Monday, November 17, 2008

An Average Kids' Brain Weighs As Much As...

-about 700 gummy bears
-26 ipod nanos
-66% of one the crowns of the queens of England
-3823 blue morpho butterflies
-.0000008956 of a cruise ship
-a pair of gloves worn by astronauts
-an Indian flying fox
-and many others

It takes 314000 ten year old brains to equal a sperm whale!

Taken from the Nov. Edition of Kids National Geographic, pg. 25

Friday, November 7, 2008

English

Have you've ever noticed that in English, they force us to read the most depressing books, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Oedipus Rex to name a few. Just a little interesting insight.