The Science of Candy Land

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Happy Halloween! We’re headed to Candy Land, a sugary laboratory where mathematicians found a mysterious candy dagger appear - over and over again. So gather up your candy box, and let’s discover out why mathematicians are studying candy to understand the real-life landscapes around us. Mathematician Leif Ristroph shares how he stumbled into making sweet experiments. Want to learn more about the reason behind Leif’s experiments? Listen to our bonus interview episode, available for Patrons at the $1/level a month or higher. Pledge now at Patreon.com/tumblepodcast! Visit our website to see photos and videos of the candy daggers, and find out what a stone forest looks like. Plus, follow Leif’s special recipe for “research-grade candy.” Check it out on the blog at sciencepodcastforkids.com!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:08.6	And I'm Marshall.
0:09.6	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:12.8	Today, we're going to Candy Land, a place where math magicians cook up sugary confections.
0:19.8	Would you say math magicians are making candy?
0:22.7	Why?
0:23.7	Well, the math behind candy can teach us a lot about the landscape around us.
0:29.8	We'll find out how a sweet toothed mathematician stumbled into making sweet experiments.
0:35.0	Let's find out if this story is a trick or a treat.
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1:20.2	Today, leaf rice straw is a professor of mathematics.
1:24.4	And many years ago, he was just a kid trying to keep his Halloween candy safe.
1:30.2	I would always have a candy box that I would store on my candy and I would hide it away
1:34.8	from my brothers and sisters.
1:37.3	And so on Halloween, you know, I would go and crack open the candy box and restock it
1:42.5	up and then go and hide it away somewhere.
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