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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.

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! 

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