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San Diego Zoo:
  1. An adult Giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds.

  2. A newborn Giraffe is about 6 feet tall.

  3. An adult male Asian elephant weighs about 12,125 pounds.

  4. A newborn Asian elephant weighs about 200 pounds.

  5. An adult elephant eats about 275 pounds of food each day.

  6. A newborn Giraffe weighs about 150 pounds.

 

SeaWorld:
  1. An adult Shark weighs about 2,500 pounds.

  2. Penguins live 15 to 20 years.

  3. An adult Shark is about 20 feet long.

  4. A newborn Shark is about 6 feet long.

  5. A big adult whale weighs about 200 tons (400,000 pounds).

  6. An adult whale is about 100 feet long.

 

NASA:
  1. NASA started building the space station in December, 1998.

  2. The first high school science experiment in space was moth & bee flight in space.

  3. 16 countries are helping to build the space station.

  4. The first woman to walk in space was Kathy Sullivan.

  5. The Mars Polar Lander spacecraft was launched January 3, 1999.

  6. Here is a picture of the Mars Sojurner robot explorer.

 

Greek Museum:
  1. The Parthenon was built between 447-432 B.C.

  2. Children in Ancient Greece played with clay dolls.

  3. Greece found is on the European continent.

  4. Sparta was the most "war like" city-state in Ancient Greece.

  5. The Temple of Parthenon was built for the Greek goddess Athena.

  6. Zeus was "King of the Gods" in Ancient Greece.

 

Greek Government:
  1. Democracy was invented in Athens.

  2. Athens and Sparta were the most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece.

  3. The national colors of Greece are blue and white.

  4. The capital of modern Greece is Athens.

  5. Boys in Ancient Sparta began military training at age 7.

  6. Greece uses a kind of money called Drachmas.

 

Greek Food:
  1. The most popular types of foods in Greece are stews, roasts, and salads.

  2. Lamb and chicken are the meats used most often in Greek dishes.

  3. The main meal of the day in Greece is lunch, served from 12, noon, to 2 pm.

  4. Olive oil was first produced in Greece about 4,000 years ago.

  5. Feta cheese is the cheese used most often in Greek.

 

The Smithsonian Museum:
  1. The Liberty Bell be found in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  2. The United States has a population of 271 million people.

  3. The capital of California is Sacramento.

  4. The first battle of the American Revolution took place in Massachusetts, in the towns of Lexington and Concord.

  5. The last two states to join the United States were Hawaii and Alaska.

 

U.S. Government:
  1. Paul Celluci is the Governor of Massachusetts.

  2. Albert Gore is the Vice President of the United States.

  3. Easthampton, Massachusetts is in Hampshire County.

  4. John Kerry and Ted Kennedy are the Senators from Massachusetts.

  5. Michael Tautznik is the mayor of Easthampton.

 

Food Facts
  1. The hamburger was invented in Germany.

  2. Hersheys start making Hershey's Kisses in 1907.

  3. Students say their favorite school lunch is pizza.

  4. The first McDonalds was opened in 1948.

  5. The original McDonalds hamburger cost 15 cents.

 

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