I Slept Through Science

The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury can get very hot, but would you believe you could also freeze to death on the planet? Would you also believe that a day on Mercury could be longer than it's year...

11 Sep 202328min

We all know the Sun is hot, but how close could we get before getting totally burned? This week we start a unit about the solar system and the ways it can kill us! This is part of Our Deadly Solar Sys...

4 Sep 202325min

Just like school, we're taking a break for summer. Don't worry, we'll be back in September. If you think of good questions during your summer adventures, be sure to email them to us: ISleptThroughScie...

10 Juli 202353s

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? That all depends on what sound actually is! Cheryl has some ideas and learns more about what sound is, how we hear, a...

3 Juli 202339min

We hear a lot about DNA these days, but how much do you actually know about it? How much DNA do we have, where is it in our bodies, and why is it actually important for us? What does DNA actually do? ...

26 Juni 202334min

We're all familiar with the chemical formula for water: H2O. But if water has oxygen in it, and we need oxygen to breathe, why can't we breathe water? Lots of other animals are able to breathe underwa...

19 Juni 202337min

We know sunlight can cause a sunburn, but why? What is the light actually doing to our skin? Why don't we get a sunburn every time we go outside in the sun? And why does our skin continue to burn, eve...

12 Juni 202321min

While it may seem simple, what actually makes the wind blow? Why don't we have wind every day? Does our spinning planet have anything to do with the wind? Cheryl applies things she's learned about tem...

5 Juni 202329min