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Summer is coming (at least in the northern hemisphere) and at night you might see little flashes of light outside. Did you know, fireflies are not flies or bugs?! They are in fact beetles! Why do you think fireflies light up? Check out this article by the National Geographic and let me know what is the most interesting to you!
Even though it’s still winter here and we enjoyed a weekend of skiing, we are also looking ahead to the warmer weather! Did you know… There are many sandcastle competitions throughout the world! Check out some of them here & drop me a comment telling me about there favorite one You have made!
As we are getting to the colder months of the year (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) have you ever tried to make a super tall snowman? Did you know…the world record for the tallest snowwoman is just a few feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty at 122 ft 1 in tall!!! It took a month to finish and 13 million pounds of snow!!! What are her eye lashes made out of?? Drop me a picture of the tallest or coolest snow creature you have made!!
When you think of a forest of trees you normally think of many individual trees. But…
Did you know… Pando is an Aspen tree that started from a single seed and is now believed to be the largest single organism ever found!
According to the US Forest Service Pando is believed to be a single organism spreading over 10 acres and looks like 40,000 individual trees! The biggest difference between Pando and other forest is the root system is all interconnected.
What else have you learned about this tree??