Author: Lisa Mungovan

The Fourth of July is known as Independence Day in the United States. This is the day they officially declared independence from the British Empire in 1776. If you aren’t in the USA, you can celebrate Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, as long as it’s sizzling hot where you live!

2 boys were fishing for metal objects with a magnet, in a lake in Finland. Lari Tammivuori and Viljami Juutilainen usually find nails or bottle caps, so they weren’t expecting to pull up a hand grenade! A Defense Forces team took the explosive device away for safety. Maybe next time, they’ll find a tank!

Did you know that going green is contagious? A survey showed 85% of Americans, have made at least one positive change in their lifestyle this year, to help the environment. Half of those people also influenced others, to be more environmentally conscious. Let’s all recycle, reduce food waste, and conserve energy, to help our Earth.

You’ll want to stay up late tomorrow night, and not just because of fireworks. Starting around 11 pm Eastern Standard Time on July 4th, the full moon will have a partial lunar eclipse. When the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the planet, Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, making it appear red.

Here are 2 days that are made for each other. It’s Stay Out Of The Sun Day, and Air Conditioning Appreciation Day. It’s okay to stay inside, and get away from the heat. It’s also Eat Your Beans Day. Beans tend to make you gassy. Maybe you’ll want to spend some time outside after all!

It’s obvious plastic bags are polluting the world. Look at the trees along a highway, and you’ll see them caught in the branches. They clog streams, and get eaten by creatures in the ocean. Plastic bags get used for an average of 12 minutes! On International Plastic Bag Free Day, commit to quit using them!

After a year of collecting plastic bottle lids, a school in Saudi Arabia closed their plastic pollution awareness campaign, by setting a world record. Students at the British International School of Jeddah, arranged 323,103 bottle caps, into the longest chain ever. It was 8984.6 feet long, which is about 1.7 miles! Next stop is the recycling center!

A family in Florida, was surprised to find a nearly 9-foot long alligator, hanging out on their front porch. He must have had a tough life, because he was missing 2 legs, probably from fighting another gator. He was rescued by the Croc Encounter wildlife sanctuary, where he’ll have a safe new home.

Science fiction writers have written stories for years, about humans living on Mars. But is it really possible to colonize the Red Planet? Scientists figured out, that to start a new settlement on Mars, you would need at least 110 people. SpaceX is already designing an interplanetary spacecraft that could carry 100 people. Would you go?

What day is it? I forgot. No, it’s actually, I Forgot Day. It’s the ultimate excuse, for not doing something. If someone says they forgot what they were going to say, tell them: Must’ve been a lie. It’s fun and annoying. It’s also Plastic Free July. Using less plastic, is good for the Earth.