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The Everglades National Park Join us today as we learn about one of the largest and most diverse National Parks in the United States. Sources: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/pinelands/native-flora-and-fauna   https://www.everglades.org/the-everglades-handbook/section-2-environments-of-the-everglades/pinelands/   https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/national-park-system.htm   https:...

Who Is Barack Obama? Join us today as we learn about the forty fourth President of the United States. Link to Sonya Sotomayor https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Is-Barack-Obama-e1udj63 Sources: https://kidskonnect.com/people/barack-obama/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Barack_Obama https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/barack-obama https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Barac...

Who Is Mae Jemison?  Join us today as we learn about the first black woman in space--Mae Jemison. Sources: https://kids.kiddle.co/Mae_Jemison https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mae-Jemison/327536 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikid...

Have you ever heard of Ruby Bridges? Ruby became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement when she was only 6 years old and she is still alive today! Learn more about Ruby in this episode. Additional Resources: Books for Black History Month: blog.sonlight.com/books-black-history-month.html Digital download all about Ruby Bridges Sources: Time for Kids: Ruby Bridges Send us listener mail! Send an audi...

Who Was Patricia Bath?  Join us today as we learn about Patricia Bath, the first black woman doctor to receive a patent. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Patricia-Bath/633097 hthttps://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-patricia-bathtps://www.thoughtco.com/patricia-bath-profile-1991374 https://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath Send us listener mail! Send an audio m...

Henrietta Lacks' Amazing Cells. Join us today as we learn about the scientific contributions of Henrietta Lacks. Sources https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/importance-of-hela-cells.html https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/henrietta-lacks-who-was-she-why-are-hela-cells-immortal.html Send us...

Who Was Katherine Johnson?  Join us today as we learn about Katherine Johnson who served as a human computer for NASA in the early years of the space exploration program. Sources: https://www.biography.com/scientist/katherine-g-johnson https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-katherine-johnson-k4 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematic...

Who Was Gordon Parks?  Join us today as we learn about the first black man to work as a photographer for Life magazine. Sources: https://www.nga.gov/learn/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america/parks-photography.html  To see some of Gordon Park’s photographs https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Gordon-Parks/276289 https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biograp...

The Man Who Stood Up For What Is Right Join us today as we learn about the man who spent his life standing up for equal rights for all, Thurgood Marshall Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Thurgood-Marshall/353436   https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/thurgood-marshall   https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in   https://www.biography.co...

Who Was Frederick Jones?  Join us today as we learn about the man who invented the refrigeration truck.   Sources: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/jones-frederick-mckinley-1893-1961/ https://www.thoughtco.com/frederick-mckinley-jones-4587799 https://www.biography.com/inventor/frederick-jones https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/frederick-mckinley-jones-28122.php ht...

Who Was Zora Neale Hurton? Join us today as we learn about Zora Neale Hurton Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zora-Neale-Hurston    https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/zora-hurston        Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message   Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com    

Who Was Garrett Morgan?  Join us today as we learn about some of the useful inventions of Garrett Morgan Sources: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/garrett-morgan-9935.php https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Garrett-Morgan/443679 https://www.thoughtco.com/garrett-morgan-profile-1992160 https://www.biography.com/inventor/garrett-morgan Send us listener mail! Send an audio message:...

Who Was Madam CJ Walker?  Join us today as we learn about the first self-made black woman millionaire--Madam CJ Walker. Sources: https://www.biography.com/inventor/madam-cj-walker https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker https://madamcjwalker.com/about/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker Send us listener mail! Send an audio mess...

Who was Booker T. Washington? Booker T. Washington was born at a time when there were not many opportunities for African Americans to get an education.  He devoted his life to learning and to helping others learn as well. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Booker-T-Washington https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington Send us listener mail! Send an audio messa...

Who Was Lewis Latimer?  Join us today as we learn about the Renaissance Man Sources: https://www.britannica.com/question/What-does-Renaissance-man-mean https://www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Lewis-Latimer/312102 https://www.thoughtco.com/lewis-latimer-profile-1992098 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-...

Who Was Frederick Douglass?  Join us today as we learn about a man who spent much of his life fighting for the freedom for all men. Sources: Slade, Suzanne, and Robert McGuire. Frederick Douglass: Writer, Speaker, and Opponent of Slavery . Picture Window Books, 2007. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Douglass Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-dai...

Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?  Join us today as we learn about the lady President Lincoln referred to as the "little woman who started the Civil War." Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/harriet-beecher-stowe https://www.biography.com/activist/harriet-beecher-stowe https://www.americanhistoryforkids.com/harriet-beecher-stowe/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe h...

Who Was Nat Turner?  Join us today as we learn about the enslaved man who led one of the bloodiest revolts against slavery in the history of the United States--Nat Turner. Sources: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/nat-turners-rebellion https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Nat-Turner/399991 https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner https://www.history.com/topics/black...

Who Was Elizabeth Freeman?  Join us today as we learn about Elizabeth Freeman, the first African American woman to be granted her freedom by the Sate of Massachusetts in 1781. Sources: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-freeman https://www.elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman/ https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/...

Who Was Benjamin Banneker?  Join us today as we learn about the man with the great memory who helped lay out the streets of our nation's capital. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Benjamin-Banneker/273098 https://www.biography.com/scientist/benjamin-banneker https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker https://www.thoughtco.com/benjamin-banneker-profile-1991360 http...

Why We Celebrate Black History Join us today as we learn about the origins of this month-long celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of Black people to the history of the United States. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month   https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-history-month   https://www.thoughtco.com/black-histo...

What Is Biotechnology? Join us today as we learn what biotechnology is and some of the things that have been improved by biotechnology. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/science/penicillin   https://www.thelovepost.global/biotech-change/articles/biotechnology-motion-how-bionic-prosthetic-devices-are-restoring-mobility   https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/gene-therapy/about/pac-20384619...

Who Are the Cajun People? Join us today as we learn about this people group that now lives in the bayous of Lousiana Sources: https://www.acadian.org/history/acadian-history/overview/    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cajun   Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message   Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com    

It's National Puzzle Day! Join us today as we celebrate National Puzzle Day by learning about the origins of the jigsaw puzzle. https://www.mathscareers.org.uk/the-stomachion-the-worlds-oldest-maths-puzzle/    template of Archimedes’ Stomachion puzzle  https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-jigsaw-puzzles/   https://www.jodijill.com/   https://empoweredparents.co/benefits-of-puzzles/   https://www...

All About Western Sahara Join us today as we learn about this territory in the northwest corner of Africa. Sources: https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/nsgt/western-sahara    https://www.britannica.com/place/Western-Sahara   Send us listener mail!  Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message   Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com