The Science Sisters

This week the Science Sisters talk about the amazing animals that live in the arctic! Sources (Today we learned from) National Geographic Articles: Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare, Caribou (Reindeer), Gray Wolf, Moose, Narwhal, Polar Bear, Walrus Wikipedia Articles: Arctic Hare, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Wolf, Baffin Island, Climate Change, Greenland Shark, Iceland, Killer Whale, Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, Moose, Narwhal, Pinniped (Seals), Polar Bear, Siberia, Walrus Amphibian, reptiles and herbivore mammals in the Arctic // OceanWide Expeditions Purely Facts: Polar Bear vs. Wolf, Wolf vs. Moose

Join us for a special bonus episode as the girls’ read ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas and their aunt, Kara Hall, sings Silent Night. "A Visit from St. Nicholas" aka The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore Silent Night, music by Franz Xaver Gruber, lyrics by Joseph Mohr Silent Night performed by Kara Hall, accompanied by Sven Britt.

This week the Science Sisters talk about the science of ice and ice skating! Sources (Today we learned from) Why Is Ice Slippery? // Live Science The surprising science of why ice is so slippery // Vox Water Density // USGS The Slick Science of Making Olympic Snow and Ice // Smithsonian Magazine The science of skating // Cottage Life

This week the Science Sisters talk about the science of seasons and snow! Sources (Today we learned from) What Causes the Seasons? // NASA Space Place for Kids Rain or Snow? // University of Illinois How does snow form? // MetOffice UK Precipitation // NatGeo Is every snowflake actually unique? // How Stuff Works

Hear that sound?! It's the Science Sleigh coming to bring some new Science Sisters episodes. Tune in December for the full mini-season.

This week the Science Sisters talk about how to make candy and the science of cooking. Sources (Today we learned from) World Science Festival: The sugary secrets of candy-making chemistry STEAM Powered Family: Candy Science – The Chemistry Behind Candy Making With Delicious Recipes Science of Cooking: Culinary Foam Our hard candy recipe Our starting marshmallow recipe (we added ½ cup Hershey’s cocoa during whipping)

This week the Science Sisters talk about how plants grow and pumpkins! Sources (Today we learned from) SciShow Kids: How does a seed become a plant Simple English Wikipedia: Photosynthesis CNN: World Record Pumpkin USCB Science Lab: How do animals help plant reproduction?

This week the Science Sisters talk about the science of fear! Sources (Today we learned from) Smithsonian Mag: What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear Medical News Today: Dissecting terror: How does fear work? Very Well Mind: Emotions and Types of Emotional Responses Psychology Today: 5 Reasons We Enjoy Being Scared

We're cooking up some great spooky kids science in our cauldron! Tune in later in October for the full mini-season.

This week the Science Sisters introduce us to Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer and we have a special science break about computers. Sources (Today we learned from) Crash Course Computer Science, Episode #1 Programming Pioneer Ada Lovelace by Valerie Bodden Ada Lovelace: Mathematician and First Programmer by Kristi Lew

We’d like to thank Denny Mitchell from Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL for joining us for an interview. Big Cat Rescue Website and YouTube

We’d like to thank Denny Mitchell from Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL for joining us for an interview. Next week’s episode will feature the full interview with Mr. Denny. Sources (Today we learned from) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2019 National Geographic Kids Almanac 2020 Who Would Win? Lion Vs. Tiger, by Jerry Pallotta Big Cat Rescue Website and YouTube

Starting this week our main episodes will move to every other week, with bonus episodes in between. Our first bonus episode features a listener question from Grayson. To submit a question email us at thesciencesisterspodcast@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at our question line: (910) 777-7571

Dry Ice Cream Recipe (only make this with a grown-up!) Ingredients: 1lb Dry Ice (get this at most grocery stores) 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream ½ Cup Condensed Milk ½ Tablespoon Vanilla Extract Add extra ingredients to your preference. Make The Science Sisters Cookies & Dry Ice Cream by adding medium-sized broken pieces of 12 Oreo cookies. It will be delicious. After the podcast, we made another batch we called Chocolate Cinnamon Cookie Crunch with ½ cup of chocolate syrup, a pinch of cinnamon, and a dozen crushed up Chips Ahoy cookies. We like cookies around here. Directions Pulverize the Dry Ice and sift it through a colander to ensure no pieces are larger than a pea Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a large stoneware or plastic bowl Add the dry ice, a little at a time, as you stir or whisk the mixture. Stop adding dry ice as the mixture thickens Stir thoroughly. The mixture is ready to eat after the ice cream is soft enough to scoop with a spoon AND several stirrings result in no additional dry ice sublimation. Sources (Today we learned from) Dry Ice entry on Wikipedia Cool Dry Ice Projects by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Our Ice Cream Recipe came from DNews Labs (Video)

This is a special edition of The Science Sisters on the biggest story in any of our lives right now: Coronavirus. We learn why soap works, what’s the deal with coronavirus, and how to be a certified Germ Buster! Sources (Today we learned from) ~For today’s episode, Kyle helped with the research, reading articles and helping direct the Science Sisters to the best kid-friendly sources~ CDC’S Talking with children about Coronavirus Disease 2019 CDC Coronavirus Resource Page Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource, National Association of School Psychologists How to talk to children about the coronavirus by Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, Harvard Health Publishing Germ Buster Tips from PBS’s How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus

Today we’re learning about an amazing mathematician and physics professor from the 1600s. He’s the discoverer of calculus and gravity AND the creator of the laws of motion, but, despite his name, he’s NOT the inventor of a certain figgy cookie... Sources (Today we learned from) Isaac Newton: Genius Mathematician and Physicist by Carla Mooney Explore Gravity! by Cindy Blobaum Who Was Isaac Newton by Janet B. Pascal

The Science Sisters launches April 15!