World Water Day!
March 22, 2024
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity
Water actually has a day when people focus on just how important water is to all of us. World Water Day is March 22nd. In 2024, the theme for World Water Day is ...
What do YOU know about the country of Iceland?
Iceland’s Capital of Reykjavik
Volcano erupts in the country of Iceland! The recent eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula(south-west part of Iceland). The fishing town, Grindavik, had been...
October 9, 2023, is Leif Eriksson Day. Eriksson, a Viking (Norse) and son of Erik the Red, was born around 970 AD, in Iceland. It is believed that Eriksson (also spelled Ericson, Erikson) sailed to North America (area of Canada) around the year...
Each year, Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17th. This is the date, in 1787, when delegates to the Constitutional Convention, signed the Constitution. They had met for 116 days, at the State House(now called Independence Hall...
A baby giraffe was born at the Tennessee Zoo that is quite unusual. It has NO spots. The baby spotless giraffe was born tan with no patches at all. The zoo said that the unnamed baby giraffe may be the only living solid colored giraffe in the...
MAN first walked on the Moon on July 20th, 1969.
To date 12 people have walked on the moon, beginning with Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. In the next couple of years, astronauts will again return to the moon for the first...
The Phoenicians (1550 BC-300 BC) were the first known sea traders in history and developed the first known alphabet. They also created a purple dye that became famous around the known world! When the sea traders sailed to regions near the...
In 2023, the Tour de France(110th race) begins on July 1st and ends on July 23rd. This year's Tour de France begins in Bilbao, Spain, and will end in Paris, France, along the Champs-...
There is a Black History Month, Native Americans Heritage Month, a Hispanic American Month and a Woman’s History Month. Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month is a time to highlight the contributions of these groups of people to the...
HAPPY PI DAY!
FUN FACTS:
1. Pi is the circumference of any circle, divided by its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, Pi is always the same!(3.14)
2. In 2015, Rajveer Meene, of India, memorized the first 70,030 digits of pi! It...