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The series will promote scientific discovery and the characters will try to search answers to questions such as: "Why do bird fly?" or "Why are polar bears white?" |
The series will promote scientific discovery and the characters will try to search answers to questions such as: "Why do bird fly?" or "Why are polar bears white?" |
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+ | Before each episodes, there are segments that features Elmo and some children engaging in a science-based craft activity that viewers can do at home. Science-based crafts include creating a bird feeder from a juice carton, making a rain stick, and writing a secret message with lemon juice. These segments are to encouraged children and parents to engage in scientific inquiry and exploration in their everyday lives. |
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* "[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/china_12152010 New children's series ''Sesame Street's Big Bird Looks at the World'' to debut on Ha Ha Channel this month]", Sesame Workshop press release. December 15, 2010. |
* "[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/china_12152010 New children's series ''Sesame Street's Big Bird Looks at the World'' to debut on Ha Ha Channel this month]", Sesame Workshop press release. December 15, 2010. |
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+ | *[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DreYBpVV1IEJ:www.un.org/en/ecosoc/innovfair2011/docs/merck_sesame.pdf+Sesame+Street%27s+Big+Bird+Looks+at+the+World+%28&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESha1gq4Em1GdqWHos_xRRmI4dQ5IT2nS3AYUYSdexjZGakBYzDceTpJ7-MPtkwC_y8xyyloxSxt-ZToAllnYpiateK5HJZdlFloBXqCwMGeWVNSpGBWYk8GXZlF6G-pgu7MF1xF&sig=AHIEtbRHkx7jyfNxodiQLe5XoqTuEis2rA Zhima Jie's Big Bird Looks at the World - Fact Sheet] |
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+ | *[http://haha.smg.cn/2010sesamestreet.html Official website] |
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+ | *[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aroundtheworld/china Sesame Workshop] |
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[[Category:International Sesame Street Shows]] |
[[Category:International Sesame Street Shows]] |
Revision as of 23:06, 8 July 2011
Sesame Street's Big Bird Looks at the World (芝麻街: 大鸟看世界, Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie) is a Chinese Sesame Street co-production which premiered on the Ha Ha Channel on December 22, 2010. The fifty-two episode 11-minute series features features Big Bird and Elmo, and introduces a new character, a tiger named Lily, who loves martial arts and learning to read.
The series will promote scientific discovery and the characters will try to search answers to questions such as: "Why do bird fly?" or "Why are polar bears white?"
Format
Before each episodes, there are segments that features Elmo and some children engaging in a science-based craft activity that viewers can do at home. Science-based crafts include creating a bird feeder from a juice carton, making a rain stick, and writing a secret message with lemon juice. These segments are to encouraged children and parents to engage in scientific inquiry and exploration in their everyday lives.
Sources
- Landreth, Jonathan. "Sesame Street Ready to Return to China", The Hollywood Reporter. December 15, 2010.
- "New children's series Sesame Street's Big Bird Looks at the World to debut on Ha Ha Channel this month", Sesame Workshop press release. December 15, 2010.