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Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Show For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're going to start to learn all about the amazing field of computer science. We'll talk about what computers really do, how we can talk to them using code, and how they follow step-by-step instructions called algorithms. We'll even explore a big question: can computers learn? And finally, we'll think about how you might learn computer science someday—and what you could do with those skills. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- Please check out: www.abcmouse.com/sleeptightscience --- Support Us 👉 Join Premium for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! 👉 Sleep Tight Premium is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like to investigate? Send us an email at [email protected] , and we may feature it in an upcoming show. --- About Sleep Tight Science We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at [email protected], and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode! Dedicated to enhancing the health and happiness of children, Sleep Tight Media helps families replace bedtime struggles with bedtime snuggles. -- Made in Canada 🇨🇦 Advertising provided by Starglow Media. Learn more about Starglow Media here

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rex, and I'm from Bamberg, Texas, and you're listening to Sleep Tight Science.
0:16.0	Did you know the word computer used to describe a person?
0:23.6	What?
0:24.6	Before machines, humans who did long math problems were called computers.
0:31.6	The machines just borrowed the name later on.
0:48.6	Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleep Tight Science, a bedtime show that answers your questions about science.
0:51.9	In this episode, we're going to start to learn all about the amazing field of computer science. In this episode, we're going to start to learn all about the amazing field of computer science.
0:59.0	We'll talk about what computers really do, how we can talk to them using code, and how they follow step-by-step instructions called algorithms.
1:11.6	We'll even explore a big question.
1:15.6	Can computers learn?
1:17.6	And finally, we'll think about how you might learn
1:22.6	computer science someday, and what you could do with those skills.
1:28.3	Before we get started with a definition,
1:31.3	as you lie there getting cozy, what do you think computer science is?
1:37.3	How do you think computers or coding have shaped your life?
1:43.3	Would you be able to listen to this podcast without them?
1:48.3	Think about that as we get started.
1:54.3	Have you ever wondered how your favorite video game knows when to jump?
1:59.9	Or how your phone can recognize your face?
2:02.6	Or maybe you've asked yourself how a robot knows where to go,
2:08.6	or how computers help scientists make important discoveries.
2:13.6	Well, all of that and more is made possible by something called computer science.
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