What’s Happening Inside Me?

Have you ever wondered how your brain knows when you touch something cold? Or how your heart keeps beating while you're asleep? In this episode, Sloane and Ransom finally get answers to some questions they've been asking for months! Together, we explore the amazing nervous system—the body's communication and control center. Kids will learn how the brain, spinal cord, and nerves work together to send messages throughout the body, why some nerve cells can be longer than Ransom is tall, and the difference between things your body does on purpose and things it does automatically. Along the way, we'll discover: 🧠 How your body "talks" to itself ⚡ Why nerve messages travel so incredibly fast 🏃‍♂️ The difference between somatic and autonomic actions 🔥 How your body reacts when you touch something hot 😴 Why your heart keeps beating while you sleep Plus, Sloane and Ransom put their nervous systems to work with plenty of laughs, questions, and surprising facts along the way! Visit our website for the free worksheet and coloring page that go along with this episode. 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

In this fun Questions from Listeners episode, we explore the amazing science behind your voice! Have you ever wondered: 🎤 How do we talk? 🎶 What makes humming sound different from singing? 😮 And what exactly ARE vocal cords anyway? Join Audra — former teacher, emergency room PA, and mom of four curious kids — as she answers a some great questions that Theo from Maryland asks. She breaks down how air from our lungs, vibrating vocal cords, and sound waves all work together to create the sounds we make every day. Kids will learn: 🫁 How breathing helps us make sound 🎵 Why vocal cords vibrate 😄 What changes when we hum 🔊 How sound travels through the air This episode is packed with fun science, silly voice experiments to try at home, and lots of fun learning. 🎧 Listen now on any podcast app! 💡 Have a question you want answered on the show? Submit it anytime at WHIMpodcast.com — your question might be featured in a future episode! #WHIMpodcast #whatshappeninginsideme #QuestionsFromListeners #kidseducation #educationalpodcast #kidslearn #funforkids #sciencelesson #curiouskids #familyeducation #podcastforkids #kidpodcast #kidslovelearning #kidhost #kidsaskwhy #learnsomethingnew #STEMkids 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

What’s inside the human heart? In this kid-friendly episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we explore the anatomy of the heart in a fun and easy-to-understand way! Building on what we learned about the heart’s double pump and two blood flow tracks, this episode breaks down the structure of the heart, including the four chambers, four valves, and major blood vessels. Kids will learn how blood moves through the heart, why valves are important, and how the heart works with the lungs and body to keep us alive and energized. Perfect for elementary-aged kids, parents, teachers, and homeschool families, this episode makes complex human body science and cardiovascular anatomy simple, engaging, and memorable. What Kids Will Learn: The 4 chambers of the heart: left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle The difference between atria (collection chambers) and ventricles (pumping chambers) The 4 heart valves and how they keep blood flowing in one direction: mitral valve, tricuspid valve, aortic valve, pulmonary valve The major blood vessels of the heart: aorta, vena cava, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins A step-by-step explanation of blood flow through the heart How the circulatory system, respiratory system, and cells work together Hands-On Learning Activity: Go to whimpodcast.com to download or print a heart diagram and have your child trace the path of blood through the heart while listening. This reinforces understanding of cardiovascular anatomy and blood circulation. Why This Episode Matters: Understanding how the heart works helps kids build a strong foundation in biology, human anatomy, and health education. This episode connects multiple systems of the body, showing how everything works together like a team. Perfect For: Kids ages 4–12 Parents teaching health and science at home Elementary teachers and school nurses Homeschool science curriculum Anyone looking for a kid-friendly explanation of the heart and circulatory system What’s Next? You’re officially becoming a heart expert! Stay tuned for our next episode where we explore a brand new topic—and don’t forget to send us your ideas! Keywords: heart anatomy for kids, how the heart works, chambers of the heart, heart valves explained, blood flow through the heart, circulatory system for kids, human body podcast for kids, elementary science podcast, homeschool anatomy, cardiovascular system basics 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

❤️ After last episode, did you start to wonder WHY the heart has two tracks for pumping blood? 🫀 In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, Audra is joined by her kids, Sloane and Ransom as they dive deeper into the amazing double-pump heart. Building on last week’s episode, they explore why the heart pumps blood in two separate loops—one delivering oxygen to the whole body, and the other refilling blood with oxygen in the lungs. Using fun metaphors and kid-friendly explanations, they connect the heart to other systems in the body, including: Cells and mitochondria, the body’s energy factories Blood vessels, highways that carry oxygen and glucose The lungs, where blood picks up oxygen and drops off carbon dioxide The digestive system, which provides glucose to make energy This episode is perfect for curious kids who love learning how everything in the body works together as a team. 🫀 In This Episode, Kids Will Learn: How the heart’s double pump works Why blood travels on two separate tracks How oxygen and glucose get to the cells to make energy How the body gets rid of carbon dioxide waste How multiple systems in the body work together 🎧 Helpful to Know Builds on ideas from previous episodes on the heart (Ep 25), cells (Ep18), blood (Ep 9 and 10), respiratory system (Ep 4) and digestive system (Ep 5 and 7) Listening to the last episode (Episode 25) will help make this one extra clear 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect For: Kids ages 4–12 Families and curious learners Classrooms and school nurses looking for fun science lessons Next time, we’ll slice open the heart and explore what’s inside—including atria, ventricles, and valves! 🫀 Stay tuned and keep wondering what’s happening inside you! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

❤️ What’s Happening Inside My Heart? Valentine’s Day is coming up, and that means hearts are everywhere! 💕 But… have you ever wondered what a real heart actually looks like—and what it really does? In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me? , Audra is joined by Sloane and new co-host Ransom to talk all about the human heart. Together, they discover that real hearts don’t look like Valentine’s candy hearts at all—and that the heart is actually a pretty amazing double-pump machine! Using fun comparisons like stomp rockets and Hot Wheels tracks, kids learn how the heart pumps blood all around the body and why it has a right side and a left side that don’t mix. This episode focuses on big ideas made simple—perfect for curious kids and the grown-ups learning alongside them. 🫀 In This Episode, Kids Will Learn: What the heart really looks like (spoiler: it’s not Valentine-shaped!) What the heart’s main job is How the heart pumps blood all over the body Why the heart is like two pumps stuck together What “right heart” and “left heart” actually mean How blood travels in two separate tracks through the body 🎧 Helpful to Know This episode builds on ideas from Episodes 9 and 10 about blood vessels Listening to those episodes first can make this one even easier to understand (and you’ll get to hear the catchy vascular system song again!) 🖼️ Bonus Resource Want to see what a real human heart looks like? Ask a grown-up to visit WHIMpodcast.com to download: A kid-friendly coloring picture of the human heart An extra learning pages to help visualize the heart’s parts and pathways 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect For: Kids ages 4–12 Curious families Classrooms and school nurses Valentine’s Day learning with a science twist Join us next time as we dive deeper into the heart and explore the two tracks the blood travels on. Until then—keep wondering what’s happening inside you! 💛 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

In this follow-up episode on the integumentary system, we explore the amazing ways our skin keeps us safe, healthy, and balanced every single day. Last week, we learned what the skin is made of — this week, we focus on what it does for us and why we truly couldn’t live without it. Sloane continues doubting if skin is really that important… and ends up discovering it’s one of the most essential systems in the entire body! In this episode, kids learn how the skin: Acts like a protective wall, keeping germs out Helps prevent dehydration by keeping our body’s water inside Uses sweat to cool us down when we’re hot Works with hair and the hypodermis to keep us warm Uses blood vessels to control body temperature through vasodilation and vasoconstriction Sends messages to the brain through nerves to help keep us safe We talk about how all these parts — skin, hair, glands, fat, and nerves — work together to protect us and regulate our temperature, making the integumentary system absolutely essential for life. 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Sloane thinks skin is no big deal — until she finds out it’s actually an entire body system! In this episode, Audra and Sloane explore the integumentary system — the body’s amazing outer layer of protection. Together, they discover that skin isn’t just skin — it’s the largest organ in our body and part of a team that includes hair, nails, and glands. From sweat to earwax to milk (wait… what?!), this episode uncovers the gross, cool, and important jobs your skin does every day. What Kids Will Learn The integumentary system is made up of the skin, hair, nails, and glands. The skin is the body’s largest organ, made of three layers — the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. Hair follicles are like tiny flowerpots where hair grows. Glands in the skin make and release important stuff — like oil, sweat, earwax, and even milk in mammals! The word “secrete” means to make and release something. A dermatologist is a doctor who takes care of your skin. 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

This week’s listener question comes from Dom, from Pennsylvania, who asked: “How many times do you have to get hit to have a concussion in football?” That’s a really good question — and one that every kid (and parent!) who plays sports should understand! In this episode, we talk about: ⚡ What a concussion is and why doctors call it a “mild traumatic brain injury.” 🏈 How our brains get hurt — from hits, hard stops, and even whiplash. 💫 What symptoms can happen when the brain gets injured. 🦺 And how to keep your brain safe by wearing helmets, playing smart, and resting when you need to. Because remember — you only get one brain, and it’s in charge of everything! So let’s learn how to take good care of it together. 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

It’s Halloween week — and Sloane has an idea! 👻 This time, she convinces Mom to share some of her “scary” stories from the ER. Don’t worry — these stories aren’t too scary, but they’re definitely interesting, a little gross, and packed with lessons to keep kids safe. 💀 From fishhooks to helmets to beads (and even blood!), this episode has it all. You’ll hear: 🪝 A fishing trip gone wrong — and what happens when a fishhook ends up in someone’s cheek. 🚴‍♀️ A bike ride that turned into a real-life lesson about helmets. 💎 A bead-in-the-nose story that might sound familiar to some parents... 🩸 And finally, a not-so-spooky vampire-style story about blood transfusions and how donating blood can save lives! This Halloween, we’re mixing a few chills with a whole lot of learning. Perfect for car rides, classrooms, or cozy listening while you carve pumpkins! 🎃 Lesson Takeaways: Always listen to safety rules — they’re there for a reason! Helmets aren’t optional (even for grown-ups!) Keep small things out of noses, ears, and eyes! Donating blood can be life-saving — and your body makes more! 👩‍⚕️ Hosted by Audra (a real ER PA!) and her 8-year-old daughter Sloane 🎧 Available wherever you listen to podcasts 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

My brother told me I had to do an episode on burps and farts… so here it is! Let’s be honest — everyone does it. But have you ever wondered why? In this episode, Sloane and I dive into the science behind burping and tooting. We’ll talk about what’s really going on inside when gas builds up, why it’s totally normal, and how our amazing body systems all work together to make it happen. We’ll learn about: What happens when you swallow air (and where it goes!) The tiny bacteria living inside you that make gas Foods that make us extra gassy (yes, beans made the list) And the fancy doctor words for burps and farts — eructation and flatulence! It’s science. It’s silly. It’s slightly stinky. And your kids are going to LOVE it. Perfect for: Curious kids (ages 4–12), parents, teachers, and anyone who secretly finds burps and farts hilarious — so, basically, everyone. Listen now on What’s Happening Inside Me? — wherever you get your podcasts! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Ever wondered what your belly button actually does? (Spoiler alert: not much!) But don’t worry — that tiny spot on your tummy used to be one of the most important parts of your body when you were a baby growing inside your mom! In this episode, Audra — a former teacher, emergency room PA, and mom of four curious kids — takes listeners back to before they were even born to explain how the umbilical cord and placenta helped them eat, breathe, and grow long before their actual birth day. Kids will learn: 🩸 How oxygen and nutrients travel from mom to baby 🎈 What the placenta and umbilical cord do 👶 Why the belly button is actually a scar 🤯 How your blood and your mom’s blood never actually mix! This “Questions from Listeners” episode is perfect for curious minds who love learning how their bodies work — even before they were born! 💡 Want to hear your question on the show? Submit it anytime at WHIMpodcast.com — #WHIMpodcast #whatshappeninginsideme #kidslearn #kidseducation #kidslovelearning #educationalpodcast #funforkids #curiouskids #sciencelesson #kidpodcast #familyeducation #podcastforkids #kidhost #kidsaskwhy 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

What’s smaller than small and busier than busy? It’s the cell—the tiny building block of every living thing! In this episode, Audra and her 8-year-old cohost Sloane explore what cells are, where we find them, and why they’re so important. Using fun examples (and a few Lego bricks), they zoom in layer by layer—from body systems to organs to tissues—all the way down to the microscopic world inside every cell. Along the way, they meet three superstar organelles: 🧠 Nucleus – the control center that holds DNA, the instructions for building you ⚡ Mitochondria – the “powerhouse” that turns food and oxygen into energy (ATP!) 🏭 Ribosome – the protein factory that makes all the proteins which help your body grow, heal, and work properly By the end, kids will understand how every breath, bite, and heartbeat depends on the work of trillions of cells—all working together like a team of tiny builders inside us. 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

✨ Questions from Listeners: Why Do I Get Hiccups? Submit your own question at WHIMpodcast.com/contact-us ✨ Laura sent in a fantastic question for today’s Questions from Listeners episode: 👉 Why do I get hiccups, and what are they? If you’ve ever had hiccups, you know how annoying they can be. But what’s actually going on inside your body when they happen? In this episode, we’ll: ✅ Discuss how your body breathes with the help of your diaphragm and intercostal muscles ✅ Learn why nothing sucks in science (and how air really gets into your lungs) ✅ Discover how a spasm in your diaphragm and closing of your vocal cords creates that “hic!” sound ✅ Talk about some common hiccup triggers (like eating too fast or spicy foods) ✅ Share a wild fun fact about the longest ever case of hiccups Hiccups might be annoying, but they’re also a fascinating window into how your body works! Have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? You can send it in anytime through our website—your question might be featured in a future episode! 🎧 Tune in now to explore the science of hiccups 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Click HERE to visit our site and get activity pages to support today's learning! Welcome to What’s Happening Inside Me? In this episode, we will go on a journey to discover how our bones heal when they break. Last week, we kicked off the season with a special guest, Lea, one of Sloane’s school friends with a broken arm. Now, we’re diving into one of the body’s coolest secrets: how do bones repair themselves after a fracture? In this episode, you’ll learn: 🦴 The difference between a fracture and a broken bone 🔨 The 4 steps of bone healing 💪 Why rest, casts, and time are so important for strong healing We’ll break it down step by step in a way that’s fun, silly, and easy to understand — but still packed with real science! This episode is perfect for kids ages 4–12, but parents and teachers will love it too. Whether you’re listening at home, on a drive, or in the classroom, you’ll walk away with a whole new appreciation for your bones. ✨ Don’t forget — each episode comes with free coloring pages and activities to keep the learning going! Grab yours HERE 💡 And if you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating and review so more families can discover the fun of learning together! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Click HERE to get FREE activity sheets to go along with today's episode. 🦴✨ We all know we have bones—but did you know they’re some of the busiest parts of your body? In this episode, Sloane brings her friend Lea (who just broke her arm!) to ask what bones actually do. Spoiler: they do way more than just sit there! Join us as we discover how bones… 🔹 Protect our soft organs like armor 🔹 Give our body structure (so we’re not a squishy pile!) 🔹 Work with muscles to help us move 🔹 Store minerals (like calcium) and energy 🔹 Act like blood factories, making millions of new blood cells every second! By the end, you’ll see your skeleton in a whole new way! 👩‍👧 Hosted by Audra (a PA in emergency medicine) and her 8-year-old daughter Sloane 🎧 What’s Happening Inside Me? is the podcast where kids (and their grownups) learn the amazing science of our bodies—together. 👉 Don’t forget to join us next week when we talk about broken bones and how they heal! 🌐 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com for FREE activities and extras that go with each episode. ⭐ If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a good rating and share it with friends—it really helps more families find us! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

This week, we’re diving even deeper into the ear! In this second part of our ear adventure, Audra and Sloane explore ear infections—and what happens when you get those little ear tubes some kids need to help! We’ll talk about: 👂 Swimmer’s ear vs. middle ear infections 🦠 What causes all that pressure and pain 🧫 How doctors figure out what’s going on 🧴 How medicine or ear drops help 🔊 And of course—ear tubes! What they are, why some kids get them, and how they help keep ears healthy and clear. If your child has had ear infections (or ear tubes!), this episode will help them understand what’s happening inside—and take some of the fear or mystery out of it. ✨ Perfect for curious kids ages 4–12 🎒 Great resource for school nurses and pediatric offices 🎨 Free coloring pages and activity sheets at WHIMpodcast.com 📱 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. 🔍 Just search: What’s Happening Inside Me? 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Click HERE for free downloadable pages to go with this episode 🎧 Episode Title: How Do Ears Work? A Journey Into Hearing! 🧠 Episode Summary: In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, Sloane has a big question after dealing with an ear infection: What’s actually going on inside our ears? Why do kids get ear infections? What is an eardrum? How do we hear sounds? Join us for a fun, kid-friendly adventure into the science of hearing, the anatomy of the ear, and the journey sound waves take from your ears to your brain. 👂 We'll explore: The external ear, ear canal, and tympanic membrane The middle ear and its ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) How the cochlea and auditory nerve help us hear What those funny words like Eustachian tube, cartilage, and sound waves really mean Plus, the surprising way your brain “reads” sound like a text message! Perfect for curious kids, classroom listening, or road-trip learning — with lots of laughs and surprising facts that’ll make kids say “What?!” 📌 Free Learning Pages Download free activity pages and coloring sheets that go along with this episode at WHIMpodcast.com 🎙️ Listen now on your favorite podcast app — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or anywhere you get your podcasts! 🧡 Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share with your favorite little learners! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Got questions? We’ve got answers! In this special “Questions from Listeners” episode, Sloane and Audra tackle some curious questions sent in by real kids just like you! 🩸 How much blood is actually in our bodies? 🟥 Why is blood red? 🔵 And wait… if blood is red, why do veins look blue?? We’ll talk about the science of blood, a little light magic (aka optics!), and why your skin plays a trick on your eyes when you look at your veins. As always, it’s silly, smart, and packed with kid-friendly facts! Perfect for curious kids ages 4–12 💡 Fun science 😂 Kid questions ❤️ New here? Don’t forget to check out our free printables at WHIMpodcast.com ! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

Get ready to go on a potty-powered adventure! In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we’re flushing out all the facts about pee (urine) — what it is, why we make it, and how it leaves the body! 💦 Join Audra and Sloane as they explore your body’s amazing urinary system, following the journey from your blood to the bathroom! You’ll learn about: 🧽 How your kidneys act like filters, cleaning your blood 🌊 How pee travels through ureters, into your bladder, and out through the urethra ⚗️ What pee is made of (hint: it’s more than just water!) Whether your kid is curious about the bathroom or just loves learning how their body works, this episode makes understanding the science of pee silly, smart, and super fun! 💡 Perfect for curious kids ages 4-12, parents, teachers, and school nurses looking to teach basic biology in a way that makes kids laugh and learn. ✨ Be sure to grab your FREE printable activity pages for this episode at WHIMpodcast.com — great for coloring and learning along with the show! In this episode, your child will discover: ✅ What pee is made of ✅ How kidneys clean the blood ✅ What the bladder does ✅ How the urinary system keeps your body balanced What’s Happening Inside Me podcast Links & Resources: 🎨 Free printable activity pages: WHIMpodcast.com 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @whatshappeninginsideme 💌 Sign up to get freebies and new episodes delivered to your inbox! Love this episode? Subscribe and leave us a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review — it helps more curious kids (and their grown-ups) discover the magic of how their bodies work! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨

CLICK HERE to join our mailing list for free printables and activites to go along with the episode Get ready to keep the blood adventure going in this brand-new episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?! 🩸 This time, Audra and Sloane are diving into the amazing highways and roads of the body — your blood vessels! Find out how blood travels to every tiny part of your body and what happens when you get a cut, scrape, or bruise! You'll learn about: 🔴 Arteries — the big blood highways that carry fresh, oxygen-filled blood from your heart 🚗❤️ 🔵 Veins — the return routes that bring blood back to the heart 🚙💙 🟡 Capillaries — the tiny, twisty roads where the real action happens — these are the places where oxygen, nutrients, and waste are exchanged! 🌟 But what happens when you fall down, get a scrape, or bump your knee? We explain: 🩸 Why you bleed when you get a cut — and where that blood is coming from 💥 What’s really going on under your skin when you get a bruise (spoiler: it’s blood escaping into the tissues!) 🤯 Why bruises change color as they heal over time By the end of this episode, your kids will know: ✅ The different types of blood vessels and their jobs ✅ What capillaries do (and why they’re SO important!) ✅ Why we bleed from cuts and how bruises form under the skin 💡 Perfect for curious kids ages 4-12, parents, teachers, homeschoolers, and school nurses who want to make human body science fun and easy to understand! ✨ Don’t forget to grab your FREE activity pages for this episode at WHIMpodcast.com — print, color, and learn along with us! Fun science podcast for kids Links & Resources: 🎨 Free printable activity pages: WHIMpodcast.com 📱 Follow us on Instagram: @whatshappeninginsideme 💌 Sign up for freebies and new episode alerts! Love what you learned? Make sure to subscribe and leave us a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review — so more curious kids can join the fun and learn what’s happening inside them! 💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me? If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to: Send in your own question for a future episode Grab the most recent partner pages for free Stay up to date on new releases Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨