The Fun Kids Science Weekly

Hosted ByDan Simpson

Dan from Fun Kids takes a look at the week’s biggest science stories. There’s also some amazing special guests, episodes from our favourite science series, and top experts answering all your science-related questions!

Science has got to be one of the coolest subjects around… there’s so many amazing things to discover, from terrifying triceratops to gigantic galaxies!

So if you love everything science as much as we do, check out the Fun Kids Science Weekly! In each episode, Dan from Fun Kids takes a look at the week’s biggest science stories. There’s also some amazing special guests, episodes from our favourite science series, and top experts answering all your science-related questions!

The Fun Kids Science Weekly is the flagship podcast from the children’s radio station Fun Kids, with over 50,000 downloads each month.

Starting in 2017, the podcast has produced over 100 episodes and has been the recipient of two nominations at the British Podcast Awards in both the Kids & Family and the Radio categories.

The podcast has been popular with advertisers with campaigns for ITV, Learning Resources, Drayton Manor and Young Imagineers.

ITV’s campaign was for its Thunderbirds Are Go franchise and consisted of bumpers, adverts and content from the Thunderbirds characters. Here’s the sponsor credit.

For Drayton Manor we amplified their sponsorship by running promotion on Fun Kids Radio and on the podcast network:


All Episodes

Particularly poisonous pufferish ? and how we can keep our oceans clean!

This week, you and Dan are setting sail to take a closer look at what’s in the sea! Amy Meek, returning guest of the podcast and founder of Kids Against Plastic, tells us all about her mission to look after the environment and what inspired her to star…

Time moved FIVE TIMES SLOWER at the beginning of the universe!

Welcome aboard your journey around the solar system! We’ve got another ocean expert on this week. Loren Hiller from the Marine Stewardship Council is chatting to Dan all about the effects we have on our oceans and why it’s so important to take good car…

Become a scientist at the Summer Science Exhibition!

Happy Saturday! Dan’s here to tell you everything that’s going on in the world of science. Carlos Frenk is here to tell you all about the wonderful science activities going on next week for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, including a chanc…

Eco-friendly space travel is closer than we think!

It’s a Saturday, and you know what that means! You’re here to whizz around the solar system with Dan, and soon you could be in a reusable spacecraft! Our guest on the Science Weekly podcast this week is space expert Catherine Muller from the National S…

It’s all about ROCKETS with Ted Melville from Rocketry Team GB!

Usually Dan is the one chatting about rockets and jetting off around the solar system, but this week we have a very special guest on the podcast to chat about rocketry! Ted Melville is here to talk about how he got into rocket building, and his team’s …

How to care for the planet with 7 year old Moksha Roy!

Welcome to your weekly guide to all things science! Dan is focusing on planet Earth in this week’s episode, with young UN representative Moksha Roy who tells us all about her work with the UN, how countries can achieve their own eco-friendly goals, and…

How Many CUPCAKES can a BEAR EAT AT ONCE?!

A very hungry bear ransacked a cupcake shop in this weeks Science in the News – and its a very BUG themed episode with a beatufiul yet DEADLY moth being the centre of Dangerous Dan, AND we speak to Daniel Clark from the Story Museum who is creating a b…

EVERYTHING you need to know about SPAAACE!

Dan is back on his spacecraft and you’re invited to travel ALL around the universe in this very spacey episode! 
Izzie Clarke, presenter and space expert, is here to tell Dan all about her new book, Everyday STEM Science – Space! Izzie can teach you h…

We’re chatting DINOSAURS with Prehistoric Planet!

Hey hey hey, welcome to your weekly trip around the solar system! This episode Dan’s chatting to Mike Gunton and Tim Walker, two people who work on David Attenborough’s new series of Prehistoric Planet! Find out how we can recreate dinosaurs visually, …