Inquisikids Daily

Coral Reefs  Join us today as we learn how coral reefs are formed as well as about the largest reef in the world. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Barrier-Reef--video https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/great-barrier-reef/ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/oceans/coral-reefs.htm https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/coral_reef_biome.php https://www.nationalgeographic.o...

What Is Fire and How Does It Work?  If you have ever wondered why a log burns, join us today to find out! Sources: https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/fire-extinguisher.htm  Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Yosemite National Park  Join us today as we highlight some of the wildlife and views that visitors to Yosemite National Park can enjoy. Sources: https://thefactfile.org/yosemite-national-park-facts/ https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm https://www.britannica.com/place/El-Capitan Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids....

George Washington, Farmer  Did you know that in addition to being our nation's first President, George Washington was a great farmer?  Join us today to learn all about it. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/mount-vernon https://www.mountvernon.org/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Mr. Ferris made a giant wheel for the World's Fair.  Let's learn about it today! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-ferris-wheel-180955300/ https://www.famousinventors.org/george-ferris https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-ferris-wheel/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Worlds-Columbian-Exposition https://www.britannica.com/topic/worlds-fair Send us listener mai...

The Great Wall of China is the largest thing humans have ever built. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-wall-china/ https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/ https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/great-wall-of-china Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Today we will learn about lemurs, animals that live in only once place on earth. https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/lemur https://www.britannica.com/animal/lemur-primate-suborder https://www.britannica.com/place/Madagascar/Ethnic-groups Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Where Does Honey Come From? Join us today as we learn about honey bees and the sweet treat that they produce. Sources: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/honey-bee-anatomy https://myanimals.com/animals/wild-animals-animals/discover-5-animals-that-eat-honey/ https://www.livescience.com/37611-what-is-honey-honeybees.html https://ecobnb.com/blog/2019/09/kid-friendly-bee-facts/ https://kids.nationalgeograp...

 Helen Keller  Join us today as we learn about Helen Keller, a girl who did not let deafness and blindness keep her from doing great things. Sources: https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-keller https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Keller https://www.hki.org/helen-kellers-life-and-legacy/ https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-alexander-graham-bell https:/...

The First Zoos  Today we will hear about the first exotic animals and the first zoos in the United States.  Roar! Sources: https://streetsofsalem.com/2011/04/13/crowninshields-elephant/ https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/editors_pick/1928_05-06_pick.html https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer2b.htm https://zoohistories.com/2020/02/20/first-zoo/ Send us listener mail! Send an audi...

Storms Storms can be scary but we can be prepared.  Join us today as we learn about thunderstorms, cyclones, and tornadoes. Sources: https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm https://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm https://kids.kiddle.co/Hurricane_Katrina https://www.britannica.com/science/tornado/Tornado-intensity https://sciencestruck.com/which-are-different-types-of-s...

Today we hear the true story of Samson the Hot Tub Bear. https://www.cityofmonrovia.org/discover-monrovia/samson-the-hot-tub-bear#ad-image-0  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-16-me-64127-story.html  Tokuda, Wendy, and Millis.  Samson the Hot Tub Bear . Abingdon-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2005. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: a...

Clouds Join us today as we learn about the different types of clouds and what we can learn about upcoming weather from them.  Sources: https://scijinks.gov/clouds/ https://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/clouds.php Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who was Nellie Bly? Nellie Bly was the most important journalist of her time.  Today we learn about some of the interesting things that she did. Sources: https://www.biography.com/activist/nellie-bly https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nellie-Bly https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/nellie-bly/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/world-nellie-miles...

King Louis XIV of France Join us today as we learn about the Sun King who became the King of France when he was just four years old. https://www.biography.com/news/louis-xiv-biography-facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-XIV-king-of-France https://kids.kiddle.co/Louis_XIV_of_France https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cardinal-Jules-Mazarin/Career-as-first-minister-of-France Send us li...

Platypus  The platypus is a very unique animal.  Learn about the animal that people thought was a hoax! Sources: https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/platypus/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/plat https://www.britannica.com/animal/platypus/Life-cycle-and-reproduction https://www.sdzsafaripark.org/cams/platypus-cam San Diego Zoo platypus cam Plural of o...

Solar System Part 2  Join us today as we learn about the last four planets in our solar system, the gas giants. Sources: https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/136-How-did-Uranus-get-its-name- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system https://space-facts.com/ The Usborne Book of Astronomy & Space , by Lisa Miles et al., Usborne Pub., 2009. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: an...

Our Solar System Part 1  Earth is just one of the planets that make up our solar system.  Join us today as we begin to explore the heavenly bodies that make up our solar system. Sources: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system https://space-facts.com/ The Usborne Book of Astronomy & Space , by Lisa Miles et al., Usborne Pub., 2009. Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anch...

The Man Who Invented Scrabble Today we learn about Alfred Butts who invented the word game Scrabble.   Sources: https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/history https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/07/obituaries/alfred-m-butts-93-is-dead-inventor-of-scrabble.html https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150911-word-up-the-secret-story-of-scrabble Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inqui...

Who Was Teddy Roosevelt? Join us today as we learn about Teddy Roosevelt who was our first modern president and a very adventurous man.   Sources: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/ https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/10-little-known-facts-about-president-theodore-roosevelt https://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt Send...

Alligators and Crocodiles.  Join us today as we learn what characteristics these two animals share and what makes them different.   Sources: https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/american-crocodile/ https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/alligator-hunting https://www.evergladesholidaypark.com https://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd-faq-q4.htm Alligators and Crocodiles, by Gail Gibbon...

Snakes are fascinating animals with many interesting features. Sources https://lafeber.com/vet/snake-anatomy-basics/ https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/snake-anatomy/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/snake/Specializations-for-securing-food Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Was Amelia Earhart?  Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in women's aviation, but what happened when she attempted to take the longest trip possible? Sources: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/amelia-earhart https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-search-for-amelia-earhart-ever-end-180953646/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart Send us listener mai...

How does sound work?  Join us today as we learn all about sound. https://www.ducksters.com/science/sound101.php Picture https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534630/ Send us listener mail! Send an audio message: anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/message Send an email: podcast@inquisikids.com

Who Was Clara Barton? Clara Barton went from being a shy little girl to helping wounded soldiers during the Civil War to establishing the American Red Cross. Sources: Amazing Civil War Nurse Clara Barton , by Mary Dodson Wade, Enslow Elementary, 2010. Brave Clara Barton , by Frank Murphy and Sarah Green, Random House, 2018. The Life and Times of Clara Barton , by Susan Sales Harkins and William H....