The Tale of the High School Astronomer

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Meet Ana Humphrey. She hasn’t graduated from high school yet, but she’s already discovered 560 places outside our solar system where we could find hidden planets. Ana won the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search with her project that used a mathematical model to pinpoint locations for exoplanet search parties. But Ana’s story is more than a successful science fair project. Find out how Ana’s love for science, math, and making a difference in her community helped her become a high school astronomer! You can hear our full interview with Ana on our Patreon and Castbox Premium channel. She has a great perspective to share on how science and math can be used to understand the world - and more on how her early concern for the environment helped lead her into space. Pledge now at patreon.com/tumblepodcast. A $1/month donation gives you access to all our bonus audio! Here are this week’s new $5+ Patrons: Brynlee, Elijah, Nehemiah, Azariah, Lena, Izzy, Sevy, and Alex. Happy birthday to Anlin and Oren Mack, Ben (aka Benny Boo) Lena, Izzy, and Harley! For more, check out the blog on our website at sciencepodcastforkids.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:05.0	And I'm Marshall.
0:06.0	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:10.0	Today we're talking about an epic science fair project.
0:14.0	Ooh, like a six-foot tall baking soda volcano.
0:17.0	No.
0:18.0	We're talking to National Science Fair winner Anna Humphrey on how to search for new planets
0:24.0	while you're still in high school.
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1:07.0	Marshall, do you remember your school science fair?
1:11.0	Yeah, I did a psychology experiment on personality where like I handed out a survey, processed data, the whole nine yards.
1:18.0	I did it on a TI-83.
1:20.0	What is that?
1:21.0	A calculator.
1:22.0	Okay.
1:24.0	Well, that sounds a lot more complex in science even mine.
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