The Great Seal Count | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS How do you count the cutest seals on the planet? With the help from thousands of people around the world! Conservation scientist Leo Salas explains the story behind the first-ever global count of Weddell seals in Antarctica. Plus, you’ll find out what counting seals shares with searching for ancient tombs! Meet Leo Salas Leo Salas is a quantitative ecologist, which means that he uses math to solve problems in the environment and its re
The Biggest Space Telescope in the Universe | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS, ESS 2-PS1-2 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect How do you launch the largest space telescope ever built into space? The James Webb Space Telescope will travel 1.5 million miles away from Earth to help answer some of our biggest questions about the universe. But first, it has to be launched on a rocket - and the telescope is too big to fit on a rocket. So NASA decided to fold it up - and then unfold it in space. How? NASA scientist
Kids' Vaccines Tackle COVID-19 | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standard: LS What do you need to know about the new COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5 - 11? Sam, age 8, and Natalie, age 10, are here to help! They participated in a COVID vaccine trial, which is an important part of the science that will help end the threat of coronavirus. Along with Dr. Kawsar Talaat, an epidemiologist who helped run the trials, they share the behind-the-scenes of the process that helps us know that vaccines are safe to take. Nervous ab
The Cave of the Neanderthal Tools | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS STANDARDS: LS 3-LS4-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity What tools did Neanderthals use? That’s what Leo wants to know. We dig into the past of Neanderthal archeology, back to when people used to excavate caves with dynamite! Archeologist and author Rebecca Wragg Sykes shares the explosive story of how Neanderthals made tools, and what they can tell us about how Neanderthals lived. MEET REBECCA WRAGG SKYES Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes
The Jack O'Lantern Science Mystery | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Why do carved pumpkins rot faster than uncarved pumpkins? That’s what Ari, an 11 year old podcast host, wants to know. To find out what’s making good Jack O’Lanterns go bad, we turn to squash detective/ scientist Michael Mazourek. Together, we track down clues to crack the case - and find out how we make a Jack O’Lantern last forever. MEET MICHAEL MAZOUREK Michael Mazourek is a vegetable breeder at Cornell University. He specializes in