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First Day of School, Part 1/First Day of School, Part 2
Lucita Sky, AJ Gadgets, Sara Snap, and Benny Bubbles, led by their quirky and enthusiastic teacher, Mr. Sparks, work together to help people, solve problems, and try to make the world a better place. When their imperfect powers aren’t up to the task, they look to their other powers – the superpowers of science – to help them investigate, observe, make predictions, and figure out a solution.
First Day of School, Part 1/First Day of School, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 35 | 24m 56s | CC
It’s our heroes’ first day at Hero Elementary. They meet each other and Mr. Sparks for the first time, and learn about superpowers that everyone shares: the Superpowers of Science. / Sparks’ Crew goes on its first mission, to catch a baby hamster that is zipping around town, super fast speed, and causing chaos. They have to find a way to get this little blur of fur to come to to them...
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