Fungus Among Us - Shorts The Kids Crew and Katie Stone meet mycologist Peter McCoy to uncover the hidden world of fungi in this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts. Listeners learn how mushrooms recycle nutrients, clean pollution, and help plants grow. From...
Forests - Shorts Forests are full of life, stories, and connections we cannot always see. Learn how forests help keep our planet healthy, how trees communicate, and why old-growth forests matter. With songs, questions from kids, and a biologist who studies trees and...
Firefighters - Shorts Firefighters are helpers who rush toward danger when others need help. On this episode of The Children’s Hour Shorts, the Kids Crew visits Albuquerque Fire Rescue Fire Station Number Three in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to learn how firefighters...
Balloons - Shorts Explore the science, history, and art of balloons — from the first hot air balloon flight in 18th-century France to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Includes 3 audio clips and a Learning Guide for educators. Our learning guides meet and...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about squid with Skype A Scientist biologist, Dr. Sarah McAnulty. Found in every ocean, at all depths, these ubiquitous creatures are the psychedelic acrobats of the ocean. This...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS The Kids Crew explores the Sun with scientists from the Sunspot Solar Observatory. Learn how the Sun gives us light and heat, how it helps plants grow, and how experts study it safely. Find out why sunspots are essential to...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS The Kids Crew explores the amazing world of whales. Learn how these giant ocean mammals breathe, migrate across oceans, and communicate through songs that travel for miles underwater. This whales podcast for children also...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS Rivers connect communities, wildlife, and drinking water across New Mexico. On this Earth Day episode of The Children’s Hour, students share how they are protecting local watersheds through RiverXChange. From planting...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: RSS Get out of this world this week with The Children’s Hour! We’re going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait teaches us how the moon was formed,...
