Challenge Make a poster all about your favorite animal. Include what it looks like, what it eats, where it lives… everything you’d want someone else to know about it. Be sure to talk about how people can help keep to keep it thriving in its environment. Send us a picture of our poster or… Continue Reading Episode 55: How Do You Find a Hidden Giraffe?
Read MoreMeet the Experts: Dr. Brian Helmuth, Aquanaut and Marine Scientist AND Keith Ellenbogen, famed underwater photographer Brian Helmuth, PhD., is an aquanaut and marine environmental scientist at Northeastern University who loves to spend his time diving and exploring the ocean as he studies the effects of climate change on bodies of water on our… Continue Reading Episode 54: How Can Photography Inspire Conservation?
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Challenge: Pick an animal, it can be small or big, and imagine yourself as that animal. How would you see the world? Draw a picture or write a few words to describe to someone else what that animal’s view of the world might look like. Send us your drawing or share with us on… Continue Reading Episode 54: How Can Photographty Inspire Conservation?
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Meet the Expert: Samantha Jacques, Meteorologist WZZM 13 On Your Side Samantha Jacques is the Weekend Morning Meteorologist at 13 ON YOUR SIDE in Grand Rapids, Mich. She is a Michigan native, growing up in Shelby Twp, where she first discovered her unwavering passion for weather. Samantha attended Central Michigan University to earn her… Continue Reading Episode 53: How Can You Stay Dry on a Rainy Day?
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Challenge: YOU try it! Gather information that you can find from sources online, observation, other weather shows, and see how well you can do predicting the weather for 7 days. How did it go? Were you correct? Close? Far off? It’s not as easy as it looks is it? Send us your weather predictions… Continue Reading Episode 53: How Can You Stay Dry on a Rainy Day?
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Go around your house and see how many things you can find that are made from oil and/or gas. Draw a picture of a few of the items and with your parents permission, send us a picture of what you saw via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram account @kidssolve… Continue Reading Episode 52: How Can Fossils Make Your Car Go?
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Meet the Expert: Maria Marianayagam, Chemical Engineer Maria Marianayagam is a Sri Lankan-Canadian chemical engineer and children’s book author. She was born in India and grew up in Nigeria, and four provinces across Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland, Ontario, and Alberta). Maria’s first career involved figuring out how to recover oil and gas safely. Given the… Continue Reading Episode 52: How Do Fossils Make Your Car Go?
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Meet the Expert: Suzanne Slade, Mechanical Engineer and Children’s Author Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of over 140 books for children. A mechanical engineer by degree who worked on rockets and car braking systems. Suzanne worked for McDonnell Douglas Space Systems in CA on Delta and Titan rockets and Delta-Star spacecraft purchased by NASA.… Continue Reading Episode 50: How Do You Have a Snowball Fight on Mars?
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Please give a huge welcome to our new co-host, Jeff Gonyea!! You can read more about him here: Our regular podcast will resume next week. In the mean time, please enjoy a few clips of some our BEST of the OCEAN podcasts. Click on the title if you want to hear the entire podcast… Continue Reading Episode 49: The BEST of the OCEAN…Replay (and WELCOME to Our New Co-host!)
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Challenge: Go outside in your backyard or a park and count all of the different organisms you see. How many did you find? 10? 20? 50? Draw a picture of some of the creatures or take a photo. With your parent’s permission, email us at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Instagram or Twitter @kidssolve.… Continue Reading Episode 47: Why Should We Care About Biodiversity?
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Meet the Expert: Phillipe Cousteau, Jr. Philippe is a multi-Emmy-nominated TV host, author, speaker, and social entrepreneur. He has hosted numerous TV programs for Discovery, BBC, CNN, Travel Channel and more. Currently he is the host of the syndicated television show Xploration Awesome Planet, now in its sixth season. He and his wife Ashlan are… Continue Reading Episode 47: Why Should We Care About Biodiversity?
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Meet the Expert: Tony Lee Moral, award-winning wildlife and science filmmaker, author Tony Lee Moral is an award winning documentary filmmaker, author and novelist. His main work focuses on natural history science, the arts, psychology and cinema. Tony’s natural history film The Secret Life of Your House won the Special Jury Award at the 2015… Continue Reading Episode 46: How Do You Photograph Animals at Night?
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