Did you know that the Wright Brothers' plans for their Wright Flyer airplane was turned down by the U.S. Army? Did you know that the distance of the Wright Flyer was less than that of the wingspan of today's 747 Jet? Did you know that only 7 people...
Do you have the Time?
by Gail Skroback Hennesseyhttp://www.gailhennessey.com
People have long wanted to remember important events...thats why time recording developed. Time was recorded based on rulers reigns~ the Olympic Games and...
I've updated my Mayflower and Pilgrim Webquest.The Mayflower was named after a flower called the "Trailing Arbuttus". This flower is an evergreen with a white flower and pink center. Learn more about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims with this fun...
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded each year to someone deemed to have made an important contribution to world peace. A petition has started to consider 15 year old Malala Yousafzai for this award.The Pakistani teen spoke out for girls to be allowed...
Should the annual classic~ It's the Great Pumpkin~ Charlie Brown~" be shelved? Does it advocate... bullying? That's the thought of Buzz Bishop. The father thinks a television program that has kids calling each other words like dumb~ blockhead and...
France's President Francois Hollande has announced he'd like to ban it in France.Why the ban? Hollande doesn't think it is fair that some kids have parents that help them with homework and others do not. Kids in France currently go to school Monday...
I have a resource where kids can learn some fun and informative facts about pumpkins~ just the thing for this time of year. I wanted to update that a record has again been broken for the biggest pumpkin!October 2012:Ron Wallace of Greene~ Rhode...
Vevgeny Salinder~11~ recently went for a walk and has made an amazing discovery~ a well-preserved body of a 30~000 year old woolly mammoth! Found near a weather station in Taymyr~ northern Russia~ the adult male mammoths body is nearly intact~with...
Off the coast of Queensland~ Australia is the world's largest coral reef in the world~ Scientists say the reef that extends for 1600 miles in the Coral Sea is in big trouble. Nearly 1/2 of the reefs coral has been lost in the past 27 years....
It seems that some of the amazing things used by fictitious famous wizard, Harry Potter, are becoming a reality. Last year, an invisibility cloak along the idea of the one Harry wore to go unnoticed through the halls of Hogwarts, has been tested in...