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Ask Sara - How Do You Know When You're Sunburnt?

April 24, 2013

Scientist Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre answers email questions sent in at tvokids.com. This question: how do you know if you have a sunburn?
Ask Sara - How do boats with heavy loads float on water?

September 29, 2012
How Many Planets in Our Solar System?

August 14, 2012
Ask Sara: Why do we blink?

December 31, 2011
How & Why Chameleons Change Colour

December 15, 2011

Scientist Sara explains how and why chameleons change their colour
Why Do We Get Dizzy?

November 27, 2011

Scientist Sara explains why we feel dizziness.
Lifecycle of a Frog

November 24, 2011

Scientist Sara explains the lifecycle of a frog
Ask Sara - How Does Hair Grow?

November 23, 2011
Ask Sara: What is at the core of the earth?

November 17, 2011
Digesting Food

November 6, 2011
Why We Sneeze

October 29, 2011

Scientist Sara explains how and why we sneeze
The Difference Between a Rain Forest & a Forest

August 27, 2011
Ask Sara - Why are there Holes on the Moon?

August 7, 2011
How Do Fish Drink?

August 7, 2011
Ask Sara - Do you know how and why clouds move?

July 30, 2011
Ask Sara - What is an Ice Cream Headache?

July 30, 2011
How Big is a Human Brain?

July 23, 2011
Ask Sara: Where do maggots come from?

June 19, 2011

Ask Sara: Where do maggots come from? Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) answers an email question sent in by Erica who is 9 years old. With the help of her friend Tim, Sara explains the life cycle of maggots, how they form and what the develop into.
Ask Sara: why are worms good for the soil?

June 12, 2011

Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) answers an email question sent in by Yocha. Sara is joined by her friend Roshelle, who with the help of a worm composter, answers this question.
How Many Bones in the Body?

May 22, 2011

Sara the scientist uses a model of a skeleton to explain how many bones we have in our bodies.
Why Do Fingers Wrinkle After a Bath?

May 21, 2011

Sara the scientist uses rice to explain how our skin wrinkles after we've been in the water.
Ask Sara - Why Do Snakes Shed?

May 15, 2011

Scientist Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre answers email questions sent in at tvokids.com. This question: Why do snakes shed their skin?
Ask Sara: how do whales sleep?

April 30, 2011

Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) answers an email question sent in by Sam who is 8 years old. Sara explains how scientists discovered this answer by studying a close relative of whales, the dolphin.
Ask Sara: why do we get cavities?

April 22, 2011

Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) answers an email question sent in by Alexia who is 10 years old. Sara explains why brushing your teeth can help prevent cavities.
Ask Sara - Which way does a compass point in space?

January 29, 2011

Sara from the Ontario Science Centre answers email questions sent in at tvokids.com. Natalie, age 8 asks which way does a compass point in space?
How Do We See Rainbows?

January 9, 2011

Sara the scientist uses a colour display to explain why we see rainbows in the sun when it has rained.
Stomach Growl

January 8, 2011

Ariel, from Moose Jaw, asks Sara what makes our stomachs growl.
Ask Sara - Why does my heart beat faster when I run?

June 30, 2010
Ask Sara - How does bright light affect your eyes?

June 27, 2010
Ask Sara: Where does dust come from?

June 26, 2010

Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre answers an email question from a viewer who wants to know, where does dust come from?
Ask Sara: Why don't space shuttles burn up?

March 21, 2010

Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre answers an email question from a viewer who wants to know, if meteorites burn up when they pass through our atmosphere, why don't space shuttles burn up?
Ask Sara: Largest Bone in the Body

March 1, 2010

Ask Sara: Largest Bone in the Body Sara Poirier from the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) answers an email from a kid wondering what the largest bone in the human body is
Ask Sara - How do fruits and vegetables rot?
Ask Sara: How do you know if an animal is nocturnal?
Why Can Birds Fly?
Ask Sara - Why do Volcanoes Explode?
Knee Bending
Ask Sara - Why do We get Hiccups?