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The largest stars are so big that they may be as much as two billion miles across. If a star that big were in the centre of our solar system, where the Sun is now, it would be so big that it would swallow up all the planets from Mercury to Saturn, in...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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You have six crayons: red, yellow, blue, green, black and white. Does this mean you cannot draw a pink flower or an orange sunset? Certainly not. A little white with your red will give you pink. And yellow with red gives you orange. The black and whi...
DATE: Jan 05, 2012
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Why can’t an aeroplane just fly into space? Why do we need rockets? Most of the time air may not seem like a very real substance. But when the wind blows so hard it nearly knocks you down, air seems very real indeed.
Aeroplanes can fly because air m...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011
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Whitney Institute is committed to promoting reading as a necessary, but fun activity that anyone can engage in. On September 23, the school held a PJ/Slipper grub day. On November 4, the students and staff dressed as literary characters.
On November...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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For centuries scientists have studied our own solar system consisting of the Sun and planets. But they did not know of any other solar systems until just the last few years. That’s because planets around other stars are really hard to find. Planets s...
DATE: Nov 10, 2011
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The International Award Programme is based around three Levels, each successive one requiring a greater degree of commitment.
BRONZE is for those over 14. The minimum period of participation to gain this Award is 6 months
SILVER is for those over 15...
DATE: Nov 03, 2011
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Sometimes, the night sky is filled with dancing curtains of blue-green light, with patches of red and pink. It’s the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights.
The closer you live to the North Pole, the more likely you will see an aurora. The ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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NASA (short for National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reaches for new heights and reveals the unknown so that what it does and learns will benefit all humankind.
To do that, thousands of people have worked around the world and off it for 50 ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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This has been a terrible year for tornadoes, with April 2011 setting the US record for the most tornadoes in any month.
There can be little or no warning. One minute it’s just raining or hailing, and the next minute the roof or even the whole house i...
DATE: Jun 02, 2011
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A girl is on her hands and knees one evening searching for something under the street light.
“What are you looking for?” you ask. “My contact lens,” she replies. “I think it popped out over there in that alley.” “Then why are you looking for it here?...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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