Can You Fly through the Sun? (Captain Curious)

Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast

In this Captain Curious adventure, host Josh takes listeners on an imaginary rocket ship journey through the layers of the sun. The episode

Key takeaways

• The Sun is located approximately 93 million miles from Earth.
• About 1,300,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun.

Main topics

• Layers of the Sun
• Solar Temperature

Notable quotes

Traveling through the sun would be like trying to swim through superheated electric jelly.

Conclusion

An engaging, interactive way for children to grasp complex solar physi

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) To all the grown-ups listening, today's episode is a Captain Curious adventure. If your kids enjoy these special episodes, you can download them all and get the first album free at CuriousKidsEveryDay.com slash Captain Curious. Speaker 1 (0:19) Can you fly through the sun? Speaker 1 (0:29) Welcome to Curious Kids Every Day. I'm Josh. How are you doing today? Speaker 1 (0:37) It's so good to hear from you. Hey, I thought we could do something a little different today. You know, I love space adventures. Do you want to imagine that we're blasting off on a rocket ship and that we're going to explore our solar system? Okay, close your eyes and pretend that you're on a rocket ship. Can you hear it? Speaker 1 (1:04) Repeat after me. 3, 2, 1, blast! Speaker 1 (1:18) getting smaller and smaller. Speaker 1 (1:23) We're heading into space! Speaker 1 (1:27) And while we're on this rocket ship, you can call me... Captain Curious! Speaker 1 (1:40) Okay, well, let's look around this rocket and see what we can find. Oh, what's this? Is it a box? It says, the curious container. I wonder what's inside. Hmm. I see three items. There's a pair of really powerful sunglasses, a shield, and a solar panel. Have you ever seen a solar panel on the roof of a house or a building? Speaker 1 (2:16) They're really cool. They absorb the sunshine and create electricity. Hmm. I wonder what we are going to do with these three items. Will you help me figure it out today? Here, I have an idea. Why don't you get a piece of paper and a pencil and draw these three items? If you need to pause the episode to draw, that's okay. I'll wait. Speaker 1 (2:44) Okay, so first draw the really powerful sunglasses Speaker 1 (2:50) Then draw a shield Speaker 1 (2:54) Oh, and this shield has a big red button on the front. I'm not sure what it does yet. Speaker 1 (3:02) Okay, and then draw a solar panel Solar panels just look like a rectangle. You could draw little squares or dots inside of the rectangle to decorate it if you want. Oh, I found something else. It's right above the cockpit. It's a display that says 93 million miles. Oh, and it's counting down. 92 million miles. 91 million miles. Wow, we're picking up speed. Speaker 1 (3:37) Do you know something that's about 93 million miles away from Earth? Speaker 1 (3:43) Whatever it is, the flight is getting brighter and brighter. Wow, I can barely keep my eyes open. Do you know where we're going? Speaker 1 (3:56) Yes! The Sun! That's right! The Sun is 93 million miles away from Earth! Oh, this is perfect because I got an email from Hannah asking, how does the Sun shine? And I also got an email from Benji asking,