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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

How Do Mussels Get Their Shells?

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// We're heading to the coast of Maine to learn a little bit about why the sea is salty and how mussels get their shells with Zach Whitener, a research associate at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine. //

© Vermont Public Radio Length 00:24:18 24 May 2019 Episode 92 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Educational , Science , Fact , Talk Country: USA Type: Episodic

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© Vermont Public Radio Length 00:24:18 24 May 2019 Episode 92 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Educational , Science , Fact , Talk Country: USA Type: Episodic

But Why: Intro For Adults

But Why: Intro For Adults

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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We're heading to the coast of Maine to learn a little bit about why the sea is salty and how mussels get their shells with Zach Whitener, a research associate at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine.

We also get an answer to a question to how you get a ship in a bottle from Colorado-based ship-in-bottle builder Daniel Siemens in this encore episode from 2016.

Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript | Ship In Bottle Plans


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