Can a Tree turn to stone?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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What is a Petrified Forest? What do Petrified Forests tell us about the past? Why are they called Petrified? Have you started your FREE TRIAL of Who Smarted?+ for AD FREE listening, an EXTRA episode every week & bonus content? Sign up right in the Apple app, or directly at WhoSmarted.com and find out why more than 1,000 families are LOVING their subscription! Get official Who Smarted? Merch: tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more, at Who Smarted?

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0:00.0	Hey, smarty pants, trusty narrator here slowly headed up a steep hill.
0:09.4	On my way to an archaeological site.
0:12.7	Archaeological sites are where scientists who study the past
0:16.0	search for things to help us learn about life on earth long before we were born.
0:21.6	Ooh, I think I hear them digging now.
0:24.6	Ah, I should also mention, the place I'm visiting is an area known as a petrified forest.
0:32.6	Oh no, no, I'm so scared.
0:34.6	No, no, no, no, no, not that kind of petrified.
0:39.4	A different kind.
0:40.6	But I'll let my friend Dina explain.
0:43.1	Dina, as you might remember, from our earlier episode on Animal Tales, is what's known as a paleontologist.
0:49.6	Smartypants.
0:51.8	True or false?
0:53.5	Paleontologists study fossils from prehistoric times.
0:57.0	If you said true, you're right.
1:03.0	In fact, you never know when or where you'll find a clue about ancient life.
1:09.0	Take this cool-looking, colorful rock, I think. You'll find a clue about ancient life.
1:15.4	Take this cool-looking, colorful rock I just found.
1:22.3	I'll just put it in my backpack and ask Dina about it a little later.
1:24.0	Now, let's see.
1:29.9	Based on the GPS coordinates, Dina gave me, I should be arriving at the site just over this ridge.
1:31.9	Or is it this way?
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