Hamsters live up to 2 to 3 years but the longest amount a hamster has lived was 4.5 years! Q & A: How can we make hamsters live longer? (Answer down in comments)
Pumpkin and the Cookie Scandal of ‘21 How does a moderately popular user trick dozens of other children and teenagers into making his comment the most liked in (recent) KidzNet history? The answer: Cookies. Who doesn’t love cookies? America alone consumes about 2 billion cookies each year, according to the South Florida Reporter. Top cookie […]
For the first time in history, a NASA spacecraft called the Parker Solar Probe successfully entered the corona, or the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere, hence “touching” the Sun. It is one of the monumental developments in solar science because it has always been one of the key goals of the Parker Solar Probe […]
MAY 12, 2008. YingXui, China. A powerful earthquake struck China. It killed more than 70,000 men, leaving more than five million homeless and 375,000 others had dangerous wounds. Lin Hao, a nine-year old student at the biggest building in the small town, was caught in the middle of class when it started quaking. In under […]
What’s up KidzSearchers, Welcome back to another issue of KidzWeek. This one is going to be written in a slightly different and more personal format, because today I’m just going to be giving you an update on where I’ve been for the past month. First off, I really want to thank the community for all […]
CAUTION! This Post Contains No Answers! Why do you enjoy stories? To have fun? To laugh? To be scared? To fall asleep? To write that book report? People love stories for so many reasons. The more you read, the more you find certain characters and plots that are the same across many stories. But what […]
When people cut trees, greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide which trees normally convert to oxygen for us, get collected in the atmosphere. After that, UV sunlight rays hit the earth, and things like the ocean, mountains, cement, buildings, and icebergs reflect them back up to the sky. The rays reflect back down again instead of […]
After 25 years of development, the James Webb Space Telescope aboard an Ariane 5 rocket was launched into space from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on December 25th, 2021. What an unprecedented breakthrough for astronomy! The James Webb Space Telescope, also referred to as Webb or JWST, is the largest, most complex, and powerful telescope […]
Carpet pythons are beautiful species. Lifespan: Wild:15-20 years. Captivity: 30 years. Where they live: Australia and captivity. In the wild and mostly where it is hot. Coloration: Leaf-like pattern , or albino (white-yellow). Why they have coloration: They have a leaf-like pattern to hide them from things that may eat them and their prey. What […]
We will now talk about checkers. Checkers is a game of flat pieces that you move around. It has been around for over 5,000 years. Checker Rules You can only move diagonal with the pieces. When you eat your opponents piece, you have to jump over a character, but you can double eat and triple […]
Hi, I’m MagicWing! I’m Digital Star in KidzTalk. I am 7 years old. I’m a girl. I like pink. I like Harry Potter, Disney, Barbie dolls, and PK XD (my fave game). I have a baby brother. I have an elder sister. She is Digital Girl. I like drawing. I hate painting, though. I LOVE […]
On New Year’s Eve- December 31, 1967, the Green Bay Packers were on the field against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin. At the stadium, the temperature was -15F degrees but it felt like -48F. The game was due to preform a marching band before the game, but the instruments froze before […]
Cool facts about the ISS: Total length: 108 meters. Total width: 73 meters. Time to orbit the earth: 91 minutes. Astronauts see 16 sunrises and sunsets a day as the ISS orbits Earth once every 90 minutes. The first piece of the ISS went up in 1998. A crew has continuously lived on board […]
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France on October 18, 1886. It was designed by a French sculptor named Frederic Bartholdi. The statue depicts Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. She holds a tabula ansata in her left hand which has Roman numerals inscribed in it. JULY IV MDCCLXXVI: July 4, 1776. Weight […]
Long ago, bowling was called “nine-pins”. This was in the time of the colonies. Nine-pins had, well, nine pins, a ball and a flat surface to play it on. You had to make the ball hit eight pins without it hitting the middle pin. Legend has it you were are a good Christian if you […]
Modern humans developed over a period of millions of years. Here is a summary of what we know based on fossil records. Australopithecus: The remains of Australopithecus were mostly found in “East Africa”. The Australopithecus brain was roughly 35% of the size of the modern human brain. The Australopithecus female stood between 1.2m and 1.4 […]
Modern humans developed over a period of millions of years. Here is a summary of what we know based on fossil records. Australopithecine: Lived from 4.5 million to 1 million B.C. Found in eastern Africa. First human like creature to walk up right. Homo Habilis: Lived from about 2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C. Found […]
As Christmas Day draws near, billions of people all over the world are now getting ready for this joyous time—from putting up colorful lights to decorating Christmas trees, singing Christmas carols, organizing parties, and buying gifts! With the kids waiting excitedly for Santa Claus, we’re also looking forward to spending more time with family and […]
NASA, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created under President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the United States on October 1st, 1958. It is a government funded program that supports both civilian and aeronautical space research. One of the reasons it was created was to keep up with the Soviet Union after […]
Who invented slime? Have you ever wondered who invented slime? Well, it was invented by Mattel Toys in 1976! What was the first ever color in slime? Light green! Is slime a solid or liquid? Actually slime is known as “Non-Newtonian fluid“, which means that it is neither solid nor liquid. Who made the largest […]