SolveItForKids Science podcast

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Solve It! for Kids - The science podcast for curious & creative kids and their families.Peek into the world of real-life scientists, engineers, and experts as they solve problems in their every day jobs. Kids and families are then invited to take on a challenge and solve a problem themselves! Join Jennifer Swanson and Jeff Gonyea as they ask questions, solve problems, and offer challenges that take curiosity and creativity to a whole new level.Don't forget to participate in our weekly challenges!

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Bubble soap can expose a rocket tank leak; your kid gets to ask how that works.

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  • to hear how tiny fossils help scientists date rock from beneath the sea
  • your shark-curious kid to hear how an aquarist found her way to that job
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Five Year Anniversary-- Our Listener's Favorite EpisodesMay 27, 2025

A top-downloads anniversary sampler turns bubble soap, rockets, music, and ocean science into one curious tour.

The five-year celebration works best as a guided pass through the questions that have defined Solve It For Kids: music as a doorway into STEM, rocket testing without disaster, and the science of reaching the ocean floor.

Five Year Anniversary with Jeff's Five Favorite EpisodesMay 13, 2025

Jeff's five favorites make a lively gateway into ocean research, space, animals, and practical science.

Solve It For Kids marks its five-year anniversary with a brisk look back at Jeff's five favorite episodes, moving from life at the bottom of the ocean to science aboard the Joy Dees Resolution, Dr.

Five Year Anniversary-- Jennifer's Five Favorite EpisodesMay 6, 2025

Jennifer's picks make five years of Solve It For Kids feel like a lively tour of science at work.

Solve It For Kids marks five years with Jennifer's favorite episodes, ranging from soft toilet paper to spaceship communication and shark training.

The BEST of Earth Day Episodes!Apr 22, 2025

Four Earth Day clips make ocean care and animal science feel vivid, approachable, and family-ready.

Earth Day plays as a brisk, animal-rich tour of questions that make care for the planet feel specific. The episode brings together four favorite clips, moving from ocean care to birds, whales, raptors, habitats, and the ways scientific curiosity can connect them.

What is Extended Reality and Spatial Computing?Apr 8, 2025

From airplane assembly to avatar fashion, the episode makes spatial computing feel tangible.

Extended reality gets a clean, concrete introduction here, with Alex Goldberg guiding the subject from an airplane wing projection that helps with bolt placement to a scanned shop floor reviewed virtually for ergonomic and safety concerns.

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Episodes

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    Five Year Anniversary-- Our Listener's Favorite Episodes

    ["Solve It For Kids marks five years by replaying the episodes that drew the most downloads, including Victor Villegas, Suzanne Slade, Dr.

    May 27, 2025·43m·4 clips
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    Five Year Anniversary with Jeff's Five Favorite Episodes

    Hidden gem

    Solve It For Kids marks its five-year anniversary by replaying Jeff Gagne’s five favorite episodes, which range from deep-ocean diving to black holes.

    May 13, 2025·43m·2 clips
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    Five Year Anniversary-- Jennifer's Five Favorite Episodes

    Hidden gem

    Solve It For Kids marks its five-year anniversary by replaying Jennifer's favorite episodes, including episode 82 with Madison Mattson on soft toilet paper and episode 132 with Rob Chambers of Lockheed Martin on Orion and Artemis 1.

    May 6, 2025·40m·2 clips
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    The BEST of Earth Day Episodes!

    Solve It For Kids' The BEST of Earth Day Episodes!

    Apr 22, 2025·30m·2 clips
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    What is Extended Reality and Spatial Computing?

    Hidden gem

    Solve It For Kids asks Alex Goldberg to define extended reality and spatial computing, and he answers with REI, HoloLens, projection mapping, and virtual Mars examples.

    Apr 8, 2025·34m·2 clips
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    Why Would You Build an Exoskeleton?

    Mar 18, 2025·32m
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    How Can Engineering be a Pathway to Entrepreneurship?

    Mar 4, 2025·29m
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    Why Should We Care About Bugs?

    Feb 11, 2025·49m
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    What is a Radio Telescope?

    Jan 30, 2025·29m
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    How Do Sea Creatures Inspire Technology?

    Jan 14, 2025·34m
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    The BEST of Exploring of the Moon

    Jan 7, 2025·32m
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    The BEST of Working With Animals

    This episode features clips from past episodes about working with animals, including cooperation, veterinary care, and problem-solving like an orangutan.

    Dec 31, 2024·30m
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    The BEST of Flying Creatures

    Dec 24, 2024·33m
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    What is the Bowmouth Guitarfish?

    Dec 17, 2024·32m
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    How Does NASA Keep its Missions Safe?

    Dec 3, 2024·30m
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    What is the Immune System Secret Weapon to Fight Disease?

    Nov 19, 2024·29m
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    How Do Tiger Sharks Help the Ocean Ecosystem?

    Nov 5, 2024·29m
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    How Do You Create a Robot Babysitter for a Space Station?

    Oct 22, 2024·32m
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    How Do Animals Cooperate with Each Other?

    This episode explores how animals cooperate with each other, featuring an interview with animal welfare scientist Dr.

    Oct 15, 2024·31m
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    Why Should We Connect Science and Art?

    Oct 1, 2024·34m
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    How Do Animals Change Over Time?

    Sep 17, 2024·30m
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    How Do You Rehabilitate a Bald Eagle?

    Sep 3, 2024·32m
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    What Do You Do When a Tiger Has a Toothache?

    Aug 20, 2024·34m
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    What's it Like to Experience Zero Gravity?

    Aug 6, 2024·32m
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    The BEST of Learning About Our Universe

    Jul 30, 2024·36m
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    The BEST of the Amazing Ocean

    Jul 23, 2024·31m
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    The BEST of STEAM Activities

    Jul 16, 2024·34m
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    The BEST of Deep Space

    Jul 9, 2024·31m
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    The BEST of Animals - Take Two

    Jul 2, 2024·33m
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    How Will We Talk to Astronauts on the Moon?

    Jun 25, 2024·35m
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    How Does a Landscape Architect Shape the World?

    Jun 18, 2024·33m
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    What Can You Learn from Living in Antartica?

    Jun 11, 2024·34m
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    How Do You Rescue Raptors?

    Jun 4, 2024·38m
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    What Can You Learn from an Incident Meteorologist?

    May 28, 2024·30m
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    What is the Deep Space Network?

    May 19, 2024·35m
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    What Purpose Do Museum Collections Serve?

    May 14, 2024·30m
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    What Happens When We Get too Much Precipitation?

    May 7, 2024·29m
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    How do you Make Peas Taste Great?

    Apr 30, 2024·35m
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    Why are Whales Important?

    Apr 23, 2024·31m
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    How Do Birds Fly?

    Apr 16, 2024·29m
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    How Will AI Affect Learning to Code?

    Apr 9, 2024·42m
  42. 42

    How Do Dolphins Recognize Humans?

    Apr 2, 2024·27m
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    What's it like to be a Civilian Astronaut?

    Mar 26, 2024·33m
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    How Do You Study Exoplanets?

    Mar 19, 2024·34m
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    How Much is there Still to Learn About the Ocean?

    Mar 12, 2024·38m
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    What Would it Look Like if We Lived in Space?

    Mar 5, 2024·29m
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    How do Old Wind Turbines Blades Become Art?

    Feb 27, 2024·38m
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    Where Could We Find Life in the Solar System?

    Feb 20, 2024·33m
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    How Long Can Humans Live Underwater?

    This episode explores how long humans can live underwater with guest Dr.

    Feb 13, 2024·29m
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    How Can You Use Music to Get Kids Excited About STEM?

    Feb 6, 2024·40m