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2) The Car Wash
Have you ever been in a car when it goes through a car wash? What did you hear and see? What was wiping and rubbing on the sides and the windows? Did you see frothy bubbles and splashing water? How did the car move?
7) Basketball
Have you ever played or watched basketball? Is it a fast or slow ball game? What skills does a person need to play basketball? It is one of the most popular games in the world. You have to be fit and healthy to play the game. The best shooters are often very tall.
After living on Earth for millions of years, all the dinosaurs disappeared forever. They had gone from Earth long before people were here. That was more than 100 million years ago. Why did that happen? How did they become extinct? The answers to these questions are a mystery to everyone who is interested in dinosaurs.
10) Forces of Nature
Forces of nature are strong pushes and pulls that have the power to move and change things everywhere. What makes plants grow? What makes night and day? What makes the wind blow? How are mountains and rivers made? Why does the rain fall down? The forces of nature are at work.
11) New Energy
We use different kinds of energy every day to give power for cars and lights and factories. What else needs energy to make it work? For a long time, people have used fossil fuels found under the ground and the sea. Coal, oil and gas were formed from animals and plants that lived millions of years ago, but fossil fuels will not last forever. New types of fuel must be found to power the world!
12) Number Games
We all need to use numbers in our lives every day, for counting and measuring and shopping. As well as being fun, playing games is a good way to get quicker at working with numbers. We can try to work out puzzles and tricks more quickly than our friends. There are good ways to count fast, too. Sometimes we even count down like space rockets!
13) Reptiles
Reptiles are a very old group of animals that have been on Earth from the time of the most famous reptiles, dinosaurs. Which reptiles are living nowadays? Do you know how they are different from mammals, or birds, or fish, or insects? Read to find out some more facts about reptiles.
14) Why Recycle?
Things that we don't want any longer can be called rubbish, trash, junk or garbage. What do we do with it? What happens to it at your house? Do you recycle it? Recycling means reusing something that would otherwise be thrown away. What things could we recycle from our rubbish?
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