C’mon in! Welcome to the brand new Science Made Fun podcast. This is your one stop shop for science fun. Whatever you love about science you’ll find it here; from magnetism to molecules, Saturn to seismology, photons to photosynthesis, we cover everything you want to know and more!!


Science Made Fun
Science Made Fun does exactly what it says on the tin. It makes science fun and accessible to everyone

Water
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24 Feb 2008 at 12:07pm
Hello There! Join Colin as he talks about how, far from being boring, water is a fascinating chemical! Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
The Drinking Bird
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17 Feb 2008 at 9:40am
Hello There! Science Made Fun is back and this time we’ve brought a friend. We’d like you to meet…. The Drinking Bird. Join Colin and Emily as they show you the science behind this funky little gadget. Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
Jupiter
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18 Jan 2008 at 11:30am
Hello There! Join Emily as she tells you all about her favourite of all the planets, Jupiter. She talks about its size, moons, its famous red spot and the impact of comet Shoemaker Levy 9. Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
The Beauty of Nature
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30 Dec 2007 at 12:04pm
Hello There! For our last podcast of the year, we give you a compilation video illustrating just how beautiful our planet can be. We’d like to wish all of our listeners a very happy 2008! See you next year! Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
Acids and Alkali
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22 Dec 2007 at 5:30am
Hello There! Welcome to Science Made Fun’s last podcast before Christmas! Join Colin as he tells you all about acids and alkali and how you can make your very own test for them at home! Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas! Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
Newton?s Cradle
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11 Dec 2007 at 5:46am
Hello There! Join Emily and Colin as they play around with a Newton’s Cradle and explain Conservation of Momentum and Energy. However, watch out there are mysterious things happening at Science Made Fun HQ, Emily seems to have developed a magic finger! Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
A Hubble?s Eye Look at Star Life
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1 Dec 2007 at 6:44am
Hello There! Join us as we talk a Hubble’s eye look at starlife! Using some of the incredible pictures Hubble has given us, we look at how stars are born, live their lives and eventually die. Thanks to everyone who entered the November competition. As you will see from this video, the hunter with the famous belt [...]
Liquids
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23 Nov 2007 at 7:45am
Hey There! Join Emily as she demonstrates the properties of liquids, using incredibly versatile coloured balls and a fabulous hand boiler from ShinyShack.com! Don’t forget there’s still time for you to enter the November competition, check out our website for details. Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
How Space Shuttles Work
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13 Nov 2007 at 11:31am
Hello There! We’re back with another series of video podcasts! Thanks to Nic Seibold from Tampa Florida in the USA for requesting today’s topic of Space Shuttles. Join us as we look at how they get into space, what they do when they get there, and how they get back down again. We have lots of [...]
Bonfire Night
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5 Nov 2007 at 5:45pm
Hello There! Join Emily as she tells you all about the history and science of the 5th of November! At the end we reveal the winner of October’s competition and launch November’s! Until next time, remember… science is fun! The Science Made Fun Team
Halloween!
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1 Nov 2007 at 6:32pm
Hello There! A spooky feeling settled over us at Science Made Fun HQ this week and so we decided to dedicate a podcast to all things that send shivers down your spine! Join us as we talk Vampire Bats, Mummies and Werewolves! Warning: You may need a cushion to hide behind! Until next Halloween, remember… The boogie [...]
Time (Part 3)
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15 Oct 2007 at 1:40pm
Hello There! Here is the final part of our time trilogy. Join Emily as she talks twins, time travel and when time stops existing! Don’t forget you can still enter the October competition. Just send a request to requests@sciencemadefun.org.uk by the end of the month to be entered into the draw for a Pocket Science Lab! Until [...]
Time (Part 2)
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3 Oct 2007 at 12:27pm
Hello There! Here is the second part of our three-part podcast on time. If you’ve ever wondered where the days of the week get there names from or why October isn’t the 8th month like it used to be then this is the podcast for you! Don’t forget to keep listening right to the end as we [...]
Time (Part 1)
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23 Sep 2007 at 1:27pm
Hello There! You are looking at the first installment of Science Made Fun’s very first multi-part podcast! The subject we will be talking about over the next few weeks is time. We thought that this was such a fascinating subject that we are devoted the next three podcasts to it (including this one!) Until next time, remember… [...]
Hot Air Balloons
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14 Sep 2007 at 2:17am
Hey There! Join us as we look at how humans were in the air 120 years before the Wright Brothers first flew! Our journey winds its way through the history of ballooning including the effect the Hindenburg disaster had on the subject. Don’t forget the SMF competition is still running! See website for more details Until next time, [...]