What are Dinosaurs? Dinosaurs were prehistoric reptiles living on Earth nearly 220 million to 65 million years ago.    Dinosaurs could walk upright, unlike other reptiles like crocodiles. Several species of dinosaurs roamed our Earth. Dinosaurs became extinct when an...

Where is Earth’s Water? Water on Earth exists in different states.  Solid - Glaciers and polar ice caps Liquid - Oceans, rivers, streams, and soil Gas - Water Vapor in the atmosphere Water moves through these different states in a repeating cycle. Let’s dig in and...

What is a Rainbow? Rainbows are arcs that appear in the sky and form from the interaction between sunlight and water droplets. When rainbows are formed, you can see small strips of colors one after the other in the color scale. They are aligned, going from red at the...

What are Magnets? Magnets are objects that can attract or pull other objects made of metals towards themselves. Magnets cannot attract non-metallic objects like paper, wood, cloth, etc. Most magnets are made of a metal called iron. Magnets attract metals like iron,...

Where Do Animals Live? A habitat is the natural environment where an animal lives. A habitat provides food, water, space, and shelter to help an animal grow, reproduce, and survive.  There are five main habitats where animals live on our planet. They are the forests,...

Plant Growth Plants are found everywhere on Earth. There are different types of plants, like grasses, shrubs, ferns, and trees.  Plants go through a growth cycle just like humans, and they need certain things to help them grow. Plants are unique as they make their own...

Our Solar System The Sun and the planets revolving around it make up our Solar System. A moon is an object that moves around a planet.  There are eight main planets in our solar system. The first four are rocky planets, and the last are gas or ice giants Let’s explore...

Life Cycle of a Butterfly Butterflies are one of the most beautiful and colorful insects on our planet. Did you know that a butterfly begins its life as something completely different? Butterflies undergo a transformation process called “Metamorphosis,” defining the...

What Causes Seasons? There are two main reasons for the season to change every few months The Earth’s tilted axis The Earth revolving around the Sun Earth’s Tilted Axis We need to think about two imaginary lines when we talk about our Earth Axis The Earth is a sphere...

The Four Seasons  The four seasons are different times of the year when we experience distinct weather conditions.  Temperature, daylight, and animal behavior vary with each season The four seasons repeat in a pattern every year Winter ⇨ Spring ⇨ Summer ⇨ Fall Let’s...