Mister Rogers' Neighborhood — Season 1, Episode 6: Feeling scientific

Episode synopsis

Title number 0006. Opens with Mister Rogers arriving with a large box in a lab coat. To prepare for his scientific endeavor, Mr. Rogers puts on a lab coat and compares various shells and shell-like objects, including a turtle shell, a conch shell, an armadillo's armored shell and a suit of armor. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Bud Alder compares oil-based and water-based paints. After sharing his wisdom with X the Owl, X teaches Lady Elaine various bird names.

About Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Change: The First Program
• E2King Friday Challenges Change
• E3Chef Brockett bakes a cake fit for a king
• E4Early whimsy, fun and frolic in the neighborhood
• E5The end of the first week
• E7Different ways of thinking about birds
• E8A “Peace Party” to celebrate peace
• E9People look and sound different
• E10Looking closely
• E11Spending time together
• E12A visit with a toucan, a mime and a French horn
• E13Ask for permission to borrow things