Fun Kids Science Weekly
339 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 406 ratingsExploring 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
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VIKINGS UNCOVERED: Exploring their British roots🪓
April 13, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about an Viking artefacts discovered in Ipswich, England. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn the solar eclipse which left many North Americans in darkness, an extremely r...
THE ENERGY REVOLUTION: The Science Museum's Latest Adventure⚡
April 06, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, find out about one of the world's rarest animals & learn all about how proto stars evolve! Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why sewage spilling into UK rivers is at an all time high, SpaceX making big progress after their third test f...
BRITAIN'S POMPEII: The truth behind Must Farm🚜🏛️
March 30, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about an Iranian glass bead from 3,000 years ago discovered at 'Britain's Pompeii' - Must Farm! Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a place in the USA about to exper...
BRITAIN'S BIGGEST TREES: Exploring the mysteries of Giant Redwoods🌳
March 23, 2024 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, find out about one of the world's deadliest plants & learn all about why a Californian tree of gigantic proportions is flourishing in England's forests. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why climate change is causing your Easter eggs t...
SHINING SECRETS: Exploring the life of White Dwarf Stars
March 16, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a fossilised forest that pre-dates the dinosaurs found in Somerset, England. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a Sycamore Tree where we thought all hope was ...
BUGS AND BEYOND: The Magnificent World of Insects🪲
March 09, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a brand new rare and diverse habitat that's been created in Hertfordshire, England. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a genetic mutation that's making Labrad...
THE PREHISTORIC PUZZLE: How Dinosaur Fossils Are Formed?🦖
March 02, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about why the ERS-2 spacecraft was so important to the European Space Race. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why a tiny see-through fish called Danionella Cerebru...
EGGSTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY: The 1,700 year old Roman Egg found in Aylesbury🥚
February 24, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about the 1,700 year old roman chicken egg discovered in Aylesbury. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why the ERS-2 spacecraft has crashed down earth, an incredibl...
EXPLORING THE FROZEN FRONTIER: What is Antarctica's ULTRA Drone all about?🔬
February 17, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIt'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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about what's so amazing about the Windraces ULTRA drone and it's journey to Antarctica. Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about Space X's mission to land on the South Po...
THE BIGGER AND BETTER SCIENCE WEEKLY🧑🔬
February 10, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBIt'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 kick off our bigger and better podcast and we'll put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about what's so amazing about a new-born great white shark! Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a brand new £12 million SUPER collider, a unique species of flying r...
DON'T PANIC, We can SAVE the PLANET🌍
February 03, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly learns all about what we can do to help combat the climate crisis, how televisions work , and a look at a deadly bird from the continent of Africa. Dan starts with the latest science news, talking about how many times around the world that England's hedges would stretch, a national award for the young science writers of the UK, and the latest from Japan's SLIM moon landing mission. Then, scien...
JAPAN become the SIXTH country to LAND on the MOON!🚀🌙
January 27, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly learns all about Japan's SLIM mission to the moon, how aeroplanes really work , and a look at a deadly creature deep down in the ocean. Dan starts with the latest science news, discussing some brand new penguin colonies that've been identified, the Amazon's worst drought in 50 years, and the US mission to the moon that ended up in Flames. Then, the National Space Centre's Dhara Patel tells us ...
Could we LOSE FOOD due to CLIMATE CHANGE?🍔😲
January 20, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly explores the impact of climate change on food, brilliant inventions like LEDs, and a look at a deadly creature. Dan starts with the latest science news, discussing a gigantic ring-shaped structure in space, the discovery of an ancient city in the Amazon, and the world's oldest bit of skin from an amniote. Then, food scientist Maryn McKenna discusses how climate change could alter our diets, wi...
Could we see an EXERCISE TABLET in the future?🏃
January 13, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Dr David Cox about the real possibility we could see medicine replicate the benefits of exercise in the near future? On the podcast this week: Future Exercise Medicine: Dan talks about the possibility of experiencing the benefits of exercise through medicine, particularly for people who are unable to exercise due to disabilities. Researchers are exploring hormones like Iricin, released during ex...
What's happening in our SOLAR SYSTEM in 2024?🛸🚀
January 06, 2024 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Dhara Patel, from the National Space Centre, all about what we can expect to see in space in 2024 Dan explains why 2023 was one of the hottest ever on record, why the UK's first space-port will be in the Shetland Islands & answers your questions about why we can a star shining even after it's burnt out? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.c...
Science Weekly 2023: The BEST Science of the Year!
December 30, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBIt's the end of 2023, and Earth has completed another calendar orbit around the sun. A lot of science has happened in that time! Let us reflect... In this special edition of Science Weekly, Dan revisits conversations with four brilliant guests from 2023. We have Ted Melville about how he got into rocket building, and his team's journey to the World Space modelling Championships! Amy Meek, founder of Kids Against Plastic, tells us all about her mission to look after the environment! Anna Hor...
Will AI eventually TAKE OVER the WORLD?🤖
December 25, 2023 03:03 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Mike Wooldridge about his Christmas Lecture for the Royal Institution all about AI & what the future holds for humans and robots alike? Dan explains all about last week's meteor shower & answers your questions about will we ever know how stars there are in space? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Will we ever be to LIVE on ANOTHER PLANET?🪐
December 16, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Ed Turner, from the National Space Centre, all about Beagle 2 and what we've learnt from it 20 years on. Dan explains all about the skull of a seamonster that was found in Dorset & answers your questions about will we ever be able to live on another planet? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
How Science is preparing for FOOTBALL on the MOON🌕🌙
December 09, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Erim Ali, winner of the Lunar Football Kit competition, to explain what went into her designs for the first ever Moon United kit? Dan explains how a school in Sheffield is fighting the battle against pollution & answers your questions about why we cry and why copper wires glow when they get hot? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus ...
An ASTEROID is coming to the UK!☄️
December 02, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Eddie Murray, a Bison Ranger based in Herne Bay about Kent's latest wildlife conservation project Dan explains why an asteroid is coming to the UK, why we could soon be flying with zero emissions & answers your questions about how water affects our body and our senses. All on this week's episode of Science Weekly! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listene...
How Science CHANGED the WORLD!🌎
November 25, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Robert Winston, one of Britain's most famous scientists about his new book The Story of Science Dan explains all about zebra sharks and answers your questions on how mobile phones work? Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Could we be CLOSE to finding ALIEN LIFE?👽
November 17, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to Mike Darch fron the National Space Centre about whether we could be closer than ever to finding alien life! Dan explains why the dinosaurs could've roamed our very streets here in the UK and answers your questions on why we can't see Oxygen particles? Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How DRAWING could CHANGE THE WORLD?!🌎
November 10, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to climate expert Emma Reynolds about the science behind climate change and her amazing book, Drawn To Change the World! Dan explains why the number of jellyfish in the UK is increasing and answers your questions on what our planet would be like without all the oceans? Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How DRAWING could SAVE THE WORLD?!🌎
November 10, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIt's time for another trip around the solar system! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to climate expert Emma Reynolds about the science behind climate change and her amazing book, Drawn To Change the World! Dan explains why the number of jellyfish in the UK is increasing and answers your questions on what our planet would be like without all the oceans? Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is this a BIRD with a SWORD for a BEAK?! PLUS, how to upcycle for this Christmas!!!
November 04, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWelcome aboard, space explorers! In this week's Science Weekly, Dan chats to author Vashti Hardy all about the ways we can be more sustainable for Christmas time with her amazing book, Santa's Marvellous Mechanical Workshop! UK astronauts will be heading back into orbit! Tim Peake went up into space ten years ago, and finally four UK astronauts will be exploring the cosmos! Dan's figured out how light bulbs work and why we breath automatically, and we learn about a sword fighting bird in D...
We're searching for YOUR ideas with Dragon's Den's Deborah Meaden! 👩🔧
October 28, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBThe skies are calling! It must be time to head into Dan's spaceship and head off into SPACE! We have Dragon's Den star and entrepreneur Deborah Meaden chatting to Dan this week all about the Everyday Engineering Competition. The Royal Academy of Engineering have teamed up with Deborah to find the most brilliant, inventive and sustainable feats of engineering from you and anyone who thinks they've got an amazing idea to make everyday life better! Winners will be voted for on National Engineer...
DEADLY WITCH HAIR and an ARMY of CRUSTACEANS!
October 22, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBHow can an army of crustaceans help climate change? Why do leaves change colour in autumn? Technology expert Maggie Philbin is chatting all about Europe Code Week and all the fun ways you can get involved, we hear about how copying and printing works with Techno Mum and how music can help astronauts in Deep Space High! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan challenges Radzi Chinyanganya to a SCIENCE FACT OFF!!!
October 14, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWe're chatting to actual factual fact expert Radzi Chinyanganya all about his new book, Radzi's Incredible Facts! Radzi is here to chat about some of his favourite facts from the book, including why our brains are so amazing and how old you'll be when you've lived for a billion seconds! Buying a 31.7 birthday cake has never been so difficult... A company has been FINED for leaving rubbish in space, we take a close look at a venomous underwater snake, and your questions are answered - this w...
Studying the MYSTERIOUS storms of Neptune...
October 07, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe're boarding our rocket ship to Neptune this week! Professor Patrick Irwin from the University of Oxford is here to chat to Dan all about his research on the dark spots on Neptune. First discovered in the 1980s with new space faring technology, the spots can now be studied from Earth. This is no easy feat - they disappear and reappear all the time. And yet, Patrick and his team have made great strides in solving this science mystery! Dangerous Dan takes us to a terrifying plant in South ...
What would happen to you inside a BLACK HOLE?
September 28, 2023 23:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBDan is here once again with his special research rocket ship to take you into the depths of space, and we'll be spending some time with the animals down on Earth too! Conservationist and wildlife expert Lizzie Daly is here this week to tell you how you can make a difference and do your part to help animals. She's talking about the Actions for Animals Guide, a list of 50 simple actions that foster coexistence between animals and people! Samples from the most DANGEROUS rock in the solar syste...
Diving with SHARKS with Eloise from Deadly Mission Shark!
September 23, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBPut on your scuba gear, we're going below the waves this week to check out some sharks! Eloise is a shark expert who went to the Bahamas with Steve Backshall, to study sharks and their environment for CBBC's Deadly Mission Shark. Sharks have a bad reputation, but do they deserve it? It's important that our animals are safe and protected, and Eloise has some ideas on how we can all help. In science news there's a dinosaur skeleton for sale in Paris, you'll find out how weather forecasts wor...
A SECRET PLANET might exist in OUR Solar System!!!
September 16, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome, Science Explorer! Ready to get clued up on all the amazing maths, chemistry, physics and general awesomeness that surrounds us this week? Yes? Then let's get into it! Astronomy expert Colin Stuart writes books about some interesting science conundrums, such as how we could live on Mars or travel backwards in time. Dan wants to know how he comes up with such brilliant questions, and how we might go about researching and answering them! Staying close to home for Dangerous Dan, you...
Rocket Safety 101 and why our giraffes need protecting!
September 09, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWelcome aboard the Science Weekly rocket! Dan is your captain and the destination is the far corners of the galaxy! Climate expert Nicola Davies is here to talk about the unique ways in which animals will be affected by climate change. Her new book, Protecting the Planet: The Season of Giraffes, is on the shortlist for this year’s Children's Writing on Nature and Conservation Awards! She's telling Dan all about climate change from a giraffe's point of view, and what we can do to help these...
DARK MATTER... what is it? Could the Euclid Mission help us to understand it?
September 02, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBIf you've ever wondered how the universe works, you are not alone. In fact, this is a question humanity has been trying to answer since... forever! One huge science mystery is dark matter. We can tell it's there because of the way light bends around in space, and scientists think it could hold the key to many science secrets. That's why the Euclid Mission is underway to study dark matter in the universe, and Dhara Patel from the National Space Centre is here to tell us all about it! You've...
You could play football ON THE MOON! 🌑
August 26, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBAll aboard the rocket ship into space! It's that time of the week where Dan ventures out and finds all the science secrets lurking around the universe. This week, Sophie Harker from the Institution of Engineering and Technology is telling us how we could play football on the moon! There's a lunar rule book full of ways to adapt to the harsh conditions of space, AND if you're 4-13 years old you can design the official Moon United football kit! For your chance to have your design chosen as the...
A new app designed for ELEPHANTS!
August 19, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBWelcome along to your weekly trip around the solar system! Dr Lisa Yon from the University of Nottingham is telling us all about a brand new app being used by elephant enclosures to help their keepers understand how they're feeling and what their health is like. Broken trunk? There's an app for that! In science news, Harrison Ford has yet ANOTHER animal named after him! First an ant and then a snake, Harrison is now the namesake of a new species of snake in Peru. We also set out to answer ...
Eight year old Aneeshwar Kunchala has a new CBeebies Science show with Steve Backshall!
August 12, 2023 05:03 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWe're skipping the rocket this week and heading into the landscapes of Earth to see what creatures we can find! Aneeshwar Kunchala has a new show out Monday 14th August on CBeebies - Steve and Aneeshwar Go Wild! Find out how Aneeshwar began studying the natural world and what it was like working with legend Steve Backshall on this brand new series! Sticking with weird and wonderful creatures, scientists have discovered an ancient whale MUCH bigger than the blue whale that lived over 39 mil...
BONUS: The Space Programme
August 06, 2023 23:00 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBHave you heard our series, The Space Programme? Life on the Isle of Lune is about to get out-of-this-world! It's a radio drama all about a brand new UK spaceport and the story of a soon-to-be child-astronaut. Hear The Space Programme every Friday from 4pm on Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, and as a podcast too. Plus, Fun Kids Podcasts+ subscribers get all 20 episodes right now, ad-free! Listen to the whole series before anyone else. Get a 30-day free trial of Fun Kids P...
How YOU can help the environment - by counting butterflies!!! 🦋
August 05, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBSay hi to a butterfly! This week, Dan's chatting to Zoe Randal all about the butterfly count. Each Summer, we are encouraged to look around us, counting these gorgeous insects and checking what type of butterfly they are. From this, butterfly experts can figure out the health of the environment! In science news, orcas are getting rowdy with fishing boats off the coast of Spain - or are they just playing? You've been sending in your questions too, and this week they're on why we get itchy s...
A miracle material worn by Formula 1 drivers and astronauts!
July 29, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWhat's the link between race car drivers and astronauts? Emma Mosley from the National Space Centre is here to chat all about it! From suits to cameras, missions to space have inspired breakthrough technology in the racing field. Dan reports on some recent science news, such as the human-caused temperature rises in Europe, the Euclid mission to try and figure out how much dark matter is in the universe, and the river Seine in France becoming clean enough to swim in again! Join Fun Kids P...
BEWARE : TOXIC SLIME!
July 22, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBYes you heard us! This slime is so deadly it can even kill... We find out how archaeologists dig up their treasures with expert Letty Ingray, in the news we hear about how these extreme temperatures will soon be normal. We take a trip to space to hear more about the weather across the solar system, and how exactly money works with Techno Mum. And as always we will be answering your questions, this week its what is sleep paralysis - and why do sharks have so many teeth? Join Fun Kids Podcas...
Particularly poisonous pufferish 🐡 and how we can keep our oceans clean!
July 15, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week, you and Dan are setting sail to take a closer look at what's in the sea! Amy Meek, returning guest of the podcast and founder of Kids Against Plastic, tells us all about her mission to look after the environment and what inspired her to start this incredible initiative. You've been asking away, and Dan has some answers - why does ice sometimes make a cracking noise when you put it in water, and how DO we see? Once we've learnt about what not to put in the ocean, we discover a puf...
Time moved FIVE TIMES SLOWER at the beginning of the universe!
July 08, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBWelcome aboard your journey around the solar system! We've got an ocean expert on this week. Loren Hiller from the Marine Stewardship Council is chatting to Dan all about the effects we have on our oceans and why it's so important to take good care of them! Moving up into the stars, scientists have used black holes to look at the early universe. They've observed some pretty cool stuff - it turns out time used to be five times slower in the first billion years of the universe! You'll be t...
Become a scientist at the Summer Science Exhibition!
July 01, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBHappy Saturday! Dan's here to tell you everything that's going on in the world of science. Carlos Frenk is here to tell you all about the wonderful science activities going on next week for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, including a chance to conduct your own experiments! Carlos is an astronomer, so Dan also found out some of the biggest unanswered questions of the universe that he'd like to answer... In science news, white spots might help monarch butterflies migrate and an a...
Eco-friendly space travel is closer than we think!
June 24, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIt's a Saturday, and you know what that means! You're here to whizz around the solar system with Dan, and soon you could be in a reusable spacecraft! Our guest on the Science Weekly podcast this week is space expert Catherine Muller from the National Space Centre, here to chat all about the new Boeing Starliner! Hear about its development, what NASA plans to do with it, and what the future holds for climate friendly space travel. You wanted to know why you sneeze when you look at the sun a...
It's all about ROCKETS with Ted Melville from Rocketry Team GB!
June 17, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBUsually Dan is the one chatting about rockets and jetting off around the solar system, but this week we have a very special guest on the podcast to chat about rocketry! Ted Melville is here to talk about how he got into rocket building, and his team's journey to the World Spacemodeling Championships in Austin, Texas! Along with Charlie and Wilfred, these three teens from the East Anglian Rocketry Society will fly over to the US to compete in a host of rocket builds. Dan's answering your qu...
How to care for the planet with 7 year old Moksha Roy!
June 10, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBWelcome to your weekly guide to all things science! Dan is focusing on planet Earth in this week's episode, with young UN representative Moksha Roy who tells us all about her work with the UN, how countries can achieve their own eco-friendly goals, and how you at home can help make a difference! Also to come, a butterfly has seemingly come back from extinction and one of Saturn's moons is gushing out a HUUUGE jet of water! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnyst...
How Many CUPCAKES can a BEAR EAT AT ONCE?!
June 03, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBA very hungry bear ransacked a cupcake shop in this weeks Science in the News - and its a very BUG themed episode with a beautiful yet DEADLY moth being the centre of Dangerous Dan, AND we speak to Daniel Clark from the Story Museum who is creating a brand new exhibit on climate change and... ANTS! We answer your science questions, such as why is the centre of the earth hot- and head to space with the team from Deep Space High! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omny...
EVERYTHING you need to know about SPAAACE!
May 27, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBDan is back on his spacecraft and you're invited to travel ALL around the universe in this very spacey episode! Izzie Clarke, presenter and space expert, is here to tell Dan all about her new book, Everyday STEM Science - Space! Izzie can teach you how to discover the role space plays in our daily lives, with facts, stories, and experiments to try at home! Plus, we're taking a look at a particularly slimy fish in Dangerous Dan, and you guys asked some great questions this week - what's th...
We're chatting DINOSAURS with Prehistoric Planet!
May 20, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBHey hey hey, welcome to your weekly trip around the solar system! This episode Dan's chatting to Mike Gunton and Tim Walker, two people who work on David Attenborough's new series of Prehistoric Planet! Find out how we can recreate dinosaurs visually, and breathe new life into what we know about these past beasts. Dan's also answering your most burning science questions - this week, it's all about what Mars is made out of and why you may not always remember your dreams... it's all to come ...