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WOW All Summer Long With Tinkercast

This summer season, slide into WOW and WONDER with activities for kids, families, and elementary students! Don’t miss our Summer Reading & Listening Challenge, soccer-themed episodes to gear up for World Cup, toys that keep brains turned on, plus our favorite ocean-themed podcast episodes and membership activities to celebrate World Oceans Day!

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Summer Reading & Listening List

Did you know podcasts can be a wonderful way to avoid the summer slump? Plus, listening to audio has been proven to improve literacy and increase creativity! Check out our Summer Listening List of 50 fun-filled episodes, featuring Tinkercast podcasts, like #1 STEAM podcast for kids and families Wow in the World, and other awesome children’s podcasts.

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Summer Listening Challenge & Experiments to Try at Home

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Listen Your Way Through Summer

Podcasts are a wonderful way to help avoid the summer slump. Plus, listening to audio can support literacy and spark creativity! Check out our Summer Listening List featuring 50 fun-filled episodes from Tinkercast podcasts, including Wow in the World, and other awesome children’s podcasts.

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Make Your Own Fireworks in a Jar

Learn how to make fireworks safe enough to bring to a library! Follow along this WOW experiment with Mindy. Then, stick around for the new episode about the 2,000 pound time capsule created for the 250th anniversary of America. Subscribe to WowTube for more experiments with Mindy and new episodes of your favorite Tinkercast podcasts!

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World Cup Warm-Up… WOW Style

Excited for World Cup 2026? Game on! These sporty podcast episodes and feet, er, hands-on activities and crafts for kids from Wow in the World and Flip and Mozi will keep the whole family laughing and playing together all summer long. Fill your playlist with the science behind sports brain, bee-ball soccer, the rules of play, World Series of (fish) Tag, World Saucer Championships, and enough WOW to fill an entire stadium. Lace up your cleats and crank up your curiosity!

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Trumpet Fish Tag

Mindy and Guy Raz are live from Taggy Nichols Arena for the World Series of Tag, where top players compete for the championship. The front runner, The Trumpeter, has a top-secret technique inspired by the hunting tactics of trumpetfish!

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Bee-Ball

Mindy’s all a buzz about the latest scientific study about “playing”… but why is she asking everyone to wear bee costumes?! And why are they playing a game of BEE BALL? It’s the Who, What, When, Where, WOW, and HOW bees like to play!

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Postcards from Earth: Mozi Watches Soccer

Mozi writes an exciting letter to his family explaining all about a bizarre ritual for young earthlings that involves kicking a small round sphere towards a couple of nets!

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COMING SOON: Why Sports Fans Go Wild! The Science of Superfan Brains & A Big Bee-Ball Rivalry

Mindy and Guy Raz head to the Bee-Ball World Championships, where a fierce rivalry between the Buff-Tail Buzzers and the South Town Stingers reveals the surprising science behind sports fans’ brains. Why do some fans stay calm while others go totally bonkerballs when their team wins or loses?

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Splish and Splash in our Playlist of Summer Podcasts for Kids

Explore the wonders of the deep with this splash-tastic list of ocean-themed science podcasts for kids! From sea lions to sea slugs and the mysteries of the ocean floor, these educational podcasts are perfect for young ocean lovers and future marine biologists.

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Wow in the World – Waddle Vision – The Science of Penguin Cams

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Narwhals – Do They Play With Their Food?

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Diving In With Sea Lions: Mapping the Ocean Floor

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Yay For Octo-Moms!

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Bowhead Whale

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Making Waves

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Water Jellyfish Made Of?

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The Disappearing Crew of the Mary Celeste

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What’s Kraken?

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Mimic Octopus

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Sea Slug Style: Chop Off Your Head And Grow A New Body!

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Greenland Shark’s 400th Birthday

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Shark Week for Kids

Just in time for Shark Week (July 6 –13), we’ve rounded up all our shark-themed science podcasts and YouTube content. They’re packed with jaw-some shark facts, ocean discoveries, and underwater adventures—perfect for curious kiddos!

Where are all the BABY SHARKS? WowTube Video

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Megalodon’t Mess With This Monster!

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Stumping the Shark

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Baby Shark Case

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Shark Tail

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Scaredy Sharks & The Science of Fear

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SEAsonal Podjects for Summer

Teachers, don’t forget that TinkerClass has fun, SEAsonal content perfect for sending home as summer homework! Check out these ad-free ocean-themed episodes and affiliated guided activities designed to spark curiosity and learning!

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Yay For Octo-Moms!

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Megalodon’t Mess With This Monster!

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Needs More Seashell! An Ancient Seashell Sings A New Song

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Join the WOW!

As a member of the World Organization of Wowzers or TinkerClass@Home, you’ll get exclusive access to these ocean-themed podcast activities and booklists perfect for families at home!

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Experiment: The Great Saltwater Observation

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Wow-To: How Do Fish Breathe?

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Craft: Foil Fishies

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Booklist: Oceans

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Booklist: Sea Creatures

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Craft: Deep Sea Soap Foam

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Experiment: How in the Wow Do Sharks Float?

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Wow-To: Ocean In A Bottle

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Toys That Fill Long Summer Days With Learning & Fun

WOW the kiddos in your life with our newly released STEAM-themed toys perfect for little scientists, engineers, and tinkerers, whether they love sea creatures, dino-mite dinos, OR rockets that ‘fart’. Browse all of our toys here.

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Great White Shark Figure

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Hammerhead Shark Figure

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Jumbo Soft Great White Shark Figure

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Ocean Creatures Bucket

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Soft Baby Ocean Animals Bucket

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Saw-Tooth Shark Figure

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Dinosaurs

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Sea Creatures Aquarium

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Stomp Rocket

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