIGHT TO YOUR TREATY,
BUT JUST IN CASE,
BE MINDFUL OF THAT
AND MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
IN THE CORRECT TREATY AREA.
SO, TORONTO, UH,
IS ON TREATY 13.
AND ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT TREATY
IS CALLED TORONTO PURCHASE.
THIS IS A LOT OF READING
FOR SOME OF YOU,
AND SO YOU MAY NEED
TO ASK AN ADULT FOR HELP.
BUT I'M GOING TO HELP YOU OUT
AND LET YOU KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT THE TREATY AGREEMENT,
IN MOST TIMES,
WAS BETWEEN THE CROWN,
WHICH WERE-- WHICH WAS
THE SETTLERS' GOVERNMENT,
AND IT WILL SHOW YOU
THE GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
SO, LOOK FOR
THE WORD "CROWN,"
AND LOOK WHO THEY ARE
LINKING IT WITH.
A mouse cursor highlights a fragment of a text.
She continues SO, FOR THE
TORONTO PURCHASE,
I KNOW THAT
THE TREATY AGREEMENT
WAS BETWEEN THE CROWN
AND THE MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
SO, I KNOW WHEN I AM
ON TORONTO LAND,
I AM GOING TO GIVE RESPECT,
I AM GOING TO HONOUR THE LAND
BY HONOURING
MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING,
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT GROUPS
THAT ARE PART
OF THE MISSISSAUGA NATION.
BUT IT IS A BEGINNING.
AND IF YOU ARE GOING
TO HONOUR THE LAND,
YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHOSE LAND YOU'RE LIVING ON.
SO, TORONTO,
YOU ARE LIVING ON THE LAND
OF THE MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN FINDING OUT
WHOSE LAND YOU LIVE ON.
The clip ends.
Miss B says OKAY. NOW WE'RE READY
TO RECOGNIZE THE LAND.
HERE'S OUR LAND RECOGNITION
STATEMENT THAT WE'LL SAY TODAY.
A slate reads "Please take a moment to recognize the contributions of the Indigenous peoples in your location. We acknowledge this land and the people, because the first step to reconciliation is recognizing the existence of Indigenous people. Throughout our time together during this TVOkids Power Hour of Learning, we also want to try and consider good ways of working together by following the examples of Indigenous teachings of respect and gratitude for all living things."
She says AND THERE WE GO, JUNIORS.
WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE LAND
THAT WE'RE LIVING ON.
NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON
TO CENTERING OURSELVES.
SO, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I LIKE TO DO
RIGHT BEFORE
WE START WORKING,
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO DO IT NOW.
SO, LET'S MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE SITTING
IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION.
AND WHATEVER POSITION
YOU'RE IN,
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
A NICE, STRAIGHT BACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE,
STRAIGHT LIKE A SOLDIER
THE WHOLE TIME,
BUT YOU WANT TO BE
SITTING UP STRAIGHT
SO THAT YOU CAN BE FOCUSED
DURING THE LESSON.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE READY
TO START TODAY'S LEARNING.
WE WILL START
WITH A MINDS ON EXERCISE.
THIS HELPS OUR BRAINS GET WARMED
UP AND READY FOR LEARNING.
IN TODAY'S LESSON,
WE WILL EXPLORE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THESE ARE OFTEN CALLED PSAS
FOR SHORT.
THROUGHOUT THE HOUR TODAY,
YOU WILL PARTICIPATE
IN A THINK AND SHARE EXERCISE.
A FEW OF THEM, ACTUALLY.
IN THESE EXERCISES,
I'LL ASK A QUESTION AND YOUR JOB
IS TO THINK OF YOUR ANSWER.
THEN, SHARE IT
BY WRITING IT DOWN.
IF YOU ARE
WORKING DIGITALLY,
YOU CAN ALSO USE
THE DICTATE BUTTON
TO HELP YOU SHARE YOUR IDEAS
INSTEAD OF TYPING.
IF YOU'RE WORKING IN WORD,
LOOK ACROSS THE TOP
FOR THE MICROPHONE ICON,
AND IF YOU'RE WORKING IN DOCS,
SELECT "TOOLS."
AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO FIND
THE "VOICE TYPING" OPTION.
HOWEVER YOU CAN DO IT,
PLEASE SHARE,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SHARE
YOUR WORK,
IT'S A GREAT WAY
TO ENGAGE IN THE LESSON
AND IT WILL MAKE THE LESSON WAY
MORE FUN AND MEANINGFUL FOR YOU.
OKAY.
LET'S SET UP YOUR PAGE.
PLEASE PUT A TITLE
AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAGE.
WRITE "PSAS.." JUST LIKE THIS.
She shows a piece of paper.
She continues ALL SET?
OKAY. GREAT.
LET'S GET STARTED.
IF YOU ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THIS TYPE OF MEDIA
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
BASED ON THE NAME,
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PURPOSE IS
OF A PSA?
PLEASE PAUSE THE VIDEO HERE
SO THAT YOU CAN THINK
OF YOUR ANSWER
AND THEN SHARE IT
ON YOUR PAGE.
RESTART THE VIDEO ONCE YOU'RE
DONE AND READY TO COME BACK.
NOW THAT YOU'VE GUESSED
WHAT THE PURPOSE
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT IS,
YOUR BRAIN WILL BE SEARCHING
TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S RIGHT.
SO, LET'S EXPLORE
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
TO BEGIN OUR EXPLORATION,
TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE POSTERS,
AND TRY TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
ABOUT THE POSTERS?
A poster shows a cartoon girl playing with a plane. A caption reads "The playground can wait! Play from home to stop the spread of the virus!" Another poster shows the same girl smiling. A caption reads "Don't touch your face! Touching your face makes it easier for you to come into contact with germs."
She continues DO YOU SEE THINGS
OR CHARACTERISTICS
THAT ARE THE SAME?
WHAT DO THE POSTERS
TELL YOU?
WHY DO YOU THINK
THESE POSTERS
COULD BE CONSIDERED
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS?
YOU PROBABLY NOTICED
MANY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS
BETWEEN THE TWO POSTERS,
AND KNEW EXACTLY WHY
THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED
A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
LATER ON IN THE LESSON,
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
SOME KEY FEATURES OF PSAS
AND THEN YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE
IF YOUR OBSERVATIONS
WERE CORRECT.
OKAY.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOUR BRAIN IS
ALL WARMED AND READY TO LEARN.
SO, LET'S BEGIN.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT GOVERNMENTS
OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
SOMETIMES PRODUCE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BUT WHY?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF A PSA?
WELL, THEY ARE MADE
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
THEY CAN ADVISE PEOPLE
TO FOLLOW HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.
FOR EXAMPLE,
CHECK OUT THIS PSA
PUT OUT BY
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT,
ALL ABOUT THE
CANADA FOOD GUIDE.
A poster shows a healthy dish divided into four sections. It reads "Eat well. Live well. Eat a variety of healthy foods each day. Have plenty of vegetables and fruits. Eat protein foods. Make water your drink of choice. Choose whole grain foods. Discover your food guide at Canada.ca/FoodGuide."
She continues HOW IS IT
INFORMING THE PUBLIC?
CAN YOU SEE
THAT IT GIVES EXAMPLES
OF HOW TO EAT A VARIETY OF FOODS
TO BE HEALTHY?
WHAT MESSAGE IS IT PROVIDING?
CAN YOU GATHER THAT IT IS
TELLING YOU THAT IF WE EAT WELL,
WE WILL LIVE
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE?
SO, THIS PSA INFORMS PEOPLE
HOW TO EAT WELL TO LIVE WELL.
PSAS CAN ALSO RAISE AWARENESS
FOR A CAUSE.
FOR EXAMPLE,
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SHORT VIDEO
TALKING ABOUT
HOW TO STOP BULLYING?
THIS IS A TYPE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT INFORMS THE PUBLIC
ABOUT WAYS TO STAND UP
FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
IT PROVIDES A MESSAGE THAT
BULLYING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN
AND THAT YOU HAVE
THE POWER TO STOP IT.
BY NOW, I BET YOU ARE
BEGINNING TO NOTICE
THAT THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PSAS.
PSAS COME IN MANY FORMS.
THEY COME IN THE FORM
OF A FLYER,
WHICH YOU COULD GET
IN YOUR MAIL.
WHAT KINDS OF FLYERS
HAVE YOU SEEN IN YOUR MAIL?
HAVE YOU SEEN
WHEN IT'S VOTING TIME,
YOUR PARENTS GET
LITTLE CARDS
THAT TELL THEM
HOW AND WHEN TO VOTE?
ANOTHER FORM OF A PSA
IS A BROCHURE.
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
IN YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANY OF THESE
WHEN YOU'VE HAD A VISIT
TO YOUR DOCTOR?
SOME OF THE BROCHURES I'VE SEEN
IN MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE
INVOLVE THE HEALTH EFFECTS
FROM SMOKING.
MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE
THAT AT YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
ANOTHER FORM OF A
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
MAY COME IN THE FORM
OF A POSTER,
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
AROUND YOUR SCHOOL
OR MAYBE A COMMUNITY CENTRE.
I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN
LOTS OF THESE AROUND,
BECAUSE GOVERNMENTS
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
WORK REALLY HARD TO INFORM KIDS
ABOUT IMPORTANT TOPICS.
WHAT POSTER HAVE YOU SEEN
THAT'S REALLY STOOD OUT TO YOU?
I BET THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED A
LOT OF COOL THINGS FROM POSTERS
THAT HAVE CAUSED YOU TO WANNA
LEARN MORE AND TO TAKE ACTION.
OKAY,
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT FORM
THAT IS VERY POPULAR.
AND THAT'S A VIDEO PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND LIKE I SAID,
IT'S VERY POPULAR,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOCIAL MEDIA.
PSAS IN VIDEO FORMAT
ARE USUALLY SHORT
AND SIMILAR IN LENGTH
TO A COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN
ALSO APPEAR IN A RADIO SEGMENT
OR AT THE BEGINNING OR END
OF A TELEVISION PROGRAM.
SO, TVOKIDS, BASED ON WHAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT COMMERCIALS
AND PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO?
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO PAUSE
FOR A THINK AND SHARE.
REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME TIME
TO THINK ABOUT THE ANSWER.
YOU CAN REWIND THE VIDEO
IF YOU NEED TO
TO REVIEW SOME INFORMATION,
AND THEN COME BACK
TO YOUR PAGE.
SEE YOU BACK
WHEN YOU'RE DONE!
She pauses and says ALL RIGHT.
TVOKIDS, IF YOU SAID
THAT COMMERCIALS
ARE USED
TO SELL SOMETHING,
VERSUS PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
WHICH ARE USED
TO TELL SOMETHING,
YOU ARE CORRECT!
ALSO, DID YOU KNOW THAT
COMPANIES PAY MEDIA STATIONS
TO HAVE THEIR COMMERCIALS...
COMMERCIAL ADS PLAYED?
BUT GOVERNMENTS
AND ORGANIZATIONS
DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR PSAS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
I LIKE TO THINK THAT THESE
MESSAGES ARE SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU CAN'T
PUT A COST ON THEM
AND THAT, UM, EVERYONE
WANTS THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS
TO GET OUT TO EVERYONE.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I HOPE
THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE ELEMENTS
OF PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS,
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMON
FEATURES OR CHARACTERISTICS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHECK OUT
SOME CLIPS FROM
THE ODD SQUAD
TO LEARN ABOUT THIS.
I HOPE YOU LIKE
THE ODD SQUAD.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S SUCH A FUN SHOW.
IN A MOMENT,
YOU WILL WATCH THE CLIPS
TO LOOK FOR SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE TWO VIDEOS.
AND TO ASK YOURSELF WHICH
DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN BOTH?
THE FIRST
ODD SQUAD
VIDEO
IS ABOUT HAND WASHING
AND THE SECOND
IS ABOUT AVOIDING GERMS.
HAVE FUN EXPLORING!
Against a blue background, a round emblem shows a rabbit holding a shield surrounded by yellow stars.
A typewriter types the title of the show.
(music plays)
In off, A Kid says ODD SQUAD HEALTHY HABIT NUMBER 434:
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS
Big O stands in a modern white room with a TV screen behind her. She has black hair in a bun and wears a white and silver military jacket.
Big O says BIG O HERE WITH
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE.
I JUST FINISHED STOPPING
AN ARMY OF BLOBS.
BAD NEWS,
MY HANDS GOT BLOBBED.
She shows her hands covered in a blue sticky substance.
She continues GOOD NEWS,
NOW I CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO PROPERLY
WASH YOUR HANDS.
THERE ARE FIVE STEPS
TO REMEMBER.
ONE: WET YOUR HANDS.
TWO: LATHER THEM
WITH SOAP.
THREE: SCRUB WITH SOAP.
FOUR: RINSE THEM WITH WATER.
FIVE: DRY YOUR HANDS.
She points at animated icons that pop up signalling the steps mentioned.
She continues IT'S IMPORTANT
TO WASH YOUR HANDS
FOR AT LEAST 20 SECONDS.
IT'S THE LENGTH OF
THE OFFICIAL ODD SQUAD SONG,
WHICH I WILL SING FOR YOU
WHILE I WASH MY HANDS.
She washes her hands and sings DUN-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN-DUN,
WET THEM
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, LATHER
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, LATHER SOME MORE
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN-DUN,
SCRUB THAT SOAP OFF
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, RINSE NOW
KEEP RINSING,
KEEP RINSING, KEEP RINSING
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, DRY THEM
The TVO Kids and Sinking Ship Entertainment logos appear.
A kid says WHEE!
(giggling)
In off, A Kid says ODD SQUAD HEALTHY HABIT NUMBER 111:
HOW TO STAY AWAY FROM GERMS.
Sitting at her desk, Big O says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
THE BIG O HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, ODD SQUAD HELPS
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
AGENTS HAVE TO STAY AWAY
FROM GERMS TO STAY HEALTHY.
AND I HAVE SOME TIPS.
TIP ONE-
KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM
YOUR MOUTH, NOSE, AND EYES
TO STOP THE SPREAD OF GERMS.
TIP TWO-
STOP GERMS BY DISINFECTING.
I LIKE TO USE
THESE DISINFECTANT WIPES.
WIPE OFF THINGS
YOU TOUCH MOST OFTEN,
LIKE DOORKNOBS,
BADGE PHONES,
THE BUTTON THAT KEEPS
THE EARTH'S
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
WORKING,
AND LIGHT SWITCHES.
TIP THREE-
WHEN AGENTS ARE SICK
THEY SHOULD STAY HOME.
AND IF YOU DO GET SICK,
REST UP AND TO LISTEN
TO YOUR DOCTOR.
MY DOCTOR SAYS THIS A LOT.
Doctor O yells WHAT'S NEXT?!
Miss O says REMEMBER, AGENTS,
STAY STRONG, STAY HEALTHY,
BECAUSE ODD SQUAD NEEDS YOU.
The clip ends.
Miss B says WELCOME BACK.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE CLIPS
AND WERE ABLE TO GATHER
LOTS OF EXAMPLES
OF THE FEATURES INCLUDED
IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PRETEND YOU ARE
GATHERING INFORMATION
TO HELP SOMEONE DESIGN A PSA
WHO HAS NEVER
EXPERIENCED ONE BEFORE.
NOT IN PRINT, NOT DIGITALLY,
OR EVEN IN A VIDEO.
WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU
SUGGEST THEY FOLLOW?
WHAT ELEMENTS MUST THEY INCLUDE
IN THEIR DESIGN
OF THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT?
CHECK THE NOTES
FROM YOUR CHART RIGHT NOW,
AND COMPARE IT TO THE LIST
I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU.
OKAY, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN IN THE CLASSROOM,
SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST.
I HAVE MY HANDY-DANDY
SCREEN HERE,
SO THAT YOU CANNOT SEE
WHAT I WANT YOU TO
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN PSAS.
THE FIRST THING
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
IS THAT YOU NEED
TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAVE
A CLEAR MAIN MESSAGE.
IT'S REALLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE REASON WHY
YOU'RE DOING IT,
AND PUTTING IT FORWARD.
She slowly uncovers a list on a green piece of paper.
She continues THE SECOND
IMPORTANT ELEMENT
IN YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT...
THERE WE GO.
THAT WORKED OUT WELL.
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION, "WHO?"
OR QUESTIONS,
"WHO?" "WHAT?"
"WHY?" "WHEN?" AND "WHERE?"
THIS-- SOME OF THEM
EVEN ANSWER "HOW?"
EITHER WAY,
IT GIVES LOTS OF QUESTIONS
SO THAT YOUR LISTENER
WILL UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO INFORM THEM OF.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
IS THAT-- WHOOPS!
NO PEEKING.
(chuckling)
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS.
WHAT WE MEAN BY THIS
IS YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK
OF THE AUDIENCE
THAT YOU ARE MAKING
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR,
AND YOU WANT TO CREATE
CHARACTERS OR PEOPLE SPEAKING
THAT THEY'LL RELATE TO.
SO, IN THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
UM, YOU NOTICE THAT THEY...
THERE WERE KIDS
THAT WERE TALKING.
BECAUSE THEY WERE
TALKING TO KIDS.
SO, THESE ARE AUDIENCE
APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
IS THAT...
WHOOP, THIS ONE IS A
LITTLE BIT TOUGHIE-- TOUGH.
THERE WE GO.
I GOT IT.
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE
AN ENGAGING TONE AND DESIGN.
THIS IS REALLY TRUE
FOR ANY AUDIENCE,
BUT YOU DEFINITELY
WOULD CHANGE THE TYPE
OF TONE AND DESIGN IF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
WAS MADE FOR SMALL CHILDREN,
VERSUS ADULTS.
OKAY?
YOU WOULD SEE
DIFFERENT COLOURING,
YOU WOULD SEE
DIFFERENT MUSIC.
ALL OF THIS
WOULD ATTRACT THE AUDIENCE
TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE LAST ELEMENT
THAT IS IMPORTANT
IN A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT...
IS IF IT IS AN EVENT,
YOU NEED TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE
THE NAME OF THE EVENT
AS WELL AS
THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME,
WEBSITE ADDRESS,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT
CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO, THESE ARE A LOT
OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
THAT ARE FOUND IN
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LIST.
DID YOU GET SOME OF THE SAME
THINGS AS WE TALKED ABOUT?
I WONDER IF YOU HAD
ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
IF WE WERE IN THE CLASSROOM,
WE COULD COMPARE NOTES.
BUT I'M HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO
SHARE MY IDEAS WITH YOU TODAY.
THE ELEMENTS OF
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL ALSO CHANGE DEPENDING
ON THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHO DO YOU BELIEVE
THE TARGET AUDIENCE WAS
FOR THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS?
WAS IT A YOUNGER AUDIENCE
OR WAS IT ADULTS?
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
WHAT ELEMENTS OF THE
ODD SQUAD
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
HELP YOU IDENTIFY
WITH THIS TARGET AUDIENCE?
WELL, I THINK IF WE LOOK AT
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS,
WE WOULD HAVE SEEN
THAT IN BOTH
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
THERE WERE CHILDREN
BEING THE LEADERS. RIGHT?
SO, CHILDREN
WERE TEACHING CHILDREN.
SO, THAT WOULD BE
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE.
ALSO, THEY BOTH INCLUDED
VERY ENGAGING TONE AND DESIGN.
SO, IF YOU LOOK
AT THE MESSAGES,
THEY WERE APPROPRIATE
FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE,
EASY TO UNDERSTAND,
THE GRAPHICS WERE FUN,
AND THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE USED
REALLY WAS FOCUSED
ON YOUNG CHILDREN.
OKAY.
YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING VERY HARD
AND DESERVE TO TAKE
A BODY BREAK.
PLEASE FIND A SAFE SPACE
WITH ENOUGH ROOM TO MOVE AROUND,
AND FREE FROM
ANY TRIPPING HAZARDS.
WE DON'T WANT
ANY ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE DO
WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN.
SO GET UP, GET MOVING,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
RECHARGED AND READY.
HAVE FUN!
A clip plays.
(theme music playing)
Against a yellow starry backdrop, the name of the show reads "Power up."
Lucas and Lola, Laura's dog, appear on split screens. Lucas sits at home. He is in his twenties, with short brown hair and wears a gray shirt.
Lucas says HEY, TVOKIDS!
HEY, LOLA, AND...
HEY, LAURA.
I CAN SEE BACK THERE.
COME ON OVER,
IT'S TIME FOR
POWER UP!
Laura is in her twenties, with brown hair in two long braids and wears sunglasses, a white headband and an animal print dress.
Laura says THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S
POWER UP
AND IT'S
ALL ABOUT ANIMAL POSES!
Lucas says WHOA!
Laura says CHECK IT OUT.
THIS ONE'S CALLED
THE TIGER!
Laura moves her hands as claws.
Lucas says I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S AN
OFFICIAL POSE.
UM, I APPRECIATE
THE ENERGY,
BUT WHY ARE YOU
SO DRESSED UP?
WHY ARE YOU SO FANCY?
Laura says WELL, YOU TOLD ME IT WAS
ALL ABOUT ANIMAL POSES.
SO I'M LIKE,
READY TO GO.
I GOT THE GIRAFFE!
Lucas chuckles and says YEAH, YOU...
YOU'RE A GREAT GIRAFFE,
YOU'RE A GREAT LION,
BUT I WAS THINKING
MORE LIKE...
DOWNWARD FACING DOG
AND UPWARD DOG.
Laura says OH, YEAH, YEAH,
TOTALLY.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
LIKE, OKAY.
LIKE, LIKE, LIKE,
Holding Lola, she says DOWNWARD FACING DOG.
UPWARD FACING DOG.
DOWNWARD FACING DOG,
UPWARD FACING DOG.
YOU KNOW, THAT ONE!
Lucas says THINGS LIKE THAT,
TOTALLY.
BUT WHY DON'T WE CHECK IN
WITH OUR EXPERT?
PLEASE WELCOME,
TVOKIDS,
OUR HEALTH AND
PHYS ED TEACHER...
HEATHER!
HEY, HEATHER.
Heather is in her mid-thirties, with blond hair in a ponytail. She wears a blue polo-shirt.
Heather says HI, LAURA.
HEY, LUCAS.
HEY, LOLA!
SO, TODAY
FOR
POWER UP,
WE ARE DOING MOVES
THAT ARE GONNA HELP US
EXPLORE THE OUTSIDE.
ARE YOU THREE READY
TO EXPLORE THE OUTSIDE?
Lucas says SO READY.
WE HAVE
SOME WATER NEARBY,
WE CLEARED OUR SPACE,
WE GOT TONS OF SPACE
AND WE'RE GONNA
HAVE FUN.
WE'VE GOT
A GOOD ATTITUDE.
(music plays)
Heather says AWESOME.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE
ALL READY TO BE SAFE
AS WE MAKE OUR WAY
THROUGH THESE FIVE MOVES.
SO, AS YOU SAID,
MY NAME IS HEATHER.
I AM A TEACHER AS WELL AS
AN AMBASSADOR WITH OPHEA,
AND THROUGH OPHEA
WE TRY TO GET
ALL THE KIDS
ACROSS ONTARIO ACTIVE.
THAT IS OVER TWO MILLION KIDS.
SO, FOR OUR MOVES TODAY,
WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING
DIFFERENT ANIMAL POSES.
SO, THE FIRST POSE THAT I HAVE
FOR YOU IS OUR CAT POSE.
SO, TVOKIDS,
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO GET
ON THE GROUND
AND GET ONTO ALL FOURS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT LUCAS DOING THIS.
HE'S GONNA COME DOWN
ONTO ALL FOURS,
HIS SHOULDERS ARE STACKED
ABOVE HIS WRISTS,
HIS HIPS ARE ABOVE
HIS KNEES.
AND HE IS GONNA
ROUND HIS BACK
LIKE AN ANGRY
HALLOWEEN CAT.
NOW, OF COURSE,
LAURA-
SHE'S DOING OUR
MODIFIED POSES
IN A CHAIR.
SO, TVOKIDS,
IF YOU NEED TO TAKE
SOMETHING A LITTLE EASIER,
TAKE A BREAK,
DEFINITELY FOLLOW ALONG
WITH WHAT LAURA HAS GOING ON.
AWESOME.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING
AT LAURA.
SHE'S DOING A
REALLY BIG STRETCH.
SHE'S TRYING TO REALLY
OPEN UP THAT SPACE
BETWEEN HER
SHOULDER BLADES.
SO, TVOKIDS, LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.
AS YOU PRESS
INTO THE GROUND,
OR AS YOU STRETCH
IN THAT CHAIR,
REALLY TRY TO ROUND YOUR BACK
LIKE A HALLOWEEN CAT.
NOW, HERE'S
OUR NEXT POSE.
OUR NEXT POSE IS OUR
DOWNWARD FACING DOG.
SO, LUCAS,
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU
PUSH SOME WEIGHT
INTO YOUR HANDS
AND THEN PRESS
YOUR SEAT UP HIGH
SO THAT YOU MAKE
AN UPSIDE DOWN V.
NOW, CAN YOU LOOK
WITH YOUR EYES
UNDERNEATH
TOWARDS YOUR FEET?
OH, THAT LOOKS GREAT!
AND I SEE YOU BENDING
THROUGH YOUR KNEES TOO.
NOW, LAURA, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE YOU DO THE SAME THING.
STRETCH FORWARD HERE,
TUCK YOUR CHIN UNDER,
AND COME INTO
A FORWARD FOLD.
REALLY GOOD.
SO, YOU ARE REACHING
TOWARDS YOUR TOES.
LUCAS IS LOOKING
TOWARDS HIS TOES,
AND WE ARE GETTING
THAT STRETCH.
LUCAS IS, ANYWAYS,
THROUGH THE BACK
OF HIS LEGS,
WHILE LAURA, YOU'RE
GETTING THAT STRETCH,
ONCE AGAIN, THROUGH
YOUR UPPER BODY.
NOW,
HERE'S OUR NEXT POSE.
OUR NEXT ONE
IS UPWARD FACING DOG.
SO, LUCAS,
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO SWING
THOSE HIPS FORWARD
TOWARDS YOUR HANDS,
AND THEN LIFT
THAT CHEST UP,
LOOKING UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING.
REALLY NICE.
NOW, YOU COULD EVEN
CURL YOUR TOES.
OH, PERFECT,
YOU DID IT!
AND YOU PUT YOUR SHOELACES
ON THE GROUND.
THAT'S GREAT.
LAURA, I SEE YOU
PUSHING INTO THAT CHAIR,
PUSHING INTO YOUR KNEES,
LIFTING THAT CHEST UP,
AND THAT'S AWESOME.
COULD WE'LL MAKE SURE
TO DROP OUR SHOULDERS
AWAY FROM OUR EARS?
LET'S GET REALLY LONG
THROUGH THAT UPPER BODY,
SHOULDERS DROP AWAY,
PRESSING
INTO THE GROUND,
LIFTING
THAT CHEST UP.
WE'RE PRESSING
INTO OUR CHAIR.
OKAY, TVOKIDS,
THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
HERE'S OUR NEXT ONE.
OUR NEXT ONE IS TRIANGLE,
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING
OUTSIDE NATURE THEME,
LET'S CALL THIS ONE
OUR MOUNTAIN POSE.
SO, WHAT I WANT YOU
TO DO, TVOKIDS,
I WANT YOU TO STAND UP.
YOU'RE GONNA GET
YOUR LEGS NICE AND WIDE,
EXTEND THAT RIGHT ARM OUT.
WE'RE GONNA REACH
AS FAR AS WE CAN.
AND WHEN YOU CAN'T
STRETCH ANY FURTHER,
YOU'RE GONNA HINGE DOWN
INTO THE SHAPE
OF A TRIANGLE.
AND LET'S SEE LUCAS.
OH, LUCAS IS DOING
SUCH AN AWESOME JOB.
EXCELLENT WORK THERE,
LAURA, AS WELL.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT LAURA IS DOING,
SHE'S GOT HER ARM
REACHED DOWN
AND HER OTHER HAND IS STACKED
ABOVE HER SHOULDER,
HER SECOND SHOULDER,
AND THEN HER OTHER HAND.
LAURA, CAN YOU LOOK UP
TOWARDS YOUR-- YOUR TOP ARM?
OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE.
NOW LET'S SEE HOW LUCAS IS DOING
THAT SAME POSE, STANDING.
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT LUCAS,
WE CAN SEE HIS TOP HAND
IS STACKED ABOVE HIS SHOULDER,
HIS OTHER SHOULDER,
AND HIS OTHER HAND.
AND TVOKIDS, I WANT YOU DOING
THAT SAME THING AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE LUCAS IS
SO STRONG IN HIS BALANCE,
HE'S SO STEADY,
HE'S EVEN ABLE TO LOOK UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING.
NOW, BOTH LAURA AND LUCAS
JUST SWITCHED SIDES.
SO, TVOKIDS, LET'S MAKE SURE
THAT YOU SWITCH SIDES AS WELL,
AND THAT YOU ARE
NOW STRETCHING
ON THE OTHER SIDE
IN OUR
She air quotes MOUNTAIN
She continues OR TRIANGLE POSE.
OKAY,
HERE'S THE LAST ONE.
I WANT YOU TO STAND
NICE AND TALL
AND WE ARE GONNA COME
INTO A TREE POSE.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO SPREAD
YOUR LEFT TOES OUT
AS WIDE AS YOU CAN.
EVEN IF YOU'RE WEARING
RUNNING SHOES,
SPREAD THOSE TOES OUT,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
BRING YOUR RIGHT FOOT
AND TUCK IT UP
TO YOUR INNER THIGH,
THEN STRETCH THOSE ARMS
UP TOWARDS THE CEILING.
NOW, THERE'S A FEW
DIFFERENT PLACES
YOU CAN PUT THAT FOOT.
SO, IF WE TAKE
A LOOK AT LUCAS,
WE CAN SEE THAT FOOT
IS ON HIS INNER THIGH,
BUT HE COULD ALSO PLACE IT
DOWN TOWARDS HIS SHIN
OR EVEN ON THE FLOOR,
IF HIS BALANCE
IS A LITTLE OFF.
IF WE LOOK AT LAURA,
SHE'S GOT HER LEGS CROSSED
ALMOST LIKE AN EAGLE POSE...
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL POSES.
AND HER ARMS ARE STRETCHED UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING,
AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB
EVEN LOOKING UP THERE AS WELL.
LET'S HOLD IT HERE,
TVOKIDS,
FOR JUST A FEW
MORE SECONDS.
LET'S COUNT DOWN
FROM FOUR,
THREE,
TWO,
ONE.
OH, GREAT JOB,
TVOKIDS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
NOW, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE HYDRATING,
AND WE JUST DID
SOME AWESOME STRETCHING.
SO BYE, LAURA!
BYE, LUCAS!
I'LL SEE YOU LATER!
Lucas says LOOKING GOOD, LAURA.
I'M GONNA GO HYDRATE.
CATCH YOU LATER!
A yellow slate reads "A special thanks to Ophea, and the Ophea ambassador team of teachers for getting us all moving!"
Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communication.
Miss B says WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
I HOPE YOU'VE COME BACK
RE-ENERGIZED
BECAUSE NOW IT'S TIME
TO PUT EVERYTHING THAT
WE LEARNED INTO PRACTICE.
SO, HERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE,
TVOKIDS.
I WANT YOU TO CREATE
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR YOUR SCHOOL,
OR ANY GROUP OF CHILDREN,
BASED ON A TOPIC
THAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT.
LET'S GET OUT OUR PAPERS
ONE LAST TIME.
WRITE THE TITLE, "MY
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT,"
OR JUST "MY PSA" FOR SHORT.
SKIP A LINE AND WRITE...
"TOPIC," JUST LIKE THIS.
HERE ARE SOME TOPICS
THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER,
IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF ONE
ON YOUR OWN.
YOU COULD PICK
"HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS,"
LIKE THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
OR YOU COULD PICK THE TOPIC
OF HALLWAY SAFETY.
UM, OR YOU COULD...
TALK ABOUT HOW TO DISPOSE
OF WASTE AT SCHOOL,
LIKE HOW TO RECYCLE, COMPOST,
AND TO SORT YOUR GARBAGE.
SOMETHING THAT I'M
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
IS HONOURING THE LAND.
AND MAYBE, AFTER TODAY,
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU AS WELL.
SO, WHERE IT SAYS "TOPIC."
FOR ME...
I AM GOING TO WRITE,
"HONOUR THE LAND."
HONOUR... THE...
LAND.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
TAKE A MOMENT TO PLEASE
WRITE YOUR TOPIC DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT,
TVOKIDS?
OKAY.
SKIP A LINE
AND WRITE "AUDIENCE."
SO, LET ME GIVE YOU THIS
SO THAT YOU CAN GET STARTED.
She shows a list and continues JUST LIKE THAT.
AND THEN CONSIDER
THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
THE AUDIENCE YOU CAN CONSIDER
COULD BE SMALL CHILDREN,
IT COULD BE OLDER CHILDREN,
TEENAGERS, OR EVEN ADULTS.
ASK YOURSELF,
"WHO NEEDS THIS INFORMATION?"
AND "WHO CAN THIS HELP?"
I WANNA TARGET ALL GRADE SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
BECAUSE I THINK THAT
THEY WILL REALLY CONNECT
WITH MY PASSION
OF HONOURING THE LAND,
AND THEY WILL WANT
TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT IT.
I ALSO PRAY AND HOPE
THAT EVENTUALLY,
THEY'LL TEACH THEIR KIDS
ABOUT IT,
AND THEN SO ON AND SO ON.
SO, MY AUDIENCE ARE GOING...
IS GOING TO BE "STUDENTS."
AND I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING
OF GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IF THERE WERE ANY UNIVERSITY
OR COLLEGE STUDENTS
OR TRADE STUDENTS
THAT WANTED TO, UM,
CATCH ONTO MY PASSION,
I'D BE HAPPY
TO TEACH THEM AS WELL.
OKAY.
AFTER YOU HAVE
PICKED YOUR TOPIC,
AND AFTER YOU'VE THOUGHT
ABOUT YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE,
I WANT YOU TO SKIP A LINE
AND WRITE "FORMAT."
AND CONSIDER
HOW YOU WISH TO CREATE
YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FORM
FOR THIS PSA?
WHAT WILL BE
MOST APPROPRIATE?
HOW IS THIS FORM APPROPRIATE
FOR YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE?
SO, SOME IDEAS FOR YOU
AND FOR DIFFERENT FORMS
COULD BE A VIDEO FORMAT,
IT COULD BE A POSTER,
IT COULD BE A BROCHURE.
WHEN I THINK OF MY
TARGET AUDIENCE, STUDENTS,
AND I THINK OF
WHAT I WANT TO TELL THEM
ALL ABOUT
HONOURING THE LAND,
I THINK THAT
THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORMAT
FOR MY PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT
WOULD BE A VIDEO FORMAT.
BECAUSE IT'S FAST,
IT ENGAGING,
I CAN INCLUDE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO, UNDER "FORMAT,"
I'M GOING TO WRITE "VIDEO."
WHOOPS.
JUST LIKE THAT.
OKAY.
SO, REMEMBER,
YOU CAN PAUSE THIS VIDEO
AT ANY TIME
IF YOU NEED TO CATCH UP.
SOMETIMES WE CAN
THINK OF THINGS RIGHT AWAY
AND IT'S EASY FOR US
TO WRITE THINGS DOWN,
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I LOVE WHEN CHILDREN
PAUSE AND THINK
AND GIVE IT A LOT OF TIME
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE
WEIGHING THE ODDS, RIGHT?
THEY'RE THINKING,
"WHAT WOULD FIT BEST HERE?"
AND THEY'RE TRYING OUT
DIFFERENT IDEAS.
AND THAT'S REALLY, UH,
MAKING YOUR LEARNING GROW.
SO, PLEASE, DON'T BE AFRAID
TO PAUSE THE VIDEO
AND THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC,
YOUR AUDIENCE,
AND THE FORM OF YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
ONCE YOU'VE GOT THAT
ALL SETTLED
AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY,
ALL YOU NEED TO DO NOW...
HA-HA,
IT'S THE BIGGEST PART...
IS TO WRITE YOUR PLAN.
SO, PLEASE SKIP A LINE
AFTER YOUR AUDIENCE, AND WRITE...
OOPS, SORRY...
AFTER YOUR FORMAT,
AND WRITE "PLAN."
OKAY.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL YOU
INCLUDE IN YOUR PLAN?
WHAT ELEMENTS
WILL YOU USE
FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT?
WILL IT HAVE IMAGES
OR ILLUSTRATIONS?
WILL THERE BE TEXT?
WILL YOU INCLUDE
A DEMONSTRATION?
WILL YOU RECORD
AN AUDIO OR VIDEO CLIP?
OR MAYBE EVEN
YOU'LL MAKE A FLYER.
I AM DEFINITELY GOING
TO INCLUDE IMAGES AND VIDEOS
IN MY PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT,
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE
EYE-CATCHING AND RELATABLE.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN
RIGHT HERE.
I'M GOING TO PUT,
"INCLUDE...
"BRIGHT...
PICS..."
AND I'M ALSO...
I WANT TO INCLUDE...
"SOME FUN VIDEOS."
OKAY, MY MARKER IS NOT BEING
A TRUSTY MARKER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STARTING TO RUN OUT,
BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW
I AM RECORDING MY PLAN.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IN MY PLAN,
I WRITE DOWN
THAT I WANT TO INCLUDE
SIMPLE WORDS AND PHRASES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE
I WANT TO TALK
TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF STUDENTS.
STUDENTS THAT ARE YOUNGER,
AND STUDENTS THAT ARE OLDER.
SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I HAVE SIMPLE ENOUGH
WORDS AND PICTURES
SO THAT THE YOUNGER STUDENTS
CAN UNDERSTAND,
BUT I ALSO WANT
TO INCLUDE INFORMATION
TO GRAB ATTENTION
OF THE OLDER STUDENTS.
SO, ONE LAST THING
I WANT TO WRITE IN MY PLAN
IS TO INCLUDE...
SIMPLE WORDS...
AND MEANINGFUL... .UM, I'M NOT SURE
WHETHER I SHOULD WRITE
"TEXT" OR "EXPLANATION."
I THINK I'LL PUT TEXT,
BUT THEN I'LL KNOW THAT
THAT IS EXPLANATION.
OKAY?
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I WOULD
WANNA INCLUDE IN MY PLAN,
AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME
TO GO OVER,
TO REVIEW
WHAT I ALREADY HAVE,
AND TO ADD MORE DETAIL.
DO YOU DO THIS
WHEN YOU'RE WRITING?
MOST GOOD WRITERS DO.
THEY GET AN IDEA,
AND THEN THEY GO BACK
AND THEY REVISE,
WHICH MEANS
READING YOUR WORK
AND ADDING MORE INFORMATION
TO MAKE YOUR IDEAS GROW.
I KNOW THAT
YOU'LL DO THAT TOO.
AND AFTER YOUR PLAN
IS COMPLETE,
YOU ARE READY
TO SET INTO ACTION
AND DEVELOP YOUR FIRST
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WELL, TVOKIDS,
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED
MY TIME LEARNING WITH YOU
DURING THIS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
I HOPE THAT YOU ARE
WALKING AWAY FROM THIS VIDEO
KNOWING MUCH MORE ABOUT
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DON'T FORGET,
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARE MEANT
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S THEIR PURPOSE.
THEY ALSO COME
IN MANY FORMS,
LIKE POSTERS AND VIDEOS.
PSAS HAVE COMMON FEATURES,
LIKE CLEAR MESSAGING.
THEY ALSO HAVE FEATURES
THAT COULD CHANGE
BASED ON
THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
I REALLY HOPE
THAT YOU FEEL IMPASSIONED
TO INFORM AND HELP OTHERS
AROUND YOU,
AND I HOPE
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE,
AND I HOPE TO SEE BACK SOON FOR
ANOTHER
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
BYE, TVOKIDS!
A caption reads "Bonus Material."
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Fifth Ground Entertainment.
In animation, a sign with the name of the show falls in the water.
The name of the show reads "Leo's Fish Heads."
A clip shows a group of friends fishing.
Leo, an animated fish says WE ARE THE FISHHEADS
EXPLORER CLUB,
SAYAT, CHRISTIAN,
AND ME, LEO.
Sayat is around 12. She has long curly brown hair in a high ponytail and wears a pink sweater, a neon green life jacket, gloves, and a cream cap hat.
Christian is around 12, with short straight light brown hair and wears an orange jacket, a blue life jacket, and rubber gloves.
Leo says TOGETHER, WE'RE GETTING WET
AND MUCKY
WORKING WITH EXPERTS AND
HELPING OUR AQUATIC FRIENDS.
A caption reads "TVO Kids presents: Fish Heads explorer club."
Leo says EACH DAY WE'RE ON A NEW MISSION
EXPLORING WHAT'S GOING ON
ALONG THE SHORELINES
AND UNDER THE WAVES.
SPLISH, SPLASH, GRAB YOUR BOOTS
AND YOU CAN BE A FISHHEAD TOO.
(WATER BURBLES)
Leo says AHH! OH, (CHUCKLE)
SILLY ME,
JUST A SHADOW.
EVERYONE KNOWS GARLIC KEEPS
VAMPIRES AWAY
AND THAT'S WHAT SEA LAMPREY
ARE IN MY BOOK.
VAMPIRES!
SO, WITH THEIR EXCELLENT SENSE
OF SMELL,
I'M SURE THIS LOVELY STRING
OF GARLIC
WILL MAKE SURE NO SEA LAMPREY
WILL DROP BY
THE EXPLORER CLUB HEADQUARTERS.
The fishfinder shows an image of a sea lamprey.
Leo says AH!
THE SEA LAMPREY IS AT THE TOP
OF OUR FISH FINDER LIST TODAY.
SEA LAMPREY ARE BLOODSUCKERS,
REAL LIFE VAMPIRES.
IN ORDER TO LIVE,
THEY NEED THE BLOOD
OF ANOTHER FISH. EW!
THE FISHHEADS ARE MEETING UP
WITH GALE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
FISHERIES AND OCEANS,
AND TED FROM THE GREAT LAKES
FISHERY COMMISSION
TO HELP PUT A STOP TO THESE
BLOODSUCKING BULLIES.
By the river, the kids put their lifejackets on and grab their equipment from the back of a pick-up truck.
Christian says WE'VE MET LOTS OF DIFFERENT
FISH OVER OUR TIME
AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN AMAZING.
BUT I THINK THE SEA LAMPREY
ARE A BIT SCARY.
Sayat says THEY ARE KINDA LIKE VAMPIRES
SO I CAN'T ARGUE WITH YOU.
ALL CREATURES HAVE SOME
INTERESTING QUALITIES
AND I'M REALLY GLAD
WE GET TO HELP LEO
AND THE REST OF OUR FISH
FRIENDS SLEEP
A LITTLE EASIER TONIGHT.
Christian says TRUE, THEY MAY BE A BIT SCARY
BUT WHEN ELSE WOULD WE BE ABLE
TO SEE A VAMPIRE UP CLOSE.
Sayat goes back for a net and says YEAH.
OH WAIT.
Leo says SAFETY CHECK!
NEVER GO NEAR RIVERS
AND STREAMS
IN THE SPRING WITHOUT AN ADULT.
DURING THE SPRING MONTHS,
THE WATER IS MOVING EXTRA FAST
AND IS EXTRA HIGH,
IT'S SUPER EASY TO SLIP ON
THE BANK
AND GET CAUGHT IN THE RUSHING
WATER,
WHICH IS JUST ONE MORE
REASON WHY
FISHHEADS ALWAYS WEAR THEIR
PFD'S
WHEN THEY ARE NEAR THE WATER.
Ted says SO YOU GUYS READY TO JOIN
THE SEA LAMPREY CONTROL UNIT?
Ted is in his late thirties, with short brown hair and a ebard. He wears glasses, a black jacket and a white cap.
Christian says WE FISHHEADS ARE ALWAYS
READY.
A caption reads "Gale Bravener. Department of fisheries and oceans biologist."
Ted is in his late thirties, bald and clean-shaven and wears a red and gray jacket and a gray cap.
Gale says AWESOME, WE HAVE A LOT OF
TRAPS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES
AND WE HAVE TWO TRAPS ON THIS
RIVER TO CHECK TODAY.
Sayat says DO YOU ALWAYS SET TRAPS
FOR SEA LAMPREY?
Gale says WE ONLY SET TRAPS
IN THE SPRING
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE SEA
LAMPREY ARE MIGRATING UPSTREAM
FROM THE LAKE TO THE RIVERS
TO SPAWN AND LAY THEIR EGGS.
Christian says SO ARE THEY LIKE THE
SALMON WHO GO BACK TO THE RIVER
WHERE THEY WERE BORN
TO LAY THEIR EGGS?
The caption changes to "Ted Lawrence. Great Lakes fishery commission scientist."
Ted says THEY'RE SIMILAR.
SEA LAMPREY AND SALMON
BOTH SWIM UP STREAMS
TO LAY THEIR EGGS,
OR WHAT WE CALL SPAWNING.
SALMON HOWEVER USES
A HOMING BEACON.
THEY RETURN TO THE SAME STREAM
THAT THEY WERE SPAWNED IN
AND THAT THEY HATCHED OUT OF.
The caption changes to "Spawn means laying eggs for babies."
Ted says SEA LAMPREYS HOWEVER,
THEY USE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL
TO FIND SUITABLE STREAMS
TO SPAWN IN.
SO YOU GUYS READY TO GO CHECK
THIS TRAP?
Sayat and Christian say YEAH.
Ted says ALRIGHT, LET'S GO.
Sayat and Christian help take the trap out of the water.
Christian says HERE.
Sayat says WOW! THAT'S A LOT.
Christian says WHOA!
Ted says IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE
THAN JUST SEA LAMPREY
IN HERE TODAY, GUYS.
Sayat says IT MUST BE PRETTY SCARY
FOR THE FISH
TO BE IN WITH ALL THESE SEA
LAMPREY.
Ted says INTERESTINGLY, THEY SHUT DOWN
THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
WHEN THEY'RE SPAWNING.
THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR ENERGY
INTO JUST LAYING EGGS.
SO ANY FISH, OR ANY OTHER
ORGANISMS THAT ARE IN HERE,
REALLY AREN'T IN DANGER BECAUSE
SEA LAMPREYS ARE FOCUSED
ON ONE THINGS, AND THAT'S GOING
UPSTREAM AND SPAWNING.
Sayat says THAT'S CRAZY.
Ted says YEAH,
IT'S AMAZING HOW NATURE FOCUSES
PRIMARILY ON SURVIVAL
AND HAVING MORE YOUNG.
SO YOU GUYS READY TO TAKE THESE
OUT AND GO SORT 'EM?
Sayat says YEAH.
Christian says SURE.
Ted says RIGHT WHERE I AM,
THERE YOU GO,
NOW YOU HAVE A SEA LAMPREY
IN YOUR HAND. TURN IT OVER.
Sayat says IT HAS ONE EYE?
Ted says IT HAS TWO EYES ON EACH SIDE.
Sayat says OH I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
Ted says BUT NOW LOOK AT THAT MOUTH,
IT HAS THE OUTER SUCTION CUP
WHICH HAS 60 POUNDS OF SUCTION
PER SQUARE INCH
WHICH IS 10 TIMES STRONGER
THAN A VACUUM CLEANER.
AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT
ARE ALL THOSE SHARP BARBED
TEETH THAT YOU SEE IN THERE.
AND ALL THOSE SHARP BARBED
TEETH AUTOMATICALLY GO
INTO THE SIDE OF THE SKIN
OF THE FISH,
SO FISH CANNOT GET
A SEA LAMPREY OFF OF IT.
Sayat says LOOK AT THE GILLS.
Ted says THERE'S SEVEN ON EACH SIDE.
Sayat says ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
Ted says SO THIS IS A FISH.
Sayat says YEAH, IT HAS SEVEN OF 'EM.
Ted says YEAH.
IF YOU WANT TO.
Christian giggles as the fish sucks his hand.
(LAUGHING)
Gale says YOU WANT IT OFF?
WANNA TAKE IT OFF?
T says YOU READY?
Christian says OH YES, YES, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, OH, OH!
Sayat says WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?
Christian says OH MY GOD,
IT'S LIKE A SUCTION
AND TICKLED A BIT,
BUT THEN IT, AFTER A BIT IT
STARTED HURTING, AND...
Ted says ARE YOU READY TO TRY?
Sayat laughs as ted puts the fish on her hand.
The caption changes to "Fish talk with Leo."
Leo says THE SEA LAMPREY MAY SEEM LIKE
BIG BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE
BULLIES,
BUT THEY DIDN'T START OUT
THAT WAY.
WHEN THEY HATCH OUT OF THEIR
EGGS THEY ARE KNOWN AS LARVAE.
THEY BURY THEMSELVES
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER
WITH JUST THEIR MOUTHS
POKING OUT
AND THEY STAY LIKE THAT
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME,
FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S ALL THEY ARE,
JUST WIGGLY LITTLE BODIES
AND A MOUTH,
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE EYES.
HA, NOT SUCH A TOUGH GUY NOW,
ARE YOU?
BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
DEVELOP EYES,
AND START TO GROW,
AND THEN THEY NEED BLOOD
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
SO THEY HEAD OUT INTO THE LAKE
AND THEY FIND FISH TO FEED ON.
(WEAK CHUCKLE)
AND THAT'S THE MOMENT THESE
WIGGLY NO EYES,
BOTTOM FEEDERS BECOME VAMPIRES.
MUAH, HA, HA, HA, HA.
Sayat says THESE GUYS FEEL DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER FISH, HOW COME?
Gale says COMPARED TO OTHER FISH,
THESE ARE LONG AND SKINNY,
THEY HAVE A LOT OF MUSCLE,
NOT MUCH FAT,
AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SCALES
EITHER.
Sayat says DO THEY FISH FEEL LAMPREY
ON THEM?
Ted says WE CAN'T TELL
IF THE FISH FEELS PAIN,
BUT WE'VE SEEN FISH JUMPING
WITH THE SEA LAMPREY ON THEM,
PROBABLY TRYING
TO SHAKE 'EM OFF.
Sayat says YIKES, NEXT TIME WE GO
IN THE WATERS
I'M GONNA WEAR LAMPREY
REPELLANT.
Ted says WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO
BECAUSE SEA LAMPREYS LIKE COLD
DEEP WATER,
AND OF COURSE WE SWIM IN WARM
SHALLOW WATER.
AND, SEA LAMPREYS DON'T LIKE
WARM
BLOODED ORGANISMS LIKE US.
Sayat says EVEN IF WE WERE IN THE WATER
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME?
Ted says EVEN IF WE'RE IN THE WATER
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
Christian says HEY GUYS,
I THINK WE GOT A BABY.
Gale says LET ME SEE.
NO, THAT LOOKS LIKE A LARVAL
LAMPREY
WHICH IS THE BABY OF THE
AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY.
Sayat says WE'VE GOT OUR OWN LAMPREY?
Gale says YEAH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE FOUR
SPECIES OF NATIVE LAMPREY
IN THE GREAT LAKES; TWO OF THEM
ARE PARASITIC SPECIES.
Leo says A PARASITE IS A CREATURE
THAT NEEDS TO LIVE
ON ANOTHER CREATURE IN ORDER TO
SURVIVE, LIKE FLEAS,
OR LICE, OR THE STAR OF
THE SHOW, THE LAMPREY.
Sayat says THIS IS SO SMALL COMPARED
TO THE SEA LAMPREY.
Gale says THIS SPECIES DOESN'T GET ANY
BIGGER THAN THAT.
IT WILL CHANGE AND DEVELOP EYES
AND SOME TEETH,
BUT IT STAYS IN THE STREAM
AND SPAWNS IN THE STREAM
WITHOUT GOING TO FEED
ON FISH AT ALL.
AND SO IT'S VERY SMALL,
AND EVEN THE TWO SPECIES THAT
ARE PARASITIC SPECIES,
THEY DON'T GET AS LARGE
AS THE SEA LAMPREY
AND SO THEY DON'T DO AS MUCH
DAMAGE TO A FISH.
Pictures of two non-parasitic species appear: the American brook and the northern brook.
Now pictures of two parasitic species appear: the silver lamprey and the chestnut lamprey.
Christian says SO OUR LAMPREY ARE
ARE OKAY
CAUSE THEY DON'T HARM THE FISH
AND THEY DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH
BLOOD FROM THE FISH EITHER,
RIGHT?
Gale says YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,
IT'S KIND OF A LIKE
A MOSQUITO BITE ON THE FISH.
Sayat says TODAY'S FISH TALE IS ABOUT
THE SEA LAMPREY.
THEY MAY SEEM LIKE BIG BULLIES
HERE IN THE GREAT LAKES,
BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOVED BY
MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
LAMPREY PIE IS A SPECIAL TREAT
IN SPAIN,
FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.
LAMPREY PIE WAS SERVED AT THE
QUEEN'S JUBILEE CELEBRATION,
AND THOSE LAMPREY CAME
FROM THE GREAT LAKES.
THE SEA LAMPREY MAY NOT BE
WELCOMED IN THE GREAT LAKES,
BUT THEY'RE LOVED BY
THE ROYALS. THE END.
Ted says HEY GUYS, I THINK
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO MARK
AND RELEASE THE SEA LAMPREYS.
CHRISTIAN, DO YOU WANNA HELP
GALE MARK THESE?
Christian says ABSOLUTELY.
Ted says GREAT.
SAYAT, WHY DON'T WE GO RELEASE
THE NATIVE FISHES THAT WE FOUND
AND THE NEW AMERICAN BROOK
LAMPREY
THAT WE FOUND
AND RELEASE THEM UPSTREAM.
Christian says AWESOME.
Gale gives Ted the bucket with the fish.
Ted says YEAH, THANKS.
Gale says THERE YOU GO.
WE CAUGHT 20.
Leo says A FEW LAMPREYS ARE MARKED
WITH A CLIP IN THEIR FIN
AND THEN RELEASED BACK
IN THE RIVER.
SO EACH TIME THEY CHECK
THE TRAPS
THEY CAN CHECK TO SEE WHO
IS MARKED AND WHO ISN'T.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET
A POPULATION ESTIMATE,
BY COMPARING THE NEW LAMPREY
WITH THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN
MARKED, CLEVER, HUH?
Gale says NOW WE CAN GO RELEASE THEM.
Sayat says OFF YOU GO MR. AMERICAN BROOK
LAMPREY, SEE YOU LATER.
Gale says SO DID YOU HAVE FUN LEARNING
ABOUT SEA LAMPREY, CHRISTIAN?
Christian says YEAH. ARE YOU SURE IT'S OKAY
TO RELEASE THESE GUYS?
Gale says YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY OKAY.
WE'RE RELEASING IN A SMALL
NUMBER,
WE REMOVE MOST OF THEM
FROM THE TRAP.
WE NEED TO RELEASE A SMALL
NUMBER TO GET A POPULATION
ESTIMATE,
AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THAT
WE'VE REDUCED THE POPULATION
BY 90 PERCENT IN ALL THE GREAT LAKES.
Christian says WOW! 90 PERCENT, THAT'S AMAZING.
BACK TO THE RIVER YOU GO THEN.
A sign reads "Fish heads alert."
Leo says ATTENTION FELLOW
FISHHEADS,
THE BEST WAY TO HELP
YOUR LOCAL RIVER
AND KEEP AHEAD OF THE SEA
LAMPREY
IS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM
AND LEARN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A NATIVE LAMPREY
AND SEA LAMPREY.
IF YOU CATCH A FISH WITH
A SEA LAMPREY ATTACHED,
PLEASE DON'T PUT THAT LAMPREY
BACK INTO THE WATER,
PLEEEASE!
OH, AND LET YOUR LOCAL WATER OR
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY KNOW.
Christian says THE SEA LAMPREY WERE A BIT
SCARY,
BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE
INTERESTING CREATURES.
Ted says INDEED, EVERYTHING FROM THEIR
UNIQUE SENSE OF SMELL
TO COMMUNICATE,
TO GOING FROM A EYELESS,
TOOTHLESS WORM,
AND GROWING THOSE EYES
AND THOSE TEETH
INTO THE PARASITIC BLOODSUCKER
WE JUST SAW.
THEY'RE GREAT IN THE OCEAN,
THEY HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST
SHARKS AND WHALES,
BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT GOOD
IN THE GREAT LAKES.
Gale says SO ARE YOU GUYS READY TO GO
CHECK SOME MORE TRAPS?
Sayat says WE'RE ALWAYS READY,
BUT NOT BEFORE THE FISHHEADS
HANDSHAKE.
LIKE THIS.
They all do the handshake and say FISHHEADS.
Ted says ALRIGHT.
Christian says GOOD.
Leo says WOW, SEEING THE GREAT WORK
BEING DONE BY THE FISHHEADS
AND THE SEA LAMPREY CONTROL
UNIT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EVER
WORRIED ABOUT.
HM... ON SECOND THOUGHT,
DON'T WANNA WASTE A PERFECTLY
GOOD STRING OF GARLIC. HA HA.
Music plays as the end credits roll.
The caption changes to "TVO Kids would like to thank all the teachers involved in the Power Hour of Learning as they continue to teach the children of Ontario from their homes."
A caption reads "Copyright 2021, 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 JUNIOR LESSON:
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Miss B is in her early thirties, with short curly black hair. She wears a denim shirt and a necklace.
Miss B says HI, JUNIORS,
AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE
OF
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR
OF LEARNING.
MY NAME IS MS. B
AND I'M EXCITED
TO EXPLORE SOME LEARNING
WITH YOU TODAY,
WHILE YOU ARE
LEARNING FROM HOME.
TO BE HONEST,
I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
THIS IS MY FIRST
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING EVER.
DO YOU GET NERVOUS
WHEN YOU DO NEW THINGS,
OR WHEN YOU MEET
NEW PEOPLE?
I WONDER WHAT TRICKS YOU HAVE
TO MANAGE THIS STRESS.
I LIKE TO TAKE SLOW,
DEEP BREATHS
AND TRY
TO LAUGH IT OFF.
BUT I KNOW
WHATEVER HAPPENS,
IT WILL BE
A NEW ADVENTURE
AND I'M HAPPY
TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR,
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT A TYPE OF MEDIA
CALLED PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'LL EXPLORE SOME
COOL RESOURCES FROM TVO,
LEARN SOME NEW FACTS,
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO APPLY ALL THIS
NEW KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF FUN.
OKAY.
SO, FOR TODAY'S LESSON,
YOU ARE GOING TO NEED
SOME WRITING TOOLS.
THIS COULD BE A PIECE OF PAPER
AND A PENCIL,
OR IT CAN BE
A DIGITAL PAPER,
LIKE GOOGLE DOCS
OR MICROSOFT.
IF YOU ARE WORKING
ON PAPER,
YOU MAY ALSO NEED
SOME COLOURING THINGS,
LIKE MARKERS
OR PENCIL CRAYONS.
LASTLY, YOU WILL NEED
A SAFE PLACE WITH LOTS OF ROOM
TO DO SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
FOR A BODY BREAK.
PLEASE PAUSE THE VIDEO
TO GET THIS READY
AND PRESS PLAY
ONCE YOU'RE READY TO GO.
I TEACH A JUNIOR CLASS
AND EACH MORNING,
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
AS A GROUP,
WE LIKE
TO CENTRE OURSELVES.
SINCE YOU'RE
MY STUDENT TODAY,
I REALLY WANNA DO THIS
WITH YOU.
IN CANADA,
ANY TIME WE GATHER,
WE SHOULD HONOUR THE LAND
AND TERRITORY WE ARE MEETING ON
BY RECOGNIZING
THAT THE LAND WAS FIRST OWNED
BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
AS I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I DO IN MY CLASS EACH DAY.
I WONDER IF YOU DO THIS
IN YOUR CLASS?
IF YOU DO, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A
FAMILIAR STATEMENT THAT YOU SAY.
TODAY, I WILL READ
A LAND RECOGNITION STATEMENT,
BUT BEFORE I DO,
I REALLY WANNA CONNECT YOU
TO WHY WE READ THESE
LAND RECOGNITION STATEMENTS.
HERE'S A SHORT CLIP
TO EXPLAIN.
A man sits by a desk. He is in his forties, balding with a short beard. He wears a white shirt under a blue jacket.
He says LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHOW RESPECT
FOR THE TREATIES WE'VE ENTERED
WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
THE FIRST TREATY,
BETWEEN SETTLERS AND THE
HAUDENOSAUNEE CONFEDERACY,
THE TWO ROW WAMPUM,
HAS ROOTS IN NIAGARA,
WHERE I LIVE.
AT THE LANDSCAPE OF NATIONS
IN QUEENSTON HEIGHTS,
WE'VE BUILT A MONUMENT TO
RECOGNIZE AND SHARE THAT STORY.
THE TWO ROW WAMPUM
IS DEPICTED AS TWO PURPLE ROWS
AGAINST A BED OF WHITE.
Fast clips show an arched pathway in a park.
He continues IT'S MEANT TO SIGNIFY
TWO CULTURES, TWO PEOPLES,
FOLLOWING PARALLEL PATHS
ON A RIVER,
UNDISTURBED BY EACH OTHER.
IF YOU START
ON THE TWO ROW WAMPUM PATH,
IT WILL LEAD YOU
TO THE TREE OF PEACE.
AND SO CAN OUR JOURNEY
WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
BUT WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING
AND RESPECTING
THE TREATIES
THAT WE'VE SIGNED,
WE CAN'T FOLLOW THAT PATH.
IN HONOUR
OF THOSE TREATIES,
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT IN TORONTO,
WHERE TVO'S MAIN OFFICE
IS LOCATED,
WE OPERATE ON THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES
OF THE ANISHINAABE,
THE HAUDENOSAUNEE,
THE HURON-WENDAT,
AND THE MISSISSAUGAS
OF THE NEW CREDIT TERRITORY.
AND IN NIAGARA,
THE ANISHINAABE,
HAUDENOSAUNEE,
AND OJIBWE CHIPPEWA.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
THE ENDURING PRESENCE
OF ALL FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS,
AND INUIT PEOPLES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TVO OPERATES
ON A COLONIAL SETTLER STATE.
WE RECOGNIZE THE VIOLENCE,
OPPRESSION, AND UNDERMINING
OF SELF-DETERMINATION THAT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STILL FACE.
IT IS OUR DUTY,
OUR COLLECTIVE DUTY,
TO AMPLIFY INDIGENOUS STORIES,
PERSPECTIVES, AND ISSUES.
Miss B reappears and says WELCOME BACK.
I BET YOU LEARNED A LOT
AND ARE WANTING TO KNOW MORE,
SO LET'S DO THAT NOW.
IN ORDER TO HONOUR THE LAND
THAT YOU'RE ON,
YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE WHOSE LAND
IT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO.
HERE'S A QUICK DEMONSTRATION
TO SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND OUT
WHICH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S LANDS
YOU ARE LIVING ON.
A slate shows a map that reads "First Nations and Treaties. Go to www.ontario.ca/page/treaties to find out!"
A Female Narrator says HELLO.
THIS IS A VIDEO
THAT WILL HELP YOU TO FIND OUT
WHOSE LAND YOU ARE LIVING ON.
BY THE TIME
YOU'RE FINISHED THIS VIDEO,
I HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
WHO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE
WHO FIRST LIVED ON THE LAND
THAT YOU LIVE ON TODAY.
PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE
THAT YOU SEE LISTED.
SEE YOU OVER THERE!
THIS IS A WEBSITE
THAT IS ALL ABOUT
TREATY LANDS IN ONTARIO.
IT GIVES US A LOT
OF VALUABLE INFORMATION
ABOUT TRUE CANADIAN HISTORY,
AND I RECOMMEND THAT YOU
COME BACK AND EXPLORE IT.
BUT FOR TODAY,
WE ARE GOING TO BE USING IT
JUST TO HELP US OUT
TO FIND OUT WHOSE LAND
THAT WE ARE LIVING ON,
IF WE ALREADY DON'T KNOW
THAT INFORMATION.
SO, LET'S GET STARTED.
ONCE AT THE WEBSITE,
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
TO THE TREATIES SECTION.
YOU CAN FIND IT BY LOOKING
FOR THE SUBTITLE, "TREATIES."
ONCE IN THAT SECTION,
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND LOOK
FOR THE INTERACTIVE LINK
THAT SAYS "INTERACTIVE TREATIES MAP."
SELECT IT,
AND THIS WILL BRING YOU
TO AN INTERACTIVE
TREATIES MAP OF ONTARIO.
THIS MAP LETS YOU SEE
THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVED
ON THE LAND IN ONTARIO
BEFORE SETTLERS CAME
AND MADE TREATIES WITH THEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY,
THE TREATIES WERE NOT, UM...
WERE NOT, UH, RESPECTED.
AND SO, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LANDS.
SO, THIS MAP WILL TELL US
WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED THE LAND.
SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK
TO FIND OUT.
NOW, THE WAY
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS
IS YOU CAN TYPE IN
YOUR CITY NAME,
OR YOU CAN ALSO TYPE IN
YOUR POSTAL CODE.
LET ME SHOW YOU
WITH AN EXAMPLE.
I WILL TYPE IN "TORONTO."
IF YOU NOTICE,
AS I START TYPING,
THE COMPUTER WILL START
GUESSING MY CITY.
AND HERE IT IS,
RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP-
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.
THIS MEANS I DON'T NEED
TO TYPE ANY FARTHER
AND I CAN JUST SELECT
THIS, UM,
THIS CHOICE THAT
THE COMPUTER HAS GIVEN TO ME.
ONCE I DO THAT,
IT WILL PINPOINT MY LOCATION
ON THE MAP.
LET'S DO IT.
AND HERE WE ARE.
THIS IS WHERE TORONTO, ONTARIO'S
LOCATED ON A MAP OF ONTARIO.
THE NEXT THING
YOU WANT TO DO
TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TREATY LAND
THIS FALLS ON,
AND WHICH GROUP OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES FIRST LIVED ON THE LAND,
IS YOU'RE GOING TO CLICK
ON THE COLOUR SECTION.
SO, HERE I GO.
CLICKING ON
THE COLOURED SECTION,
AND IT GIVES ME
A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
IT TELLS ME THAT THE TREATY
IS CALLED THE TORONTO PURCHASE.
IT TELLS ME
WHEN IT IS SIGNED,
AND IT TELLS ME
THE TREATY NUMBER,
WHICH IS ALL
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
DON'T FORGET,
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHOSE LAND WE LIVE ON.
SO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
IF YOU NOTICE,
THE TITLE IS A LINK.
SO, LET'S CLICK ON IT
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO, ONCE WE DO THAT,
IT SHOULD GO TO TREATY 13,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS
HAPPENED TO ME ONCE BEFORE
WHEN I WAS PRACTICING
THIS VIDEO,
SO IT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU.
I'M GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION
THAT I ALREADY READ,
WHICH SAID THAT TORONTO
WAS LOCATED ON TREATY 13.
AND I USED THAT INFORMATION
AND I SCROLLED DOWN
TILL I FOUND IT.
HOPEFULLY
THERE'S NOT A GLITCH
AND YOURS WILL GO
RIGHT TO YOUR TREATY,
BUT JUST IN CASE,
BE MINDFUL OF THAT
AND MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
IN THE CORRECT TREATY AREA.
SO, TORONTO, UH,
IS ON TREATY 13.
AND ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT TREATY
IS CALLED TORONTO PURCHASE.
THIS IS A LOT OF READING
FOR SOME OF YOU,
AND SO YOU MAY NEED
TO ASK AN ADULT FOR HELP.
BUT I'M GOING TO HELP YOU OUT
AND LET YOU KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT THE TREATY AGREEMENT,
IN MOST TIMES,
WAS BETWEEN THE CROWN,
WHICH WERE-- WHICH WAS
THE SETTLERS' GOVERNMENT,
AND IT WILL SHOW YOU
THE GROUP OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
SO, LOOK FOR
THE WORD "CROWN,"
AND LOOK WHO THEY ARE
LINKING IT WITH.
A mouse cursor highlights a fragment of a text.
She continues SO, FOR THE
TORONTO PURCHASE,
I KNOW THAT
THE TREATY AGREEMENT
WAS BETWEEN THE CROWN
AND THE MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
SO, I KNOW WHEN I AM
ON TORONTO LAND,
I AM GOING TO GIVE RESPECT,
I AM GOING TO HONOUR THE LAND
BY HONOURING
MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING,
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT GROUPS
THAT ARE PART
OF THE MISSISSAUGA NATION.
BUT IT IS A BEGINNING.
AND IF YOU ARE GOING
TO HONOUR THE LAND,
YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHOSE LAND YOU'RE LIVING ON.
SO, TORONTO,
YOU ARE LIVING ON THE LAND
OF THE MISSISSAUGA PEOPLES.
I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN FINDING OUT
WHOSE LAND YOU LIVE ON.
The clip ends.
Miss B says OKAY. NOW WE'RE READY
TO RECOGNIZE THE LAND.
HERE'S OUR LAND RECOGNITION
STATEMENT THAT WE'LL SAY TODAY.
A slate reads "Please take a moment to recognize the contributions of the Indigenous peoples in your location. We acknowledge this land and the people, because the first step to reconciliation is recognizing the existence of Indigenous people. Throughout our time together during this TVOkids Power Hour of Learning, we also want to try and consider good ways of working together by following the examples of Indigenous teachings of respect and gratitude for all living things."
She says AND THERE WE GO, JUNIORS.
WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE LAND
THAT WE'RE LIVING ON.
NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON
TO CENTERING OURSELVES.
SO, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I LIKE TO DO
RIGHT BEFORE
WE START WORKING,
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO DO IT NOW.
SO, LET'S MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE SITTING
IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION.
AND WHATEVER POSITION
YOU'RE IN,
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
A NICE, STRAIGHT BACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE,
STRAIGHT LIKE A SOLDIER
THE WHOLE TIME,
BUT YOU WANT TO BE
SITTING UP STRAIGHT
SO THAT YOU CAN BE FOCUSED
DURING THE LESSON.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE READY
TO START TODAY'S LEARNING.
WE WILL START
WITH A MINDS ON EXERCISE.
THIS HELPS OUR BRAINS GET WARMED
UP AND READY FOR LEARNING.
IN TODAY'S LESSON,
WE WILL EXPLORE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THESE ARE OFTEN CALLED PSAS
FOR SHORT.
THROUGHOUT THE HOUR TODAY,
YOU WILL PARTICIPATE
IN A THINK AND SHARE EXERCISE.
A FEW OF THEM, ACTUALLY.
IN THESE EXERCISES,
I'LL ASK A QUESTION AND YOUR JOB
IS TO THINK OF YOUR ANSWER.
THEN, SHARE IT
BY WRITING IT DOWN.
IF YOU ARE
WORKING DIGITALLY,
YOU CAN ALSO USE
THE DICTATE BUTTON
TO HELP YOU SHARE YOUR IDEAS
INSTEAD OF TYPING.
IF YOU'RE WORKING IN WORD,
LOOK ACROSS THE TOP
FOR THE MICROPHONE ICON,
AND IF YOU'RE WORKING IN DOCS,
SELECT "TOOLS."
AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO FIND
THE "VOICE TYPING" OPTION.
HOWEVER YOU CAN DO IT,
PLEASE SHARE,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SHARE
YOUR WORK,
IT'S A GREAT WAY
TO ENGAGE IN THE LESSON
AND IT WILL MAKE THE LESSON WAY
MORE FUN AND MEANINGFUL FOR YOU.
OKAY.
LET'S SET UP YOUR PAGE.
PLEASE PUT A TITLE
AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAGE.
WRITE "PSAS.." JUST LIKE THIS.
She shows a piece of paper.
She continues ALL SET?
OKAY. GREAT.
LET'S GET STARTED.
IF YOU ARE LEARNING
ABOUT THIS TYPE OF MEDIA
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
BASED ON THE NAME,
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PURPOSE IS
OF A PSA?
PLEASE PAUSE THE VIDEO HERE
SO THAT YOU CAN THINK
OF YOUR ANSWER
AND THEN SHARE IT
ON YOUR PAGE.
RESTART THE VIDEO ONCE YOU'RE
DONE AND READY TO COME BACK.
NOW THAT YOU'VE GUESSED
WHAT THE PURPOSE
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT IS,
YOUR BRAIN WILL BE SEARCHING
TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S RIGHT.
SO, LET'S EXPLORE
A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
TO BEGIN OUR EXPLORATION,
TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE POSTERS,
AND TRY TO ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
ABOUT THE POSTERS?
A poster shows a cartoon girl playing with a plane. A caption reads "The playground can wait! Play from home to stop the spread of the virus!" Another poster shows the same girl smiling. A caption reads "Don't touch your face! Touching your face makes it easier for you to come into contact with germs."
She continues DO YOU SEE THINGS
OR CHARACTERISTICS
THAT ARE THE SAME?
WHAT DO THE POSTERS
TELL YOU?
WHY DO YOU THINK
THESE POSTERS
COULD BE CONSIDERED
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS?
YOU PROBABLY NOTICED
MANY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS
BETWEEN THE TWO POSTERS,
AND KNEW EXACTLY WHY
THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED
A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
LATER ON IN THE LESSON,
WE'LL TALK ABOUT
SOME KEY FEATURES OF PSAS
AND THEN YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO SEE
IF YOUR OBSERVATIONS
WERE CORRECT.
OKAY.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOUR BRAIN IS
ALL WARMED AND READY TO LEARN.
SO, LET'S BEGIN.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT GOVERNMENTS
OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
SOMETIMES PRODUCE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BUT WHY?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF A PSA?
WELL, THEY ARE MADE
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
THEY CAN ADVISE PEOPLE
TO FOLLOW HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.
FOR EXAMPLE,
CHECK OUT THIS PSA
PUT OUT BY
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT,
ALL ABOUT THE
CANADA FOOD GUIDE.
A poster shows a healthy dish divided into four sections. It reads "Eat well. Live well. Eat a variety of healthy foods each day. Have plenty of vegetables and fruits. Eat protein foods. Make water your drink of choice. Choose whole grain foods. Discover your food guide at Canada.ca/FoodGuide."
She continues HOW IS IT
INFORMING THE PUBLIC?
CAN YOU SEE
THAT IT GIVES EXAMPLES
OF HOW TO EAT A VARIETY OF FOODS
TO BE HEALTHY?
WHAT MESSAGE IS IT PROVIDING?
CAN YOU GATHER THAT IT IS
TELLING YOU THAT IF WE EAT WELL,
WE WILL LIVE
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE?
SO, THIS PSA INFORMS PEOPLE
HOW TO EAT WELL TO LIVE WELL.
PSAS CAN ALSO RAISE AWARENESS
FOR A CAUSE.
FOR EXAMPLE,
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SHORT VIDEO
TALKING ABOUT
HOW TO STOP BULLYING?
THIS IS A TYPE OF
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT INFORMS THE PUBLIC
ABOUT WAYS TO STAND UP
FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
IT PROVIDES A MESSAGE THAT
BULLYING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN
AND THAT YOU HAVE
THE POWER TO STOP IT.
BY NOW, I BET YOU ARE
BEGINNING TO NOTICE
THAT THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PSAS.
PSAS COME IN MANY FORMS.
THEY COME IN THE FORM
OF A FLYER,
WHICH YOU COULD GET
IN YOUR MAIL.
WHAT KINDS OF FLYERS
HAVE YOU SEEN IN YOUR MAIL?
HAVE YOU SEEN
WHEN IT'S VOTING TIME,
YOUR PARENTS GET
LITTLE CARDS
THAT TELL THEM
HOW AND WHEN TO VOTE?
ANOTHER FORM OF A PSA
IS A BROCHURE.
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
IN YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANY OF THESE
WHEN YOU'VE HAD A VISIT
TO YOUR DOCTOR?
SOME OF THE BROCHURES I'VE SEEN
IN MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE
INVOLVE THE HEALTH EFFECTS
FROM SMOKING.
MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE
THAT AT YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
ANOTHER FORM OF A
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
MAY COME IN THE FORM
OF A POSTER,
WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
AROUND YOUR SCHOOL
OR MAYBE A COMMUNITY CENTRE.
I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN
LOTS OF THESE AROUND,
BECAUSE GOVERNMENTS
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
WORK REALLY HARD TO INFORM KIDS
ABOUT IMPORTANT TOPICS.
WHAT POSTER HAVE YOU SEEN
THAT'S REALLY STOOD OUT TO YOU?
I BET THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED A
LOT OF COOL THINGS FROM POSTERS
THAT HAVE CAUSED YOU TO WANNA
LEARN MORE AND TO TAKE ACTION.
OKAY,
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT FORM
THAT IS VERY POPULAR.
AND THAT'S A VIDEO PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND LIKE I SAID,
IT'S VERY POPULAR,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOCIAL MEDIA.
PSAS IN VIDEO FORMAT
ARE USUALLY SHORT
AND SIMILAR IN LENGTH
TO A COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN
ALSO APPEAR IN A RADIO SEGMENT
OR AT THE BEGINNING OR END
OF A TELEVISION PROGRAM.
SO, TVOKIDS, BASED ON WHAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT COMMERCIALS
AND PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO?
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO PAUSE
FOR A THINK AND SHARE.
REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME TIME
TO THINK ABOUT THE ANSWER.
YOU CAN REWIND THE VIDEO
IF YOU NEED TO
TO REVIEW SOME INFORMATION,
AND THEN COME BACK
TO YOUR PAGE.
SEE YOU BACK
WHEN YOU'RE DONE!
She pauses and says ALL RIGHT.
TVOKIDS, IF YOU SAID
THAT COMMERCIALS
ARE USED
TO SELL SOMETHING,
VERSUS PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
WHICH ARE USED
TO TELL SOMETHING,
YOU ARE CORRECT!
ALSO, DID YOU KNOW THAT
COMPANIES PAY MEDIA STATIONS
TO HAVE THEIR COMMERCIALS...
COMMERCIAL ADS PLAYED?
BUT GOVERNMENTS
AND ORGANIZATIONS
DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR PSAS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
I LIKE TO THINK THAT THESE
MESSAGES ARE SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU CAN'T
PUT A COST ON THEM
AND THAT, UM, EVERYONE
WANTS THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS
TO GET OUT TO EVERYONE.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I HOPE
THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE ELEMENTS
OF PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS,
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMON
FEATURES OR CHARACTERISTICS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHECK OUT
SOME CLIPS FROM
THE ODD SQUAD
TO LEARN ABOUT THIS.
I HOPE YOU LIKE
THE ODD SQUAD.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S SUCH A FUN SHOW.
IN A MOMENT,
YOU WILL WATCH THE CLIPS
TO LOOK FOR SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE TWO VIDEOS.
AND TO ASK YOURSELF WHICH
DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN BOTH?
THE FIRST
ODD SQUAD
VIDEO
IS ABOUT HAND WASHING
AND THE SECOND
IS ABOUT AVOIDING GERMS.
HAVE FUN EXPLORING!
Against a blue background, a round emblem shows a rabbit holding a shield surrounded by yellow stars.
A typewriter types the title of the show.
(music plays)
In off, A Kid says ODD SQUAD HEALTHY HABIT NUMBER 434:
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS
Big O stands in a modern white room with a TV screen behind her. She has black hair in a bun and wears a white and silver military jacket.
Big O says BIG O HERE WITH
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE.
I JUST FINISHED STOPPING
AN ARMY OF BLOBS.
BAD NEWS,
MY HANDS GOT BLOBBED.
She shows her hands covered in a blue sticky substance.
She continues GOOD NEWS,
NOW I CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO PROPERLY
WASH YOUR HANDS.
THERE ARE FIVE STEPS
TO REMEMBER.
ONE: WET YOUR HANDS.
TWO: LATHER THEM
WITH SOAP.
THREE: SCRUB WITH SOAP.
FOUR: RINSE THEM WITH WATER.
FIVE: DRY YOUR HANDS.
She points at animated icons that pop up signalling the steps mentioned.
She continues IT'S IMPORTANT
TO WASH YOUR HANDS
FOR AT LEAST 20 SECONDS.
IT'S THE LENGTH OF
THE OFFICIAL ODD SQUAD SONG,
WHICH I WILL SING FOR YOU
WHILE I WASH MY HANDS.
She washes her hands and sings DUN-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN-DUN,
WET THEM
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, LATHER
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, LATHER SOME MORE
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN DUN-DUN-DUN,
SCRUB THAT SOAP OFF
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, RINSE NOW
KEEP RINSING,
KEEP RINSING, KEEP RINSING
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN
DUN-DUN-DUN, DRY THEM
The TVO Kids and Sinking Ship Entertainment logos appear.
A kid says WHEE!
(giggling)
In off, A Kid says ODD SQUAD HEALTHY HABIT NUMBER 111:
HOW TO STAY AWAY FROM GERMS.
Sitting at her desk, Big O says GREETINGS, AGENTS.
THE BIG O HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, ODD SQUAD HELPS
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT,
AGENTS HAVE TO STAY AWAY
FROM GERMS TO STAY HEALTHY.
AND I HAVE SOME TIPS.
TIP ONE-
KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM
YOUR MOUTH, NOSE, AND EYES
TO STOP THE SPREAD OF GERMS.
TIP TWO-
STOP GERMS BY DISINFECTING.
I LIKE TO USE
THESE DISINFECTANT WIPES.
WIPE OFF THINGS
YOU TOUCH MOST OFTEN,
LIKE DOORKNOBS,
BADGE PHONES,
THE BUTTON THAT KEEPS
THE EARTH'S
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
WORKING,
AND LIGHT SWITCHES.
TIP THREE-
WHEN AGENTS ARE SICK
THEY SHOULD STAY HOME.
AND IF YOU DO GET SICK,
REST UP AND TO LISTEN
TO YOUR DOCTOR.
MY DOCTOR SAYS THIS A LOT.
Doctor O yells WHAT'S NEXT?!
Miss O says REMEMBER, AGENTS,
STAY STRONG, STAY HEALTHY,
BECAUSE ODD SQUAD NEEDS YOU.
The clip ends.
Miss B says WELCOME BACK.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE CLIPS
AND WERE ABLE TO GATHER
LOTS OF EXAMPLES
OF THE FEATURES INCLUDED
IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PRETEND YOU ARE
GATHERING INFORMATION
TO HELP SOMEONE DESIGN A PSA
WHO HAS NEVER
EXPERIENCED ONE BEFORE.
NOT IN PRINT, NOT DIGITALLY,
OR EVEN IN A VIDEO.
WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU
SUGGEST THEY FOLLOW?
WHAT ELEMENTS MUST THEY INCLUDE
IN THEIR DESIGN
OF THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT?
CHECK THE NOTES
FROM YOUR CHART RIGHT NOW,
AND COMPARE IT TO THE LIST
I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU.
OKAY, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN IN THE CLASSROOM,
SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST.
I HAVE MY HANDY-DANDY
SCREEN HERE,
SO THAT YOU CANNOT SEE
WHAT I WANT YOU TO
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN PSAS.
THE FIRST THING
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
IS THAT YOU NEED
TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAVE
A CLEAR MAIN MESSAGE.
IT'S REALLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE REASON WHY
YOU'RE DOING IT,
AND PUTTING IT FORWARD.
She slowly uncovers a list on a green piece of paper.
She continues THE SECOND
IMPORTANT ELEMENT
IN YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT...
THERE WE GO.
THAT WORKED OUT WELL.
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION, "WHO?"
OR QUESTIONS,
"WHO?" "WHAT?"
"WHY?" "WHEN?" AND "WHERE?"
THIS-- SOME OF THEM
EVEN ANSWER "HOW?"
EITHER WAY,
IT GIVES LOTS OF QUESTIONS
SO THAT YOUR LISTENER
WILL UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO INFORM THEM OF.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
IS THAT-- WHOOPS!
NO PEEKING.
(chuckling)
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS.
WHAT WE MEAN BY THIS
IS YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK
OF THE AUDIENCE
THAT YOU ARE MAKING
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR,
AND YOU WANT TO CREATE
CHARACTERS OR PEOPLE SPEAKING
THAT THEY'LL RELATE TO.
SO, IN THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
UM, YOU NOTICE THAT THEY...
THERE WERE KIDS
THAT WERE TALKING.
BECAUSE THEY WERE
TALKING TO KIDS.
SO, THESE ARE AUDIENCE
APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT
OF A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
IS THAT...
WHOOP, THIS ONE IS A
LITTLE BIT TOUGHIE-- TOUGH.
THERE WE GO.
I GOT IT.
IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE
AN ENGAGING TONE AND DESIGN.
THIS IS REALLY TRUE
FOR ANY AUDIENCE,
BUT YOU DEFINITELY
WOULD CHANGE THE TYPE
OF TONE AND DESIGN IF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
WAS MADE FOR SMALL CHILDREN,
VERSUS ADULTS.
OKAY?
YOU WOULD SEE
DIFFERENT COLOURING,
YOU WOULD SEE
DIFFERENT MUSIC.
ALL OF THIS
WOULD ATTRACT THE AUDIENCE
TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE LAST ELEMENT
THAT IS IMPORTANT
IN A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT...
IS IF IT IS AN EVENT,
YOU NEED TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE
THE NAME OF THE EVENT
AS WELL AS
THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME,
WEBSITE ADDRESS,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT
CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO, THESE ARE A LOT
OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
THAT ARE FOUND IN
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LIST.
DID YOU GET SOME OF THE SAME
THINGS AS WE TALKED ABOUT?
I WONDER IF YOU HAD
ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
IF WE WERE IN THE CLASSROOM,
WE COULD COMPARE NOTES.
BUT I'M HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO
SHARE MY IDEAS WITH YOU TODAY.
THE ELEMENTS OF
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL ALSO CHANGE DEPENDING
ON THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHO DO YOU BELIEVE
THE TARGET AUDIENCE WAS
FOR THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS?
WAS IT A YOUNGER AUDIENCE
OR WAS IT ADULTS?
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
WHAT ELEMENTS OF THE
ODD SQUAD
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
HELP YOU IDENTIFY
WITH THIS TARGET AUDIENCE?
WELL, I THINK IF WE LOOK AT
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS,
WE WOULD HAVE SEEN
THAT IN BOTH
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
THERE WERE CHILDREN
BEING THE LEADERS. RIGHT?
SO, CHILDREN
WERE TEACHING CHILDREN.
SO, THAT WOULD BE
AUDIENCE APPROPRIATE.
ALSO, THEY BOTH INCLUDED
VERY ENGAGING TONE AND DESIGN.
SO, IF YOU LOOK
AT THE MESSAGES,
THEY WERE APPROPRIATE
FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE,
EASY TO UNDERSTAND,
THE GRAPHICS WERE FUN,
AND THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE USED
REALLY WAS FOCUSED
ON YOUNG CHILDREN.
OKAY.
YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING VERY HARD
AND DESERVE TO TAKE
A BODY BREAK.
PLEASE FIND A SAFE SPACE
WITH ENOUGH ROOM TO MOVE AROUND,
AND FREE FROM
ANY TRIPPING HAZARDS.
WE DON'T WANT
ANY ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE DO
WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN.
SO GET UP, GET MOVING,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
RECHARGED AND READY.
HAVE FUN!
A clip plays.
(theme music playing)
Against a yellow starry backdrop, the name of the show reads "Power up."
Lucas and Lola, Laura's dog, appear on split screens. Lucas sits at home. He is in his twenties, with short brown hair and wears a gray shirt.
Lucas says HEY, TVOKIDS!
HEY, LOLA, AND...
HEY, LAURA.
I CAN SEE BACK THERE.
COME ON OVER,
IT'S TIME FOR
POWER UP!
Laura is in her twenties, with brown hair in two long braids and wears sunglasses, a white headband and an animal print dress.
Laura says THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S
POWER UP
AND IT'S
ALL ABOUT ANIMAL POSES!
Lucas says WHOA!
Laura says CHECK IT OUT.
THIS ONE'S CALLED
THE TIGER!
Laura moves her hands as claws.
Lucas says I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S AN
OFFICIAL POSE.
UM, I APPRECIATE
THE ENERGY,
BUT WHY ARE YOU
SO DRESSED UP?
WHY ARE YOU SO FANCY?
Laura says WELL, YOU TOLD ME IT WAS
ALL ABOUT ANIMAL POSES.
SO I'M LIKE,
READY TO GO.
I GOT THE GIRAFFE!
Lucas chuckles and says YEAH, YOU...
YOU'RE A GREAT GIRAFFE,
YOU'RE A GREAT LION,
BUT I WAS THINKING
MORE LIKE...
DOWNWARD FACING DOG
AND UPWARD DOG.
Laura says OH, YEAH, YEAH,
TOTALLY.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
LIKE, OKAY.
LIKE, LIKE, LIKE,
Holding Lola, she says DOWNWARD FACING DOG.
UPWARD FACING DOG.
DOWNWARD FACING DOG,
UPWARD FACING DOG.
YOU KNOW, THAT ONE!
Lucas says THINGS LIKE THAT,
TOTALLY.
BUT WHY DON'T WE CHECK IN
WITH OUR EXPERT?
PLEASE WELCOME,
TVOKIDS,
OUR HEALTH AND
PHYS ED TEACHER...
HEATHER!
HEY, HEATHER.
Heather is in her mid-thirties, with blond hair in a ponytail. She wears a blue polo-shirt.
Heather says HI, LAURA.
HEY, LUCAS.
HEY, LOLA!
SO, TODAY
FOR
POWER UP,
WE ARE DOING MOVES
THAT ARE GONNA HELP US
EXPLORE THE OUTSIDE.
ARE YOU THREE READY
TO EXPLORE THE OUTSIDE?
Lucas says SO READY.
WE HAVE
SOME WATER NEARBY,
WE CLEARED OUR SPACE,
WE GOT TONS OF SPACE
AND WE'RE GONNA
HAVE FUN.
WE'VE GOT
A GOOD ATTITUDE.
(music plays)
Heather says AWESOME.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE
ALL READY TO BE SAFE
AS WE MAKE OUR WAY
THROUGH THESE FIVE MOVES.
SO, AS YOU SAID,
MY NAME IS HEATHER.
I AM A TEACHER AS WELL AS
AN AMBASSADOR WITH OPHEA,
AND THROUGH OPHEA
WE TRY TO GET
ALL THE KIDS
ACROSS ONTARIO ACTIVE.
THAT IS OVER TWO MILLION KIDS.
SO, FOR OUR MOVES TODAY,
WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING
DIFFERENT ANIMAL POSES.
SO, THE FIRST POSE THAT I HAVE
FOR YOU IS OUR CAT POSE.
SO, TVOKIDS,
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO GET
ON THE GROUND
AND GET ONTO ALL FOURS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT LUCAS DOING THIS.
HE'S GONNA COME DOWN
ONTO ALL FOURS,
HIS SHOULDERS ARE STACKED
ABOVE HIS WRISTS,
HIS HIPS ARE ABOVE
HIS KNEES.
AND HE IS GONNA
ROUND HIS BACK
LIKE AN ANGRY
HALLOWEEN CAT.
NOW, OF COURSE,
LAURA-
SHE'S DOING OUR
MODIFIED POSES
IN A CHAIR.
SO, TVOKIDS,
IF YOU NEED TO TAKE
SOMETHING A LITTLE EASIER,
TAKE A BREAK,
DEFINITELY FOLLOW ALONG
WITH WHAT LAURA HAS GOING ON.
AWESOME.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING
AT LAURA.
SHE'S DOING A
REALLY BIG STRETCH.
SHE'S TRYING TO REALLY
OPEN UP THAT SPACE
BETWEEN HER
SHOULDER BLADES.
SO, TVOKIDS, LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.
AS YOU PRESS
INTO THE GROUND,
OR AS YOU STRETCH
IN THAT CHAIR,
REALLY TRY TO ROUND YOUR BACK
LIKE A HALLOWEEN CAT.
NOW, HERE'S
OUR NEXT POSE.
OUR NEXT POSE IS OUR
DOWNWARD FACING DOG.
SO, LUCAS,
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU
PUSH SOME WEIGHT
INTO YOUR HANDS
AND THEN PRESS
YOUR SEAT UP HIGH
SO THAT YOU MAKE
AN UPSIDE DOWN V.
NOW, CAN YOU LOOK
WITH YOUR EYES
UNDERNEATH
TOWARDS YOUR FEET?
OH, THAT LOOKS GREAT!
AND I SEE YOU BENDING
THROUGH YOUR KNEES TOO.
NOW, LAURA, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE YOU DO THE SAME THING.
STRETCH FORWARD HERE,
TUCK YOUR CHIN UNDER,
AND COME INTO
A FORWARD FOLD.
REALLY GOOD.
SO, YOU ARE REACHING
TOWARDS YOUR TOES.
LUCAS IS LOOKING
TOWARDS HIS TOES,
AND WE ARE GETTING
THAT STRETCH.
LUCAS IS, ANYWAYS,
THROUGH THE BACK
OF HIS LEGS,
WHILE LAURA, YOU'RE
GETTING THAT STRETCH,
ONCE AGAIN, THROUGH
YOUR UPPER BODY.
NOW,
HERE'S OUR NEXT POSE.
OUR NEXT ONE
IS UPWARD FACING DOG.
SO, LUCAS,
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO SWING
THOSE HIPS FORWARD
TOWARDS YOUR HANDS,
AND THEN LIFT
THAT CHEST UP,
LOOKING UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING.
REALLY NICE.
NOW, YOU COULD EVEN
CURL YOUR TOES.
OH, PERFECT,
YOU DID IT!
AND YOU PUT YOUR SHOELACES
ON THE GROUND.
THAT'S GREAT.
LAURA, I SEE YOU
PUSHING INTO THAT CHAIR,
PUSHING INTO YOUR KNEES,
LIFTING THAT CHEST UP,
AND THAT'S AWESOME.
COULD WE'LL MAKE SURE
TO DROP OUR SHOULDERS
AWAY FROM OUR EARS?
LET'S GET REALLY LONG
THROUGH THAT UPPER BODY,
SHOULDERS DROP AWAY,
PRESSING
INTO THE GROUND,
LIFTING
THAT CHEST UP.
WE'RE PRESSING
INTO OUR CHAIR.
OKAY, TVOKIDS,
THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
HERE'S OUR NEXT ONE.
OUR NEXT ONE IS TRIANGLE,
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING
OUTSIDE NATURE THEME,
LET'S CALL THIS ONE
OUR MOUNTAIN POSE.
SO, WHAT I WANT YOU
TO DO, TVOKIDS,
I WANT YOU TO STAND UP.
YOU'RE GONNA GET
YOUR LEGS NICE AND WIDE,
EXTEND THAT RIGHT ARM OUT.
WE'RE GONNA REACH
AS FAR AS WE CAN.
AND WHEN YOU CAN'T
STRETCH ANY FURTHER,
YOU'RE GONNA HINGE DOWN
INTO THE SHAPE
OF A TRIANGLE.
AND LET'S SEE LUCAS.
OH, LUCAS IS DOING
SUCH AN AWESOME JOB.
EXCELLENT WORK THERE,
LAURA, AS WELL.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT LAURA IS DOING,
SHE'S GOT HER ARM
REACHED DOWN
AND HER OTHER HAND IS STACKED
ABOVE HER SHOULDER,
HER SECOND SHOULDER,
AND THEN HER OTHER HAND.
LAURA, CAN YOU LOOK UP
TOWARDS YOUR-- YOUR TOP ARM?
OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE.
NOW LET'S SEE HOW LUCAS IS DOING
THAT SAME POSE, STANDING.
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT LUCAS,
WE CAN SEE HIS TOP HAND
IS STACKED ABOVE HIS SHOULDER,
HIS OTHER SHOULDER,
AND HIS OTHER HAND.
AND TVOKIDS, I WANT YOU DOING
THAT SAME THING AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE LUCAS IS
SO STRONG IN HIS BALANCE,
HE'S SO STEADY,
HE'S EVEN ABLE TO LOOK UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING.
NOW, BOTH LAURA AND LUCAS
JUST SWITCHED SIDES.
SO, TVOKIDS, LET'S MAKE SURE
THAT YOU SWITCH SIDES AS WELL,
AND THAT YOU ARE
NOW STRETCHING
ON THE OTHER SIDE
IN OUR
She air quotes MOUNTAIN
She continues OR TRIANGLE POSE.
OKAY,
HERE'S THE LAST ONE.
I WANT YOU TO STAND
NICE AND TALL
AND WE ARE GONNA COME
INTO A TREE POSE.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS I WANT YOU TO SPREAD
YOUR LEFT TOES OUT
AS WIDE AS YOU CAN.
EVEN IF YOU'RE WEARING
RUNNING SHOES,
SPREAD THOSE TOES OUT,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
BRING YOUR RIGHT FOOT
AND TUCK IT UP
TO YOUR INNER THIGH,
THEN STRETCH THOSE ARMS
UP TOWARDS THE CEILING.
NOW, THERE'S A FEW
DIFFERENT PLACES
YOU CAN PUT THAT FOOT.
SO, IF WE TAKE
A LOOK AT LUCAS,
WE CAN SEE THAT FOOT
IS ON HIS INNER THIGH,
BUT HE COULD ALSO PLACE IT
DOWN TOWARDS HIS SHIN
OR EVEN ON THE FLOOR,
IF HIS BALANCE
IS A LITTLE OFF.
IF WE LOOK AT LAURA,
SHE'S GOT HER LEGS CROSSED
ALMOST LIKE AN EAGLE POSE...
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT OUR ANIMAL POSES.
AND HER ARMS ARE STRETCHED UP
TOWARDS THE CEILING,
AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB
EVEN LOOKING UP THERE AS WELL.
LET'S HOLD IT HERE,
TVOKIDS,
FOR JUST A FEW
MORE SECONDS.
LET'S COUNT DOWN
FROM FOUR,
THREE,
TWO,
ONE.
OH, GREAT JOB,
TVOKIDS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
NOW, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE HYDRATING,
AND WE JUST DID
SOME AWESOME STRETCHING.
SO BYE, LAURA!
BYE, LUCAS!
I'LL SEE YOU LATER!
Lucas says LOOKING GOOD, LAURA.
I'M GONNA GO HYDRATE.
CATCH YOU LATER!
A yellow slate reads "A special thanks to Ophea, and the Ophea ambassador team of teachers for getting us all moving!"
Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communication.
Miss B says WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
I HOPE YOU'VE COME BACK
RE-ENERGIZED
BECAUSE NOW IT'S TIME
TO PUT EVERYTHING THAT
WE LEARNED INTO PRACTICE.
SO, HERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE,
TVOKIDS.
I WANT YOU TO CREATE
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR YOUR SCHOOL,
OR ANY GROUP OF CHILDREN,
BASED ON A TOPIC
THAT YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT.
LET'S GET OUT OUR PAPERS
ONE LAST TIME.
WRITE THE TITLE, "MY
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT,"
OR JUST "MY PSA" FOR SHORT.
SKIP A LINE AND WRITE...
"TOPIC," JUST LIKE THIS.
HERE ARE SOME TOPICS
THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER,
IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF ONE
ON YOUR OWN.
YOU COULD PICK
"HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS,"
LIKE THE
ODD SQUAD
VIDEOS,
OR YOU COULD PICK THE TOPIC
OF HALLWAY SAFETY.
UM, OR YOU COULD...
TALK ABOUT HOW TO DISPOSE
OF WASTE AT SCHOOL,
LIKE HOW TO RECYCLE, COMPOST,
AND TO SORT YOUR GARBAGE.
SOMETHING THAT I'M
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
IS HONOURING THE LAND.
AND MAYBE, AFTER TODAY,
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU AS WELL.
SO, WHERE IT SAYS "TOPIC."
FOR ME...
I AM GOING TO WRITE,
"HONOUR THE LAND."
HONOUR... THE...
LAND.
LET ME SHOW YOU.
TAKE A MOMENT TO PLEASE
WRITE YOUR TOPIC DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT,
TVOKIDS?
OKAY.
SKIP A LINE
AND WRITE "AUDIENCE."
SO, LET ME GIVE YOU THIS
SO THAT YOU CAN GET STARTED.
She shows a list and continues JUST LIKE THAT.
AND THEN CONSIDER
THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
THE AUDIENCE YOU CAN CONSIDER
COULD BE SMALL CHILDREN,
IT COULD BE OLDER CHILDREN,
TEENAGERS, OR EVEN ADULTS.
ASK YOURSELF,
"WHO NEEDS THIS INFORMATION?"
AND "WHO CAN THIS HELP?"
I WANNA TARGET ALL GRADE SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
BECAUSE I THINK THAT
THEY WILL REALLY CONNECT
WITH MY PASSION
OF HONOURING THE LAND,
AND THEY WILL WANT
TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT IT.
I ALSO PRAY AND HOPE
THAT EVENTUALLY,
THEY'LL TEACH THEIR KIDS
ABOUT IT,
AND THEN SO ON AND SO ON.
SO, MY AUDIENCE ARE GOING...
IS GOING TO BE "STUDENTS."
AND I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING
OF GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT IF THERE WERE ANY UNIVERSITY
OR COLLEGE STUDENTS
OR TRADE STUDENTS
THAT WANTED TO, UM,
CATCH ONTO MY PASSION,
I'D BE HAPPY
TO TEACH THEM AS WELL.
OKAY.
AFTER YOU HAVE
PICKED YOUR TOPIC,
AND AFTER YOU'VE THOUGHT
ABOUT YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE,
I WANT YOU TO SKIP A LINE
AND WRITE "FORMAT."
AND CONSIDER
HOW YOU WISH TO CREATE
YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FORM
FOR THIS PSA?
WHAT WILL BE
MOST APPROPRIATE?
HOW IS THIS FORM APPROPRIATE
FOR YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE?
SO, SOME IDEAS FOR YOU
AND FOR DIFFERENT FORMS
COULD BE A VIDEO FORMAT,
IT COULD BE A POSTER,
IT COULD BE A BROCHURE.
WHEN I THINK OF MY
TARGET AUDIENCE, STUDENTS,
AND I THINK OF
WHAT I WANT TO TELL THEM
ALL ABOUT
HONOURING THE LAND,
I THINK THAT
THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORMAT
FOR MY PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT
WOULD BE A VIDEO FORMAT.
BECAUSE IT'S FAST,
IT ENGAGING,
I CAN INCLUDE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO, UNDER "FORMAT,"
I'M GOING TO WRITE "VIDEO."
WHOOPS.
JUST LIKE THAT.
OKAY.
SO, REMEMBER,
YOU CAN PAUSE THIS VIDEO
AT ANY TIME
IF YOU NEED TO CATCH UP.
SOMETIMES WE CAN
THINK OF THINGS RIGHT AWAY
AND IT'S EASY FOR US
TO WRITE THINGS DOWN,
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I LOVE WHEN CHILDREN
PAUSE AND THINK
AND GIVE IT A LOT OF TIME
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE
WEIGHING THE ODDS, RIGHT?
THEY'RE THINKING,
"WHAT WOULD FIT BEST HERE?"
AND THEY'RE TRYING OUT
DIFFERENT IDEAS.
AND THAT'S REALLY, UH,
MAKING YOUR LEARNING GROW.
SO, PLEASE, DON'T BE AFRAID
TO PAUSE THE VIDEO
AND THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC,
YOUR AUDIENCE,
AND THE FORM OF YOUR
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
ONCE YOU'VE GOT THAT
ALL SETTLED
AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY,
ALL YOU NEED TO DO NOW...
HA-HA,
IT'S THE BIGGEST PART...
IS TO WRITE YOUR PLAN.
SO, PLEASE SKIP A LINE
AFTER YOUR AUDIENCE, AND WRITE...
OOPS, SORRY...
AFTER YOUR FORMAT,
AND WRITE "PLAN."
OKAY.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL YOU
INCLUDE IN YOUR PLAN?
WHAT ELEMENTS
WILL YOU USE
FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT?
WILL IT HAVE IMAGES
OR ILLUSTRATIONS?
WILL THERE BE TEXT?
WILL YOU INCLUDE
A DEMONSTRATION?
WILL YOU RECORD
AN AUDIO OR VIDEO CLIP?
OR MAYBE EVEN
YOU'LL MAKE A FLYER.
I AM DEFINITELY GOING
TO INCLUDE IMAGES AND VIDEOS
IN MY PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT,
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE
EYE-CATCHING AND RELATABLE.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN
RIGHT HERE.
I'M GOING TO PUT,
"INCLUDE...
"BRIGHT...
PICS..."
AND I'M ALSO...
I WANT TO INCLUDE...
"SOME FUN VIDEOS."
OKAY, MY MARKER IS NOT BEING
A TRUSTY MARKER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STARTING TO RUN OUT,
BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW
I AM RECORDING MY PLAN.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT IN MY PLAN,
I WRITE DOWN
THAT I WANT TO INCLUDE
SIMPLE WORDS AND PHRASES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE
I WANT TO TALK
TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF STUDENTS.
STUDENTS THAT ARE YOUNGER,
AND STUDENTS THAT ARE OLDER.
SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I HAVE SIMPLE ENOUGH
WORDS AND PICTURES
SO THAT THE YOUNGER STUDENTS
CAN UNDERSTAND,
BUT I ALSO WANT
TO INCLUDE INFORMATION
TO GRAB ATTENTION
OF THE OLDER STUDENTS.
SO, ONE LAST THING
I WANT TO WRITE IN MY PLAN
IS TO INCLUDE...
SIMPLE WORDS...
AND MEANINGFUL... .UM, I'M NOT SURE
WHETHER I SHOULD WRITE
"TEXT" OR "EXPLANATION."
I THINK I'LL PUT TEXT,
BUT THEN I'LL KNOW THAT
THAT IS EXPLANATION.
OKAY?
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I WOULD
WANNA INCLUDE IN MY PLAN,
AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME
TO GO OVER,
TO REVIEW
WHAT I ALREADY HAVE,
AND TO ADD MORE DETAIL.
DO YOU DO THIS
WHEN YOU'RE WRITING?
MOST GOOD WRITERS DO.
THEY GET AN IDEA,
AND THEN THEY GO BACK
AND THEY REVISE,
WHICH MEANS
READING YOUR WORK
AND ADDING MORE INFORMATION
TO MAKE YOUR IDEAS GROW.
I KNOW THAT
YOU'LL DO THAT TOO.
AND AFTER YOUR PLAN
IS COMPLETE,
YOU ARE READY
TO SET INTO ACTION
AND DEVELOP YOUR FIRST
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WELL, TVOKIDS,
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED
MY TIME LEARNING WITH YOU
DURING THIS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
I HOPE THAT YOU ARE
WALKING AWAY FROM THIS VIDEO
KNOWING MUCH MORE ABOUT
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DON'T FORGET,
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARE MEANT
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S THEIR PURPOSE.
THEY ALSO COME
IN MANY FORMS,
LIKE POSTERS AND VIDEOS.
PSAS HAVE COMMON FEATURES,
LIKE CLEAR MESSAGING.
THEY ALSO HAVE FEATURES
THAT COULD CHANGE
BASED ON
THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
I REALLY HOPE
THAT YOU FEEL IMPASSIONED
TO INFORM AND HELP OTHERS
AROUND YOU,
AND I HOPE
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE,
AND I HOPE TO SEE BACK SOON FOR
ANOTHER
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
BYE, TVOKIDS!
A caption reads "Bonus Material."
Logo: TVO Kids.
Logo: Fifth Ground Entertainment.
In animation, a sign with the name of the show falls in the water.
The name of the show reads "Leo's Fish Heads."
A clip shows a group of friends fishing.
Leo, an animated fish says WE ARE THE FISHHEADS
EXPLORER CLUB,
SAYAT, CHRISTIAN,
AND ME, LEO.
Sayat is around 12. She has long curly brown hair in a high ponytail and wears a pink sweater, a neon green life jacket, gloves, and a cream cap hat.
Christian is around 12, with short straight light brown hair and wears an orange jacket, a blue life jacket, and rubber gloves.
Leo says TOGETHER, WE'RE GETTING WET
AND MUCKY
WORKING WITH EXPERTS AND
HELPING OUR AQUATIC FRIENDS.
A caption reads "TVO Kids presents: Fish Heads explorer club."
Leo says EACH DAY WE'RE ON A NEW MISSION
EXPLORING WHAT'S GOING ON
ALONG THE SHORELINES
AND UNDER THE WAVES.
SPLISH, SPLASH, GRAB YOUR BOOTS
AND YOU CAN BE A FISHHEAD TOO.
(WATER BURBLES)
Leo says AHH! OH, (CHUCKLE)
SILLY ME,
JUST A SHADOW.
EVERYONE KNOWS GARLIC KEEPS
VAMPIRES AWAY
AND THAT'S WHAT SEA LAMPREY
ARE IN MY BOOK.
VAMPIRES!
SO, WITH THEIR EXCELLENT SENSE
OF SMELL,
I'M SURE THIS LOVELY STRING
OF GARLIC
WILL MAKE SURE NO SEA LAMPREY
WILL DROP BY
THE EXPLORER CLUB HEADQUARTERS.
The fishfinder shows an image of a sea lamprey.
Leo says AH!
THE SEA LAMPREY IS AT THE TOP
OF OUR FISH FINDER LIST TODAY.
SEA LAMPREY ARE BLOODSUCKERS,
REAL LIFE VAMPIRES.
IN ORDER TO LIVE,
THEY NEED THE BLOOD
OF ANOTHER FISH. EW!
THE FISHHEADS ARE MEETING UP
WITH GALE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
FISHERIES AND OCEANS,
AND TED FROM THE GREAT LAKES
FISHERY COMMISSION
TO HELP PUT A STOP TO THESE
BLOODSUCKING BULLIES.
By the river, the kids put their lifejackets on and grab their equipment from the back of a pick-up truck.
Christian says WE'VE MET LOTS OF DIFFERENT
FISH OVER OUR TIME
AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN AMAZING.
BUT I THINK THE SEA LAMPREY
ARE A BIT SCARY.
Sayat says THEY ARE KINDA LIKE VAMPIRES
SO I CAN'T ARGUE WITH YOU.
ALL CREATURES HAVE SOME
INTERESTING QUALITIES
AND I'M REALLY GLAD
WE GET TO HELP LEO
AND THE REST OF OUR FISH
FRIENDS SLEEP
A LITTLE EASIER TONIGHT.
Christian says TRUE, THEY MAY BE A BIT SCARY
BUT WHEN ELSE WOULD WE BE ABLE
TO SEE A VAMPIRE UP CLOSE.
Sayat goes back for a net and says YEAH.
OH WAIT.
Leo says SAFETY CHECK!
NEVER GO NEAR RIVERS
AND STREAMS
IN THE SPRING WITHOUT AN ADULT.
DURING THE SPRING MONTHS,
THE WATER IS MOVING EXTRA FAST
AND IS EXTRA HIGH,
IT'S SUPER EASY TO SLIP ON
THE BANK
AND GET CAUGHT IN THE RUSHING
WATER,
WHICH IS JUST ONE MORE
REASON WHY
FISHHEADS ALWAYS WEAR THEIR
PFD'S
WHEN THEY ARE NEAR THE WATER.
Ted says SO YOU GUYS READY TO JOIN
THE SEA LAMPREY CONTROL UNIT?
Ted is in his late thirties, with short brown hair and a ebard. He wears glasses, a black jacket and a white cap.
Christian says WE FISHHEADS ARE ALWAYS
READY.
A caption reads "Gale Bravener. Department of fisheries and oceans biologist."
Ted is in his late thirties, bald and clean-shaven and wears a red and gray jacket and a gray cap.
Gale says AWESOME, WE HAVE A LOT OF
TRAPS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES
AND WE HAVE TWO TRAPS ON THIS
RIVER TO CHECK TODAY.
Sayat says DO YOU ALWAYS SET TRAPS
FOR SEA LAMPREY?
Gale says WE ONLY SET TRAPS
IN THE SPRING
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE SEA
LAMPREY ARE MIGRATING UPSTREAM
FROM THE LAKE TO THE RIVERS
TO SPAWN AND LAY THEIR EGGS.
Christian says SO ARE THEY LIKE THE
SALMON WHO GO BACK TO THE RIVER
WHERE THEY WERE BORN
TO LAY THEIR EGGS?
The caption changes to "Ted Lawrence. Great Lakes fishery commission scientist."
Ted says THEY'RE SIMILAR.
SEA LAMPREY AND SALMON
BOTH SWIM UP STREAMS
TO LAY THEIR EGGS,
OR WHAT WE CALL SPAWNING.
SALMON HOWEVER USES
A HOMING BEACON.
THEY RETURN TO THE SAME STREAM
THAT THEY WERE SPAWNED IN
AND THAT THEY HATCHED OUT OF.
The caption changes to "Spawn means laying eggs for babies."
Ted says SEA LAMPREYS HOWEVER,
THEY USE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL
TO FIND SUITABLE STREAMS
TO SPAWN IN.
SO YOU GUYS READY TO GO CHECK
THIS TRAP?
Sayat and Christian say YEAH.
Ted says ALRIGHT, LET'S GO.
Sayat and Christian help take the trap out of the water.
Christian says HERE.
Sayat says WOW! THAT'S A LOT.
Christian says WHOA!
Ted says IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE
THAN JUST SEA LAMPREY
IN HERE TODAY, GUYS.
Sayat says IT MUST BE PRETTY SCARY
FOR THE FISH
TO BE IN WITH ALL THESE SEA
LAMPREY.
Ted says INTERESTINGLY, THEY SHUT DOWN
THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
WHEN THEY'RE SPAWNING.
THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR ENERGY
INTO JUST LAYING EGGS.
SO ANY FISH, OR ANY OTHER
ORGANISMS THAT ARE IN HERE,
REALLY AREN'T IN DANGER BECAUSE
SEA LAMPREYS ARE FOCUSED
ON ONE THINGS, AND THAT'S GOING
UPSTREAM AND SPAWNING.
Sayat says THAT'S CRAZY.
Ted says YEAH,
IT'S AMAZING HOW NATURE FOCUSES
PRIMARILY ON SURVIVAL
AND HAVING MORE YOUNG.
SO YOU GUYS READY TO TAKE THESE
OUT AND GO SORT 'EM?
Sayat says YEAH.
Christian says SURE.
Ted says RIGHT WHERE I AM,
THERE YOU GO,
NOW YOU HAVE A SEA LAMPREY
IN YOUR HAND. TURN IT OVER.
Sayat says IT HAS ONE EYE?
Ted says IT HAS TWO EYES ON EACH SIDE.
Sayat says OH I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
Ted says BUT NOW LOOK AT THAT MOUTH,
IT HAS THE OUTER SUCTION CUP
WHICH HAS 60 POUNDS OF SUCTION
PER SQUARE INCH
WHICH IS 10 TIMES STRONGER
THAN A VACUUM CLEANER.
AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT
ARE ALL THOSE SHARP BARBED
TEETH THAT YOU SEE IN THERE.
AND ALL THOSE SHARP BARBED
TEETH AUTOMATICALLY GO
INTO THE SIDE OF THE SKIN
OF THE FISH,
SO FISH CANNOT GET
A SEA LAMPREY OFF OF IT.
Sayat says LOOK AT THE GILLS.
Ted says THERE'S SEVEN ON EACH SIDE.
Sayat says ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
Ted says SO THIS IS A FISH.
Sayat says YEAH, IT HAS SEVEN OF 'EM.
Ted says YEAH.
IF YOU WANT TO.
Christian giggles as the fish sucks his hand.
(LAUGHING)
Gale says YOU WANT IT OFF?
WANNA TAKE IT OFF?
T says YOU READY?
Christian says OH YES, YES, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, OH, OH!
Sayat says WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?
Christian says OH MY GOD,
IT'S LIKE A SUCTION
AND TICKLED A BIT,
BUT THEN IT, AFTER A BIT IT
STARTED HURTING, AND...
Ted says ARE YOU READY TO TRY?
Sayat laughs as ted puts the fish on her hand.
The caption changes to "Fish talk with Leo."
Leo says THE SEA LAMPREY MAY SEEM LIKE
BIG BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE
BULLIES,
BUT THEY DIDN'T START OUT
THAT WAY.
WHEN THEY HATCH OUT OF THEIR
EGGS THEY ARE KNOWN AS LARVAE.
THEY BURY THEMSELVES
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER
WITH JUST THEIR MOUTHS
POKING OUT
AND THEY STAY LIKE THAT
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME,
FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S ALL THEY ARE,
JUST WIGGLY LITTLE BODIES
AND A MOUTH,
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE EYES.
HA, NOT SUCH A TOUGH GUY NOW,
ARE YOU?
BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
DEVELOP EYES,
AND START TO GROW,
AND THEN THEY NEED BLOOD
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
SO THEY HEAD OUT INTO THE LAKE
AND THEY FIND FISH TO FEED ON.
(WEAK CHUCKLE)
AND THAT'S THE MOMENT THESE
WIGGLY NO EYES,
BOTTOM FEEDERS BECOME VAMPIRES.
MUAH, HA, HA, HA, HA.
Sayat says THESE GUYS FEEL DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER FISH, HOW COME?
Gale says COMPARED TO OTHER FISH,
THESE ARE LONG AND SKINNY,
THEY HAVE A LOT OF MUSCLE,
NOT MUCH FAT,
AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SCALES
EITHER.
Sayat says DO THEY FISH FEEL LAMPREY
ON THEM?
Ted says WE CAN'T TELL
IF THE FISH FEELS PAIN,
BUT WE'VE SEEN FISH JUMPING
WITH THE SEA LAMPREY ON THEM,
PROBABLY TRYING
TO SHAKE 'EM OFF.
Sayat says YIKES, NEXT TIME WE GO
IN THE WATERS
I'M GONNA WEAR LAMPREY
REPELLANT.
Ted says WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO
BECAUSE SEA LAMPREYS LIKE COLD
DEEP WATER,
AND OF COURSE WE SWIM IN WARM
SHALLOW WATER.
AND, SEA LAMPREYS DON'T LIKE
WARM
BLOODED ORGANISMS LIKE US.
Sayat says EVEN IF WE WERE IN THE WATER
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME?
Ted says EVEN IF WE'RE IN THE WATER
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
Christian says HEY GUYS,
I THINK WE GOT A BABY.
Gale says LET ME SEE.
NO, THAT LOOKS LIKE A LARVAL
LAMPREY
WHICH IS THE BABY OF THE
AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY.
Sayat says WE'VE GOT OUR OWN LAMPREY?
Gale says YEAH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE FOUR
SPECIES OF NATIVE LAMPREY
IN THE GREAT LAKES; TWO OF THEM
ARE PARASITIC SPECIES.
Leo says A PARASITE IS A CREATURE
THAT NEEDS TO LIVE
ON ANOTHER CREATURE IN ORDER TO
SURVIVE, LIKE FLEAS,
OR LICE, OR THE STAR OF
THE SHOW, THE LAMPREY.
Sayat says THIS IS SO SMALL COMPARED
TO THE SEA LAMPREY.
Gale says THIS SPECIES DOESN'T GET ANY
BIGGER THAN THAT.
IT WILL CHANGE AND DEVELOP EYES
AND SOME TEETH,
BUT IT STAYS IN THE STREAM
AND SPAWNS IN THE STREAM
WITHOUT GOING TO FEED
ON FISH AT ALL.
AND SO IT'S VERY SMALL,
AND EVEN THE TWO SPECIES THAT
ARE PARASITIC SPECIES,
THEY DON'T GET AS LARGE
AS THE SEA LAMPREY
AND SO THEY DON'T DO AS MUCH
DAMAGE TO A FISH.
Pictures of two non-parasitic species appear: the American brook and the northern brook.
Now pictures of two parasitic species appear: the silver lamprey and the chestnut lamprey.
Christian says SO OUR LAMPREY ARE
ARE OKAY
CAUSE THEY DON'T HARM THE FISH
AND THEY DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH
BLOOD FROM THE FISH EITHER,
RIGHT?
Gale says YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,
IT'S KIND OF A LIKE
A MOSQUITO BITE ON THE FISH.
Sayat says TODAY'S FISH TALE IS ABOUT
THE SEA LAMPREY.
THEY MAY SEEM LIKE BIG BULLIES
HERE IN THE GREAT LAKES,
BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOVED BY
MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
LAMPREY PIE IS A SPECIAL TREAT
IN SPAIN,
FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.
LAMPREY PIE WAS SERVED AT THE
QUEEN'S JUBILEE CELEBRATION,
AND THOSE LAMPREY CAME
FROM THE GREAT LAKES.
THE SEA LAMPREY MAY NOT BE
WELCOMED IN THE GREAT LAKES,
BUT THEY'RE LOVED BY
THE ROYALS. THE END.
Ted says HEY GUYS, I THINK
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO MARK
AND RELEASE THE SEA LAMPREYS.
CHRISTIAN, DO YOU WANNA HELP
GALE MARK THESE?
Christian says ABSOLUTELY.
Ted says GREAT.
SAYAT, WHY DON'T WE GO RELEASE
THE NATIVE FISHES THAT WE FOUND
AND THE NEW AMERICAN BROOK
LAMPREY
THAT WE FOUND
AND RELEASE THEM UPSTREAM.
Christian says AWESOME.
Gale gives Ted the bucket with the fish.
Ted says YEAH, THANKS.
Gale says THERE YOU GO.
WE CAUGHT 20.
Leo says A FEW LAMPREYS ARE MARKED
WITH A CLIP IN THEIR FIN
AND THEN RELEASED BACK
IN THE RIVER.
SO EACH TIME THEY CHECK
THE TRAPS
THEY CAN CHECK TO SEE WHO
IS MARKED AND WHO ISN'T.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET
A POPULATION ESTIMATE,
BY COMPARING THE NEW LAMPREY
WITH THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN
MARKED, CLEVER, HUH?
Gale says NOW WE CAN GO RELEASE THEM.
Sayat says OFF YOU GO MR. AMERICAN BROOK
LAMPREY, SEE YOU LATER.
Gale says SO DID YOU HAVE FUN LEARNING
ABOUT SEA LAMPREY, CHRISTIAN?
Christian says YEAH. ARE YOU SURE IT'S OKAY
TO RELEASE THESE GUYS?
Gale says YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY OKAY.
WE'RE RELEASING IN A SMALL
NUMBER,
WE REMOVE MOST OF THEM
FROM THE TRAP.
WE NEED TO RELEASE A SMALL
NUMBER TO GET A POPULATION
ESTIMATE,
AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THAT
WE'VE REDUCED THE POPULATION
BY 90 PERCENT IN ALL THE GREAT LAKES.
Christian says WOW! 90 PERCENT, THAT'S AMAZING.
BACK TO THE RIVER YOU GO THEN.
A sign reads "Fish heads alert."
Leo says ATTENTION FELLOW
FISHHEADS,
THE BEST WAY TO HELP
YOUR LOCAL RIVER
AND KEEP AHEAD OF THE SEA
LAMPREY
IS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM
AND LEARN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A NATIVE LAMPREY
AND SEA LAMPREY.
IF YOU CATCH A FISH WITH
A SEA LAMPREY ATTACHED,
PLEASE DON'T PUT THAT LAMPREY
BACK INTO THE WATER,
PLEEEASE!
OH, AND LET YOUR LOCAL WATER OR
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY KNOW.
Christian says THE SEA LAMPREY WERE A BIT
SCARY,
BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE
INTERESTING CREATURES.
Ted says INDEED, EVERYTHING FROM THEIR
UNIQUE SENSE OF SMELL
TO COMMUNICATE,
TO GOING FROM A EYELESS,
TOOTHLESS WORM,
AND GROWING THOSE EYES
AND THOSE TEETH
INTO THE PARASITIC BLOODSUCKER
WE JUST SAW.
THEY'RE GREAT IN THE OCEAN,
THEY HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST
SHARKS AND WHALES,
BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT GOOD
IN THE GREAT LAKES.
Gale says SO ARE YOU GUYS READY TO GO
CHECK SOME MORE TRAPS?
Sayat says WE'RE ALWAYS READY,
BUT NOT BEFORE THE FISHHEADS
HANDSHAKE.
LIKE THIS.
They all do the handshake and say FISHHEADS.
Ted says ALRIGHT.
Christian says GOOD.
Leo says WOW, SEEING THE GREAT WORK
BEING DONE BY THE FISHHEADS
AND THE SEA LAMPREY CONTROL
UNIT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EVER
WORRIED ABOUT.
HM... ON SECOND THOUGHT,
DON'T WANNA WASTE A PERFECTLY
GOOD STRING OF GARLIC. HA HA.
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