Tuesday 5 March 2013

Fact Hunters: Space Craft, Snow & Beetles

This week we have had a tremendous number of interesting facts being shared by the children. Congratulations to the following children who have amazed us with their ability to hunt out interesting snippets of information:

Terrika Wright 
A human head remains conscious for between 15 and 20 seconds after it is decapitated! On a stinky note, skunks can spray accurately to a distance 3 metres away.

Keeley King
Milk is recommended for you to drink because it contains calcium – which helps bone growth. You could also eat spinach, tinned salmon or any dark green vegetables… yummy!

Tumelo Sibanda
Did you know that the name of the space craft that landed on the moon was Eagle. The rocket that transported it into space was Apollo 11. When the journey was over they splashed down into the Pacific Ocean. Incredibly the journey took 380,000 km.

Unfortunately the Mary Rose sank in 1545. Only 40 men were known to have survived out of the 700 on board!

John Batt
Sometimes stars get so heavy that they collapse into balls called Supernovas. Amazingly space is a vacuum – which means there is no air to breathe. Jupiter is a planet covered by a massive cloud of poisonous gas.

William Edwards
During the big freeze of 1963 there was snow fall from Boxing Day until the beginning of March. From December to February Bolton Wanderers FC couldn’t play any home games.

Liam Pearson
Did you know that one of the smallest insects in the world is the dwarf beetle? It can easily crawl through the eye of a needle and is barely visible to the human eye. A cockroach’s egg can contain up to 20 babies!

Bailey Westfall
Incredibly there was a shark called the Megaton. Its tail fin would have been the same height as a fully grown man (approx. 1.8m)

Jamari Cousins
Squirrels live in a nest that is called a drey. They have four fingers but five toes! Sadly they are often affected by Squirrelpox.






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