Fun & Games
Have you ever played with play dough? If you do not know what I am talking about…play dough is the soft, gushy, mushy, weird stuff that you can squish and mold into your favorite shapes.
You can make animals, people, flowers or just about anything that you can imagine. Usually you have to buy play dough at the store and you can only buy it in the colors that they have available. Well, good news! Here is an easy recipe on how to make your own play dough! This stuff will last for months. And the best part is that you can make the play dough in any color that you want. So squish and mush away and be creative!
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Sports
Do you enjoy running? Have you ever run long distances without stopping? Many people from all over the world enjoy running marathons which take them hours to complete. Running these large distances takes not only a lot of physical strength, but also a lot mental strength and stamina. Today, the standard length of a marathon is 26.2 miles. But how and why did this standard originate? There is actually a long and interesting story behind the origin of the marathon.
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Fun & Games
Q. What has 8 letters but no letters in it? A. An envelope
Q. Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? A. Because .. he didn’t have the guts to!
Q. When is a car not a car? A. When it turns into a garage.
Q. Why did the golfer wear two sets of pants? A. In case he got a whole in one!
Q. Why do seagulls live near the sea?
A. Because if they lived near the bay, they would be called bagels!
Q. What’s smarter than a talking parrot? A. A spelling bee!
Q. What did the fridge say to the milk? A. Don’t come in, I’ve got a cold!
Fun & Games
Here’s a cool experiment that you can try at home. If you have access to a microscope you can delve into more detail on one of nature’s most important and wonderful form, crystals. Crystals are not only beautiful to look at, they are building blocks for molecules and all sorts of natural materials. See what they look like!
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Wondrous World
Honeybees use nectar from flowers to make their honey. They use long tubelike tongues to suck the nectar out of the flowers and store it in their special honey stomach. Because they also have a regular stomach to hold their food, this stomach is only for holding the nectar, and when it’s full, it weighs as much as the bee does! And to fill this special stomach, the bee will visit between 100 and 1500 flowers.
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Fun & Games
What are these? There is nothing like finding out yourself. Not only does this experiment lead to some rather curious items, but it also helps illustrate some fundamental principles about liquid behavior. Oil and water, as you will see, do no mix easily.
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Wondrous World
Imagine lying on the floor of your tent, your sleeping bag unzipped, your hands folded behind your head. It has been a long day of hiking in the desert, and you are exhausted and so happy to be resting in the cool shade of night. All of the sudden, you hear it—an unmistakable skittering sound right outside of your tent. The bright moon provides enough light to allow for a silhouette. A scorpion. Its curled tail holds an ominous stinger. Aren’t you glad that you zipped your tent?
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Holidays & Seasons
Many of us are excited to welcome in the year 2001, but did you know that not all countries celebrate the New Year at the same time?
In fact, the original origin of New Year’s was not even in January. Let’s explore the history of this fun holiday, and how other countries and cultures celebrate it.
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Wondrous World
In this article we’re going to explore the life of a honey bee, so let’s find out what the buzz is about.
Honey bees are social insects that live together in a colony. Within the colony, there are very strict guidelines as to what each bee does. There are three types of bees, the queen bee, the drone bee and the worker bee, and all have a very important function within the colony. The first kind of bee is the queen bee.
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Wondrous World
It’s that time of year again-when the weather turns cold and we like to snuggle in front of a fireplace with a hot cup of cocoa. But, have you ever noticed that when it is cold outside sometimes the hairs on your arms stand up and you get little bumps all over. But then when you go inside the little bumps dissappear. These little bumps are called goose bumps, but do you know what is actually happening with your body when you get these bumps?
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Fun & Games
The chemical reaction that occurs in this experiment will cause the bag you’re using to burst. BLAMMO!
Be careful, this is not for the easily scared. It is important to follow directions under the supervision of an adult. The insights you will gain have to do with chemicals, in this case ones that are to be found in most households.
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Sports
“I learned my lesson from my mother at an early age: sports are good for young women. It’s good to compete, good to run, good to sweat, good to get dirty, good to feel tired and healthy and refreshed. We had no idea of tomboys–there is no word for it in the Czech language. Women played sports and had families and jobs. That simple. My mother was my role model.”– Martina Navratilova, from her autobiography called Martina.
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