CURIOUS CREW
Distribution
-
Program Rights Date Range
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NOLA Code:
CREW 0700H1
Number of Episodes/Length:
10 / 30
Genre:
Collections:
Rights End:
8/29/2026
Producer
WKAR
Year Produced:
2021
Version:
Base
Inquisitive kids join Dr. Rob Stephenson for fun adventures in science exploration on the Emmy Award-winning program Curious Crew! Dr. Rob incorporates Next Generation Science Standards into the show, with crew members working as a team to conduct experiments and model science phenomena. Topics the crew explore this season include Static Electricity, Color Science, Gears, Conservation of Mass, Solar Energy, and more! Each episode also follows crew reporters Janellyn and Genesis in Curious About Careers, as they meet women working in a variety of careers related to science, technology, engineering, and math.
Episode List
#701 Conservation of Mass
Short Description: Measuring mass with marble fizz and massive bricks!
Long Description: Measuring mass with marble fizz and massive bricks! Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. But weight, there’s more to know about the Conservation of Mass!
STEM Challenge: Designing a Simple Balance
Curious About Careers: Astronomer Jillian Bellovary
#702 Sound Frequency Episode
Short Description: Baffling bottle noises and perfect pitches with a pipe-a-phone!
Long Description: Baffling bottle noises and perfect pitches with a pipe-a-phone! The Curious Crew and Dr. Rob explore the sound of science.
STEM Challenge: Making a Straw Panpipe
Curious About Careers: Neuroscientist Liz McCullagh
#703 Wax
Short Description: Crayon candles and watercolor wax wonders!
Long Description: Crayon candles and watercolor wax wonders! The Curious Crew melts away the mysteries of wax.
STEM Challenge: Crayon Candles
Curious About Careers: Firefighter Teresa Robinson
#704 Leafy Science
Short Description: Sinking spinach and floating foliage!
Long Description: Sinking spinach and floating foliage! The Curious Crew’s knowledge about plant leaves grows as they have fun with photosynthesis and other leafy phenomena.
STEM Challenge: Propagating Succulents
Curious About Careers: Health Geographer Dee Jordan
#705 Color Science
Short Description: A rainbow of colors with prisms and pigments!
Long Description: A rainbow of colors with prisms and pigments! This is one colorful episode as the Curious Crew investigates the science of the color spectrum.
STEM Challenge: Colored Spinners
Curious About Careers: Biomedical Engineer Chelsie Boodoo
#706 Solar Energy Science
Short Description: Gigantic balloons and goofy grasshoppers!
Long Description: Gigantic balloons and goofy grasshoppers! It’s an episode full of hot air – literally – as the Curious Crew investigates the power of the sun and solar energy.
STEM Challenge: Building a Solar Car
Curious About Careers: Sustainable Finance Expert Marilyn Waite
#707 Fluid Power
Short Description: Sinking marshmallows and squooshy balloons!
Long Description: Sinking marshmallows and squooshy balloons! The curiosity flows as the Crew learns all about fluid power.
STEM Challenge: Making a Hydraulic Machine
Curious About Careers: Chemical Oceanographer Ashanti Johnson
#708 Gears
Short Description: Curious contraptions full of gears!
Long Description: Curious contraptions full of gears! From water wheels to wind turbines, the Curious Crew is all geared up to investigate how these machines move.
STEM Challenge: Design a Gear Box for a Wind Turbine
Curious About Careers: Rust Eradicator Candee Williams
#709 Static Electricity
Short Description: “Staticized” balloons and Van de Graff fun!
Long Description: “Staticized” balloons and Van de Graff fun! A “shocking” lesson on static electricity with the Curious Crew.
STEM Challenge: Electroscope
Curious About Careers: NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
#710 Magical Science
Short Description: Levitating, colorful, and floating phenomena in a magical episode!
Long Description: Levitating, colorful, and floating phenomena! The Curious Crew is spellbound as Dr. Rob conjures up an episode all about the science of magic. Watch before it disappears!
STEM Challenge: Make a Magic Paper Tube
Curious About Careers: Marine Archaeologist Melanie Damour
Short Description: Measuring mass with marble fizz and massive bricks!
Long Description: Measuring mass with marble fizz and massive bricks! Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. But weight, there’s more to know about the Conservation of Mass!
STEM Challenge: Designing a Simple Balance
Curious About Careers: Astronomer Jillian Bellovary
#702 Sound Frequency Episode
Short Description: Baffling bottle noises and perfect pitches with a pipe-a-phone!
Long Description: Baffling bottle noises and perfect pitches with a pipe-a-phone! The Curious Crew and Dr. Rob explore the sound of science.
STEM Challenge: Making a Straw Panpipe
Curious About Careers: Neuroscientist Liz McCullagh
#703 Wax
Short Description: Crayon candles and watercolor wax wonders!
Long Description: Crayon candles and watercolor wax wonders! The Curious Crew melts away the mysteries of wax.
STEM Challenge: Crayon Candles
Curious About Careers: Firefighter Teresa Robinson
#704 Leafy Science
Short Description: Sinking spinach and floating foliage!
Long Description: Sinking spinach and floating foliage! The Curious Crew’s knowledge about plant leaves grows as they have fun with photosynthesis and other leafy phenomena.
STEM Challenge: Propagating Succulents
Curious About Careers: Health Geographer Dee Jordan
#705 Color Science
Short Description: A rainbow of colors with prisms and pigments!
Long Description: A rainbow of colors with prisms and pigments! This is one colorful episode as the Curious Crew investigates the science of the color spectrum.
STEM Challenge: Colored Spinners
Curious About Careers: Biomedical Engineer Chelsie Boodoo
#706 Solar Energy Science
Short Description: Gigantic balloons and goofy grasshoppers!
Long Description: Gigantic balloons and goofy grasshoppers! It’s an episode full of hot air – literally – as the Curious Crew investigates the power of the sun and solar energy.
STEM Challenge: Building a Solar Car
Curious About Careers: Sustainable Finance Expert Marilyn Waite
#707 Fluid Power
Short Description: Sinking marshmallows and squooshy balloons!
Long Description: Sinking marshmallows and squooshy balloons! The curiosity flows as the Crew learns all about fluid power.
STEM Challenge: Making a Hydraulic Machine
Curious About Careers: Chemical Oceanographer Ashanti Johnson
#708 Gears
Short Description: Curious contraptions full of gears!
Long Description: Curious contraptions full of gears! From water wheels to wind turbines, the Curious Crew is all geared up to investigate how these machines move.
STEM Challenge: Design a Gear Box for a Wind Turbine
Curious About Careers: Rust Eradicator Candee Williams
#709 Static Electricity
Short Description: “Staticized” balloons and Van de Graff fun!
Long Description: “Staticized” balloons and Van de Graff fun! A “shocking” lesson on static electricity with the Curious Crew.
STEM Challenge: Electroscope
Curious About Careers: NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
#710 Magical Science
Short Description: Levitating, colorful, and floating phenomena in a magical episode!
Long Description: Levitating, colorful, and floating phenomena! The Curious Crew is spellbound as Dr. Rob conjures up an episode all about the science of magic. Watch before it disappears!
STEM Challenge: Make a Magic Paper Tube
Curious About Careers: Marine Archaeologist Melanie Damour
Program Rights
Broadcast Rights:
Unlimited
Rights Dates:
8/30/2021 - 8/29/2026
School Rights:
Concurrent with broadcast rights
V.O.D. Rights:
Yes
V.O.D. Rights Type:
Concurrent w/ Broadcast Rights via Media Manager
Linear Live Streaming:
Yes
Non-Commercial Cable Rights:
Yes
Program Flags
None
Program Contacts
Underwriters
MSUFCU (Michigan State University Credit Union)
Consumers Energy Foundation
Consumers Energy Foundation