Orbit: Science for kids on the move!
Hosted by Hank and Rob · Cumbre Kids
5.0from 14 ratings
- 33
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 14
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Orbit: Science for kids on the move!
Science made simple to help kids better understand the world around them. Publishing "Wild Critters," a series with PBS Nature and the National Wildlife Federation! 🦬 For kids ages 3-11. Perfect for car rides, family adventures, and learning on the go! 'Orbit' builds STEM vocabulary and inspires kids to think like scientists as they explore the amazing world we live in! 🚀 🌟 Send us your questions: https://www.cumbremedia.com/questions 🌟 Our promise to parents: https://cumbremedia.com/our-values
- Publisher
- Cumbre Kids
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Sept 2025
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 33 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026
How strong was a T. rex bite!?
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sea otters: Superheroes of kelp forests!
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The race to save 3 mountain lion cubs!
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Sea otters: Superheroes of kelp forests!
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Since urchins eat kelp, they'll start to overeat and can wipe out an entire kelp forest, which is bad for all those other critters that need kelp forests to survive. Sea otters help hold the kelp forest ecosystem together, sort of like the stone in the top of a stone archway that holds the whole archway together. When an animal becomes that stone for an ecosystem, we call them a keystone species. Remember that a keystone species is important for keeping an entire ecosystem healthy, just like the American bison, or the Mojave Desert tortoise, or American alligators, or mountain lions. Hey, Miss Leilani, so if sea otters disappear, the sea urchins multiply like crazy and eat lots of kelp. […]
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- Dr Roger Benson
- Leilani Konrad
- Marco Wendt
- Dr Mike Henley
- Dorothy Borowy
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Hank and Rob host the show. Published by Cumbre Kids.
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