The STEM Career Quest Podcast

Today's STEM Career Quest is a special one! In this bonus episode, you'll get to hear a special episode from the podcast Who Smarted? Who Smarted? is another podcast for questies just like you! This episode is taking you behind the scenes of how a drone works. Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform: https://pod.link/1726094791 CLICK HERE to grab your free episode badge and ma...

Have you ever wondered what is up in the sky beyond the clouds? Depending on where you live, it may be hard to see the stars at night. Beyond the stars and outside of planet Earth, there are some really cool pieces of technology that have been sent to space and are collecting important information that helps us here on Earth.  Did you know that it takes a team of people to research, build, an...

Hey, my Questees? Have you ever been outside on a walk and noticed all of the pretty rocks that are lying around in nature? You may have even noticed that every rock is of a different size, shape, and color. Some rocks are smooth and bumpy, while others are shiny. There are so many rocks in the world. Each rock can tell us so much about our Earth’s history.  There are people in the world who...

Since I was 5 years old, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. Whenever me and my younger brothers and sisters would play school, I would be the teacher. After I became an adult, I decided to live out my childhood dream and become a teacher with STEM being my favorite subject to teach.  Did you know that there are so many types of teachers in the world? In today’s episode, we get to hear from midd...

Have you ever helped your mom or dad cook dinner? Even if you haven't, you've most likely seen them use measuring cups and spoons to make sure they are adding the correct amount of each ingredient. Did you know that using measuring cups and spoons while cooking is actually doing math? There are people who help kids just like you learn how to use math both in school and in everyday life. In today's...

Have you ever been bird watching or just watched the birds you see when you’re outside? I recently added two bird feeders at my house, and after a few days, birds started coming to eat at my bird feeders. Nature is so fascinating, and there is so much you can learn about the animals and plants where you live. There are even people who research and explore nature where they live and teach others ab...

Have you ever done a school project where you had to research a new topic? You may have had to learn a lot of new facts that you had to share with your class. Did you know that there are people who do this for their STEM careers? They take the research they find and use it to write and illustrate their findings to teach others about this topic. The STEM career we’re going to explore today is what...

Have you ever noticed all of the ways you are kept safe at school? There are fire alarms that let you know when there is a fire. You even practice how to safely exit the building in case there ever is a fire. The air vents at your school blow out warm air when it’s cold outside and cold air when it’s hot outside. Did you know that there are people who make sure that each of these safety practices...

Did you know that we use math in everyday life and not just at school? I use math each time I go to the store to buy my cute little dog Frederick new fluffy toys when he rips apart his old ones. I have to check the price tag to see how much it costs and look at my budget to see how much money I can spend that’s within my budget. Math is literally all around us! In fact, there are people out there...

Hi, my Questies! We’re back for another STEM Career Quest, and I have a question for you: Have you ever had a teacher give you a school project, and all of the technology you had to use for the project was selected by your teacher? Well, there are people who do something very similar for their STEM careers! These people are called science and technology liaisons. In today’s episode, we get to lear...

Questies, we are back for another amazing STEM career adventure! Before we embark on this new adventure, I have a question for you: have you ever had your microwave or another appliance stop working suddenly? I’ve had that to me and it was so frustrating because I couldn’t get the microwave door to close. I decided to investigate to see if I could figure out how the microwave works. I decided to t...

Welcome to another adventure on the STEM Career Quest Podcast, my Questies! I want to know: have you ever been on an airplane? It’s such a fun and exciting way to travel across the world! Did you know that the people who fly airplanes have to do lots of training and practice before they can start flying airplanes? Today, we are learning all about what it takes to become an airline pilot in trainin...

All right, my Questies! We are continuing our adventure in outer space! Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be part of a team that builds a spacecraft that they get to send into outer space? That would be so cool to do! Did you know that there are people who collaborate to plan, design, and build spacecrafts? Aerospace engineers get to do this for their STEM career! Today, we’re hearin...

Hey, my little Questies! We are continuing our adventure in outer space, but this time with a twist. Did you know that the GPS app your parents use on their phones to get directions telling them where to go works because of special satellites in outer space? That’s right! There are satellites in outer space that orbit Earth to send signals to GPS devices so we can know how to go anywhere in the wo...

Hey, my little Questies! Today’s STEM career quest takes us far, far away into outer space! Now I have a question for you: Did you know that just like Earth orbits or moves around the sun, there are telescopes that orbit Earth? These special telescopes require a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure they work correctly. It takes careful planning, communication, and coding, all done from Earth! T...

All right, my Questies, we’re back for another STEM Quest! Now, I have a question for you. Have you ever eaten a yummy chocolate chip cookie and got melted chocolate all over your fingers? What happens when you touch something with your chocolate covered fingers? Your fingerprints get all over whatever you touch! Our fingerprints are so special because no one else in the world has them. On today’s...

Hey, Questies! We are embarking on our very first STEM Career Quest. We are diving into the tiny yet magnificent world of insects with The Bug Chicks, Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honnaker. Kristie and Jessica are entomologists, which means they study bugs. On today's quest, we are taken behind the scenes of what entomologists actually do. We also get to hear about some of the fun adventures Kristi...

Welcome to the STEM Career Quest Podcast! A show made for young innovators like you to help you explore that question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” I am the creator and host of this show, Naomi Meredith. For our special first episode of the STEM Career Quest Podcast, I wanted to take you behind the scenes to let you know what this show is all about! In this episode, I'm answering some qu...

Have you ever found yourself asking this question… “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Maybe you already have an answer to that, maybe you don’t. Both are ok! Welcome to the “STEM Career Quest” podcast! A show made for kids like you to help you build your dreams, or even find new ones, in science, technology, engineering and math. Each week, hear captivating stories and interviews to explore th...