Save Our Planet

When Swedish 15-year-old Greta Thunberg, started her weekly school strikes 3 years ago, she was raising awareness of the Earth’s climate crisis. Her Fridays For Future protests grew into a worldwide movement. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of young people joined the Global Climate Strike, in over 80 countries, urging the world to take action.

Dreaming of Word Problems

Don’t you just love word problems in math class? Today is Math Storytelling Day! See who can write the most entertaining story using math. It’s also World Dream Day. What do you dream of doing during your lifetime? Don’t forget Comic Book Day! Maybe you can create a comic book about your math dream!

Back-Up Bunnies

Today is International Rabbit Day. The world’s biggest rabbit, Darius, is over 4 feet long! Do you have any photos of bunnies? Make a rabbit scrapbook. If they’re digital photos, make sure you’ve backed them up somewhere, since it’s also Save Your Photos Day. Don’t lose your pictures when you lose your phone.

Walking On Air

India’s Angad Daryani, has invented a new filter-free air purifier, that collects pollution from the air. The air purifiers can filter 300 cubic feet of air-per-minute. The collected particles are then given to a company called Carbon Craft Design, that makes floor tiles out of the material, trapping air pollution beneath your feet!

Footprints in the Sand

Archaeologists had believed the earliest humans came to North America, between 13,500 and 16,000 years ago. But a team recently found 60 human footprints in White Sands National Park, that were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old. The lake bed in New Mexico also preserved tracks from woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant sloths.

Never Say Never

Lots of people think that changing their mind, makes them seem wishy-washy, but sometimes, it’s a sign of strength. Many people who didn’t trust the COVID-19 vaccine, are deciding to get it after all. They’ve seen enough evidence that vaccines keep people safer, to courageously change their position, and get vaccinated. Good for them!

Bluebirds Love Vegetarians

Do you know any vegetarians? Today is Hug A Vegetarian Day, so find someone who doesn’t eat meat and hug them. If you are a vegetarian, give hugs to everyone! It’s also Bluebird Of Happiness Day. The cheerful blue birds, have been associated with happiness for centuries. Build nesting boxes to attract them.

Living Long in Japan

2 Japanese sisters, are the world’s oldest living identical twins. Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama, were born November 5th, 19 13. That makes them 107 years old! The sisters rarely saw each other until they were 70, when they started traveling together. Japan is home to over 86,000 people in their hundreds, called centenarians.

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