Pip Explains

Free science videos for curious kids

Big questions. Real science. Let’s find out!

Pip the puffin answers the questions kids really ask, from dinosaur pee to daylight saving time. Every episode comes with words to know, a quiz, and an experiment to try together.

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Chemistry Episode 3

Why Doesn’t Glue Stick to Its Own Bottle?

How does glue actually stick, and why doesn’t it harden inside its own bottle? Pip the puffin explores 200,000-year-old birch tar, school glue, super glue, epoxy, tape, sticky notes and the underwater glue of mussels.

5 words to know · 5-question quiz · try-it-at-home activity

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How Pip is made

Real kid questions

Every episode answers a question kids really ask, picked by a parent.

Every fact is checked

A grown-up checks each fact against real sources, listed on every episode page.

AI helps, a parent decides

AI helps draw Pip and give him a voice. A real parent watches every video before it goes up.

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Printables for every episode

Coloring pages, word searches, word cards, experiment sheets and quizzes with answer keys. Free with a grown-up account.

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Kids ask, grown-ups send. Pip reads every question, and the best ones become episodes.

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