I Slept Through Science

Building off of last week's lesson about why the sky is blue, now Cheryl wants to know why sunsets aren't blue! Ryan tries to create some visual aides on the fly, struggles, but still get's the idea a...

15 Elo 202222min

The quintessential question from growing up, why is the sky blue, gets answered today! One of the commonly given answers ends up not being correct and Ryan gesticulates wildly. It's never too late to ...

8 Elo 202227min

We have a special guest exchange student this week with her own science question - our Podcast graphic artist, Beth! As an artist, Beth has a good understanding of colors and paints, but doesn't under...

1 Elo 202228min

What actually forms a rainbow? Where do you need to be to see a rainbow? And most importantly, can Cheryl have her own personal rainbow? It's never too late to learn about the world around you. This...

25 Heinä 202227min

Based on a song from preschool, Cheryl asks about the real number of colors in the rainbow (and yes, Cheryl does sing the song for us). This leads to lots more questions about light, rainbows in gener...

18 Heinä 202226min

Cheryl tells a story from her childhood that fuels her desire to see the Northern Lights. But what actually causes them? Is it the Sun? Is something reflecting? Does something generate the light like ...

11 Heinä 202231min

Happy 4th of July! We start a new unit this week all about color and what better way than by talking about fireworks! Cheryl doesn't think she knows much about fireworks, but we push on anyway and lea...

4 Heinä 202223min

At the risk of being awkward, this week we learn about how chickens make eggs! Things stay PG, but there is discussion of where eggs and chicks come from...as well as quite a bit of talk about food (w...

27 Kesä 202225min