Chilling out with snow

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There are many different types of snow. From the fluffy to the slushy, this slippery frozen stuff comes in all different shapes and sizes.

From a distance, snowflakes may all look the same, but they are not. In fact, there are lots of different shapes of snowflakes — not just those classic shapes you might try to replicate with paper cut-outs.

In this episode, Dr. Ken Libbrecht answers all of our snowflake questions: How are snowflakes made? Why are they different shapes? How is it that they’re all unique? And how does a scientist who lives in southern California study snow? And, he also lets us in on his brush with a couple Arendelle princesses.

Plus our pal Ruby Guthrie pays her local ski slope to visit a snow-making machine called “Kevin.” And of course, there’s a new Mystery Sound to warm your ears.

If you’re looking for some fun snowflake activities to do at home, Ken’s provided this great list — and you don’t need to live in a cold climate for all of them: http://www.snowcrystals.com/activities/activities.html

This episode was sponsored by:

Shopify (Shopify.com/brainson)

Indeed (Indeed.com/BRAINSON)

Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen.org/brainson)

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Molly from BrainsOn and Smash Boom Best with an important request for the curious
0:04.4	adults listening in today. As you may know, the BrainsOn universe is public media.
0:10.0	Philanthropic donations from you help power this show and so many others that our team created
0:15.6	this year. When you donate today, you could choose an extra special thank you gift,
0:20.6	maybe kids stop listening for a second if you want a surprise, this gift would be a personalized
0:26.4	message from me for the BrainsOn universe fan in your life. And it will get there in time
0:32.2	for the holidays. Find more details and make your donation at brainson.org slash donate.
0:38.8	That's brainson.org slash donate. Thank you so much for your support.
0:43.7	You're listening to BrainsOn. We're very serious about being curious.
0:48.5	BrainsOn is supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:54.5	Ruby, I'm about to video call Mark, Sandin, and Molly to see how the road trip is going.
1:00.2	You want to join in? Ooh, here I come. Just grabbing a snack.
1:05.1	I know that we're planning on using their new vehicle to tunnel into the earth. I wonder how it's going.
1:12.2	Ruby, my name is so good to see your faces. You too, Molly. Um, is there raining in there?
1:19.7	Rainy? Oh, right because my hair is all wet. Nope. I'm just very sweaty.
1:24.9	Hey, Manica and Ruby. Hi, Sandin. Hey. See? He's super sweaty too.
1:30.4	Yeah, see how I glisten?
1:32.0	It's what really looks good on me. Anyway, we started our journey at the center of the earth,
1:37.2	the core. It was so neat, but also so hot. Yeah, and right now, Mark is piloting in our explorer.
1:44.1	Which stands for extremely practical land and ocean rover exploring remote realms.
1:50.0	Don't you know? I do know. Yeah, so Mark is piloting the explorer through the part inside the
1:55.2	planet called the mantle. It's also very hot. The fact that you feel merely very hot and not
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