barbara mountjoy

Author of the book 101 Little Instructions for Surviving Your Divorce, Barbara has published articles and short stories in collections like the Cup of Comfort series. Her first novel, The Elf Queen, is available from http://Amazon.com and Dragonfly Publishing; the sequel, The Elf Child, comes out in 2011. Also in 2011, Deliverance, a romance from TWRP. By day, a family law attorney, at night, parent to three special needs kids, and a constant novelist. Find out more at http://awalkabout.wordpress.com

Published on 04/23/2008

If your child loves science, here's a way to get him or her listening to something more educational than the latest Top Ten on the iPod: Bytesize Science...

Real-life Science Discoveries Made Byte-Size for the Next Generation

If your child loves science, here's a way to get him or her listening to something more educational than the latest Top Ten on the iPod: Bytesize Science...

Bytesize Science translates cutting-edge scientific discoveries from ACS’ 36 peer-reviewed journals into stories for young listeners about science, health, medicine, energy, food, and other topics. It includes content from Chemical & Engineering News, ACS’ weekly news magazine.

A new topic is released each Monday from an assortment of different categories. Recent topics include: "Dragon's Blood," a podcast about a red tree sap used in Chinese medicine; "Chocoholic Science," a podcast about why people love chocolate so much, and "Germ Chat: Learning the Language of Bacteria".

The free transmissions can be heard through a subscription on the iPod, or if the child has no iPod, they will play through a feed to a web browser as well.

ACS science writer Adam Dylewski presents the podcasts from his own history of journalistic science writing, adding a bit of humor along with age-appropriate information for children.

The American Chemical Society--the world’s largest scientific society--is a non-profit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society. Its main offices are in Washington D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.