ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel ABC Mouse Search & Explore: the Pyramids of Giza ???? | Full Episode Preschool Learning Video ????✨
Hey there, friends! Are you ready for an adventure with ABC, 1, 2, 3, and D? There are so many amazing places and people to discover. Every time we explore, we learn something new! Today, we’re going to solve a mystery about a very special building. Let’s get started!
We’re trying to solve a mystery about a building that was the tallest in the world for thousands of years. It was made of huge stone blocks, each as heavy as a car! How did the workers move those blocks without cranes or trucks? Let’s put on our thinking caps and find out!
We searched and found out that this building is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, on the continent of Africa. It’s almost 5,000 years old! Let’s go explore and learn more about it!
Hi there! Meet Professor Abid, an archaeologist who studies ancient Egypt. He knows a lot about how the Great Pyramid might have been built. Let’s learn from him!
Professor Abid tells us that a theory is an idea that hasn’t been proven yet. Scientists have theories about how the pyramid was built. Let’s do an experiment to test one of these theories!
Before our experiment, let’s visit the Great Sphinx! It’s a giant statue with the head of a person and the body of a lion, carved from natural rock. It’s 66 feet tall and almost 5,000 years old, just like the pyramid!
We meet Omar, a tour guide, who shows us inside the Great Pyramid. Some archaeologists think it was built as a tomb for pharaohs, who were the kings of ancient Egypt. When pharaohs died, they were turned into mummies and placed in pyramids.
Now, let’s see how the ancient Egyptians might have cut the giant stone blocks. They used simple tools like mallets, chisels, drills, and saws made of copper. By adding sand to the saw, the tiny crystals in the sand helped cut through the stone. Let’s try it out!
After cutting the stones, how did they lift them to the top of the pyramid? Some archaeologists think they built ramps around the pyramid and pulled the blocks up. Isn’t that amazing?
Now that we’ve learned so much about the pyramids, let’s sing a song about our adventure! We discovered how the pyramids were built and the mysteries they hold. Thanks for joining us on this exciting journey!
Build Your Own Pyramid: Gather some building blocks or use small boxes to create your own pyramid at home or in the classroom. Try to stack them in a way that resembles the Great Pyramid of Giza. As you build, think about how the ancient Egyptians might have used ramps to move the heavy stones. Can you create a small ramp to help move your blocks to the top?
Stone Cutting Experiment: Use a piece of soft clay or playdough to represent a stone block. With the help of an adult, use a plastic knife or a blunt tool to try cutting the clay. Imagine you are an ancient Egyptian worker using simple tools. How does it feel to cut through the clay? Discuss how adding sand might help in cutting real stone, just like the ancient Egyptians did.
Imagine and Draw: Draw a picture of the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Imagine you are an archaeologist like Professor Abid. What would you like to discover inside the pyramid? Write a short story or draw a comic strip about your adventure exploring the pyramid and the mysteries you might uncover.
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Hey everybody! Let’s go with ABC 1, 2, 3, and D! There are endless people and places to see. From the classroom, they can search and explore. With every adventure, you learn more. They visit countries near and far, and they love to learn wherever they are. They see the world in a brand new way and make great new friends every day. ABC 1, 2, 3, and D! Come along, and you will see the more they travel, the more you know. Get ready, let’s go!
What are you doing? 1, 2, 3! I’m trying to solve a mystery. Oh boy, we love mysteries! But I haven’t solved anything yet. Maybe we need our thinking caps. Click, click, click! Ready for the mystery? 1, 2, 3!
Okay, it starts with a building, but not just any building. This was the tallest building in the world for thousands of years. It was made of large stone blocks. Part of the mystery is how the workers moved those huge stone blocks when each one weighed about as much as a car. How would you have done that?
How about a crane? I’d place the stone block on the back of a large truck. There’s only one problem: what if you needed more than 2 million of those blocks?
Right! We just need more of everything, right? More cranes, more trucks, and maybe add some helicopters! Nice thinking!
There’s one more little problem, but it isn’t anything we can’t solve. What if I told you that you couldn’t use cranes or trucks or any other modern equipment because they didn’t exist? No modern equipment! This is a mystery that’s almost 5,000 years old, and tomorrow we’re going to learn how some scientists believe it was done.
But I can’t wait until tomorrow! Me either! We know what that means—let’s search it!
Okay, tallest ancient building… Look! The Great Pyramid of Giza! It’s in Egypt, and the country of Egypt is on the continent of Africa. Oh, and the Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to be almost 5,000 years old. That’s got to be it! Let’s go!
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Wow! Ready to learn some more? It’s time to go explore!
Hi there! This is my grandfather. His students call him Professor Abid. He has spent most of his life studying the ancient people of Egypt and how they lived.
Hello, Professor Abid! You must be an archaeologist! It’s nice to meet you!
It’s nice to meet you three as well! What brings you to Giza?
We’ve come to learn how the Great Pyramid might have been built.
Oh, that’s one of the great mysteries of all time! No one really knows for sure how they did it.
That’s what our teacher says! Did your teacher tell you what a theory is?
Oh! I know! A theory is an idea that hasn’t been proven! Very good!
If you’d like, Sarah and I can show you an experiment to test a theory about how the blocks were cut.
Yes! An experiment!
Here’s a fun fact: the Great Pyramid of Giza was more than 480 feet tall! While I get ready for our experiment, why don’t you take our friends to see the Sphinx?
Oh, that sounds fun!
What’s a Sphinx?
Isn’t that the statue that was built next to the Great Pyramid?
Yes! And I have a special friend that can take us there!
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What’s our camel’s name?
Her name is Cleopatra! She takes me everywhere around here!
Hi, Cleopatra! Look at your long eyelashes! You are so cute!
Camels have bushy eyebrows and really long eyelashes to protect their eyes from blowing sand.
Got it! If the wind starts blowing hard enough, it can pick up the sand off the ground and blow it right at you. That’s called a sandstorm!
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I think I’ll stay right up here next to you!
This is the Great Sphinx! It’s so big! This wasn’t built with blocks like the pyramids. The Great Sphinx was carved from a mound of natural rock and is 66 feet tall. And it’s not only really tall; it’s almost 5,000 years old!
It looks like the head of a person with the body of a lion!
Look at that over there! Let’s go!
We have to get to the Great Pyramid front!
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Run! It’s getting closer! We have to get inside! The sandstorm’s going to catch us in 3, 2, 1!
We made it! But what about Cleopatra?
Don’t worry! She’ll be fine! Besides, her bushy eyebrows and really long eyelashes help. Camels can close their nostrils and lips really tight to keep the sand out.
Welcome, guests!
Hi, Omar! These are my friends ABC, 1, 2, 3, and D!
Hello, friends of Sarah! I am Omar!
Hi, Omar! Do you live here in the Great Pyramid?
No, I’m a tour guide. This is the room where some archaeologists think a pharaoh was buried.
Buried? Pyramids are places where people were buried?
Well, archaeologists never found any pharaoh’s bodies in the Pyramids of Giza, but they did find them in several other pyramids. So most archaeologists think that’s why all of these pyramids were built. When the pharaohs died, their bodies were prepared so that they would last a long, long time. That’s called mummification, and the bodies are called mummies.
Ooh, mummies!
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It’s almost time for our experiment! I think the sandstorm should have passed by now.
Thanks, Omar, for showing us inside the Great Pyramid!
My pleasure!
Back to Cleopatra! So scientists have a theory about how the ancient Egyptians cut the giant stone blocks with the tools they had 5,000 years ago.
But how do you know what tools they had?
Good question! The ancient Egyptians sometimes decorated their tombs, and some of those pictures show workers using simple tools like mallets, chisels, drills, and saws. Based on the pictures found in the pyramids, we know that they used saws made of a metal called copper.
But first, they had to move the stones to where they wanted to build the pyramids. Other experiments have shown that the giant blocks could have gotten to Giza by being dragged on sledges and on giant rafts on the Nile River.
Our experiment will show how men with a copper saw can cut through a block of stone.
Wow! I can’t wait to see this!
The saws from that time don’t seem strong enough to cut through these rocks, but some people discovered that if you throw sand onto the boulder, the sand will help the saw cut through the stone.
So let’s begin!
It turns out that sand has lots of tiny sharp crystals in it. As the saw moves back and forth, the crystals get pushed into the rock and help cut through it.
Oh, it’s working!
Wait a minute! There’s still one part of the mystery we haven’t figured out yet!
What’s that?
Once the ancient Egyptians cut the stones, how did they lift them up to the top part of the pyramids?
Good question! Well, some archaeologists believe the ancient Egyptians built ramps all around the pyramid and pulled the blocks up on the ramps. Although no one knows for sure, this is so amazing!
Thank you for everything you showed us today!
You’re welcome to come back and visit anytime!
What was that?
It was Cleopatra! It sounds like she wants to say goodbye!
Goodbye! Thank you! Bye!
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Now it’s time to sing along!
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Back in ancient times, pyramids in Egypt were the tombs of kings that they called pharaohs. Built by hand with thousands of blocks of granite, but how was it done? Nobody knows!
Africa is home to the country of Egypt. The pyramids of Giza we saw are there. When the pharaohs died, they were made into mummies. They rest in their tombs with gifts everywhere.
We went to see the pyramids and learned their history. We saw how people worked to solve their many mysteries.
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