Grab Bag For Kids!

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1. Let's start right here on planet earth. Did you know that most of the surface of the earth is covered with water? But there are also many islands and a number of continents. A continent is a huge land mass. How many continents are there on our lovely planet? Seven Eleven One One hundred and twenty two

2. Now lets go out into space. Space is cold. But our planet is warmed by a star we call "Sol" or "The Sun". The sun is 93 million miles away! About how long does it take for heat and light to reach the earth from the sun? One second It never reaches us 93 million years Eight minutes

3. Let's go from outer space to the inside of your body. Did you know that there are two types of blood cells? What are they? Red and white Red and blue chocolate and vanilla Good and bad

4. While we're inside the human body let's see what happens when we eat. The food we eat goes into our stomach and is digested. That means your body turns it into energy for you to live! One of the most important foodstuffs we eat is bread. What is bread mostly made out of? Grain, such as wheat Fish or chicken Potatoes The inside of a tree

5. Now that we've had some food I feel like going for a little walk. Or we could fly! Thanks to Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Brothers, we can fly in an airplane and go to far away places. They invented the airplane. What did these brothers do for a living? They were doctors One was a boxer, and the other was a circus juggler They were astronauts They had a bicycle repair shop

6. Flying in a plane is fun! We can go to many interesting places by plane or by boat or by car or bus or we can walk. Do you like to travel? Some people study the way different countries look. They know the names of the cities and the type of land there. Are there mountains where you live? Or beaches or forests? Do you know what the study of different places is called? Zoology Arithmetic Ecology Geography

7. I love balloons. Some balloons float in the air. If you let go of the string it floats up! What's in the balloon to make it float up like that? Small birds Carbon dioxide Butterflies Helium

8. I like to learn new words. If you know a lot of words then you have a good vocabulary. Words represent ideas, so if you know a new word you know a new idea. That makes you smart. What word would you use to describe an animal which only eats other animals? Humongous Silly Carnivorous Scary

9. Learning about nature is fun. It's a part of science. But its also fun to learn about the great works of humans, such as interesting books or pretty pictures. That's the study of art. Literature is the study of books. Do you like to read? One of my favorite books is about a young person just like you, who visits a strange land. She meets many funny characters on the way to a place called "Emerald City" but an evil witch tries to stop her. Can she and her friends outsmart the witch? Do you know what the name of this book is? The Hobbit The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Phantom Tollbooth A Wrinkle in Time

10. Did you ever see a drawing that you thought was very beautiful? People who draw pretty pictures are called "artists". You can be an artist too! Keep drawing and you'll get better and better at it. It's hard at first. There is a famous museum in Paris. Paris is the capital city of France. The museum is called the "Louvre" and there is a painting there of a girl and it's called the "Mona Lisa". It's a very beautiful painting because the girl in the painting looks so natural, so relaxed, and peaceful. Do you know who painted this marvelous portrait? Jackson Pollock Leonardo da Vinci Camille Pissario Jacques David