Your Body: science podcast episodes for kids
How your heart, tummy, eyes, skin and brain work, from why we cry to how a cut heals. 13 episodes, newest first, for ages 5–10.
Your Body episodes
Why Do Tears Come Out When I Cry?
The lost dog finally comes home, and your eyes fill with tears.
Why Does My Stomach Growl When I'm Hungry?
You are sitting in a quiet classroom, waiting for lunch. Your stomach suddenly growls loudly enough for someone else to hear. Is it…
Why Do Bites and Cuts Feel Worse in the Shower?
Why do bites and cuts feel worse in the shower? You step into the shower with a mosquito bite or a tiny cut.
Why Do Your Fingers Get Wrinkly in Water?
You’re sitting in the bath, and suddenly your fingers look completely different. Why do they get wrinkly while the rest of your skin…
How Does a Cut Heal?
How does a cut heal? You scrape your knee, and a few days later a scab appears and the cut starts closing.
Why Do I Feel Sick When I'm Driving?
Why do I feel sick when I'm driving? You're reading in the back seat, and suddenly your tummy feels funny.
Why Do We Need Vaccines If We're Not Sick?
Why do we need vaccines if we're not sick? You're feeling totally fine, and then it's time for a vaccine.
Why Do We Dream?
You wake up and it felt completely real. Like you were flying… or talking to someone who wasn’t there.
Why Do I Feel Cold Right After a Hot Shower?
You just stood in hot shower water, and your whole body felt warm.
Why Is It Important to Eat Protein?
You’re eating, and someone says, “Make sure you finish your protein.”
How Do Glasses Help Us Read?
You put on someone else’s glasses, and suddenly everything looks strange and wrong.
Why Can't My Heart Ever Stop Beating?
Why can't my heart ever stop beating? You're sitting still, doing nothing, but your heart keeps going. Thump. Thump. Thump.
Why Is Everyone Always Telling Me to Eat Less Sugar?
You eat a cookie or drink a soda, and suddenly you feel super fast and excited.