Meet the Expert: Gene Van Buren Gene Van Buren, PhD, is a nuclear physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). After moving around from the Philippines, to the U.S. Midwest, to its South, he found an interest in math as an overarching language in physics and computers. He pursued engineering and physics degrees at Washington University… Continue Reading Episode 10: How Do You Measure Particles That Can’t Be Seen?
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Challenge: Watch the video of how particles collide and then draw your own image of what you think it would look like. Choose different colors for different particles. With your parents permission, send us one of your pictures via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram account @kidssolve If you… Continue Reading Episode 10 Challenge: How Do you Measure Particles that Can’t Be Seen?
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Meet the Expert: Darlene Lim Geobiologist and Principal investigator of human scientific exploration of our solar system (Mars) with NASA Darlene Lim, PhD, is a geobiologist based at the NASA Ames Research Center, and is actively involved in the development of operational concepts for human scientific exploration of our solar system. She is also the… Continue Reading Episode 9: How Will We Communicate with Astronauts on Mars?
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Challenge: Keep a daily diary during the pandemic and write down what you do, or draw pictures of what is going on in your life. Write down some fun things that make you happy! This is something the astronauts will have to do as they… Continue Reading Episode 9 Challenge: How Will We Communicate with Astronauts on Mars?
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Meet the Expert: Shah Selbe Engineer and Conservation Technologist, National Geographic Explorer Shah Selbe is the founder of Conservify and a National Geographic Explorer and Fellow. He is an engineer and conservation technologist that works with communities, NGOs, and developing countries to identify and deploy technologies that can help with their greatest conservation challenges. His… Continue Reading Episode 8: How Do you Use Technology to Help Conserve the Planet?
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CHALLENGE: Connect with Nature! Download the iNaturalist app and use it in your backyard. Draw a picture of one or two plants or trees you see. With your parents permission, send it to us via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram account @kidssolve If you send in your challenge… Continue Reading Episode 8: Challenge– How Do you Use Technology to Help Conserve the Planet?
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Meet the Expert: Fabien Cousteau Aquanaut, Oceanographic Explorer, Environmental Advocate and Founder of Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center. As the first grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fabien spent his early years aboard his famous grandfather’s ships, Calypso and Alcyone; and learning how to scuba dive on his fourth birthday. In the following years, and as… Continue Reading Episode 7: How Do You Build an Underwater “Spaceship”?
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Challenge: Draw a picture of what YOU think the next underwater habitat should look like! Will it be like Aquarius? Or the International Space Station (but underwater)? Or will you come up with something incrediby new and amazing? Fabien wants to know! With your parent’s permission, upload it to to Twitter and/or Instagram and tag… Continue Reading Episode Challenge 7– What Would You Bring to an Underwater “Spaceship”?
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Meet the Scientist: Cady Coleman, Astronaut Cady Coleman is a scientist, wife, mother, pilot, musician, retired NASA Astronaut, and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and a six-month trip aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As a public speaker, Cady draws from her time in NASA and her missions on the ISS to… Continue Reading Episode 6: How Do You Live in Space?
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Challenge: Find the International Space Station (ISS) in the sky. Use the website Spot the Station to discover when and where the ISS will pass over your house. (Maybe even wave to the astronauts as they pass over) Then draw a picture of a place you might like to live in space. With your parent’s… Continue Reading Episode Challenge 6: How Do You Live in Space?
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Meet The Expert: Eric Whitacre Grammy® Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of today’s most popular and performed musicians. His works are programmed worldwide by orchestras and choirs, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 120 different countries. A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, Eric served two… Continue Reading Episode 5: How Do You Compose Music that is as Big as the Universe?
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CHALLENGE: Compose an original piece of music using the following parameters: * Create a piece that is no more than 1 minute in length * Use only 3 notes * Take only 1 day to do this With your parent’s permission, upload it to to Twitter and/or Instagram and… Continue Reading Episode Challenge 5: How Do You Compose Music that is as Big as the Universe?
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