What is special about plants? Like all living beings, plants need food to survive, too. The difference between plants and animals is that plants can make their own food. Plants are called “producers” as they make their own food. Almost all parts of a plant can be...

What is Weather? Weather describes the current atmospheric conditions in a place at any given moment in time.  On a day-to-day basis, it tells us about the temperature, precipitation, humidity (amount of moisture in the air), and wind conditions. A meteorologist is a...

What is a Simple Machine? It is a basic device with few or no moving parts that helps reduce the amount of time and energy needed to do a task. It makes work easier. A force is a push or pull on an object that makes it move, slow down, speed up, or stop. A simple...

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...