Helping Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Discover Quality Educational Kids Content.
Bronson, a dog in Australia, saved a baby platypus. This super dog found a platypus near a dry river, picked it up in his teeth and carried it to his owners. They rushed it to the hospital, and after some care and nurturing, the platypus, now named Pete, is doing well and will be returned back to the wild soon!
Archive
Does Turkey make you sleepy? Turkey contains tryptophan, an amino acid that creates chemicals in the body including melatonin. High levels of melatonin tell your brain, it’s sleepy time. Researchers say that many foods contain tryptophan, so it’s likely a combination of turkey, over eating, and over excitement that are leading to the drowsiness, not just the turkey.
Archive
Harper Ediger, a 14 year old from Denver, is now the writer for a new kids-centric advice column for The New York Times. The column is called Social Q’s: Advice on Awkward Social Situations. It will run monthly in the Sunday paper starting in January. Hmm. I think I could use some advice on that.
Archive
Two weeks ago, five healthy tiger cubs were born at a Wild Animal Safari in Missouri. All five are doing well, even the special one that is all white. Awe, how cute! The mother, Zahara, is also doing well!
Archive
An 11-year old boy in Massachusetts saw a tree had fallen onto some train tracks by a train station after a storm. He jumped into action and rode his bike as fast as he could, told his grandpa, and the two of them found a train conductor. He was able to help slow down and then stop the train.
Archive
The Prague zoo in the Czech Republic is celebrating the good health of two adorable Malayan tiger cubs that were born there 10 weeks ago. These are a critically endangered rare subspecies, so everyone is monitoring this cute male and female pair closely.
Archive
Plastic bags and other polyethylene based materials have been a menace when being disposed of, often taking decades to breakdown. Scientists identified several species of caterpillars that eat and digest the plastic. The bacteria in their gut was breaking it down. So, by using that same bacteria on plastics, you humans can reduce this pollutant and help save your planet.
Archive
In India, a near complete fossil of a giant ‘lizard fish’ was unearthed. The fishlike reptile, Ichthyosaur, is from the Jurassic period and was an estimated 18 feet long. Others were found in other parts of the world, starting in England in 1834, but this is the first time one has been found in India.
Archive
Officials in Maine said that a new species of wasp has been discovered. University of Maine student Hillary Morin Peterson discovered a small non-stinging wasp species while conducting work for her thesis. She named the wasp Ormocerus dirigoius.
Archive
Teenager Andrew Young, Jr., is one of five finalists in a nationwide invention contest. His idea is a Toaster Shooter that shoots toast out onto your plate so you don’t have to reach in there and burn yourself. The winner of the contest will get $250,000. Wow! With that I am sure he can buy a lot of bread.
Archive