Apple with Worm
- Apples are fruits
- The size varies from a little bigger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit
- 2,500 different types in the United States
- Very nutritious and good source of natural energy
- Are grown in every state in the United States
Beach Balls
- Beaches are landforms
- Wild beaches are beaches untouched by humans
- Is not usually an ideal place for most animals to live
- Tallest sandcastle ever made was constructed in Point Pleasant, NJ on October 29,
2013. It was 38 feet, 2 inches tall.
Bubble Art
- You can freeze bubbles
- Bubbles cannot form in space
- They burst because something causes the water molecules to break up
- Many bubbles together make foam
- Most bubbles are round but it is possible to make a square bubble
Fortune Cookies
- Many different possible origins
- 14th century Taoists priests
- 19th century rice cakes
- America during the construction of railroads
- It is an American product
- Wasn’t introduced to China until the 1990s
- There are billions made around the world each year
- Some are direct translations of Chinese sayings and proverbs
Hopscotch
- Played in almost all countries with different variations
- It is an old game
- Brought to Britain by the Romans as a military exercise
- Children copied it
- Scotch refers to markings on the ground
- Fastest hopscotch completed in 1 minute and 1.97 seconds (Guinness Book of World Records)
Paper Towel Butterflies
- Butterflies are insects
- The life cycle is made up of four parts: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
- Most caterpillars eat plants
- Have four wings
- Most Butterflies feed on nectar from flowers
- Between 15,000 and 20,000 different species
- Monarch butterflies are known for traveling great distances
Paper Trees
- Tree are the tallest plants made of wood
- Can live for thousands of years
- Produce oxygen
- Roots of trees grow underground and nutrients travel up the tree trunk
- Planting trees is really good for the environment
- Can count how old a tree is based on the rings on its trunk
- Used to make paper and for building material
Snowflakes
- Each one is unique
- Snowflakes have a variety of different shapes
- Average snowflake has 180 billion molecules of water
- All snowflakes have six sides
- Snow if actually colorless
- Each one made of approximately 200 ice crystals
Turkeys- Official bird of Thanksgiving
- Benjamin Franklin wanted it to be our national bird
- Lives in flocks
- Male turkeys are gobblers; females are called hens
- Wild turkeys can fly
- Have excellent vision
