Inquisikids Daily

The History of Coffee Join us today as we learn about the history of the second most popular drink in the world--coffee. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/plant/Coffea https://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/history-coffee/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

How Was the Helicopter Invented? Join us today as we learn about how helicopters were invented and who did it. Sources https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/helicopter8.htm https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-helicopter-58.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisi...

Memorial Day Today is Memorial Day but where did the idea come from and what are we celebrating?  Join us today to find out. Sources: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields  --Poem https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history https://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-memorial-day Se...

What is the Triple Crown? Join us today as we learn about horse racing and the Triple Crown series.  Sources https://kids.kiddle.co/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing http://socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/sports/triplecrown-horseracing.htm https://www.sportingnews.com/au/horse-racing/news/kentucky-derby-2022-payout-prize-money-winner https://popularask.net/how-much-was-secretariat-worth-a...

Jellyfish. Join us today as we learn all about jellyfish! Sources https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/jellyfish-facts/ https://oceanscubadive.com/types-of-jellyfish/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/Portuguese-man-of-war Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The History of Soda. Join us today as we learn all about how soda is made. Sources Charles, Oz. How Does Soda Get into the Bottle? , Silver Burdett Press, Morristown, NJ, 1993. https://www.factretriever.com/soda-facts https://www.britannica.com/topic/soft-drink https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/number-of-businesses/soda-production-united-states https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-d...

Who Was Wangari Muta Maathai? Join us today as we learn about Wangari Maathai, a woman who planted trees. Sources https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/ https://wangarimaathai.org/wangaris-story/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The history of bubble gum. Join us as we learn all about how bubble gum was invented. Sources http://www.chewinggumfacts.com/chewing-gum-history/first-chewing-gum-natural-chewing-gums/ http://www.chewinggumfacts.com/chewing-gum-history/first-chewing-gum-natural-chewing-gums McCarthy, Meghan. Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum , CNIB, Toronto, 2010. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anch...

What Is the Gold Standard?  Join us today as we learn about the meaning and history of the Gold Standard in our currency. Sources: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/economics/gold-standard/ https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Gold_standard https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/gold/274588 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/in...

What Was A Mastodon?  Join us today as we learn about the mastodon, a large creature that is now extinct. Sources: https://www.wheaton.edu/community/perry-mastodon/discovery/-- Perry the Mastodon https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/mammoth-and-mastodon/275651 https://www.livescience.com/56708-mastodon-facts.html https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-mastodons-1093330 https://kids.kid...

Who is Sonia Sotomayor? Join us today as we learn about the first Latina on the Supreme Court. Sources https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/three-branches-of-government https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes Anderson, AnnMarie, and Gerald Kelley. Sonia Sotomayor . Scholastic Inc., 2014. Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? Paw Prints, 2017. Send us listene...

What Is the Hearst Castle? Join us today as we learn about William Randolph Hearst and how he became the owner of his very own castle. Sources https://hearstcastle.org/history-behind-hearst-castle/art/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/citizen-hearst-castle-san-simeon/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Randolph-Hearst Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anch...

The Great Chicago Fire  Join us today as we learn about one of the largest fires in the history of the United States. Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/martial%20law https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Chicago-fire-of-1871/609268 https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/great_chicago_fire.php https://kids.kiddle.co/Great_Chicago_Fire https://www.thoughtco.com/the-...

What Is an Albatross?  Join us today as we learn about the albatross, the bird that has a very large wing span. Sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/albatrosses?loggedin=true https://www.livescience.com/albatross.html https://www.britannica.com/animal/albatross Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFwgCh1hh4U Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: an...

What Is an Engineer?  Join us today as we learn about different jobs an engineer can have. Sources: https://www.mtu.edu/mechanical/engineering/ https://www.teachengineering.org/PDF/TypesOfEngineering/Aerospace_InfoFlyer.pdf https://www.teachengineering.org/PDF/TypesOfEngineering/Biomedical_InfoFlyer.pdf https://www.teachengineering.org/PDF/TypesOfEngineering/Civil_InfoFlyer.pdf https://www.te...

Who Was Mark Twain?  Join us today as we learn about Mark Twain, one of America's most famous writers. Sources: https://marktwainhouse.org/about/mark-twain/biography/ https://www.biography.com/writer/mark-twain Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Pets in the White House  Join us today as we learn about the pets that have joined the First Family as they lived in the White House. Sources: https://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/millie/ https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/politics/white-house-pets/ Flynn, Sarah Wassner. 1000 Facts about the White House . National Geographic, 2017. Kennedy, Marge M. Pets at the White House . Childr...

What Are Zip Codes?  Join us today as we crack the code of ZIP codes. Sources: https://www.womansday.com/life/a51100/the-history-and-meaning-of-zip-codes/ https://tedium.co/2017/10/31/telephone-area-codes-history/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/our-numbered-days-the-evolution-of-the-area-code/283803/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-d...

Chimpanzees  Join us today as we learn about the fascinating habits of the chimpanzee. Sources: Riggs, Kate. Chimpanzees . Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks, 2016. Spilsbury, Richard, and Louise Spilsbury. A TROOP OF CHIMPANZEES . Heinemann Library, 2003. Kalman, Bobbie, and Hadley Dyer. Endangered Chimpanzees . Crabtree Pub. Co., 2005. Kalman, Bobbie, and Hadley Dyer. Endangered Chimpan...

What Is Solar Power?  Join us today as we learn how to convert the sun's energy into electricity. Sources: https://rayahsolar.com/blog/solar101/solar-for-kids/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/solar-cell.htm Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Was Mozart?  Join us today as we learn about the gifted and young musical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.   Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart/353500 https://kids.kiddle.co/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1KEphfpDE&t=19s Piano Concerto No 11 in F Major https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fugue https://en.wi...

Constantinople  Join us today as we learn about the city of Istanbul that was Contantiople...and before that it was Byzantium. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/constantinople https://www.thoughtco.com/istanbul-was-once-constantinople-1435547 Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Poetry  Join us today as we learn about some common forms of poetry in honor of National Poetry Month Sources: https://kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm  An example of a haiku https://www.rd.com/list/limericks-for-kids/    Limericks for kids https://www.tckpublishing.com/types-of-poems/ https://www.scribophile.com/academy/what-are-poetic-devices https://www.reference.com/world-v...

All About Zebras  Join us today as we learn about the zebra and why they have stripes Sources: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/zebra-facts/ https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/zebra Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Your Unique Fingerprints  Join us today as we learn about the fingerprints that only you have. Sources: https://science.howstuffworks.com/fingerprinting4.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/fingerprint Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com