Nature Narratives

Nature Narratives is a science podcast for kids age 8 to 14. Each episode describes one, awe-inspiring natural phenomenon as a dramatic adventure story and features custom music score throughout. This podcast is a resource to teachers and parents and seeks to continually develop curricular materials to enhance comprehension and engagement. Credits: - Nature Narratives is produced, narrated, and scored by Jonathan Byram - Writing and research by Jonathan and Eva Byram - For more music by Jonathan Byram, find him on Spotify or iTunes or go to www.JonathanByram.com

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Episodes

The Clam

Sunday Nov 15, 2020

Sunday Nov 15, 2020

This little bivalve is snuggled up in some sand underwater.  There might be a little irritant inside of it.  What can it do?
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Life of a Cell: B Cells

Monday Oct 19, 2020

Monday Oct 19, 2020

How is a virus stopped?  What defense does the body have against virions that infect cells and turn them into virion making factories?  The answer is B Cells.  The B Cells are the main weapon on a team of Helper T Cells, Killer T Cells, and Memory B Cells that work together to eliminate harmful viruses.
 
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Life of a Cell: Virus

Friday Oct 02, 2020

Friday Oct 02, 2020

How does a virus work?  Listen to the adventure of this cell's harrowing encounter with a deadly invader.  Will the cell survive?  Spoiler alert: no, it won't!
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Life of a Cell: Mitosis

Friday Sep 04, 2020

Friday Sep 04, 2020

The cell is about to embark on it's greatest adventure: mitosis.  It's about to make a double of itself.  Visit www.NatureNarrativesPodcast.com to upload your original artwork while listening.
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Friday Aug 21, 2020

Cells are the building blocks of living organism, but even a cell is a whole factory in itself with complicated parts working together under the command of the nucleus.
 
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Monday Jul 13, 2020

It's summer time, and this is the good life!  After the fast early wood of Spring, the slow late wood of Summer kicks in. 
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Friday Jun 26, 2020

After a long and difficult dormancy, this deciduous tree has hope for new life!
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Friday Jun 12, 2020

Experience winter with this deciduous tree.  It's cold, dark, and lonely, but that is not the end of the story...
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Thursday May 28, 2020

This deciduous tree has to say goodbye to some dear friends and prepare for dormancy through the winter cold...
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Geology: The Grand Canyon

Wednesday Apr 08, 2020

Wednesday Apr 08, 2020

A really long time ago, a river started to flow...

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