Marina Ventura: Kids Guide to Our Planet

Marina and Map App find out about how Micro Grids will make energy from a variety of renewable sources, including wind and solar.

Marina and Map App find out why future of power won’t be just from giant power stations miles away – it could be from around the corner or from your own home! 

Marina and Mapp App are exploring how we can generate our own electricity at our homes, schools and places of work.

Marina and Mapp App find out how the current National Grid was designed… and how it was once the future of energy.

Marina and Mapp App explore how kids are perfectly placed to become the AI creators of the future and challenge you to dream up their own AI inventions.

Marina and Mapp App explore how kids are perfectly placed to become the AI creators of the future and challenge you to dream up their own AI inventions.

Marina and Mapp App explore what the electricity grid of the future may look like and how smart batteries and electricity storage can help meet spikes in demand and also test an AI massage chair that feels your stress and melts it away!

Marina and Mapp App explore how the National Grid is being transformed by AI, with smart systems that balance electricity demand in real time. They also showcase a grill that cooks dinner using algorithms instead of aprons.

Marina and Mapp App dive into how AI is transforming the energy sector - from predicting power usage, helping us save energy and even capturing carbon. They explore the benefits and tricky challenges and showcase a toothbrush that uses AI to perfect your brushing style.

Marina and Mapp App blast off to explore how AI helps us explore space - from robot astronauts and exoplanet hunters to smart mission planning and space weather prediction. They also showcase a real-world wearable AI navigation belt for the visually impaired.

Marina and Mapp App explore how AI can help save the environment - from protecting forests and animals to cutting waste and fighting climate change. They also check out AI-powered companion dolls that help care elderly people.

Marina and Mapp App explore how AI is transforming our homes, from voice assistants and robot vacuums to smart fridges and energy-saving devices and discover AI-powered skate shoes that adapt to your walking style for a smoother stroll.

Marina and Mapp App dive into how AI learns, and explore real-world uses, ethical challenges and showcase a smart bird feeder that uses AI to identify… birds.

Marina and Mapp App enter the world of Artificial Intelligence to see how it learns from data. As part of our everyday lives, they think about ethical aspects as well as the challenges of powering all these smart machines sustainably.

How can we make sure the electricity grid stays safe to use for years to come? Marina Ventura and her trusty sidekick Map App explore how we look after the electricity grid. 

Marina Ventura and her trusty sidekick Map App explore how electricity is moved from place to place. 

Where does our electricity get made and transmitted to our homes? Map App and Marina Ventura explore the Electricity National Control Centre in todays episode!

In this episode Marina and her trusty sidekick Map App are exploring the future of electricity and how we might see electricity being made and used in years to come!

Marina Ventura is out on a new adventure exploring energy! In this episode we learn all about what it is, how it works and why we use it! 

Governments across the world are trying to make their countries take steps to stop the harmful impact of climate change.  COP26 is a huge event that is bringing people together to agree the best ways to tackle the issues and reach net zero – that’s where there’s a ‘zero’ balance between the amount of greenhouse gases being put into the atmosphere and those taken out.  Changes won’t happen overnight.  It will take time to find the answers and develop technology that can create a cleaner and greener world.  In the UK, this means creating jobs right now, and in the future, to help the country reach this goal.

National Grid is responsible for taking high voltage ‘raw’ energy from producers such as wind turbine and solar farms, as well as from power stations and gas refineries that are located across the UK, and carry it around the country using a network of cables, pipes, pylons and wires to where it’s needed – our towns and cities, industrial areas and transport links.

Energy companies, like National Grid who transport energy across the UK, and others are attending a global climate change conference called COP26. And there's some major dilemmas that politicians have to crunch as they try to make their countries take steps to stop the harmful impact of climate change.

Climates naturally change but humans are responsible for our climate changing more quickly than it ever has done before.  Marina and Mapp App look at things we can all do to help.

Humans aren’t the only ones affected by changes in the climate.  Plants and animals are too.  Habitats change which can change the water and food available, and can affect whether they survive at all.  Marina and Mappy find out more.

Flooding is something which can happen as a result of changes to the climate and here in the UK it’s becoming more common.  Marina and Map App meet a climate explorer to find out more.

Our forests are an important part of life on earth for lots of reasons – one being that they absorb carbon from the atmosphere. But what happens when the forests are cut down?  And how does this affect climate?  Marina and Map App find out more.

The earth under our feet contains lots of clues about what the climate in the past was like.  Marina and Mapp App find out from the Climate Explorers how this can help us learn about possible future changes.

Our atmosphere is made up of a blanket of gases surrounding the planet.  It helps protect and keep us warm – and studying it can give us helpful information about the climate and how it changes.  Marina and Map App find out more.

Oceans play a huge part in creating our climate on earth, and studying them can give us valuable information about the effect of changes to the earth’s temperature. Marina and Map App find out more.

The Earth has experienced many cycles of climate patterns over billions of years. Marina and Map App explore why.

Climate is all about patterns of weather and in this episode Marina and Map App find out more about the different climates on our planet and what causes them to be different from each other.

We all know that weather can be unruly and changeable. But sometimes we feel we know what the weather "should" be like at a certain time of year - why is this? Marina and Map App find out more.

In this final installment of Marina Ventura's water adventure, she takes a trip around the world to find out how water is used in other countries.

Water's not all serious - in this episode, Marina Ventura's taking a trip down the river to investigate Water's fun side!

Marina Ventura is looking into the many uses of water in school and at work. How many ways to save water can she find?

Shrunk down to Ant-Size again, Marina Ventura is taking a trek through the garden. Keep listening for lots of gardening tips and tricks, as well as how to use your water wisely.

In this episode, Marina Ventura is shrinking herself down to the size of an ant to find out how we use water at home!

It's another for Marina Ventura, who's searching space and time for ways wasting less water. Joined by her trusty Map App, Marina's got plenty of fun facts about how we can all save the planet by saving our water!

In this episode, Marina Ventura takes a trip to the sea-side to look into the ways in which new types of drinkable water can be created.

In Marina Ventura's third adventure, she's investigating what happens to the water we flush away. Expect some fun, facinating fluid facts!

Marina Ventura is back, and this time she's travelling through space and time to find out how the Romans, Victorians, and many more transported their water.  

Marina Ventura takes listeners on an incredible journey through The Water Cycle to find out where the water we use comes from!

Ep 15: Dive Inside Biology with trusty explorer, Marina Ventura! Follow Marina as she gets up close with biology, this time she’s checking out the nervous system which works in all animals to keep them safe!

Ep 14: Dive Inside Biology with trusty explorer, Marina Ventura! Follow Marina as she gets up close with biology, this time she’s heading upstream as she finds out about a salmon’s journey from a baby egg to adult.

Ep 13: Dive Inside Biology with trusty explorer, Marina Ventura! Follow Marina as she gets up close with biology, this time she’s starting in your mouth as she finds out more about digestion!