Category: Kids News

Last week, a fireball streaked through the daytime sky in Maine, followed by sonic booms. NASA says it was the first radar-observed meteorite to fall in Maine. The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is offering $25,000 for the first kilogram of meteorite fragments from the rare event. They’re worth their weight in gold!

Let’s learn a bit about dolphins, for Dolphin Day! Dolphins are mammals. Even though they spend their life in water, they need to breathe air. They are very intelligent, have excellent eyesight and hearing, and can make a wide range of sounds. There are 40 different species of dolphin. The Amazon River dolphin is pink!

Stretch your arms up into the air. Go on, stand up on your tippy-toes, and stretch higher. It’s Reach As High As You Can Day! Now go outside and study the clouds or the stars, because it’s Look Up At The Sky Day. Take time to notice the world, and reach for your dreams!

Get ready to play in the dirt, because it’s Gardening Day! Start an herb garden in a container, or plant your favorite vegetable seeds. Annuals are flowers that only last one season, so plant them now, and let them spread. Perennials come back every year, so clear out old leaves, and let them shine.

The shortest dog in the world, is only 3.59 inches high at the shoulder. Her name is Pearl, and she’s a pint-sized chihuahua. The tiny dog is shorter than a roll of toilet paper, and just 5 inches long, but she has a big personality. Pearl is a diva, who loves wearing cute outfits.

Chemical engineers are working on a way, to turn harmful carbon dioxide in the air, into a useful bioplastic. Bacteria eat the CO2, after it’s converted from gas into a formate. The bacteria then produce a polyester that can be extracted. It’s a less harmful way to make plastic, while also cleaning the air.

This morning, the European Space Agency, or ESA, delayed the launch of its mission to Jupiter, due to lightning risk. Juice, which stands for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, will give insight on how planets form, and what the Universe is made of. The launch is rescheduled for April 14th, at 8:14 Eastern Time.

How much would you pay, for used shoes? A pair of basketball legend Michael Jordan’s shoes, just sold for $2,200,000. He wore the black and red Air Jordans during the 1998 NBA Finals, in the season known as his Last Dance. Last year, Jordan’s Last Dance jersey, sold for even more. It was $10,000,000!

Since 1948, people have enjoyed playing Scrabble, the game where you form words from randomly chosen letters. Today, on Scrabble Day, challenge your friends or family to a game! If you don’t have the board game, you can always get the app on a phone or tablet, and play online. Scrabble’s good for your brain!

Rochester New York’s Strong National Museum of Play, holds the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Soon, it will also be home to the world’s largest Donkey Kong arcade game. The game cabinet will stand 20 feet high, and be fully functional for guests to play. It should be ready by June 30th.