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Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?  Join us today as we learn about the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe.   Sources: https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/ferdinand-magellan/ https://www.biography.com/explorer/ferdinand-magellan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Magellan/Circumnavigation-of-the-globe Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisi...

Bison  Join us today as we learn about the majestic and resilient bison. Sources: https://www.nps.gov/articles/15-facts-about-bison.htm https://www.britannica.com/animal/bison https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/American-Bison Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Were the Separatists?  Join us today as we learn about some unlikely travelers to the New World, the Separatists. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/church-of-england https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/mayflower-voyage https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mayflower-Compact/329489 https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflo...

What Was Beowulf?  Join us today as we learn about the epic poem Beowulf. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beowulf https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/plot-analysis/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Capybara  Join us today as we learn about the world's largest rodent the capybara. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/capybara-facts-4686926  Pictures https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/cabybara-facts?loggedin=true https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/mammals/capybara/ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-delightful-facts-about-capybaras.html https://www.britannica....

What Was the Berlin Wall?  Join us today as we learn about the wall that separated East and West Berlin and became a symbol of the Cold War. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berlin-Wall https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/why-berlin-wall-built-fell Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-da...

Who Was Stephen Hawking?  Join us today as we learn about the remarkable scientist, Stephen Hawking. Sources: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/general-science/stephen-hawking-facts/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Stephen_Hawking https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Stephen-Hawking/274795 https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/stephen_hawking.php Send us listener mail! Se...

What is Pasteurization?  Join us today as we learn how Louis Pasteur made food safer by inventing pasteurization. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/technology/pasteurization https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/pasteurization5.htm Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The Grand Canyon  Join us today as we explore one of the most beautiful and most visited places in the United States, the Grand Canyon. Sources: Hall, Margaret. Grand Canyon National Park . Heinemann Library, 2006. Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer, and Robert B. Noyed. The Grand Canyon . Child's World, 2001. Grand Canyon, by Julie Murray, Abdo Pub. Co., Edina, MN, 2005. Send us listener mail! Send a...

The Rhinoceros  Join us today as we learn about the second-largest land mammal, the rhino. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/animal/rhinoceros-mammal https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/rhinoceros https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/rhinoceros Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

What Is the Hubble Space Telescope?  Join us today as we learn how the amazing Hubble Space Telescope came to be. Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/multimedia/index.html   Hubble images Dickinson, Terence, and Tracy C. Read. The Hubble Space Telescope: Our Eye on the Universe . Firefly Books, 2019. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/the_story_2.html Sen...

The Theft of the Mona Lisa  Join us today as we learn about the theft and recovery of the Mona Lisa. Sources: https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/world/europe/mona-lisa-the-theft/index.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Were the Aztecs?  Join us today as we learn about one of the greatest ancient civilizations, the Aztec Empire. Sources: Greenberg, Imogen, and Isabel Greenberg.   The Aztec Empire .  Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2017. Tieck, Sarah. Aztec . Big Buddy Books, an Imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2015. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message...

How Was Penicillin Discovered?  Join us today as we learn about the accident that lead to the discovery of penicillin. Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520913/ https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/flemingpenicillin.html Send us listener mail! Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Flamingos  Join us today as we learn about the bright pink bird--the flamingo. Sources: Riggs, Kate.   Flamingos Amazing Animals Series .  Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks, 2015. Gish, Melissa.   Flamingos .  Creative Education, 2015. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Why Do Beavers Build Dams?  Join us today as we learn about the animal kingdom's engineers, the beaver, and why they build dams. Sources: https://www.nps.gov/articles/buildabeaverdam.htm https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-do-beavers-build-dams/ https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/beaver-dam.htm https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/beaver Send us listener mail! Send an audio message:...

Who Was Robert Fulton? Join us today as we learn about the inventor of the steamboat--Robert Fulton. Sources: Whiting, Jim. Robert Fulton . Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2007. Gillis, Jennifer Blizin. Robert Fulton . Heinemann Library, 2004. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Alaska  Join us today as we learn about the Last Frontier--Alaska. Sources: https://www.factsjustforkids.com/us-state-facts/alaska-facts-for-kids/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/denali/ https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Denali/275594# Bjorklund, Ruth.   Alaska .  Benchmark Books, 2005. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-da...

Hippos  Join us today as we learn about the third largest land animal on Earth, the hippopotamus. Sources: https://www.hippoworlds.com/hippopotamus-facts/ https://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/hippopotamus https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/hippopotamus https://www.britannica.com/animal/hippopotamus-mammal-species/Pygmy-hippopotamus Send us listener mail! Send an aud...

What Is Symbiosis?  Join us today as we learn about relationships in nature--symbiosis Sources: https://kids.kiddle.co/Symbiosis https://kids.kiddle.co/Lichen https://www.softschools.com/examples/science/commensalism_examples/373/ https://www.pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/fleas/ Hanáčková Pavla, and Linh Dao. Amazing Animal Friendships: Odd Couples in Nature . Scribblers, a Salariya Impr...

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?  Join us today as we learn about the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln/Reputation-and-character Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

What Was the Industrial Revolution?  Join us today as we learn about how the Industrial Revolution changed the way people worked and lived. Sources: Eli Whitney Episode   https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Was-Eli-Whitney-e15c09g https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Industrial-Revolution/353290 https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/industrial_revolution.php https:/...

What Happened at Ellis Island?  Join us today as we learn about the twelve million people who passed through Ellis Island on their way to a new life in America. Sources: https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-examination-immigrants-ellis-island Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily...

Hummingbirds  Join us today as we learn about the tiny bird that can fly backward--the hummingbird. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/hummingbird/353273 https://kids.britannica.com/scholars/article/hummingbird/41505 https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/hummingbird.html https://birdwatchingbuzz.com/hummingbird-facts-for-kids/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Hummingbird htt...

Our Amazing Atmosphere  Join us today as we learn about the layers in our amazing atmosphere. Sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/atmosphere/ https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/atmosphere/layers-earths-atmosphere https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message S...