The Dust Bowl is known now as a drought and a long period of sandstorms that targeted mainly Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding prairie states. Pre-Dust Bowl, farms were spreading and multiplying like rabbits. The long, sturdy grass roots that anchored much soil in place was replaced by shallow and pliable wheat roots. This was during the […]
Christmas is truly upon us now! I’m quite sure you’re all looking forward to gathering around the Christmas tree, spending time with families, reconnecting with friends, exchanging gifts, and unwrapping presents. And let’s not forget one of the things we’re also looking forward to the most—that is indulging in the delectable Christmas feast served at […]
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 […]
Life in the 21st century – anything but boring, and honestly pretty challenging and stressful all the time! We all have real life pressures, struggles, and difficulties to face every day! Everything from academic/achievement pressures to family friction/conflict, from social struggles to navigating complicated friendships, real world battles to personal/internal problems. Sometimes when life is […]
The sky is not gray, but yet not blue. White specks fall from clouds strewn across the sky. Like feathers from a bird of joy does the snow does come to the ground. A scent sweeps its way through the needles of the lively evergreens and captures me. Hot chocolate is being prepared in the […]
Have you ever stared at a formula on the classroom wall and it looks like gibberish written in a foreign language? Have you ever been in class and for some reason all you hear is the teacher’s voice from the Charlie Brown movies? Never fear, these things do not mean something is wrong with your […]
I’ve suffered from anxiety since I was 3 years old, and during that time I’ve discovered a wide variety of strategies to help me cope with it. I encourage you to try each strategy so you can find the best one for you and I hope my personal strategies to conquer anxiety can help you […]
All of your life, you have been learning new skills. When you were five years old, someone taught you how to tie your shoes. At age six, you learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. Fast forward to your pre-teen and teen years, and you might know several skateboard tricks, how to do […]
Here are some cool Dinosaur facts I learned in school. Birds are actually dinosaur descendants! If you look at their feet, they look like dinosaur foot prints. They both lay eggs too. Dinosaurs were very colorful and some even had colored feathers all over their body. Dinosaurs were on earth for about 160 million years. […]