by STEAM Team | Dec 18, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 17/12/2020 The gaseous form of the element helium is lighter than air, which allows it to “defy the laws of gravity” to make things – like balloons – float. But did you know that the liquid form of helium also has...
by STEAM Team | Dec 17, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 17/12/2020 How small is the smallest fidget spinner in the world? 1in, 1/2in, 1/8in? Turns out, the smallest fidget spinner is 100 microns wide. That’s smaller than the width of a human hair! Return to Daily Facts New to Pearson Online Academy?...
by STEAM Team | Dec 16, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 15/12/2020 Zealandia. Sounds like a fantastical place from a storybook, right? Turns out it’s a real place on earth. In 2017, Zealandia was confirmed to be a real continent, drowned in the South Pacific Ocean. Return to Daily Facts New to...
by STEAM Team | Dec 5, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 04/12/2020 Did you know that glass is not actually solid? Glass flows like a liquid but at such as slow rate that it can hardly be seen, so it can’t necessarily be classified as a liquid. So, then, if glass is neither a liquid, solid, or gas,...
by STEAM Team | Dec 4, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 03/12/2020 When lightning strikes during a thunderstorm, it cracks oxygen molecules in the atmosphere into free radicals which then form into ozone, a triple-oxygen molecule that protects the earth from UV rays. The smell of ozone is a very distinct...
by STEAM Team | Dec 3, 2020 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 02/12/2020 Iron Man’s suit is pure fiction, right? Not quite. Adam Savage from Mythbuster’s attempted to create a functional replica of Tony Stark’s famous suit of armor that is not only bullet and explosion-proof, but that can also...
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