VOLCANO ERUPTION: The Big Kaboom 🌋💥

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

In this episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out to determine which science is the best, and on top of all that... Dan has a MASSIVE announcement to tell you all.

Dan kicks off with the latest science news, starting with the European Space Agency's mission to weigh the world's trees using a satellite. Next, we learn about a discovery made by archaeologists in Scotland that proves the existence of an ancient civilisation. And finally, Megan Quail from Aberystwyth University joins Dan to discuss her study showing that goats are smarter than sheep and alpacas.

Then, we answer your questions! Etta wants to know: Why do frogs croak? And Professor David Pyle from the University of Oxford answers Shaan's question: How do volcanoes erupt?

In Dangerous Dan, we learn all about the Horse Hair Worm—creepy and deadly!

In Battle of the Sciences, we hear from the incredible Tree Sisters, a group on a mission to protect our planet and fight climate change one tree at a time.

What do we learn about?

· A mission to weigh the world's trees
· The smartest animal on the farm
· How volcanoes erupt
· The DEADLY Horse Hair Worm
· And in Battle of the Sciences, the importance of conservation

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	Are you ready to be wowed by experiments, objects from space and amazing creatures?
0:07.4	Hey, it's Dan from the Fun Kids Science Weekly, and I'm coming to towns and cities all over the UK as part of the Fun Kids Science Weekly live tour.
0:16.9	I'll be bringing the weirdest and coolest stuff in science to the stage,
0:21.8	making it more fun than it's ever been in a classroom,
0:25.4	with hilarious experiments, exciting guests, and a real life meteorite.
0:31.6	I'll take you on a one-hour journey into how the world works and beyond.
0:36.9	Want to be part of the fun?
0:38.5	Get your ticket to Fun Kids Science Weekly live right now at funkidslive.com slash tour.
0:45.5	Get ready for the podcast to come to life in front of your eyes.
0:49.3	Grab a grown-up and tell them that they'll probably learn something to.
0:53.0	Get to FunKidslive.com slash tour.
0:56.4	Hello, welcome along. My name is Dan. It's a week where I have learned so many science
1:02.8	secrets that I cannot wait to share with you. So let's get to it with a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly.
1:11.2	In this week's trip around the galaxy, I've got a huge announcement, seriously massive.
1:17.1	If this is the best podcast in the universe, what I will tell you may shake the very fabric of the universe.
1:24.8	I'm excited. It's on the way. Also, we're headed deep underground in the
1:29.8	heart of a volcano to find out why they erupt. And sometimes we see volcanic eruptions that involve
1:36.5	explosions. They can be really dramatic. So there's booms associated with the explosion and an ash cloud,
1:43.6	which then might rise many kilometers into the air. And we're chatting with the explosion and an ash cloud, which then might rise many kilometers into the air.
1:47.0	And we're chatting to environmental heroes, tree sisters, who are on a mission to save our planet one tree at a time.
1:56.3	Anything fighting climate change is absolutely the coolest because you get to be a real life superhero
2:01.8	for the planet. You're not just sitting at a desk or going into an office, you're out planting
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