Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, is a land of extremes and a hub for scientific research. It is considered a desert due to its minimal precipitation, yet it holds 70% of the world's freshwater frozen within its massive ice sheet. Despite its harsh conditions, Antarctica supports diverse wildlife, including penguins, seals, and even unique microorganisms in its subglacial lakes. Scientists study its ice cores to understand past climate patterns. Additionally, Antarctica's clear skies make it an ideal location for astrophysics research. The continent is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits military activity and promotes international cooperation for scientific exploration.

We researched Australia and learned about some of the odd and interesting animals that call it home. We also learned about Aboriginal art traditions dating back tens of thousands of years. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed

In this episode we explore Brazil, with a focus on the Amazon Rainforest and Carnival. It will discuss the Amazon River, the rainforest's unique wildlife and plant species, and its impact on the global climate. The episode will also delve into the history and cultural significance of Carnival, touching on its origins, the role of samba schools, and its social and political implications. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed

For this episode we researched a little bit about China. A lot of things we use today were first invented in China including paper and fireworks. We also learned about The Forbidden City and The Terracotta Army.

In this episode we decided to explore a little bit about Egypt. We learned about the Rosetta Stone and how it helped crack the code so archaeologists could learn to read hieroglyphics. We learned about King Tut and fun facts about mummies.

This week we are exploring Canada. Learn about the great maple syrup heist, Cirque du Soleil, Santa's mailing address and more fun facts about one of the world's friendliest nations. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed

For Season 2, we decided to learn more about different countries around the world. This episode is all about France. Learn about the Eiffel Tower, the glass monarch and more!

In 1911, a man by the name of Vincenzo Peruggia hid in the Louvre after closing. He went into a gallery, took a small Renaissance portrait off the wall and the following morning, he walked out with it under his cloak. That theft brought The Mona Lisa out of the museum and into pop culture. This week as it is back to school season, we thought it might be fun to cover a great historical heist and a new middle grade non fiction book telling the story that is stranger than fiction. We had a special guest this week as Nicholas Day, author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes participated in a rapid fire "Fact or Fake" segment telling us some fun facts and dispelling myths about the most famous painting in the world. Check out The Mona Lisa Vanishes on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mona-Lisa-Vanishes-Legendary-Celebrity/dp/0593643844/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OQSTJ5QBKOZE&keywords=the+mona+lisa+vanishes&qid=1693878096&sprefix=the+mona+lisa%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1 or wherever you get your books. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

For our season finale, we decided to go further than our podcast has ever gone before. This week we covered NASA's Apollo missions which sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's episode is about Pokemon. Learn about how Pikachu and others were developed and the interesting connection between Pokemon and the video games like Mario and Zelda which made Nintendo one of the greatest home game companies on the planet. Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties with this episode, so we shared an episode of Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages to cover the stuff that got lost in our recording session. Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed

This week's episode is all about chocolate. Learn about the ancient roots of chocolate as it started in Central America and how Hershey became one of the biggest chocolate candy makers in the world. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's mini episode is all about dinosaurs. Learn when they lived, how they went extinct, and how they get those strange and hard to pronounce names. Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's episode is all about America's national parks. Find out which was the first national park, where you can find the world's biggest tree and more. In this episode, you'll learn some fun facts about The Great Smoky Mountains, Mammoth Cave, Yellowstone and Sequoia National Parks. We also learned about Ocmulgee Mounds which will hopefully soon become our 64th national park. Learn more at https://www.ocmulgeepark.org/ Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

Dogs are long said to be a person's best friend. Learn some fun facts about the different ways dogs help people today. Also, learn the true story of a dog that saved 92 passengers and crew from a sinking ship in 1919. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Thank you to our sponsor Kids’ Chemical Solutions and their chemistry comic book series filled with colorful characters and exciting storylines. Order now at www.kidschemicalsolutions.com Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's episode is all about board games. Learn a bit about some classic games like Chess and Monopoly as well as the amazing story of how British military intelligence used a special edition of a board game to help soldiers escape from a POW camp in World War 2. We also mentioned the amazing cooperative fantasy game developed by a father daughter team. To learn more about CoraQuest, head over to www.coraquest.com During this episode, I mentioned that during the remote learning phase of the pandemic, I had my students create their own video games. Check out this YouTube video for my instructions if you are interested in creating your own game. https://youtu.be/mFIGohsRRYc If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

As we are starting summer vacation, we thought it would be nice to beat the summer heat with a mini episode focused on one of the coolest places on earth, the Arctic. Learn some fun facts about arctic foxes, polar bears, where the name the arctic comes from and more. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's episode is all about roller coasters. Learn a bit about kinetic and potential energy as it is applied to one of the most thrilling experiences in the world. Find out how roller coasters evolved from Catherine the Great's desire to go sledding in the summer, and a whole lot more. In this week's Fact or Fake: Doctors in the Orlando Florida area have been writing prescriptions for patients to ride Disney’s Tower of Terror ride. They say that patients suffering from a blockage in the digestive system can have it scared out of them. They say the sudden freefall has a roughly 66% success rate at dislodging an obstruction.  Or One of the earliest American roller coasters was a coal mine. The Mauch Chunck Switchback Railway was built in 1827 to haul coal between two mines. People saw the coal trains zooming down hill at up to 50 miles per hour and thought, why should the coal have all the fun and tourists started paying to ride. Listen to the episode to find out which is the true fact and which is just something silly and strange we made up. If you're enjoying Rainbow Puppy Science Lab, check out other great shows from Airwave Media like Art Smart, Reach: a Space Podcast for Kids, Tumble, What if World, Who ARTed Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's mini episode is about animation. We covered the story of Disney's Folly. In the 1930s Walt Disney set out to create an animated feature film like nothing anyone had seen before. For those interested in learning how animation works, we included a clip from Kyle's podcast, Who ARTed, which goes into a little more depth and explains some of the history and the techniques used for creating animations. Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

This week's episode is about video games. Atticus researched some fun facts about the origins of Nintendo, Mario, and Pokemon. If you are interested in learning how to make your own video games, check out Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/), the kids' coding community developed by MIT. If you enjoy this podcast, please help us out and leave a kind rating/review on your favorite podcast app. Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com

In this week's mini episode, listen to learn about some of our favorite bright and shiny materials. In this episode we covered what glitter is made of, who invented it and how along with the story of DayGlo colors and why they are so much brighter than the average color. If you enjoy this podcast, please help us out and leave a kind rating/review on your favorite podcast app. Rainbow Puppy Science Lab is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com