The Cat in the Hat | Magnets Repel and Attract | Season 3 | Episode 6

August 2024 ยท 2 minute read

What a beautiful stream!

I don't know whether to look this-a-way or that-a-way.

I'd say look that way, because we're heading right towards that rock!

We need to go the other way!

Fish is right.

We're paddling towards the rock.

We need to paddle away from it.

We are paddling away from it.

(Sally grunting) FISH: The canoe is being pulled to the rock, anyway!

Of course!

The rock is a magnet.

It's pulling us because the canoe's a magnet, too!

We've got to turn this canoe away from that rock!

(All grunting, groaning) NICK Hey, we got pushed away from the rock!

But why would one end of the canoe push away from a rock, and one end pull toward it?

What's different?

Maybe the question is what's the same?

(Gasping) The color!

When we spun the blue end of the canoe toward the blue side of the rock, it pushed us away.

Blue pushes blue away!

Speaking of "way", we're now facing the wrong way.

Huh?

Why, this won't work.

Okay, everyone, about face!

And now, we're headed straight towards another rock!

If blue pushes blue away, maybe red pushes red away.

We've got to spin the canoe!

(All grunting, groaning) (All cheering) So, when the colored sides of magnets are the same, they push away from each other.

And when they're different, they pull toward each other...

I think.

We're gonna find out.

FISH: Not again!

What's the trick, Nick?

The red end of the canoe is coming up to the red side of the rock.

So, it should push us away.

No paddling, anyone!

(Whimpering) Yay!

We figured it out!

(Sighing) And from now on, we'll be completely safe.

You're absolutely right, as long as we can see what's up ahead.

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