The Science of Your Favorite Foods
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Cross Cutting Concept: Systems and System Models What’s your favorite food? Why does it taste...
The Seed Treasure Map
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS How long can a seed live? To find out, scientists follow a secret map on a mission under the...
The Hunt for the Alien Viruses
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: ESS LS Can viruses live in space? That’s what our listener Julian wants to know. It turns out,...
What If Fish Had Legs?
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-1 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Cause and Effect Fish with legs? Crazy, right?...
Whooo Are Owls?
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS 3-LS3-2 Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect What are the origins of owls, and why do they...
Music Meets Science
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS What happens when a scientist is also a musician? For Barbara McClintock, the combination may...
Do Trees Fart?
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Do trees fart? It’s a question that stumped scientists, and sends us on a journey to some...
How To Be A Fossil Fixer
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Do you love fossils and dinosaurs? Let us introduce you to Myria Perez, a paleontology-obsessed...
The Coronavirus Vaccine Race
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS How did scientists develop coronavirus vaccines in record time? New York Times science reporter...
The Bacteria Cookbook
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: NGSS Standards: LS Bacteria are among the simplest forms of life on Earth. One cell is identical to the next,...