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Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids

Roey Granot

53 episodes

For curious kids ages 5–10 and their parents: a science podcast where every short episode answers one big question. How do planes fly? Why is the sky blue? Why do your fingers get wrinkly in water?

More about the show

Two hosts talk it through, a curious question and a clear answer that makes sense to a child. Science, nature, space, the human body and everyday tech.

Most episodes are under 10 minutes, great for car rides and bedtime. Clean and family-friendly.

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Episodes and transcripts: https://dadhowdoesitwork.com/

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  1. Why do we burp and fart?

    · 5:06 · S1 E52

    Ages 5–10 | Burps and farts let gas leave your digestive system. Discover how swallowed air becomes a burp and how tiny gut bacteria make more gas. Find out why a loud fart isn't always a smelly one. Try this at…

  2. Why Do I Get Goosebumps When I'm Cold or Scared? for Kids

    · 5:15 · S1 E51

    Ages 5–10 | Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles at the bottom of your hairs squeeze and make the hairs stand up. You climb out of the pool and little bumps appear on your arms. Then a scary sound in a film makes them…

  3. How Does a Refrigerator Make My Drink Cold? Science for Kids

    · 6:06 · S1 E50

    Ages 5–10 | A refrigerator moves heat from inside to the outside, which keeps your drink cold. You put a warm bottle in the refrigerator and come back to cold water. But no ice touched it. Where did the warmth go?…

  4. Dad, How Does It Work? Trailer: Science for Kids Ages 5–10

    · 1:25 · Trailer

    Ages 5–10 | A curious question, a clear answer. Why do your fingers get wrinkly in water? How do trees talk to each other? How does a cut heal? Dad, How Does It Work? is a science podcast for curious kids ages 5–10 and…

  5. Why Do Tears Come Out When I Cry? Science for Kids

    · 6:03 · S1 E49

    The lost dog finally comes home, and your eyes fill with tears. But you're happy. Why are you crying? Were there tears in your eyes all along? Where does the extra water come from? Why does some roll down your…

  6. Why Does My Stomach Growl When I'm Hungry? for Kids

    · 5:28 · S1 E48

    You are sitting in a quiet classroom, waiting for lunch.Your stomach suddenly growls loudly enough for someone else to hear.Is it asking for food?What is moving in there when you have not eaten for hours?Could the…

  7. Why Do We Need Soap If We Already Have Water? for Kids

    · 5:12 · S1 E47

    You rinse greasy pizza fingers under the tap.The water runs over them, but they still feel slippery.Why can water wash away mud but struggle with oil?What does soap add that water is missing?Are the bubbles really…

  8. Why Do Bites and Cuts Feel Worse in the Shower? for Kids

    · 6:07 · S1 E46

    Ages 5–10 | Why do bites and cuts feel worse in the shower? You step into the shower with a mosquito bite or a tiny cut. It was barely bothering you before. Then the water touches it, and suddenly it itches or stings.…

  9. How Does Tapping a Credit Card Actually Pay? for Kids

    · 5:04 · S1 E45

    You tap your credit card on the machine. Beep. Green check mark. Done. But... what actually just happened? No cash moved. The card barely touched anything. So how did the shop know the payment was okay? And why…

  10. How Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Science for Kids

    · 5:35 · S1 E44

    You see one tree getting eaten by insects, while the tree next to it looks untouched. How could the second tree possibly know there’s danger nearby? Trees can’t talk, shout, or send messages. But they can release tiny…

  11. Why Do Your Fingers Get Wrinkly in Water? Science for Kids

    · 5:11 · S1 E43

    You’re sitting in the bath, and suddenly your fingers look completely different. Why do they get wrinkly while the rest of your skin mostly doesn’t? You might think your fingers are just soaking up water like little…

  12. How Does a Cut Heal? Science for Kids

    · 6:16 · S1 E42

    Ages 5–10 | How does a cut heal? You scrape your knee, and a few days later a scab appears and the cut starts closing. But how does your body even know where the damage is? Why does a scab form, and what's happening…

  13. How Does a Battery Make Electricity? Science for Kids

    · 6:20 · S1 E41

    You put a battery into a toy, and suddenly it comes alive. But what is actually happening inside that little battery? Is it just full of electricity waiting to come out? And why does turning the battery around make…

  14. How Does Google Know What a Red Panda Looks Like? for Kids

    · 9:33 · S1 E40

    You search for “red panda,” and the right photos appear almost instantly. But most of those pictures do not have the words “red panda” written on them. So how does Google know what is actually inside each photo?…

  15. Why Do I Feel Sick When I'm Driving? Explained for Kids

    · 5:26 · S1 E39

    Ages 5–10 | Why do I feel sick when I'm driving? You're reading in the back seat, and suddenly your tummy feels funny. So why does motion sickness show up out of nowhere? Why can a boat, a bus, or even a virtual…

  16. How Did the Dinosaurs Disappear? Science for Kids

    · 6:58 · S1 E38

    You look up at a giant dinosaur skeleton and wonder how something so powerful could vanish. Did every dinosaur suddenly die at the same time? And how could one asteroid cause trouble across the entire planet? The…

  17. Where Did Lego Start? The Story of Lego

    · 6:14 · S1 E37

    You pick up a LEGO brick, and it feels like it was always meant to look this way. But LEGO did not begin with plastic bricks at all. It started with wooden toys in a small workshop. Then fires, risky choices, and…

  18. How Does ChatGPT Sound Like a Real Person? for Kids

    · 5:34 · S1 E36

    You ask ChatGPT a question, and seconds later it answers like someone is really talking to you. But there is no tiny person hiding inside the computer.So how does ChatGPT know what to say next? Is it thinking,…

  19. How Does Water Come Out of the Tap? Explained for Kids

    · 7:36 · S1 E35

    You turn the tap, and water just appears. It feels like it was waiting behind the wall. But where was it one second before? And why does the toilet suddenly refill after you flush? The water isn’t being made inside…

  20. How Does the Remote Talk to the TV? Explained for Kids

    · 12 min · S1 E34

    A TV remote feels obvious until you ask the basic question: how does the TV know what you pressed from across the room? A remote turns each button press into a coded signal. In many standard remotes, that signal is…

  21. Where Does the Air Conditioner Get Cold Air? for Kids

    · 6:16 · S1 E33

    You press the button, and cold air starts blowing out. But where did that cold air come from? Was it hiding inside the air conditioner? And if the room air was hot a second ago, how can it come back cold? The…

  22. Where Does All This Dust Come From? Science for Kids

    · 6:09 · S1 E32

    You wipe the shelf clean. Then somehow, the dust is back again. But where did it even come from? It was floating in the air before you saw it. Some came from clothes, skin, hair, carpets, soil, and even outside.…

  23. Why Do Companies Need More Money to Grow? Explained for Kids

    · 8:37 · S1 E31

    Ages 5–10 | Why do companies need more money to grow? You build a lemonade stand, and people love it. So why would you need someone else's money? Shouldn't a good business pay for itself? Then you want to open another…

  24. How Does Plastic Even Become a Balloon? Explained for Kids

    · 8:10 · S1 E30

    You pick up a birthday balloon, and it feels almost impossible. It is thin, light, stretchy, and somehow it holds air without falling apart. But then the weird part starts. Plastic can be hard like LEGO, soft like a…

  25. How Are Stones Made? Science for Kids

    · 9:13 · S1 E29

    You pick up a smooth stone at the beach and it feels… finished. Like someone made it. But no one did. So where did this stone actually come from? Was it always like this, or did it change? Some stones are tiny like…

  26. Wait… Can I Actually Own Part of Apple and Netflix? for Kids

    · 14 min · S1 E28

    Ages 5–10 | Can I actually own part of Apple and Netflix? People buy phones, burgers, shoes and drinks every day, and the companies that make them keep getting bigger. Then you hear someone say they "own stock" in a…

  27. Do Continents Really Move or Is That Just Earthquakes?

    · 7:49 · S1 E27

    You hear about earthquakes and it sounds scary. Like the ground suddenly shakes for no reason. But then someone says the Earth is always moving… even when nothing is shaking. Wait… what does that even mean? If the…

  28. How Do Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space? for Kids

    · 11 min · S1 E26

    You’re floating. Not falling. Not standing. Just… drifting. And then you realize something weird. Your body still needs to do normal things. Like eating. Sleeping. Going to the bathroom. But nothing stays down.…

  29. Why Do We Need Vaccines If We're Not Sick? for Kids

    · 5:47 · S1 E25

    Ages 5–10 | Why do we need vaccines if we're not sick? You're feeling totally fine, and then it's time for a vaccine. Wait, why now? Nothing is even wrong. So why would your body need a vaccine before you're sick? What…

  30. Why Do We Dream? Science for Kids

    · 6:09 · S1 E24

    You wake up and it felt completely real. Like you were flying… or talking to someone who wasn’t there. But you were just lying in bed the whole time. So how did your brain make all of that? If you’re asleep……

  31. How Do Fish Even Breathe Underwater? Science for Kids

    · 5:52 · S1 E23

    You’re watching a fish and suddenly it hits you… it never comes up for air. Its mouth keeps opening and closing like it’s chewing water. But water isn’t air… so what is it actually doing? Then you notice those…

  32. How Does My Phone Know Exactly Where I Am? for Kids

    · 8:41 · S1 E22

    You look at the map on the phone and see the blue dot moving. Then the car turns a corner… and the blue dot turns too. But the phone isn’t looking out the window. So how does it know you just turned? It turns out…

  33. How Does a Microwave Heat Food So Fast? Science for Kids

    · 15 min · S1 E21

    You put cold pizza into the microwave. You press a button. Thirty seconds later it’s hot. But the plate is sometimes still cool. And the middle of the food can still be cold. So what is the microwave actually doing…

  34. How Is the Mosquito Bite So Silent? Science for Kids

    · 8:38 · S1 E20

    You’re outside, and suddenly later you see a mosquito bite on your arm. But wait… when did that happen? You don’t remember anything poking you. You didn’t feel it at all. So how did the mosquito find you? And how…

  35. How Does Paper Even Come From Trees? Explained for Kids

    · 5:54 · S1 E19

    You’re holding a sheet of paper, and it feels soft and easy to bend. But trees are hard. You can knock on them. They don’t fold. So how did a tree turn into this thin paper in your hands? If paper comes from trees,…

  36. Why Do I Feel Cold Right After a Hot Shower? for Kids

    · 11 min · S1 E18

    You just stood in hot shower water, and your whole body felt warm. But the second you turn it off, suddenly you feel cold. Sometimes you even shiver, even though the water was hot a moment ago. The air didn’t…

  37. Why Isn't There Wi-Fi Outside? Explained for Kids

    · 13 min · S1 E17

    At home, your Wi-Fi is always there. Then you walk outside, and it suddenly disappears. Where did it go? Did the internet stay inside your house? You might find a small box at home called a router. That box…

  38. Why Does Lightning Flash? Science for Kids

    · 8:56 · S1 E16

    Ages 5–10 | Why does lightning suddenly flash? You're looking at the sky, and then lightning flashes across the clouds. It's so bright! A second later, thunder rumbles and makes you jump. If lightning is just light,…

  39. Why Do Crabs Walk Sideways? Science for Kids

    · 10 min · S1 E15

    You see a crab at the beach, and it suddenly runs sideways across the sand. Not forward. Not backward. Only sideways. It almost looks like it’s sliding instead of walking. You might wonder why it doesn’t just walk…

  40. Why Is It Important to Eat Protein? Explained for Kids

    · 9:52 · S1 E14

    You’re eating, and someone says, “Make sure you finish your protein.” But you already ate a lot, so why does protein matter so much? Why do foods like eggs, chicken, yogurt, or beans seem extra important? What is…

  41. Where Are All Our Games and Videos Saved? Explained for Kids

    · 12 min · S1 E13

    You press play on a YouTube video, and it starts working. Then suddenly, it stops… and a spinning circle appears. You didn’t press pause. So why did it stop? Isn’t the video already inside your phone? Somehow, the…

  42. How Do Glasses Help Us Read? Science for Kids

    · 11 min · S1 E12

    You put on someone else’s glasses, and suddenly everything looks strange and wrong. Or you take off your own glasses, and the words in your book turn fuzzy and hard to read. It feels like your eyes forgot how to see…

  43. Why Does Rain Fall From the Sky? Science for Kids

    · 12 min · S1 E11

    You’re outside playing, and suddenly it starts raining. You look up at the sky and think, wait… where did all that water come from? Did someone pour it from the clouds? Was it hiding up there the whole time? You’ve…

  44. How Does a Self-Driving Car Drive by Itself? for Kids

    · 9:17 · S1 E10

    You might look at a car and suddenly notice something strange. The steering wheel is turning, but nobody is touching it. You start wondering how the car knows where to go. How can it see the road, the lines, and the…

  45. Why Can't My Heart Ever Stop Beating? Explained for Kids

    · 10 min · S1 E9

    Ages 5–10 | Why can't my heart ever stop beating? You're sitting still, doing nothing, but your heart keeps going. Thump. Thump. Thump. You didn't tell it to move, so how does it keep working all on its own? What is…

  46. Why Is Everyone Always Telling Me to Eat Less Sugar?

    · 8:46 · S1 E8

    You eat a cookie or drink a soda, and suddenly you feel super fast and excited. Like you could run everywhere at once. But a little later, your legs feel heavy and you just want more sugar again. So what actually…

  47. What Is Electricity? Explained for Kids

    · 11 min · S1 E7

    You flip a switch and the light turns on right away. But nothing is pouring into the bulb… so what actually moved? There’s no water. No fuel. Just a thin metal wire. So how does electricity travel through it? What…

  48. How Does YouTube Know Which Ads to Show Me? for Kids

    · 12 min · S1 E6

    You open YouTube to watch one video. And somehow the ads are exactly about the things you searched yesterday. The game you wanted. The shoes you mentioned. The snack you looked up. How does YouTube know it’s you?…

  49. How Did We Reach the Moon? Science for Kids

    · 9:25 · S1 E5

    You look up at the Moon and it feels impossibly far away. If you jump, you fall back down. If you throw a ball, it comes right back. So how did a rocket not fall back to Earth too? Where does all that power come…

  50. How Big Is the Sun? Science for Kids

    · 13 min · S1 E4

    You look up at the Sun, and it just looks like a small bright circle. So how big could it really be? Could it be the size of Earth? Bigger than a city? Bigger than a planet? What if more than a million Earths could…

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