The Secret Life of Your Shower with Noah Fierer | Tumble Episode
In this episode, we explore the invisible life that dwells inside your showerhead! EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3 Crosscutting Concept: Patterns, Cause and Effect The Showerhead Microbiome Project is a citizen science effort. Here's how the website describes it: We plan to sample showerheads around the United States and Europe by engaging participants, folks like you (or like Van Leeuwenhoek) with both an interest in the life around us and, well,
The Tower of the Vomiting Robot with Anna Rothschild | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS What they found will help keep everyone safer after an infected person is sick. Ever wonder how far vomit could travel? You aren't alone! Researchers designed a vomiting robot to find out the answer. And no, not just because it is cool. Their experiment helps determine how far away you might still find viruses after somebody vomits. This is especially important when that person has a highly contagious virus - like Norovirus - or the st
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