The Hurricane of the Future | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS PS K-ESS2-1, K-ESS3-2, 4-ESS3-2, 3-ESS3-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns, Cause and Effect Why are hurricanes so powerful? Every year, monster storms develop in the Atlantic Ocean from June until November. It seems like they come out of nowhere. But scientists are working to predict them months, years, and even decades before they start. We’ll discover what makes hurricanes so destructive, and why they might become even more intense i
The Science of Whiskers | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2, 4-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models Why do seals have whiskers? Listener Karah’s question dives into the wonderful world of whisker science. Robyn Grant, a self-described “whisker biologist” shares her discoveries of how whiskers work, from training a friendly seal named Moe to making slow-mo movies of super speedy “whisking.” Here's an underwater video of a slightly different experiment,
Discover the Wildlife of Your Home | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3 Crosscutting Concept: Systems and System Models, Patterns, Cause and Effect We're going on an indoor expedition to discover the species in our own home! You’ll never look at the bugs in your house the same way again. Ecologist and author Rob Dunn is our guide to exploring what he calls, “the unknown we wake up in every morning.” We’ll find out how many species live in the average home (it’s more than y
The Mask of the Crow Scientist | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect Not a true crime story, but a true science story! Starring a murder of crows, a person in a creepy mask, and one very curious scientist named Kaeli Swift. We unravel the mystery of what appears like scene from a Halloween fright night, but is actually an experiment designed to reveal the reasons for some very weird crow behavior. Turns out, you can get a lot of strange looks on the road to
The Secret Senses of Plants | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2, 4-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Systems and System Models Can plants feel pain? Not really, but they can sense a lot more than you might give them credit for! That's right, plants talk to each other. And we're just starting to understand them. Dr. Appel took this research one step further when she discovered "listening plants ." In the study, caterpillars were placed on Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant r
How to Build a Robotic Eel | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS LS K-ESS3-3, 1-LS1-1 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Structure and Function What's a robotic eel doing in this lake?! Oh, just testing for water pollution... Envirobot is one of the first robots of its kind: Swimming robots. Or more technically, bio-inspired marine robots . That means that the design of the robot has been inspired by a real animal, who has perfected its movement over millions of years of evolution. "Why reinv
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 Voyage of the Ocean Trash with Jenni Brandon | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS K-ESS3-3, 5-ESS2-1 Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect Systems and System Models The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a vast, swirling soup of trash, twice the size of Texas. Can we ever clean it up? That’s what 8 year old Ila wants to know. She lives in Hawaii and likes to pick up trash whenever she goes to the beach. She lives closer to the garbage patch than most of us. We talk to Jenni Brandon, a researcher who has been to the Gre
The Case of the Invisibility Cloak with Andrea Alu | Tumble Episode
EDUCATION RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: PS 1-PS4-3 Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect We want to hear what you think about the episode! Tell us what you would do if you were invisible, or which method we described that is your favorite. Drawings or stories are a huge bonus! Email us here. Can't get enough invisibility science? We don't blame you! That's why we're sharing some of our favorite videos and links that will help you become invisible - just kidding. Reactions