Bell Ringer — 6th Grade

John Jenkins
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A daily twelve-minute ride-to-school show built from what a sixth grader is actually studying that week. Researched from museums, national labs, and university sources — every fact traceable to a named page.

Episodes

  1. 14h ago

    The Constant We Know Worst

    Gravity let two men find a planet with a pencil — and then let a rich man chase one that was never there. Part four of five on gravity, and the number at the front of Newton's equation that careful labs still can't agree on. Chapters: 0:00 — Cold open — the hook 0:23 — Theme 0:38 — Welcome + today's map 1:08 — Act One — the teach 6:09 — Music break 6:24 — Act Two — the turn 9:29 — Tomorrow on the show + outro 10:06 — Outro music Sources for this episode: https://openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/3-3-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/orbits-and-keplers-laws/ https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/how-big-is-the-solar-system/ https://www.nasa.gov/history/175-years-ago-astronomers-discover-neptune-the-eighth-planet/ https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planet-x/ https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/pluto_charon.html https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2014/10/trouble-capital-g Cover photo by Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira on Unsplash.

    The Constant We Know Worst

  2. 1d ago

    How to Miss the Ground

    An orbit isn't gravity holding something up — it's a fall that keeps missing, and Voyager 2 only got past Jupiter by robbing it. Chapters: 0:00 — Cold open — the hook 0:25 — Theme 0:40 — Welcome + today's map 1:13 — Act One — the teach 5:31 — Music break 5:46 — Act Two — the turn 8:55 — Tomorrow on the show + outro 9:37 — Outro music Sources for this episode: https://openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/3-3-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-microgravity-grades-5-8/ https://science.nasa.gov/learn/basics-of-space-flight/primer/ https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/how-big-is-the-solar-system/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/orbits-and-keplers-laws/ Cover photo by Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira on Unsplash.

    How to Miss the Ground

  3. 2d ago

    The Man Who Hid His Data

    Tycho Brahe wouldn't let his assistant see the numbers — so he handed him Mars, the one planet that would break the circle. Part two of five on gravity. Chapters: 0:00 — Cold open — the hook 0:19 — Theme 0:34 — Welcome + today's map 1:06 — Act One — the teach 5:57 — Music break 6:12 — Act Two — the turn 10:02 — Tomorrow on the show + outro 10:46 — Outro music Sources for this episode: https://openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/3-3-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-microgravity-grades-5-8/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/orbits-and-keplers-laws/ https://www.nasa.gov/history/175-years-ago-astronomers-discover-neptune-the-eighth-planet/ https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planet-x/ https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/pluto_charon.html Cover photo by Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira on Unsplash.

    The Man Who Hid His Data

  4. 3d ago

    The Moon Is Falling

    An apple falls at nine point eight metres per second squared. The Moon, sixty Earth radii out, falls three thousand six hundred times slower — and Newton did the arithmetic to prove it was the same force. Part one of five. Chapters: 0:00 — Cold open — the hook 0:20 — Theme 0:35 — Welcome + today's map 1:05 — Act One — the teach 5:39 — Music break 5:54 — Act Two — the turn 9:20 — Tomorrow on the show + outro 10:04 — Outro music Sources for this episode: https://openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/3-3-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-microgravity-grades-5-8/ https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/how-big-is-the-solar-system/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/orbits-and-keplers-laws/ Cover photo by Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira on Unsplash.

    The Moon Is Falling
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A daily twelve-minute ride-to-school show built from what a sixth grader is actually studying that week. Researched from museums, national labs, and university sources — every fact traceable to a named page.

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