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...
by STEAM Team | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 07/12/2021 When your English teacher says something like, “This [whatever ‘this’ may be] is the author’s pseudonym,” have you wondered what ‘pseudonym’ means? To answer the question, a pseudonym is “a fictitious name, especially one used by an author”...
by STEAM Team | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 06/12/2021 When we message someone for fun or respond to a text, we use emojis to express emotions that are hard to put into words. Who created emojis? His name is Shigetaka Kurita. He created the emoji in 1999 (Prisco par. 1) as a way of expressing...
by STEAM Team | Jun 27, 2022 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 03/12/2021 Would you like to practice something that helps you stay calm while still exercising your body? If so, consider trying yoga. What is yoga? According to the New York Times, “Yoga . . . [is] a set of specific exercises, called poses,...
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