Helping Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Discover Quality Educational Kids Content.
How many elephants can fit on a school bus?
, , , ,
Answer! Zero, elephants don’t go to school! Instead, they walk around in the jungle and make poops so big that it could fill a 5 gallon bucket. Ha ha.
Today is International Joke Day, so tell your favorite old jokes, or make up some new ones!
Archive
A hotel in Indonesia is trying a new feature for its guests. Twice a week, they’ll offer poolside puppy therapy! The Puri Garden Hotel will work with the Bali Dog Association, a group that rescue’s the islands street dogs. Travelers who are missing their dogs, can give another lucky dog some belly rubs!
Archive
The Ohio Department of Transportation does more than build roads. It’s creating highways for bees and butterflies! The Pollinator Habitat Program is responsible for planting 800 acres of wildlife-friendly flowers and grasses along the roadsides. The tall plants also prevent the need for mowing, and help stop blowing snow in the winter. Everybody wins!
Archive
50 years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland Ohio was so polluted, it actually caught fire. It inspired the government to pass the Clean Water Act, leading to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Factories had to stop dumping waste into the river. These days, the river is full of fish, birds, and swimmers!
Archive
Today is Log Cabin Day. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book, Little House in the Big Woods, described how Laura’s father built their log house, step by step. You can build a miniature one of your own! If cutting wood is too much work, just celebrate the day by building with Lincoln Logs. It’s much easier!
Archive
Have you ever made a wish on a shooting star? When a meteoroid, sometimes as small as a pebble, falls through Earth’s atmosphere, it heats up. That’s the streak of light we see! Most meteoroids burn up, but if any part reaches Earth, it’s called a meteorite. Today is Meteor Watch Day. Good luck!
Archive
A huge swarm of mayflies is invading Ohio. The mass of harmless bugs is coming from Lake Erie, and is so big, it shows up on weather radar. They only live for one or two days, and will all be gone in a month, but in the meantime, your car might get covered!
Archive
Magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains can travel at tremendous speeds because they are floating on a cushion of air. China has built a new maglev train, that can reach speeds of 372 miles per hour! If you count the airport preparation time, it could be faster to travel by train, than by plane.
Archive
If you’re crossing the street, to enter the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York, you’ll feel like you’re on a giant piano. 75 volunteers in the community came together, to paint huge keyboards on the crosswalks! It was a way to put the fun into something functional.
Archive
Waffles are a great invention. They’re like pancakes, but designed to hold pools of syrup! Today is Waffle Iron Day, so I’m going to use my Darth Vader and Hello Kitty irons to make fun waffles! It’s also Camera Day. Learn all the special features on your camera, and take lots of pictures!
Archive