Our Shaking Planet

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Our planet is alive, and not just because it enables life to live here, but also the land on Earth is constantly shifting and moving. This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about our...

Skunks

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This episode of The Children’s Hour is going to stink, as we learn all about skunks with the founder and director of The Dragoo Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations, Dr....

Just Look Up

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Astronomy begins at home, just looking up and seeing what we see. The Kids Crew meet with Professor Raman Prinja, Head of Astronomy and Physics at University College – London. Professor Prinja’s...

Coyotes

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about a canine that is thriving across North America: coyotes. They may look like wild dogs, but we learn from biologist Zoe Rossman that they are quite...

Dating Trees

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Trees have birthdays too, and scientists find out when they are by studying tree rings. This week on The Children’s Hour, we learn how to date trees, using dendrochronology with Dr. Peter M. Brown from...

Sloths

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Learn all about sloths with author Georgeanne Irvine from the San Diego Zoo, and biologist Sam Trull from the Sloth Institute in Manuel Antonio Costa Rica. Find out how we can all help protect sloths....

Ballooning

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Coming up on The Children’s Hour get blown away with us as we learn all about balloons. We begin with the history of hot air balloons, and we end up in the air on a real balloon. Then we explore latex...

Fossils

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Learn about fossils in a Kids Crew field trip to a secret fossil quarry in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, as well as in a chat with New Mexico Natural History Museum educator Mike Sanchez. Will...

Falling Into Autumn

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour we are falling into autumn in the northern hemisphere. We learn the science about equinox, and hear from 5th graders on learning different perspectives about the...