It’s International Brain Awareness Week!

Hey readers,

This week is all about celebrating our brains, which is an important organ that allows us to think, dream and even blink!

To celebrate, here are some mind-blowing facts about brains!

• The brain weighs around the same as a large bottle of ketchup.
• Your brain generates enough electricity to power a light bulb!
• Exercise is good for your brain—and can make you smarter.

Happy learning!

-Jenna, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Did You Know… Amusement Park Edition!

Hi readers!

Singapore Flyer

Carnival Week on the blog continues today with cool amusement park facts and trivia. Did you know…

• The Singapore Flyer is the world’s tallest ferris wheel. The giant wheel holds 28 passengers and takes 30 minutes to make one full rotation.
• Bakken is the oldest amusement park in the world. Four hundred years ago in Denmark, Bakken started as a gathering place for people to get fresh spring water. The large crowds soon attracted entertainers and an amusement park was born!
• The Steel Dragon 2000 in Nagashima Spa Land in Japan is the longest steel roller coaster in the world. This speed machine is as long as 27 football fields.
• A German woman has the world record for visiting the most amusement parks by one person. It took Dorothea Spohler-Clauben 29 years to visit 1,108 amusement parks around the world.

Do you know any cool amusement park facts? Leave a comment below!

Talk soon,

Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com

Did You Know: Art Edition

Hi readers,

In the March issue, we showed you some wacky art in the Did You Know section. One of the artists we introduced you to was Liz Hickock, an artist who uses Jell-O to make her squiggly wiggly art.

Check out this video she made with the help of a grade 2 class. It’s a Jell-O city during a rainstorm!

Cool, eh? What do you think of her jiggly art? Leave a comment below!

Talk soon,

Mandy

Editor of chickaDEE