Welcome back to my Around the World in 50 Experiments series. Today we’re off to Azerbaijan to learn about mud volcanoes! Azerbaijan sits on the banks of the Caspian Sea in Asia. It’s bordered by Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran and is home to around 10 million people. What is a mud volcano? Azerbaijan has…
The idea of a map stick or journey stick is to creative a visual representation of a journey or area. Aboriginal people in Australia used journey sticks to help recount their journey to others. Items on the stick represent features of the journey. Journey sticks are sometimes called storytelling sticks as they tell the story…
Next in my Around the World in 50 Experiments series is Germany. Germany has the second biggest population in Europe but much of the land is still covered in forest. Germany is the birthplace of the Grimm Brothers and home to many much loved Fairy Tale characters including Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow…
Monaco is the world’s second smallest country, but one of the richest! Monaco is located on the French Rivera and is well known for it’s wealthy inhabitants and the annual Monaco Grand Prix! This post is part of my Around the World in 50 Experiments series so don’t forget to check out the rest! Where…
France is one of the biggest countries in Europe and is famous for the Tour de France, it’s sense of style, the Eiffel Tower and of course cheese! These STEM Challenges are part of my Around the World in 50 Experiments series. How far around the world have you travelled so far? I have two…
The first person in space was a Russian cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin who completed a single orbit of the Earth on the 12th April 1961 onboard Vostock 1. Yuri’s spaceflight lasted 1 hour 48 minutes. The second person in space was Alan Shepard, Jr on May 5th 1961 aboard Mercury-Redstone 3. Less than 10 years…
Leprechauns are a much loved aspect of Irish folklore and have become a symbol of Ireland. They are usually portrayed as happy little old men dressed in green, but historically they were the trickster shoemakers of the fairy world, thought to live in hollowed out tree trunks or caves. Popular culture often shows a leprechaun…
Greek architecture is famous for its tall columns. Columns support a roof without the need for walls. Greek buildings often used the post and lintel system of columns with a roof ( or architrave ) on the top. Another example of post-and-lintel construction is Stonehenge in the UK. Column and Lintel Demonstration This activity uses…
Tornados ( also known as twisters, cyclones, or funnels ) are powerful vertical columns of rapidly spinning air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground. With the right conditions, tornados can occur almost anywhere, but Tornado Alley in the United States is a hotspot area. It includes Northern Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and South…
The biggest living butterfly in the world is the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing butterfly ( Orinthoptera alexandrae). It’s one of the rarest butterflies in the world and is only found in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. The wingspan of the female Queen Alexandra birdwing is up to 28 centimetres! Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing butterfly was named…
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