Want to win a family membership to the Children’s Museum of Richmond for an entire year? Join us February 1 through March 2, as we explore weekly themes with Sid the Science Kid. Visit this page each week to find descriptions of Sid the Science Kid episodes and fun hands-on activities to do at home. Then enter the give-away for the Grand-Prize (a family membership for an entire year at CMoR) simply by answering some questions about the program. Each week we will have a new question, which means more opportunities to enter into the Grand-Prize drawing. Five runner-up prizes of family four-packs to CMoR and other Sid-themed prizes will also be awarded. A family four-pack consist of four admission tickets for a one-day visit to CMoR.
Find answers to the Sid Quiz by watching these episodes:
“Sid Engineers a Solution” (Monday, Feb. 27 at 12:00 p.m. or Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 a.m.)
Sid tries to figure out how to reach a cereal box on a high shelf. Activity to do at home: Engineer Solution
“The Sticker Chart” (Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 12:00 p.m. or Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 6:30 a.m.)
The series opener about an inquisitive preschooler who investigates the world around him finds Sid questioning the need for charts after he sees how far he has to go on his chore chart to receive a promised toy rocket. Activity to do at home: Charts
“The Rolie Polie” (Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 1 at 12:00 p.m.)
Sid is introduced to a cool scientific tool at school: the magnifying glass. He and his pals use it to investigate freckles, pebbles and roly-poly bugs. Activity to do at home: The Rolie Polie
“Enough With the Seashells” (Friday, March 2 at 6:30 a.m. or Friday, March 2 at 12:00 p.m.)
Sid tries to figure out how many seashells are in a jar, but there are too many to count. At school he learns a new way to determine the number: estimation, which he uses to come up with a number for the seashells, as well as for leaves and stars. Activity to do at home: Estimation Exploration
Sid Quiz: Entry Rules (PDF)
About The Show
Sid the Science Kid is an award winning animated television series created by The Jim Henson Company for PBS Kids. Every week, preschoolers have fun with Sid as they use music and humor to celebrate their natural curiosity about science all around them.