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Episode 27: Why Would You Want to Break a Flying Car?

November 17, 2020 Engineering, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert:  Anthony Hazlett,  Aeronautical Engineer Anthony received his BS in Aeronautical Engineering from RPI in 2013. Anthony completed a focused GE Aviation technical course on turbine engine design. He has an MS in Engineering Management from Tufts.  Anthony’s GE experiences include working in the PEC supporting F414 Single Engine Mechanical Systems, working in… Continue Reading Episode 27: Why Would You Want to Break a Flying Car?

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Episode 26: How Do You Teach a Robot to Swim?

November 10, 2020 Challenge

  Challenge: Take a few “bad” pictures  of things or people around your house. Maybe in in bad lighting or an extreme close up, and  see if your friends and family can identify it. If they get it right ask how did you know what this was? This is basically how Dr Patterson trains Fetch… Continue Reading Episode 26: How Do You Teach a Robot to Swim?

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Episode 26: How Do You Teach a Robot to Swim?

November 10, 2020 Engineering, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert: Mark Patterson, PhD.  Marine Biologist, Engineer, Aquanaut Hi, I’m a marine biologist, engineer, and underwater explorer. I got my start exploring the underwater world at age 6 when my dad taught me to snorkel in the lakes of upstate NY and Canada. When I was 16, I saved money from delivering newspapers… Continue Reading Episode 26: How Do You Teach a Robot to Swim?

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Episode 25: How Do You Study Tiny Organisms in an Ecosystem as Vast as the Ocean?

November 3, 2020 Science, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert:  Diana Fontaine Diana Fontaine is a Ph.D. student using genetic techniques to study phytoplankton diversity. She is interested in understanding how environmental stressors associated with climate change affect phytoplankton community dynamics and thus, overall ecosystem function. Prior to working in the Rynearson Lab at URI-GSO, she spent two years as a plankton… Continue Reading Episode 25: How Do You Study Tiny Organisms in an Ecosystem as Vast as the Ocean?

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Episode 24: How Do You Draw Science?

October 27, 2020 Challenge

Challenge: Go outside and find a bit of  science interests you. Now  draw it. Be sure to add things into your picture that can’t be conveyed in words. Use your art to illustrate the science! With your parents permission, send us your picture via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram… Continue Reading Episode 24: How Do You Draw Science?

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Episode 23: What Do You Do If You Lose Your Dolphin?

October 20, 2020 Science, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert:  Dr. Justine Jackson-Ricketts Justine is  a freelance writer, editor, and reviewer,  who now mainly focuses on science education. She has a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz. For my Ph.D., she studied a threatened species of Irrawaddy dolphin in Thailand. Her research involved “community ecology”,… Continue Reading Episode 23: What Do You Do If You Lose Your Dolphin?

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Episode 23: What Do You Do If You Lose Your Dolphin?

October 20, 2020 Challenge

  Challenge: Dr. Justine challenges everyont to be more aware of your environment, go outside, take a picture of something where you live that could be made better. With your parents permission, send us your picture 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 23: What Do You Do If You Lose Your Dolphin?

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Episode 22: How Can You Use Science to Restore a Beautiful Masterpiece?

October 13, 2020 Challenge

Challenge: Do the paper chromotagraphy experiment that Dr. Lomax described in the podcast Take a look at this video for hints on how to do this With your parents permission, send us your picture via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram account @kidssolve If you send in your challenge OR… Continue Reading Episode 22: How Can You Use Science to Restore a Beautiful Masterpiece?

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Episode 21: How Do you Capture Live, Venomous Lionfish for Scientists?

October 6, 2020 Challenge

Challenge: Create some lion fish art, google to see what it looks like, draw or create a digital image or dress up like a lion fish With your parents permission, send us your picture via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram account @kidssolve If you send in your challenge OR… Continue Reading Episode 21: How Do you Capture Live, Venomous Lionfish for Scientists?

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Episode 21: How Do You Capture Live, Venomous Lionfish for Scientists?

October 6, 2020 Science, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert: Grant Lockridge, Diving Officer Grant is the Diving Officer and lead engineering technician for Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. As the diving officer, Grant is in charge of preparing the dives for scientists who come down to Dauphin Island to conduct research. He goes out and surveys the area in advance… Continue Reading Episode 21: How Do You Capture Live, Venomous Lionfish for Scientists?

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Episode 20: What is Antimatter and Why Does it Matter to Us?

September 29, 2020 Science, Solve It! For Kids

Meet the Expert: Dr.  Chloé Malbrunot, particle physicist Dr. Malbrunot is  a physicist working at CERN which is the largest international physics laboratory in the world. It hosts the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful machine accelerating protons to the highest energies humankind ever achieved. She works on the low energy side on the laboratory.… Continue Reading Episode 20: What is Antimatter and Why Does it Matter to Us?

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Episode 20: What is Antimatter and Why Does it Matter to Us?

September 29, 2020 Challenge

  Challenge: Go out and look at everyday things, think about the physics and how you encounter anti-matter in your daily life. Draw a picture or make a list of things you find. With your parents permission, send us your picture via email at podcast@solveitforkids.com OR tag us on our Twitter or Instagram account @kidssolve… Continue Reading Episode 20: What is Antimatter and Why Does it Matter to Us?

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