The Surprising Story of Sea Stars' Sticky Feet | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 4-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concept: Systems and System Models Sea stars are known for their tight grips. But what's their secret? Scientists have long suspected it has to do with their tube feet, which protrude along the undersides of sea stars arms. Depending on the species, sea stars can have thousands of tube feet. We traveled to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La Jolla, California to get an up-close look. How do you think tube feet wor
The Skull of the Ancient Primate with Chris Kirk | Tumble Episode
Who is the oldest primate, and is it our great-great-great grandfather? In this episode, we learn that our earliest ancestors didn't look like monkeys or apes. They were much, much tinier! EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS4-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Here, anthropologist Chris Kirk poses with Rooneyia , a primate that lived 37 million years ago. Thanks to Chris' hairless head, you can get a good comparison of how much bigger a huma
The Puzzle of the Flipping Cat with Greg Gbur | Tumble Episode
Ever wonder how a cat always lands on its feet? For over a hundred years this puzzle has been catnip for physicists – leaving many chasing their tails. In this episode of Tumble we unpack the mystery. EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS PS We enlisted the help of Greg Gbur is a professor of physics at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte to explain how falling cats have actually contributed to modern science. In addition to being a physicists, Greg is an owner
The Case of the Whale Shark Party with Rafael de la Parra | Tumble Episode
In this episode, we explain how we adopted a whale shark! EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 5-LS2-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models You would think that adopting a whale shark would be a big responsibility. After all, whale sharks are as large as a bus! Plus, they're endangered animals - you have to be careful with them. But our lives didn't change much when we adopted a whale shark. We didn't bring MXA-130 home with us. Instead, we looked at her photo
The Tale of How Ants Conquered the Earth with Corrie Moreau | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 5-LS2-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models Why are there so many different species of ants? That’s what entomologist Corrie Moreau wants to know. There are more species of ants than there are species of mammals and birds - combined! Her quest starts in the jungle and ends in a lab, where she unravels the story of ants conquering the earth. Plus, listeners tell us what THEY know about ants! PEST WORLD FOR KIDS Did you kn
The Tale of The Brain Scoop with Emily Graslie | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS We love Emily Graslie and her awesome, amazing science YouTube series, The Brain Scoop! We jumped at the chance to interview her for Tumble (and jumped up and down a little bit when she emailed us back - not kidding). A short warning: The Brain Scoop videos and blog sometime feature dissections and other things that might be considered "gross." Each video features a "Gross-o-meter" before the content. We felt that because Emily shows a