Fun Kids Science Quest

Amazing Aluminium: From Sport to Space✨♻️

In this episode of Fun Kids Science Quest, Dan explores the surprising uses of aluminium, from sports equipment and spacecraft to electric cars and futuristic technology.

Yellowstone Supervolcano Alert: What Happens If It Erupts? 🌋💥

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gazing at award-winning cosmic photography, following an autonomous robot sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, and uncovering

How Do Sunflowers Follow the Sun?

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🪐 How did Saturn get its rings?🌻 How do sunflowers follow the Sun

The Chihuahua Discovery: How Tiny Lap Dogs Carry Wild Coyote DNA 🐕🐺

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are following a pack of wild dogs on a record-shattering trek, rescuing a lost ocean seabird in the middle of England, and unloc

Aviation Experts Answer YOUR Questions! ✈️⭐

Welcome to Fun Kids Science Quest – Reach for the Sky Special! Today, we're joined by Samantha Higgins, a Student Outreach Manager at British Airways, and Sigourney Ans

Brand New Podcast: Fun Kids Dino Quest 🦖

🦖 Brand new from Fun Kids: Dino Quest, the podcast that builds a dinosaur from scratch, one real piece of science at a time! Science Quest’s Dan introduces the very fir

Gorilla Sound Cannons: Why Silverbacks Thump Their Chests 🦍🥁

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking a tiny moth's epic journey across the North Sea, soaring through space toward the hottest planet in our solar syste

Why Does Metal Rust?🔩🟤

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 📡 How does a microwave work?🎈 Why does helium make your voice hig

Faster Than Humans: The Bionic Sprinting Robots Breaking World Records 🤖👟

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking secret nesting sites of the UK’s rarest bird, following a rescued turtle's journey across the Atlantic, and finding

How Deep Do Tree Roots Go?🌳

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🌳 How deep do tree roots go?🦷 How do braces work?😮‍💨 Why do we wh

The Secret of Husky Eyes: Why Huskies Have Two Different Colours 🐺👁️

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking a historic feline swim across a Scottish loch, uncovering prehistoric survivors hiding in Welsh forests, and steppi

What's The Deadliest Animal in History?

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🌙 Why is the Moon white?🐦 Why don’t all birds fly?👵🏻 Why do elder

Who Names the Solar System? The Secret Science of Naming Planets 🔭🌌

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are riding out a giant Category 1 hurricane in Hawaii, hunting for a brand-new glowing species of sea slug off the English coast

How Are Rockets Safe? 🚀

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🚀 How are rockets safe? 🦴 Do humans have the same sized skeleton?

40,000 Calories a Day: Inside the Massive Pre-Hibernation Grizzly Bear Bulk 🐻💤

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are following a rare turtle's epic transatlantic flight back home, checking out a record-smashing hydrogen supercar, and solving

Why Do Men Go Bald?👨‍🦲💨

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🐍 Why do some snake bites harm humans? 👨‍🦲 Why do men go bald? 🦖

Grinding Plates and Shockwaves: How Earthquakes Shatter the Earth's Crust💥🪨

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gearing up for a celestial spectale over the UK, witnessing the raw power of an erupting super-volcano, and diving deep unde

How Does Nuclear Power Work? ☢️⚡

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🪽🐦 How do wings and feathers help birds fly?☢️⚡ How does nuclear

The Loudest Breakfast Ever: Cooking Eggs With Pure Sound Waves 🔊🥚

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gazing up at a dazzling supermoon in the night sky, uncovering a 40-year-old secret hidden in a museum drawer, and finding o

Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch?🦟

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🦘 Why are baby kangaroos born with a pouch?🌍 Why does Earth spin