

Pluto and the Planetary Pandemonium
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS It’s a scientific controversy of planetary proportions! Is Pluto a planet, or not? In this...
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What Would Earth Be Like If Volcanoes Didn't Exist?
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS 2-ESS1-1 Crosscutting Concept: Stability and Change A volcanologist imagines a world without...
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What Would Happen If There Was No Moon?
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS What if there was no moon? In this episode, we find out that there's a lot of fascinating lunar...
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Pikas: Cute Animal, Serious Science.
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS ESS Photo by Johanna Varner. Pikas are our new favorite animal, and soon to be yours, if they’re...
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The Weather Balloon, the Girl Scouts and the Unicorn
In this episode, we find out that balloons are about more than fun, they are involved in some very serious science.
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How to Build a Robotic Eel
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS LS K-ESS3-3, 1-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Structure and Function What's a...
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Take a Tour of the Field Museum's Mineral Collection!
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS Have you ever been to a natural history museum? Sure, they have awesome fossils, human artifacts,...
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Mission CO2 to Mars: Engineering Design Challenge!
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS In this episode, our listener Ilan shares his brilliant plan to stop climate change in its...
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The Solar System’s Wild Ride with Stefanie Milam
Do solar systems move or do they just stay there? Listener Levan had this question. In this episode, we learn that our solar system - and...
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A Year on Mars with Sheyna Gifford
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS What do you need to make the cut to be an astronaut bound for Mars? The process to be chosen for...
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