Ep15 | Busy Bones: Wait, My Bones Do Stuff??
Click https://www.whimpodcast.com/resources to get FREE activity sheets to go along with today's episode. 🦴✨ We all know we have bones—but did you know they’re some of the busiest parts of your body? In this episode, Sloane brings her friend Lea (who...
Episode 15 of the What’s Happening Inside Me? podcast, hosted by Audra Tobin, titled "Ep15 | Busy Bones: Wait, My Bones Do Stuff??" was published on September 19, 2025 and runs 16 minutes.
September 19, 2025 ·16m · What’s Happening Inside Me?
Summary
Click HERE to get FREE activity sheets to go along with today's episode.🦴✨ We all know we have bones—but did you know they’re some of the busiest parts of your body? In this episode, Sloane brings her friend Lea (who just broke her arm!) to ask what bones actually do. Spoiler: they do way more than just sit there! Join us as we discover how bones…🔹 Protect our soft organs like armor🔹 Give our body structure (so we’re not a squishy pile!)🔹 Work with muscles to help us move🔹 Store minerals (like calcium) and energy🔹 Act like blood factories, making millions of new blood cells every second!By the end, you’ll see your skeleton in a whole new way! 👩👧 Hosted by Audra (a PA in emergency medicine) and her 8-year-old daughter Sloane🎧 What’s Happening Inside Me? is the podcast where kids (and their grownups) learn the amazing science of our bodies—together.👉 Don’t forget to join us next week when we talk about broken bones and how they heal!🌐 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com for FREE activities and extras that go with each episode.⭐ If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a good rating and share it with friends—it really helps more families find us!💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me?If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to:Send in your own question for a future episodeGrab free learning resourcesStay up to date on new releasesThanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨
Episode Description
🦴✨ We all know we have bones—but did you know they’re some of the busiest parts of your body? In this episode, Sloane brings her friend Lea (who just broke her arm!) to ask what bones actually do. Spoiler: they do way more than just sit there!
Join us as we discover how bones…
🔹 Protect our soft organs like armor
🔹 Give our body structure (so we’re not a squishy pile!)
🔹 Work with muscles to help us move
🔹 Store minerals (like calcium) and energy
🔹 Act like blood factories, making millions of new blood cells every second!
By the end, you’ll see your skeleton in a whole new way! 👩👧
Hosted by Audra (a PA in emergency medicine) and her 8-year-old daughter Sloane
🎧 What’s Happening Inside Me? is the podcast where kids (and their grownups) learn the amazing science of our bodies—together.
👉 Don’t forget to join us next week when we talk about broken bones and how they heal!
🌐 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com for FREE activities and extras that go with each episode.
⭐ If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a good rating and share it with friends—it really helps more families find us!
💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me?
If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to:
- Send in your own question for a future episode
- Grab free learning resources
- Stay up to date on new releases