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How Do Circuits Work?
Episode 96
How do circuits work? How do electric plugs work? Why do some things conduct electricity and some things do not? How does a battery make a p…
6 years, 8 months ago
What Is Electricity?
Episode 95
Where does electricity come from? What is electricity made of? Who invented it? How does electricity work? What are electrons made of? Elect…
6 years, 8 months ago
Why Do Trains Run On Tracks?
Episode 94
How do trains work? What about electric trains? Steam trains? Bullet trains? Why do they have to go on tracks? How can trains go so fast eve…
6 years, 8 months ago
Why Are Boys Boys And Girls Girls?
Episode 93
This week we're answering questions about gender. We've gotten a lot of questions about the differences between boys and girls so we're tack…
6 years, 9 months ago
How Do Mussels Get Their Shells?
Episode 92
We're heading to the coast of Maine to learn a little bit about why the sea is salty and how mussels get their shells with Zach Whitener, a …
6 years, 9 months ago
Why Am I Afraid Of The Dark?
Episode 91
Lots of people are afraid of the dark, including many kids who have shared that fear with us. In today's episode we explore the fear of the …
6 years, 10 months ago
Why Is Sugar Bad For You?
Episode 90
Why do we need to eat and how does food give us energy? Why do you have to eat vegetables? Why does junk food taste so good? So many questio…
6 years, 10 months ago
"Do Skunks Like Their Own Smell?" And Other Stumpers!
Episode 89
Today, 10 questions with one answer in common: "That's a good question!" We've picked 10 stumpers, like: Why don't we suffocate in cars when…
6 years, 11 months ago
Who Makes The Laws?
Episode 88
Who makes the laws? That's what 5-year-old Paxton from Kelowna, British Columbia wants to know! We learn about laws with Mike Doyle of the C…
6 years, 11 months ago
Still Funny: Why Do We Laugh?
Episode 87
Why do we laugh? Why do you feel ticklish when someone tickles you? Why can't you tickle yourself? In this episode, originally from 2018, we…
7 years ago