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About this Episode:

Step into a quiet desert at sunset, where ancient rocks and hidden fossils hold the secrets of Earth’s history. In this gentle 10-minute story, kids will discover how paleontologists read rock layers like pages in a book, why fossils act as “stone memories,” and how scientists use special “radio clocks” inside rocks to tell just how old they are.

With calm narration and simple analogies—like a layer cake of rocks and hourglass-shaped atoms—this episode makes big science ideas easy to understand at bedtime. Along the way, we’ll meet a dinosaur footprint, explore volcanic ash bookmarks in stone, and end with a cozy reminder that birds are living relatives of dinosaurs.

“Dinosaur Timekeepers” blends science, wonder, and relaxation to help curious kids drift off to sleep while learning something new.