Welcome to the cocoa disco dance floor! Here, every dance move helps make our cocoa warmer. When we dance, we send energy to a hot plate, turning it into heat energy. The more we dance, the warmer our cocoa gets! Let’s see if our dance moves can make the thermometer rise.
The music is playing, and everyone is dancing! Chico, Tiny, Clark, Rainbow, and even the cocoa are joining in. But wait, is the cocoa hot yet? Rainbow checks and says it’s a little warmer, but not hot enough. How can it be so hard to heat up cocoa in the desert?
Chico is getting really hot from dancing, but the cocoa is still cold. They tried leaving it in the sun, using a microwave, wrapping it in a blanket, and even telling stories, but nothing worked. Chico needs to think of a new idea.
Suddenly, Chico remembers something important: the magnifying glass! Just like they used it to melt Tiny’s cheese, they can use it to heat the cocoa. The magnifying glass focuses the sun’s energy onto the cocoa, making it hot. But to make it work, they need a bigger magnifying glass and hold it far away from the cocoa.
The team decides to build a mega magnifying glass. They need to focus the sun’s light onto the cocoa to heat it up. Clark is ready with the controls, and everyone is excited to try this bright idea.
Clark carefully rotates the glass toward the sun. The energy from the sun is now focused on the cocoa. Rainbow checks the temperature, and it’s getting warmer. Finally, the cocoa is hot!
Herb takes a sip of the hot cocoa, but carefully because it’s very hot. Everyone is happy that their plan worked. The cocoa is delicious, and they all enjoy it together.
And that’s how the team used their creativity and teamwork to heat up their cocoa in the desert. What a fun adventure!
Sunlight Experiment: Try using a magnifying glass to focus sunlight on different objects. With the help of an adult, find a safe outdoor space and see what happens when you focus sunlight on a piece of paper or a small leaf. Remember to be careful and never look directly at the sun or point the magnifying glass at anything that could catch fire. What do you notice about the temperature of the objects? How does this relate to the story of heating the cocoa?
Dance Energy Game: Create a game where you and your friends or family members dance to music. After a few minutes of dancing, pause the music and feel your forehead or arms. Do you feel warmer? Discuss how moving your body creates energy and heat, just like in the cocoa dance party. Can you think of other activities that make you feel warm?
Creative Problem Solving: Imagine you are in a place where you need to heat something without using electricity or fire. Draw a picture or write a short story about a creative way you could use the sun or another natural source of energy to solve the problem. Share your ideas with your class or family and see what other creative solutions they come up with!
Here’s a sanitized version of the YouTube transcript:
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Introducing the cocoa disco dance floor! Each dance step sends movement energy to this hot plate, which turns it into heat energy. The more we dance, the hotter the cocoa! Let’s see if your moves are moving the thermometer.
[dance music playing]
– Oh, the cocoa’s getting a little warmer! Then come on, everybody, let’s dance! Go, Chico! Go, Tiny! Go, Clark! Go, Rainbow! Go, cocoa!
Huh! Go, cocoa! [pants] Rainbow, is the cocoa hot yet?
[suspenseful music playing]
Wait. [pants] The cocoa is a little warmer, but it’s still not hot. How can it be so hard to heat up a cup of cocoa in the desert? I’m hotter than a banana flambé, but the cocoa’s still cold. Uh, let’s think.
Huh, what gets really hot on a hot day? Uh, huh. Armpits! If I put your cocoa under my armpits, maybe I—
Chico, I think you need a break.
Okay, we left it in the sun, but that was too slow. The microwave was a no-go. The blanket and the story didn’t work. Even the hot dance party left us with cold cocoa.
Uh, focus, Chico! Ah, it’s too hot to focus. I feel like I’m melting under this hot desert sun. [gasps] Focus. Heat. Melting! Wait a minute! The magnifying glass!
Blazing bananas, that’s it! We can use the sun to heat the cocoa, just like we melted Tiny’s cheese.
We can? Yay!
How? With the magnifying glass! Of course! The magnifying glass is focusing the sun’s energy onto the cocoa, which will heat it up. Magnify it! But to make the cocoa hot, we’ll need even more heat, and that means a bigger magnifying glass! And to focus it, we’ll need to hold it really far from the cocoa.
Like how far? Top-of-Blunderburg-Tower-far.
Whoa! Fix-It Force, we’re gonna engineer a mega magnifying glass. With a plan this bright, I hope y’all brought your shades.
[soft howling]
The mega magnifying glass is ready to shine!
– Clark, ready with the controls?
– Ready, Chico.
All right, everyone, let’s focus! Clark, rotate the glass toward the sun.
Ha-ha! Look at that energy! We’re focusing the light from the sun. Now, rotate it so it’s pointing this way.
Oops! Sorry, cactus. A little to the left. All right, Clark, focus. Focus on that cocoa!
[inspirational music playing]
You’re almost there, Clark. Got it! Cocoa connection! [laughs] The energy from the sun is focused on the cocoa. Great work, Clark.
Rainbow, what’s our temperature?
It’s… lukewarm and climbing. It’s toasty!
And… it’s hot! Now, Herb! Sip while the cocoa’s hot!
Hot cocoa? Drink it! But carefully. It’s very hot.
[sips]
Uh, that’s all right.
Yeah!
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