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In the United States and Canada, the first Monday in September is the holiday called Labor Day. It was first created by trade unions to celebrate workers. Labor Day is also the unofficial end of summer, as most public pools close after this weekend. They’ll see you again next May!
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If you’ve never opened a fresh coconut, try it today for World Coconut Day. They’re fun to crack open, and drink the water! It’s also Mouth Guard Day. It’s smart to wear one when you’re playing sports, if you don’t want your teeth to get smashed. It’ll also protect your teeth from coconuts!
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What if you could control the lights with your shirt! Researchers at Purdue University, have developed a fabric that can turn your clothing into a remote control! While protecting you from rain, stains, and bacteria, the fabric harvests the wearer’s energy, to power the electronics inside. Touch your collar to turn down the volume!
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Ibrahim Sedef is a beekeeper in Turkey. He couldn’t keep bears from eating the honey in his hives, so he turned them into taste-testers instead. He put 4 kinds of honey out each night, and filmed the results. The bears have expensive taste. They always eat the $300-per-pound Anzer honey first! Bear tested, Bear approved!
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I hear crickets chirping! Male crickets chirp to attract females, by rubbing their wings together. Crickets can also tell you the temperature outside! Count how many times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds, then add 40, for an approximate temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. For Celsius, count the chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4.
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Today is World Letter Writing Day. E-mail is easier, but there’s nothing like getting an actual letter in the mailbox, complete with a cool stamp. Write a letter about your summer, your first week at school, or your awesome orange cat. It’s also Ginger Cat Appreciation Day! Give your kitty some extra love!
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Everyone needs a pet, but maybe you have allergies, or travel too much, or don’t have money for visits to the vet. Get a pet rock! Today is Pet Rock Day! In the 1970’s, they were sold in a ventilated box with a bed of hay. Today, you can adopt one from your garden!
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Aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights, are colorful light displays in the sky that usually occur over northern polar regions. This weekend, the Northern Lights may be visible to a new audience, in the northern United States. They could reach as far south as Michigan, New York, and West Virginia! Happy Aurora hunting!
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Kellogg’s makes cereal, so they challenged artist Dominic Wilcox to make cereal-eating more interesting. One of his designs is a cereal bowl, with a gramophone attached. A speaker inside amplifies the snaps, crackles, and pops of your Rice Krispies! It even has a volume control, so you can tune out your annoying brother.
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Mi Zhou is a student getting her Master’s degree in Material Futures. She’s created a new way to cut back on the plastic bottles used to hold soaps and lotions. Zhou makes beautiful containers that look like classic perfume bottles, out of soap! Your empty shampoo bottle, becomes your next bar of soap!
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