How does a match make fire?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever seen someone strike a match? The match rubs against a scratchy strip and a split second later – poof! It makes fire! But how does a match work, anyway?

Join Molly and co-host Maxwell as they get all fired up about matches! They’ll explore the three things a fire needs to ignite and learn how lighting a match is just a super fast chemical reaction that sometimes smells like farts. Plus, we’ll hear your hot new names for matches and of course, a new mystery sound!

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0:00.0	Hi friends, Molly here. All this month we've been telling you about our Smarty Pass.
0:04.8	Subscribing to the Smarty Pass gets you all sorts of great perks.
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0:15.0	making episodes that honor kids intelligence and curiosity and silliness all while
0:20.5	working alongside the kids in our audience to help them build the tools they need
0:24.7	to navigate a changing world. So if you love Brainson, Smash Boom Best forever ago, and
0:30.6	moment of um, it would mean a lot if you took a second to subscribe to
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0:39.2	these shows but you also get ad free feeds of the shows that are super easy to access wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:45.8	You also get discounts on merch and live event tickets,
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1:00.8	raffle to win great prizes, like signed copies of our books, one-on-one
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1:08.9	Smarty Pass is just $4 a month or $36 for for the whole year and even if you can't
1:15.0	subscribe right now we appreciate you listening to our shows and being a part of
1:19.3	the Brainson universe everything we do is inspired by you. Again, to subscribe, head to smartiepass.org.
1:28.0	Thank you so much.
1:30.0	You're listening to Brainson, when we're serious about being curious
1:34.7	Brains on is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation
1:43.0	Molly Foundation. Molly, why is this so dark in here?
1:47.0	Maxwell?
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