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[THEME SONG BEGINS]
>>RACHEL: Hey you’re back! It’s time for Chompers, your morning and night toothbrushing show.
Start brushing on the top of your mouth on one side, but don’t brush too hard.
>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1, brush!
>>RACHEL: It’s Robot week, and tonight we've got more - WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
[WHATS THAT SOUND THEME]
>>RACHEL: Tonight’s sounds are made by tools that robots use.
Here’s your first one:
[ELECTRONIC, ECHOEY BEEPS]
>>RACHEL: Here it is one more time:
[ELECTRONIC, ECHOEY BEEPS]
>>RACHEL: What type of technology makes that sound? Shout it out:
>>GROUP: Sonar!
>>RACHEL: Switch your brushing to the other side of the top of your mouth…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and keep on brushing.
Sonar is a technology that uses sound to sense where objects are located. When a machine sends out a sonar sound, the sound bounces back, or echos..
[ECHOEY EFFECT]
>>RACHEL: telling the machine that there’s something nearby. So scientists have created underwater robots that use sonar to check out shipwrecks and map the ocean floor.
[SPLASH]
>>RACHEL: Switch your brushing to the bottom of your mouth…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and brush your front teeth too.
Here’s your next sound:
[LENS SHUTTER]
>>RACHEL: What did you think? Here it is one more time:
[LENS SHUTTER]
>>RACHEL: So what’s that sound??
>>GROUP: A camera!
>>RACHEL: The sound you heard was a camera. Many different robots use cameras. I’ll tell you more about that after you:
Switch to the other side of the bottom of your mouth.
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: Robots use sensors to get a sense of the world around them. Cameras are a type of sensor used by robots to help them see. Flying robots called drones use cameras to help humans see from way up in the sky…
[HELICOPTER SOUNDS]
And self-driving cars use cameras and other technology to figure out where to go.
[HONK HONK]
[THEME SONG BEGINS]
>>RACHEL: That’s it for Chompers tonight, but come back tomorrow for more toothbrushing. Until then, make sure to rinse before you…
>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1, spit.
[THEME SONG ENDS]