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COYOTE'S CRAZY SMART SCIENCE SHOW

Friday, June 2nd

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Earth Science

Ethnobotanist Cease Wyss shares plant knowledge; Kai shows makes punk rock cabbage!

Saturday, June 3rd

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Cosmos

Our Science Questers go in search of star knowledge and build a medicine wheel; Kai shows us how to make a homemade star projector.

Monday, June 5th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Math

Professor Shawn Desaulniers says numbers are everywhere; can you solve a Rubik's' cube?

Wednesday, June 7th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Science of Art

Celebrated artists Sonny Assu and Dionne Paul make art and show us how fascinating the world of colours and design can be.

Friday, June 9th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Chemistry

Isa celebrates the awesome accomplishments of Senator Lillian Dyck, a neuroscientist, and we learn how to make glue out of milk!

Saturday, June 10th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:04
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Rivers

Isa asks what we can learn from rivers while our Science Questers explore how rivers as an important part of food systems and travel today and for our ancestors, and we learn that a watershed isn't a building.

Monday, June 12th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:06
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Life by the Ocean

We meet with Indigenous fishermen who teach us about respectfully living by the ocean.

Wednesday, June 14th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Our Great Blue World

Isa, our awesome youth host, welcomes us to Our Great Blue World - and did you know the Oceans make up 70% of Mother Earth?

Friday, June 16th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Solar Power

Our Youth Host, Isa, and our Science Questers are inspired by the leadership of T'Sou-Ke Nation and other First Nations bringing Solar Power to their communities, and we learn how the abundance of sun energy provides us with life.

Saturday, June 17th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:10
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Skateboarding

Isa introduces us to the world of skateboarding, and our Science Questers learn how physics, force, energy, and gravity are in motion while skateboarding - while having fun doing ollies!

Monday, June 19th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:10
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Underground

We follow Kai and Anostin to Iceland to discover what happens underground and how almost 90% of Iceland homes are heated by geothermal power, plus we visit a traditional pit house with Eliza and Bernadette that uses the warmth of the underground to make brilliantly engineered traditional homes.

Wednesday, June 21st

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Astronomy

Science Questers get to ask Commander John Herrington what it's like to be an Astronaut while Corey Gray shares what it's like to be part of a science team that proved Gravitational Waves!

Friday, June 23rd

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Volcanoes

Kai and Anostin visit Iceland to see how geology, chemistry, physics, and creativity go into volcanology - the study of volcanoes.

Saturday, June 24th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:02
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Buffalos

We head to Blackfoot Territory on the prairies where the Science Questers learn about the Buffalo Treaty, the restoration of Buffalo, and how important Buffalo are to the eco-balance of the prairie.

Monday, June 26th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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City Food

Isa asks us to consider how we can live in the city and still have traditional plants and medicines, and our Knowledge Holders show us how!

Wednesday, June 28th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Animals

Isa asks why Animal habitats are important and what we can learn from animals, and how to be grateful for the food, shelter, knowledge, and medicines our animal relatives provide.

Friday, June 30th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:02
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Video Games

Isa asks, "What is your favorite game" and our Science Questers take a look at how to design your own video game.

Saturday, July 1st

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:05
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Virtual Reality

Isa introduces us to the world of virtual reality and our Science Questers hang out with Indigenous artists developing their own virtual reality!

Sunday, July 2nd

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:59
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Light

Join our Science Questers as they find out about how light has different temperatures; Kai shows us how to make your own sunset.

Tuesday, July 4th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:59
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Dwellings

Our Science Questors learn about Indigenous architect Douglas Cardinal, and An'ostin makes a lean-to in the woods.

Sunday, July 9th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Big Bang

Visit with Elder Woody Morrison who shares about how it all began - from an Indigenous perspective and we learn some of the science of the big bang.

Tuesday, July 11th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:56
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Science of Music

Rock out with us as we make some noise and learn about the scientific wonders of music with musicians Gregory Coyes and Sheryl Sewepagaham.

Sunday, July 16th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:59
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Animal Habitat

We can all help save animal homes - learn from Dr. Ruby Dunstan who helped protect the Stein Valley and wildlife habitat.

Tuesday, July 18th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:55
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Geology

We meet archaeologist Dr. Rudy Reimer to study the ground beneath out feet and Kai shows us how to make our own rocks!

Sunday, July 23rd

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Canoes/Technology

Join our Science Questers as they learn about birch bark canoes and pilot Don Todd, who has flown on every continent except Antarctica.

Tuesday, July 25th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:21:59
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Biology

Join our Science Questers as they find out why salmon are important to so many Indigenous Nations - visit a salmon hatchery!

Sunday, July 30th

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:00
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Earth Science

Ethnobotanist Cease Wyss shares plant knowledge; Kai shows makes punk rock cabbage!

Tuesday, August 1st

1:30pm on
Runtime: 00:22:01
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Cosmos

Our Science Questers go in search of star knowledge and build a medicine wheel; Kai shows us how to make a homemade star projector.