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Happy November, neighbor!

Hello, Planeteers! 

Are you seeing fewer birds in your neighborhood? I know I am!

In this episode, we take a look at what’s going on in the bird world. Are there fewer birds? Why is that? What can we do about it?

Chuck Darwin gives us two words that have to do with birds, humans, and some other species, Tito gives us some very weird bird facts, and Captain Jack tells us some tools birds use that we use, too!

There's a project PDF to go along with the episode that involves a craft project you can make to help birds. You can download the PDF HERE.

If you are an educator and would like the classroom resource packet for this episode, you can get it HERE.
If you want to listen to this podcast with audio only, you can do that HERE.

If you want to watch this episode as a video on YouTube, you can do that HERE.
 
 
Here are all the links for this episode:

Christmas Bird Count: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count

eBird App: https://ebird.org/home

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Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: 

https://weirdandwackyplanet.com/pages/books

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Happy October to you!

Hello, Planeteers! 

Are you afraid of spiders? if so, you might have one of the most common fears on the planet! But, before you go running off and getting webs in your hair, check out this spiderific episode and let's see if we can change your mind. Or, at least bust some of the most common myths about spiders!

In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the myths that surround spiders and put them to the test. Some are true and some are not, but they’re all fascinating! 

Chuck Darwin gives us a new word that I found hard to say, Tito gives us some spooky spider facts, and Captain Jack tells us why we shouldn’t catch spiders in our house and put them outside. I am totally guilty of that!

There's a project PDF to go along with the episode that involves apps, and you can download the PDF HERE.

If you are an educator and would like the classroom resource packet for this episode, you can get it HERE.

If you want to watch this episode as a video on YouTube, you can do that HERE.
 
 
Here are all the links for this episode:

Website: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/  

Facebook: https://facebook.com/weirdandwackyplanet  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor  

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@weirdandwackyplanet

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@weirdandwackyplanet

email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com  

Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: 

https://weirdandwackyplanet.com/pages/books

Get a FREE e-Book:

https://weirdandwackyplanet.com/pages/free-book

Hello Planeteers!

Happy 4th of July, and welcome to Episode 4 of the Sunsational Summer Minicast series.

K.B.  is hosting this episode and she is talking all things related to Climate Change.

This week's minicast had a bit of a subject change. We were going to talk about Tides with Dr. Chuck Darwin, but the United States Supreme Court made a ruling to limit the government's ability to combat climate change last week, so we thought we'd talk about what it is, what causes it, and how you can help.

As usual, there's a fun activity and worksheet PDF that goes with the episode and is free to download here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/what-is-climate-change

If you want to listen to the episode, you can do that here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/podcast

If you want to read the Field Journal Blog, you can do that here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/blog-1

If you want to take a deeper dive, there's a 10-page PDF episode Guide and a 3 Day Lesson Plan you can purchase either separately or bundle together to save. It's pretty inexpensive and gives you a lot more activities and information.
You can check them out here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/shop
It's a temperature-changing good time!

Until next week, have a carbon footprint adventure in YOUR neighborhood!

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Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW

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Hello Planeteers!

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Sunsational Summer Minicast series!
Captain Jack is hosting this episode and she is talking all things related to the Moon.

Did you know that wolves don't actually howl at the Moon?  Jack's got the facts, and being a dog, she would know, right?

She also teaches us an easy way to tell if the Moon is waxing or waning immediately. I loved this part!

As usual, there's a fun activity and worksheet PDF that goes with the episode and is free to download HERE.

If you want to watch the episode and see a talking dog, you can do that HERE.
If you want to read the Field Journal Blog, you can do that HERE.

If you want to take a deeper dive, there's a 10-page PDF episode Guide and a 14-page 3 Day Lesson Plan you can purchase either separately or bundle together to save. It's pretty inexpensive and gives you a lot more activities and information. You can check them out HERE.  It's a moon-gazin' good time!

Until next week, have a Luny, Moony adventure in YOUR neighborhood!

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Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

Hello Planeteers!

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Sunsational Summer Minicast series!
Tito the treefrog is hosting this episode, and he goes in-depth with not only how to tell the temperature with crickets, but who starting it and when.

Did you know there's an actual scientific law about this? There is, and Tito's got the scoop!

As usual, we aren't going to leave you hanging. There's an activity and worksheet PDF that goes with the episode and is free to download HERE.

If you want to take a deeper dive, there's a 10 page PDF episode Guide and a 13 page 3 Day Lesson Plan you can purchase either separately or bundle together to save. It's pretty inexpensive and gives you a lot more activities and information. You can check them out HERE. It's a chirpin' good time!

Until next week, have a night-singing adventure in YOUR neighborhood!

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Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

Welcome to the first episode of the Sunsational Summer Series of Minicasts for kids!

Every Monday until the end of August, we'll release a new episode with a playsheet and activity you can do that relates to the subject of the minicast.

This week's episode is all about clouds-what are they, how they form, and the different types of clouds.

Don't forget the  PDF download with a photo checklist and a couple of cloud-related activities you can do at home. You can grab that HERE.

If you want to purchase the 10-page activity PDF, the 3-day lesson plan, or the bundle with both, you can find it HERE.

The Field Journal Blog about What Your Kids Can Learn From Clouds can be found HERE.  There are a few freebies in there, too:)

Let's enjoy the Summer and do some fun projects together!

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Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

In this episode all about Coral, that question gets answered and the answer wasn't what I thought it was!

I also talk to Marine Biologist Dr. Sharon Wismer about coral reefs and why they are important, what challenges they face, and what we can do about it even if we don't live near the ocean. I don't, do you?

Captain Jack tells us the difference between rocks, plants, and animals, Dr. Chuck Darwin gives us the definition of the big, scientific word for this episode and how to pronounce it (and I was saying it wrong, aargg!), and Tito tells us about a fish that's a Superhero around the reef. You might not believe what one of those superpowers is...

I also included a free PDF you can download HERE.

It has photos of several species of coral, a recommended reading list, and some coral-related project kits that looked like a lot of fun!

If you want to learn more about the Superhero of the Reef, it's one of the animals in the Weird & Wacky Endangered Animals book and you can check it out HERE.
It was on sale at the time this podcast was released.

If you want to watch this podcast as a video, you can do that here:
https://youtu.be/FpD5b2f1-VQ

Website: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/

FaceBook: https://facebook.com/weirdandwackyplanet

Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor

email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com

Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

Happy Spring to you!

Hello, Planeteers! 

This is Pollinator season, and this episode is all about Butterflies! I had the opportunity to talk to Steve LaWarre, who is the Vice President of Horticulture at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

He talks to us about the Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition which runs from March 1st to April 30th, and gives us some great ideas about why butterflies are important and what we can do to help them in our own backyards.

Chuck Darwin gives us a new word with TWO ways to pronounce it, Tito gives us some weird (and gross) facts about butterflies, and Captain Jack tells us how to tell if we're looking at a butterfly or a Moth.

There's a PDF to go along with the episode that has butterfly pictures, vocabulary words, comparison charts,  activities, a reading list, a complete lesson plan, and a product list for projects.  And butterfly apps! You know how I love a good app!!

You can download the supplemental PDF with the complete lesson plan here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/get-your-butterfly-on

If you want to watch this episode as a video on YouTube, you can do that here: https://youtu.be/-wCKqZOwwYw

Here are all the links for this episode:

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: https://www.meijergardens.org

Butterflies Are Blooming Exhibition Guide:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/get-your-butterfly-on

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Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor   

email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com  

Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: 

https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW   

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

Happy Earth Day to you...and here is part 2!


Happy Earth Day 2021, Planeteers! Since I had so much to talk about, I decided to split this episode into 2 parts, and this is part 2.

In this second part, we are going to talk to Tracey Ritchie, who is the Director of Education at EarthDay.org.

She tells us all about WHAT Earth Day is, WHEN it started, WHY it started, and WHO started it. (Hint: it's ALMOST as old as me. But not quite...)

She gives us some great ideas about what kids and families can do to help the planet. She tells us about the EarthDay.org app and what we can use it for. And, you know how I love a good app!!

Don't forget that you can get Weird & Wacky Endangered Creatures for free this week on Amazon and if you do, let me know what you think by leaving a review. I promise I read them all:) Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YL3ZVLT

If you want to watch this episode as a video on YouTube, you can do that here: https://youtu.be/7F7CPRDOglM

Remember that this is Part 2 of the Earth Day episode. Part 1 is already available, and we make our own straws so we don't have to use a plastic one. This was a fun project and I hope you get a chance to do it!


Here are all the links for this episode:

EarthDay.org: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/

Global Earth Challenge App:
https://www.earthday.org/actions/join-earth-challenge-2020/

Earth Day Activities, PDF: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/happy-earth-day-2021-part-1

Weird & Wacky Endangered Creatures - Free this week on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YL3ZVLT

Website: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/  

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Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor   

email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com 


Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series:
https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW 

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book

Happy Earth Day to you...Happy Earth Day to you...

Yes, this week is Earth Day 2021 and I had so much to talk about, I decided to split this episode into 2 parts!
In this first part, we are going to do a project that I love:     make our own straws!

Seriously, it's not as hard as it sounds. I'll guide you through the whole process. This project will also be featured on the Kids Listen Activity app this week, too, so hopefully, we'll have a bunch of kids making their own straws for Earth Day.

Don't forget that you can get Weird & Wacky Endangered Creatures for free this week on Amazon and if you do, let me know what you think by leaving a review. I promise I read them all:) The link is below.

If you want to watch this project as a video on YouTube, you can do that here: https://youtu.be/ZKvIsTUZFS8

If you want to download the Earth Day Activities PDF,  you can do that here:
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/happy-earth-day-2021-part-1

Remember that this is Part 1 of the Earth Day episode. Part 2 will be available on Thursday (the actual Earth Day) where I'll have an interview with Tracy Richie, the Director of Education for EarthDay.org. She's going to tell us lots of cool stuff about how Earth Day got started, when, and some other things we can do to help the planet.

Here are all the links for this episode:

Earth Day Activities PDF
https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/post/happy-earth-day-2021-part-1

Weird & Wacky Endangered Creatures - Free this week on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YL3ZVLT
 

Website: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/  

FaceBook: https://facebook.com/weirdandwackyplanet

Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor   

email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com 

Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series:
https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW   

Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book