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Solar panels aren’t just for roofs anymore. In Germany, 400,000 households have installed solar panels, on their balconies and verandas. They are easier to install than rooftop panels, although they don’t generate as much energy. But sometimes, when the winter sun stays low in the sky, more light hits the sides than the roof!
Did you ever forget, where you hid something? Mountain chickadees don’t have that problem. The tiny birds only have brains the size of a pea, but they have extraordinary memories. Chickadees stash thousands of pieces of food, in pine cones, tree bark, or dead leaves, then come back and eat them all winter long.
Trees are awesome. They clean pollution out of the air, and produce oxygen for us to breathe. They are food and shelter for wildlife. Trees give us shade, flowers, fruit and nuts, and wood. Today is Arbor Day, created to encourage everyone to plant a tree. What kind of tree will you plant?
Today, April 26th, is Alien Day. In the 1979 movie, Alien, LV-426 was the moon where xenomorphs were discovered. The movies are pretty scary, but the toys are cool! Less scary, is Hug An Australian Day! Australia is full of animals that look huggable, like koalas, kangaroos, quokkas and quolls, but air hugs are safest.
Today is Richter Scale Day. The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes on Earth, and marsquakes on Mars. The greatest magnitude ever recorded was the Great Chilean Earthquake, which measured 9.5. It’s also Pretzel Day. Do you prefer big soft pretzels, or tiny hard pretzels? Roll out some dough, and twist your own!
Today is Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, as long as your parent’s workplace allows it. If your parents are working from home, sit in on a conference call or Zoom meeting! If they’re temporarily not working, ask them to pretend you’re a new employee, and train you for their favorite job.
Today is World Penguin Day. Emperor penguins can grow to nearly 4 feet tall, while little blue penguins only reach 16 inches. Some people knit sweaters for penguins, to protect them from oil spills. There are no penguins at the North Pole. Except for the Galapagos penguin, they all live in the Southern Hemisphere!
Today is Telephone Day! Can you imagine a time without phones? In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received the first patent for a telephone. Patents give the owner the rights to their invention. Elisha Gray and Antonio Meucci also invented versions of the telephone, but Bell got his patent first. Call someone on a phone today!
Today is Malaria Day, but the disease is nothing to celebrate. Malaria is spread by infected mosquitoes, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa. That’s one reason why mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal, killing 750,000 people a year! Birds and bats love to eat mosquitoes. Since it’s also Zucchini Bread Day, I’ll eat that instead!
Do you have a piggy bank? Banks are a great way to save money. You’re more likely to spend all your money, if you carry it in your pocket! Today is Teach Your Children To Save Day, so scrounge up some change, and make a deposit! Ask your parents, if they’ll pay you interest.