Monday Fun Fact Jan 30

 

Bubble Tea

image from The Spruce Eats

Bubble Tea, also known as Boba Tea, is a drink made of tea, syrup, milk, and tapioca pearls.  This combination can include different flavors of tea and pearl, and not all of them include milk.

The drink is usually served cold, and the lid is often sealed so that the customer can shake the drink to mix up the flavors.  An oversized straw is punched into the cup to allow for the delicious "pearls" to get through.

Bubble Tea was created in Taiwan in the 1980s and spread to the US in the 1990s. 

Google created a game to play to celebrate Bubble Tea.  You can play it here:

Bubble Tea Game

Student Fun Fact!

image from Freepik

This fun fact comes from 3rd grader Joey Wandel :)

A frog uses its eyes to help swallow.

By pulling its eyeballs into the roof of its mouth, a frog can help push the food down its throat. 

Thanks for the fun fact, Joey!

Monday Fun Fact Jan 23

 

Lunar New Year

image from Daily Express

image from Woman's Day

The United States consider January 1 to be the start of the New Year.  However, for countries that follow a lunisolar calendar (a calendar based on the cycles of the moon and the sun), the Lunar New Year falls a few weeks later.  

The 2023 Lunar New Year therefore starts on January 22.

Dragon dances are performed to celebrate the new year.  These dances are performed to bring prosperity and good luck to the new year.

Here is a video of a dragon dance:

Dragon Dance

Monday Fun Fact Jan 16

 

Illusion

image from Little Passports

Is this a picture of a vase?  Or is it a picture of 2 faces?

This is an example of an optical illusion. 

An illusion is something that is wrongly perceived by our senses. An optical illusion tests what we see.

Here is another example of an optical illusion:

rooftop marbles

Monday Fun Fact Jan 9

 

Cereal Box Dominoes!

image from Adobe Stock

The Kid Should See This website came up with another awesome video:  a middle school in Long Beach, New York recorded the World Record toppling of 6,391 cereal boxes in the hallways of their school!  

The students collected boxes of cereal for local food pantries and decided to gather interest by trying to beat a Guinness World Record title before sending the boxes to the food pantry.

The students stayed after school to film, watch and cheer the event! You can watch it here:

Cereal Box Dominoes

Monday Fun Fact Jan 1

 

Light Painting

image from "The Kid Should See This"

Hannu Huhtamu is an artist who uses long exposure photography to "paint pictures" in the dark.

Hannu uses flashlights and other light sources to draw in the air.  Long exposure photography turns the light into pictures.

Here is a video about Hannu's art:

Light Painting