When the only ramp on Sesame Street is already being used, Elmo and Rosita wonder if they can make a ramp out of cardboard.
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00:00Oh, hi! Welcome to Sesame Street!
00:07Hola! Look what we got! We got ping-pong balls!
00:11Yeah! Now we can play ping-pong!
00:13Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!
00:15Oh, yeah! Ping-pong! Ping-pong!
00:17Wait a minute! What?
00:20Elmo doesn't know how to ping.
00:22I'm a pong!
00:23Oh! Oh. Well, me neither.
00:26Oh, no.
00:27Well, maybe we could just, you know, play catch with this.
00:30Oh! Yeah, okay!
00:31Go long! Go long!
00:32Go long! Go long!
00:33Longer! Longer! Longer! Longer! Longer! Longer! Longer!
00:35Woo!
00:38Whoops!
00:42Where'd that come from?
00:43Wow!
00:45Did you see that?
00:46Yeah! The ball went right in the box!
00:48I saw! It was a perfect shot!
00:50Yeah, and we were not even trying!
00:52Uh-oh! Let's see if we can do it again!
00:54Great idea! Okay!
00:55Okay! Here it goes!
00:56Okay!
00:57Hey! That ball landed in the box, too!
01:03Hey! What a fun thing to do with a ramp!
01:06A what?
01:07See this slanted part right here?
01:09That's called a ramp.
01:11Ramps help things go from low to high, and from high to low.
01:24Oh, oh! Hey! Hey!
01:26Rosita! Do you want to race some balls down the ramp?
01:29Oh!
01:30Race?
01:31Uh-huh!
01:32Yeah! We could be ramp racers!
01:34Oh!
01:35Elmo likes that!
01:37Ramp racers! Ramp racers!
01:39Yeah! Yeah!
01:40Ramp racers! Ramp racers!
01:42We're racing on ramps!
01:44Yeah!
01:45Oh, actually, this ramp is probably not the best place to have races right now.
01:50Why?
01:51Because people are using it.
01:52Oh.
01:53Yeah.
01:54But Elmo thinks there's probably not another ramp on Sesame Street.
01:57Yeah!
01:58Oh!
01:59That is a problem!
02:00Yeah!
02:01Ah! But wait! Remember, when there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
02:05I wonder...
02:06What if?
02:07Let's try!
02:08I wonder...
02:09What if?
02:10Let's try!
02:11I wonder...
02:12What if?
02:13Let's try!
02:14I wonder...
02:15What if?
02:16Let's try!
02:17Let's try!
02:18Let's try!
02:19Let's try!
02:20Let's get some cardboard!
02:21I wonder if there's a way we could make another ramp!
02:23Oh, that's a great idea, Rosita!
02:24Mm-hmm!
02:25Hmm...
02:26What if Elmo and Rosita used...
02:27Um...
02:28Oh, oh!
02:29What if Elmo and Rosita used the cardboard over there?
02:31Let's try!
02:32Yeah!
02:33If that's okay with you, Nina?
02:34Oh, claro que si!
02:36This is all for recycling, anyway.
02:37Ooh!
02:38We could even make two long ramps and raise our ping pong balls!
02:43Ha, ha, ha, ha!
02:44Let's try!
02:45Let's try!
02:46Let's get some more important!
02:47Get to work!
02:48There!
02:49Finished!
02:50Yeah!
02:51Thanks for cutting up the cardboard for us, Nina!
02:53De nada!
02:54Yeah!
02:55Oh, hey, Julia!
02:56Hola, Julia!
02:57Oh, hi, Julia!
02:58Ooh!
02:59Yes!
03:00We're about to raise our ping pong balls down our ramps!
03:04Yeah, baby!
03:05Because we are all ramp racers!
03:08Are you ready for some ramp racing?
03:12Ramp racers, ready?
03:15Ready?
03:16Ready!
03:17On your marks, get set, go!
03:20Goal!
03:21Goal!
03:22Goal!
03:23Goal!
03:24Goal!
03:25Elmo is the ramp champ!
03:27Yay!
03:28Yeah!
03:29Yay!
03:30Yay!
03:31Nice job, Elmo!
03:32Thanks, Rosita!
03:33But you know what?
03:34But you know what? I wonder why your ball was faster than mine.
03:41Oh, yeah. Rosina's was a little slower, wasn't it?
03:44Yeah, I think there's a problem with my ramp.
03:46Ah, but remember, when there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
03:49Oh, yeah, yeah, we say, I wonder what if. Let's try.
03:54Yeah, well, what do you think the difference was between your ramp and Elmo's ramp?
03:58Oh.
03:58Ah, they both made out of cardboard.
04:02Yeah.
04:04Higher?
04:04Oh, yeah, you're right, Julia. They're not the same height.
04:09Elmo's ramp is higher than Rosita's.
04:11Yeah, look ahead. My ramp starts lower, so I wonder if my ramp was as high as Elmo's
04:20if my ball goes as fast as Elmo's.
04:25Ah.
04:26How do we find out?
04:27What if Rosita made her ramp higher?
04:31Let's try.
04:33Let's try.
04:34Try, try.
04:35Yeah.
04:38There.
04:39Now, Rosita's ramp is just as high as Elmo's.
04:43Yeah, now let's try it out to see if my ball will go faster.
04:48Yeah, let's do it because we are...
04:51Ramp racers.
04:52Ramp racers.
04:52Yeah, yeah.
04:53Ramp racers, ready?
04:56Ready.
04:57On your marks, get set, go.
05:01Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
05:04Yeah.
05:05Oh.
05:06It's a tie.
05:08You are both ramp champs.
05:11Yeah, baby, right now.
05:13Look, Rosita's ball went as fast as Elmo's this time.
05:15Yeah, so the higher the ramp, the faster the ball goes.
05:20More, more.
05:22Yeah.
05:22Let's race some more.
05:24Okay, but this time, let's go to ramps even higher so we can race even faster.
05:29Yay, faster.
05:30Well, we've got plenty of cardboard, so let's go make some more ramps.
05:35Wow, the ramps are super long now.
05:38Yeah, and super long.
05:42Yeah, look at that.
05:43So the ball should go pew, super fast.
05:48Let's try.
05:48Yeah.
05:49All right, ramp racers, ready?
05:52Ready.
05:54On your mark.
05:55Get set.
05:57Go.
05:58Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
05:59Here we go.
06:02Rosita is the ramp champ.
06:06Yay.
06:07Great job, ramp champ Rosita.
06:09And gracias.
06:11Wait a minute.
06:12Why did Elmo's ball go slower?
06:14Elmo's ramp is the same height as Rosita's.
06:17You're right.
06:17They should have gone the same speed, right?
06:20Uh-huh.
06:20Well, do you think there's anything else that could have made your ball go slower?
06:24Bumpy.
06:26Hmm, huh?
06:28Oh, you think this bumpy cardboard has something to do with it?
06:33Huh?
06:34How can we find out?
06:36Well, let's go to the replay and watch it again.
06:39I think we found your problem.
06:46Hmm, bumpiness.
06:48Mm-hmm.
06:48Hmm.
06:49When there's a problem to solve, what do we say?
06:53I wonder what it is?
06:57Let's try.
06:59Mm-hmm.
06:59Hmm.
07:00Mm-hmm.
07:00Elmo wonders what Elmo can do to make his ramp smooth like Rosita's.
07:05Yeah.
07:06Mm-hmm.
07:06What if you switch out the bumpy piece for a smooth piece like mine?
07:13Hmm.
07:15Try, try.
07:16Good idea, Julia.
07:17Let's try.
07:18Yeah, let's try.
07:20Oh, nice and smooth.
07:22Very smooth.
07:23Uh-huh.
07:24Ready, ramp racers?
07:26Ready!
07:27On your mark, get set, go!
07:31Go, baby!
07:33Go, baby!
07:34Go, baby!
07:35Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, baby!
07:39It worked!
07:41Elmo's ball went just as fast as Rosita's.
07:44What a race!
07:45Hey, Julia, do you want to be a ramp racer?
07:51Race?
07:52Race!
07:53I'll sing it again, let's sing it!
07:55Yeah!
07:56Ram racers, ram racers, yeah, yeah!
07:59Ram racers, ram racers, we're racing on ramps!
08:02Yes!
08:03Yeah, let's race!
08:03Come on!
08:04Come on, Julia!