The 20th of May is World Bee Day! It’s the day we acknowledge the more than 16,000 species of bees on this planet and how they, and other pollinators, provide food for humans and other animals, sustain biodiversity and help Mother Nature. In celebration of bees and all pollinators, I’ve created another set of WonderWorksheets
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Towel Day? Towel Day is a fun day celebrated annually on May 25th, when fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams go around all day with a towel. Why? Because a towel is listed as one of the essential and most useful items to have with you when hitchhiking around the
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February 2nd, 2020 is a palindrome. A palindrome is “a word, phrase or number which is read the same forwards as backwards.” Words like ‘radar’ or ‘madam’ are palindromes. As are numbers like 4224 or 10001. Back to today’s date: 02-02-2020. Beautifully symmetrical! In fact, it’s the first time in over 900 years that a
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We celebrate “Science Fiction Day” on January 2nd! This date was chosen as it was Isaac Asimov’s official birthday. Both Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) and Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) are sometimes considered to be the ‘fathers’ of Science Fiction writing, although other writers such as Robert Heinlein (1907-1988) are also often included; these three are known
Asimov and Clarke were Second-Best Science-Fiction Writers! Read More »
