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...
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...
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...
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...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Kids Crew learn the science, history, and current schedule of vaccination from Newberry Honor winning author Dr. Rajani Larocca, and from the Center for Disease Control’s Dr. Georgina Peacock....
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Celebrate The Children’s Hour’s fifth birthday in a show full of memorable moments from our last five years, and mixed with some of our favorite tunes. It’s a radio birthday party for...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour we’re learning about the largest animal to ever live on Earth, which still roams the oceans today: whales. Once hunted to near extinction, some whales are making a...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This week we explore a creature that used to live throughout the mountain west United States, the elusive and nearly extinct black footed ferret. Once declared extinct, the highly endangered specialist...
Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about parasites. What makes a creature a parasite, and how do parasites find their hosts? Parasitologists Dr. Matt Bolek, Associate Professor of...
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