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Rough Sledding/Hungry Hungry Hoppers
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.
Rough Sledding/Hungry Hungry Hoppers
Season 1 Episode 20 | 24m 55s | CC
When AJ accidentally ruins a schoolmate’s box sled, Sparks’ Crew pitches in to help find and test the right material to repair the sled. / Sparks' Crew is taking care of someone else’s class pet, a super frog that can leap high and far. But, when the frog gets out and hops through town, searching for food, Sparks’ Crew has to figure out what frogs eat in order to lure him back.
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