Squiz Kids

Where does wind begin?

It can mess up your hair, slam doors shut and send umbrellas tumbling down the street, but what gets all that invisible air moving? Inspired by an excellent question from Judah in Wollongong, Christie discovers how the Sun and differences in air pressure create everything from refreshing sea breezes to wild gusts. Plus, why buildings can create wind tunnels... and the special weather ingredients needed to form cyclones and tornadoes.

Do you have a science question you'd like Christie to investigate? Email it to us at squizkids@thesquiz.com.au, and you might hear your answer on an upcoming episode.

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Digital devices out of classrooms?; France’s famous painting heist; Bird flu conspiracy debunked; and bandicoots and bilbies bounce back.

Could laptops and tablets be making it harder to concentrate? A major international study found Aussie students report more digital distractions than the global average.

It sounds like a movie plot! Thieves broke into France’s Renoir Museum and grabbed four paintings before police arrived, forcing them to flee.

Bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs and quolls are making a comeback inside enormous fenced areas designed to keep feral cats and other pests out.

Wild conspiracy theories about bird flu are spreading online, making Squiz-E’s nose twitch overtime.

Shortcut to Invasive Species: https://www.squizkids.com.au/squiz-kids-shortcuts/invasive-species/

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Bryce Corbett

Your daily kids news podcast.

Footy gets a theme park; Rwanda’s school-meal mission; Australia’s wild house guests; and the Pope farms aura.

NRL fans could soon step inside the game at a new Sydney attraction packed with augmented reality, coaching clinics, video games and giant match parties.

Rwanda wants to put even more healthy, locally grown food onto school lunch plates.

Possums in roofs, bats in curtains and an echidna rearranging the pantry! Aussie wildlife is increasingly turning up inside homes as natural habitats disappear.

Is the Pope farming aura? Pope Leo tried out some viral slang during a Vatican family celebration.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina

From lost socks to millions of followers, the Macfarlane brothers know where a homemade movie can lead.

Filmmakers and content creators Lachlan and Austin Macfarlane join Bryce under the Squiz Kids Spotlight to talk about making movies as kids, building an audience of millions and the hard work behind their wildly creative videos.

Their best advice for young creators? Don’t wait! Just start making stuff.

Plus, find out how budding filmmakers aged 15 and under can enter this year’s Trop Jr short-film competition. If you’ve got a movie idea bubbling away, now’s the time to grab a phone, tablet or camera and bring it to life for Trop Jr.

To enter, you’ll need to be aged 15 or under and create a short film of no more than five minutes featuring this year’s special signature item: a map. It could lead to buried treasure, point the way to another dimension, or simply appear somewhere in the background. It’s entirely up to you.

The deadline for entries has been extended to October 23, so get cracking!

⁠https://www.tropfest.com/tropjr⁠

Macfarlane Bros: When you give a kid unrestricted internet access

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4OjoWAiFqY⁠