Inquisikids Daily

What Are Simple Machines?  Join us today as we learn about the six types of simple machines and how they make our lives easier. Sources: Levers , by Anne Welsbacher, Capstone Press, Inc, Mankato, MN, 2001. https://eschooltoday.com/learn/the-wheel-and-axle/ https://mocomi.com/screw/ https://www.ducksters.com/science/simple_machines.php https://studiousguy.com/wedge-simple-machines-examples/ Se...

What Are Chincoteague Ponies?  Join us today as we learn about the wild horses that live on the shores of Maryland and Virginia. Sources: https://pony-chincoteague.com/history.html https://www.horsebreedspictures.com/chincoteague-pony https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Chincoteague/about/history.html https://www.chincoteague.com/articles/chincoteague-pony-faq.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio...

Pompeii Join us today as we learn about the lost city of Pompeii. Sources: https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Volcanoes-e17a7bb Volcano episode https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vesuvius-erupts https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Pompeii/276498 https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome/pompeii.php https://kids.kiddle.co/Pompeii https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/...

Who Was Harry Houdini?  Join us today as we learn about the famous escape artist, Harry Houdini. Sources: https://www.biography.com/performer/harry-houdini https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

What Is a Bar Code? Join us today as we find out about bar codes that come on all kinds of products.  What do they do?  What do they mean? Sources: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/how-do-barcodes-work/ https://www.explainthatstuff.com/barcodescanners.html Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

The Respiratory System  Join us today as we find out about our respiratory system. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/respiratory-system/276699 https://www.ducksters.com/science/breathing.php https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/lungs.html Stille, Darlene. The Respiratory System . Children's Press, 1998. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/me...

Who Was Jacques Cousteau?  Join us today as we learn about underwater explorer and film maker Jacques Cousteau. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Jacques-Cousteau/273836 https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Jacques-Cousteau/400102 https://www.cousteau.org/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisiki...

Who Was Benedict Arnold?  Join us today as we learn about Benedict Arnold who was a traitor to his country during the American Revolution. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-Arnold

Skunks  Join us today as we learn about skunks, which are a lot like other mammals, with one stinky difference. Sources: https://www.livescience.com/55151-skunks.html https://wildlifeinformer.com/facts-about-skunks/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/skunk/Natural-history Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Poison Dart Frogs Join us today as we learn about the colorful poison dart frog. Sources: https://www.amphibianfact.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Strawberry-Poison-Dart-Frog-Pictures.jpg  PHOTO https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/nature/frog-life-cycle/ Silverstein, Alvin, et al. Poison Dart Frogs: Cool Pets! Enslow Elementary, 2012. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: a...

What Are the La Brea Tar Pits?  Join us today as we learn about the La Brea Tar Pits where all kinds of animals have been found fossilized in the tar. Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501974/10-fascinating-facts-about-la-brea-tar-pits https://www.ourbreathingplanet.com/la-brea-tar-pits/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email...

Who Was Eliza Hamilton?  Join us today as we learn about one of the women who played a significant role in the young United States, Eliza Hamilton. Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hamilton-elizabeth-hamilton-1757-1854/ Kulling, Monica, and Valerio Fabbretti. Eliza Hamilton: Founding Mother . Random House, 2018. https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Was...

Who Made the First Airplane?  Join us today as we learn about the path to the very first airplane made by Orville and Wilbur Wright. Sources: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/abbas-ibn-firnas-33319.php https://historicalmenandwomen.blogspot.com/2016/04/elmer-flying-monk.html https://www.leonardo-da-vinci.net/ornithopter/ https://www.parcast.com/blog/2018/2/6/11-flying-machines-that-ca...

What Was the Dust Bowl?  The Dust Bowl was a very difficult, and dirty, time in American History. Sources: https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/dust-bowl https://www.britannica.com/place/Dust-Bowl https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl https://www.drought.unl.edu/dustbowl/Home.aspx PHOTOS: https://allthatsinteresting.com/dust-bowl...

Bats  Join us today as we learn about the often misunderstood bat. Sources: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/bat/272891 https://www.britannica.com/list/5-surprising-facts-about-bats https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/bat-facts/ https://www.konnecthq.com/bat-facts Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an e...

What Is the Bermuda Triangle?  Join us today we explore the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. Sources: Stone, Adam. The Bermuda Triangle . Saunders Book Co., 2012. Walker, Kathryn, and Brian Innes. Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle . Crabtree Pub., 2009. Gorman, Jacqueline Laks. The Bermuda Triangle . G. Stevens Pub., 2002. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-da...

Who Was Sam Houston?  Join us today as we learn about Sam Houston who helped Texas win its independence. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Houston https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sam-houston/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Life in Ancient Rome  Join us today as we learn how life in Ancient Rome differed from life today. Sources: Mack, Lorrie, and Margaret Parrish. Ancient Rome . DK Pub., 2014. Gedacht, Daniel C. Home Life in Ancient Rome . PowerKids Press, 2004. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Puerto Rico  Join us today as we learn about the history of the US territory of Puerto Rico. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/puerto-rico-matters-in-presidential-election-3322127 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/PR https://www.britannica.com/place/Puerto-Rico Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Ferrets  Join us today as we learn about an unusual pet, the ferret. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/animal/ferret https://www.ferret.org/pdfs/Ferret_Colors_and_Patterns.pdf photos Jo 101 Facts about Ferrets , by Claire Horton-Bussey, Gareth Stevens Pub., Milwaukee, WI, 2002. Johnson, Sylvia A. Ferrets . Carolrhoda Books, 1997. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inqui...

The Apollo Space Program  Join us today as we learn about the Apollo Space Program that NASA used to send men to land on the moon. Sources: Earthrise photo: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html More photos: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-50-photos-taken-on-the-moon/50/ https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-know...

Sarah Emma Edmondson  Join us today as we learn about a woman who served in the Civil War. Sources: https://www.nps.gov/people/sarah-emma-edmonds.htm https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-emma-edmonds https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/Civil_War_Nurses.cfm Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podc...

Koko the Gorilla  Join us today as we learn about Koko the Gorilla who taught us a lot about language and communication. Sources: https://www.koko.org/about/history-milestones/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gorillas-koko-sign-language-culture-animals?loggedin=true https://www.britannica.com/animal/Gorilla-primate-genus Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4QQ8Mfjb_g Se...

St Augustine  Join us today as we learn about the Nations Oldest City--St Augustine, Florida. Sources: https://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/castillo-de-san-marcos-national-monument https://www.citystaug.com/693/Our-History St. Augustine , by Frances E. Ruffin, Weekly Reader Early Learning Library, Milwaukee, WI, 2006. Life in St. Augustine , by Sally Senzell Isaacs, Heinemann Library,...

The Tower of London is 900 years old, and it has a very interesting history. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-tower-of-london-1221989 https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-tower-of-london-menagerie/#gs.b8yx9r https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tower-of-London Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inqu...