Helping Parents, Caregivers and Teachers Discover Quality Educational Kids Content.
Australian Feliks Zemdegs matched a world record held by Steve Cho when he solved a Rubik’s cube in 4.59 seconds. Feliks says he’s no math whiz; he just looked up some online tutorials on YouTube and got addicted. He started when he was 12 and has been improving his time for the last 10 years.
Archive
Students in Knoxville Tennessee know how to make a school day more exciting. They set a world record! 6778 students participated in a coding lesson to become the largest computer programming class ever. For many students, their first experience with coding was one they’ll never forget.
Archive
Australian YouTubers How Ridiculous set a world record in 2016 when they made a 593 foot basketball shot. They’ve just broken their own record. Derek Herron, Brett Stanford and Scott Gaunson set up the shot at Maletsunyane Falls in Lesotho. Derek sent a basketball through a hoop 660 feet down! That’s gotta be worth more than 3 points!
Archive
Do you want to break a world record? Do you love cheese? The Margaret River Dairy Company wants at least 250 people to come to a cheese tasting to break the world record on February 25th. They will even have entertainment and free gifts, so book your flight to Metricup Western Australia today!
Archive
Nazare Portugal is known for its massive waves, and Hugo Vau has surfed one of the biggest ones yet. The wave, nicknamed “Big Mama”, was a staggering 114 feet tall, taller than a 10 story building! If the height is confirmed, Hugo will hold the record for largest wave ever surfed. Gnarly!
Archive
Team Kung Fu Cha Cha set a world record by rowing across the Atlantic in 34 days. The Four Oarsmen finished the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 4 days earlier, but this was the youngest and fastest female team. Tina Liang Mintian, Cloris Chen Yuli, Amber Li Xiaobing, and Sarah Meng Yajie made up the Chinese quartet.
Archive
400 pre-school students in Turkey set a beautiful world record. They created a marbled fabric painting 164 feet long. Marbling is done by floating an image on the surface a liquid and transferring it to fabric or paper. Try mixing food coloring in oil and swirl it into water, then marble your own paper!
Archive
How long do you think it would take you to row your boat across the Atlantic Ocean? The Four Oarsmen did it in 29 days! George Biggar, Dicky Taylor, Peter Robinson and Stuart Watts rowed 3000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua and raised 250,000 pounds for charity. They celebrated with a cup of tea.
Archive
Drifting is a driving technique using oversteering and loss of traction in the wheels. BMW took drifting to a new level by setting two new world records. Not only did they drive an M5 sideways for a record-breaking 232 miles, they also had a second refueling vehicle drift alongside it for 49 miles!
Archive
Australian 16 year-old Jade Hameister just became the youngest person to ski to the South Pole! Her feat also finished the Polar Hat Trick and set multiple records. She had completed the Greenland Crossing and trekked to the North Pole at age 14. Jade also became the first woman to ski a new uncharted route!
Archive