Inquisikids Daily

All About Dentistry  Join us today as we learn about the history of dentistry. Sources: https://www.adea.org/GoDental/Health_Professions_Advisors/History_of_Dentistry.aspx https://www.ncesc.com/dentist-job-description/ https://www.ada.org/resources/ada-library/dental-history Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.co...

How Were Post-It Notes Invented?  Join us today as we learn how one man's mistake turned into a popular office product. Sources: https://www.post-it.com/3M/en_US/post-it/contact-us/about-us/ https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-post-it-note-1992326 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The History of Ice Hockey  Join us today as we learn about the history of the fast-paced game of ice hockey. Sources Sabino, David. Game Day: Slap Shot . Simon Spotlight, 2019. Page, Sam, and Andrew Roberts. Hockey: Then to Wow! Liberty Street, an Imprint of Time Inc. Books, 2017. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisik...

Death Valley. Join us today as we learn about the hottest place in the world. Sources: https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/parks/death-valley-national-park/park-history-death-valley-national-park https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/scottys-castle/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Death-Valley/Plant-and-animal-life Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/m...

Sea Lions  Join us today as learn about the super smart sea lion. Sources Fetty, M., 2007. Sea lions . New York, N.Y.: Bearport Pub. Metz, L., 2012. Discovering sea lions . New York: PowerKids Press. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Lighthouses  Join us today as we learn about the history and purpose of the lighthouse. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/lighthouse/400128 https://sciencestruck.com/what-are-lighthouses https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/fresnellens.htm https://www.touropia.com/famous-lighthouses-in-the-world/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-dail...

First Kids  Join us today as we learn about some of the other residents of the White House--the kids! Sources: McCullough, Noah. First Kids: The True Stories of All the President's Children , Scholastic, New York, 2008. https://www.mic.com/articles/49037/5-u-s-presidents-who-were-never-fathers https://people.com/politics/what-its-really-like-being-the-child-of-a-president/ https://clintonwhit...

The History of Crossword Puzzles  Join us today as we learn about the origins of those super fun newspaper puzzles. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/crossword-puzzle https://blog.pencils.com/a-brief-history-of-crossword-puzzles/ https://crosswordtracker.com/puzzle-history/ https://crosswordresources.com/#:~:text=Crossword%20puzzles Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor...

The History of Legos  Join us today as we learn about how the popular Lego bricks came to be. Sources: Hirschmann, Kris. Lego Toys . Norwood House Press, 2009. O'Connor, Jim, and Ted Hammond. What Is Lego? Penguin Workshop, 2020. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

State Birds  Join us today as we learn about some of the more interesting state birds. Sources: Talbott, Hudson.  United Tweets of America.  New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Why Do I Sneeze?  Join us today as we learn about involuntary reflexes like sneezing and yawning.  Link to Nervous System episode: https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Your-Nervous-System-e15ffs9 Sources: Berger, Melvin, et al. Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn . HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. https://www.kidpid.com/why-do-we-get-goosebumps/ https://www.healthline.com/healt...

Who Was Sam Adams?  Join us today as we learn about a Founding Father who was willing to be a pain in the neck to get people's attention, Sam Adams. Sources: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/samuel-adams https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/samuel-adams https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Adams Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids...

The Battle of Midway  Join us today as we learn about the turning point of the Pacific front in World War II, the Battle of Midway. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-of-midway https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_midway.php Send us liste...

Belugas  Join us today as we learn about the smallest whale, the beluga. Sources: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/beluga https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/beluga-whale/?loggedin=true https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/beluga-whale/ https://oceaninfo.com/animals/beluga-whale/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily...

Artic Foxes. Join us today as we learn about the masters of camouflage. Sources Matthews, D., Guravich, D. and Ovsyanikov, N., 1995. Arctic foxes . New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Owen, R., 2011. Arctic fox pups . New York, N.Y.: Bearport Pub. Person, S., 2009. Arctic fox . New York, N.Y.: Bearport Pub. Pfeffer, W. and Huff, M., n.d. The arctic fox's journey . Send us liste...

The History of the Camera  Join us today as we learn about how the modern-day camera came to be. Sources: https://lensbaby.com/blogs/creative-photography/camera-obscura-explained https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/brief-history-of-photography-2688527 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Was Juliette Gordon Low?  Join us today as we learn about the woman who started the Girl Scouts. Sources: Kent, Deborah. Juliette Gordon Low: Founder of the Girl Scouts of America , Child's World, Chanhassen, MN, 2004. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The History of Dictionaries. Join us today as we learn all about the fascinating history of dictionaries. Sources https://www.britannica.com/facts/dictionary https://www.britannica.com/topic/Merriam-Webster-dictionary https://noahwebsterhouse.org/noahwebsterhistory/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Ireland:  The Emerald Isle  Join us today as we learn a bit about the country of Ireland. Sources: January, Brendan. Ireland . Children's Press, 1999. Harvey, Miles. Look What Came from Ireland . Franklin Watts, 2002. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

All About Penguins  Join us today as we learn about the black and white bird--the penguin. Sources: https://onekindplanet.org/animal/penguin/ https://www.livescience.com/27434-penguin-facts.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/penguins-1?loggedin=true Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Why Are Some People Allergic to Food?  Join us today as we learn about what happens to someone who eats a food they are allergic to. Sources: Marsico, Katie. Tell Me Why I Can't Eat Peanuts . Cherry Lake Pub., 2015. Powell, Jillian. Feeling Sick?: Allergies . Chertree Books, 2007. Hicks, Terry Allan. Allergies . Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006. Silverstein, Alvin, et al. Allergies . Frankl...

Who Was Roger Williams?  Join us today as we learn about Roger Williams, a man who believed that church and state should be separate. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/reformation/roger-williams https://rogerwilliams.org/biography.htm https://www.biography.com/scholar/roger-williams Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@...

Hot Dogs  Join us today as we learn how the hot dog was invented. Sources: Sylver, Adrienne, and Elwood H. Smith. Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog . Puffin Books, 2015. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Flags of the World. Join us today as we learn about different flags from all over the world and their meanings.  Sources https://learnertrip.com/flags/flags-colors-meaning/ https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/flag-colors.html https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/mexico/articles/the-story-behind-the-mexican-flag/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily...

Australian Fur Seals. Join us today as we learn all about Austrailian fur seals. Sources https://kids.kiddle.co/Fur_seal https://animalia.bio/australian-fur-seal https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/australian-fur-seal/ Hengel, Katherine. It's a Baby Australian Fur Seal! ABDO, 2010. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@...