Helping Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Discover Quality Educational Kids Content.
Last week, a fireball was seen over Russia. It was an undetected asteroid flying through the sky! The meteor exploded before it hit the ground near the city of Kursk, causing a sonic boom. The rock, which was probably only about 13 feet in diameter, most likely disintegrated before reaching Earth’s surface.
Archive
Next month, a lunar eclipse will occur. It will be the longest-lasting eclipse of the century, taking place for an hour and 43 minutes. A partial eclipse before and after, brings it to nearly 4 hours of magnificent moon viewing! You’ve got a month to plan an eclipse party, for July 27th to 28th!
Archive
Today is Canoe Day, so find a lake that rents canoes and paddle around! Or make a little toy canoe out of tree bark or cardboard, to float in the bathtub! Then eat a big bowl of chocolate pudding, because it’s Chocolate Pudding Day! Actually, eat the pudding first, then play in the bathtub!
Archive
You’re never too old to come up with new tricks. 82 year-old Patsy Gunning, invented a new way to water his hanging baskets. He attached a 2 liter bottle to a sweeping brush, with some cable ties. Now he can pour water on his flowers from 4 feet below. Sometimes simple solutions are the best!
Archive
Israeli surfers gathered together at sea, to protest natural gas production on the coastline. They want the gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea to be placed farther from shore. The 992 protesters set a world record while they were at it, for the largest surfing paddle-out. That’s one effective way to bring attention to your cause!
Archive
The dust storm that started on Mars at the end of May, has grown. The storm now encircles the planet. The Mars rover, Opportunity, had to shut down because it is solar powered. A second rover, Curiosity, is nuclear powered. It can continue studying the dust storm from the other side of the planet!
Archive
Matt Nelson and his mom tried to find the owner of a dog they found, by posting pictures of the corgi on Matt’s Twitter page, “We Rate Dogs.” His 7 million followers were no help. Mrs. Nelson spotted an elderly man in a car and asked him. Miraculously, Pepper was his! And Pepper is now famous!
Archive
Imagine life in 1964. The rock and roll band named the Beatles had become an international sensation. And if you were watching them on television, it would probably have been in black and white! It wasn’t until 1965 that color tv became widely available. Celebrate Color TV Day and Global Beatles Day today!
Archive
Marine biologists have discovered surprising news about great white sharks. They like to hang out in warm-water eddies. The eddies are giant ocean whirlpools that spin clockwise in Earth’s Northern hemisphere. Even though cold-water eddies have more food and nutrients, sharks can spend more time in deeper water if it’s warm.
Archive
Black holes are places in space with a gravitational field so strong, nothing can escape. Except maybe a burp. When a black hole has sucked up everything within reach, it goes quiet, until some stray bits of gas or matter pass by. When it starts devouring again, it belches out a bunch of particles!
Archive