• Fun Kids Science Weekly

  • By: Fun Kids
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Fun Kids Science Weekly

By: Fun Kids
  • Summary

  • Exploring the coolest and most incredible stuff in science, from way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth to a future where humans live in space!

    The Fun Kids Science Weekly is hosted by Dan and is the perfect science podcast for kids and families everywhere. Each week, you'll find episodes from series like Deep Space High, Age of the Dinosaurs and Professor Hallux.

    There's also a special guest, top experts answering all your science questions and Dangerous Dan - something scientific that’s also a little bit deadly!

    You can listen to Dan on Fun Kids (weekdays from 1pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app and online at funkidslive.com

    Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

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Episodes
  • SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: All the COLOURS of science!
    Mar 27 2023

    In your exclusive bonus episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, Dan is answering your most burning questions about COLOUR!

    Ever wondered how the sky changes from light to dark blue, from brilliant shades of red to deep hues of purple? Or maybe that's boring and you'd like to know why pee is yellow. We've got something for everyone! 

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    7 mins
  • COSMIC CALCULATORS: How We Use Computers in Space🖥️❓
    Oct 12 2024

    It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

    This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a tree-planting robot.

    Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn all a spacecraft on its way to visit an asteroid knocked off course by NASA in 2022, how scientists confirmed that the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago wasn't alone and University of Surrey's Robert Siddall tells us all about their tree-planting robot named Plantolin.

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains whether the moon has a core & Dan O'Neill from the Royal Veterinary College answers Ben's question on why dogs have wet noses.

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Trapdoor Spider

    The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Andreea Font from Liverpool John Moores University to learn about why Computational Astrophysics is the best kind of science?

    What do we learn about?

    • A spacecraft sent on a mission to save an asteroid
    • Why there was more than one asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
    • A tree-planting robot
    • Why do dogs have wet noses?
    • Is Computational Astrophysics the best type of science?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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    29 mins
  • THE SKY'S THE LIMIT: Secrets behind Aerospace Engineering✈️
    Oct 5 2024

    It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

    This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about Paramotorists in Peru collecting threatened plants.

    Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn all about the space capsule that's been sent to the International Space Station to rescue the two stranded astronauts has finally docked, how the UK has stopped creating electricity from burnt coal and Kew Royal Botanical Garden's Carolina Tovar tells us all about why paramorists in Peru have been soaring across the remote desert to collect threatened plants

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains what would happen if we didn't sleep for 3 weeks & Marjorie Lundgren from Lancaster University answers Tom's question on where the first plant seed came from.

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Maricopa Harvester Ant.

    The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Tasmin Mynett from Kingston University about why Aerospace Engineering is the best kind of science?

    What do we learn about?

    • The capsule sent to save the stranded astronauts has docked
    • How England have stopped needing coal for electricity
    • The threatened plants of the Peruvian desert
    • Where did the first plant seed come from?
    • Is Aerospace Engineering the best type of science?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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    30 mins

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