by STEAM Team | Jun 29, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 14/12/2021 Have you ever watched a hot-air balloon fly on TV or actually been in one yourself? You may have wondered who invented the hot-air balloon. According to Brittanica, “Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, also called the Montgolfier...
by STEAM Team | Jun 29, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 13/12/2021 Have you ever watched or listened to a recording of yourself? If you have, then you’ve probably noticed that your voice sounds a little bit different on tape. Why does this happen? According to BBC Earth Lab, “. . . because you can hear...
by STEAM Team | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 10/12/2021 We see glow-in-the-dark toys a lot. Isn’t it interesting how the toys automatically glow when the light is turned off? What causes the glow effect? The answer, for many toys, is phosphorus, element 15 on the periodic table. Who discovered...
by STEAM Team | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 09/12/2021 Have you seen YouTube videos of kids making slime before? There are many people who make slime these days, but who created the first slime toy? According to Steve Spangler Science, the origin of slime is a bit contested: some credit Mattel...
by STEAM Team | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 08/12/2021 We use many websites on a daily basis, like the STEAM Club website to read facts, or the Connexus website to attend school. Do you know what the first website ever created was? According to NPR, “The first website contained information...
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