Discover these scientific facts to share with your young scientist.

If you are a parent you have probably been hit with questions like "Why is the sky blue?" and "Where does the moon go in the day time?"  Questions and curiosity are important to a young learner so continue to encourage your child's inquisitive mind.  Science is a fantastic field that promotes questioning, researching and experimenting but here are some important facts to know now.

1.)  The sky is blue BECAUSE of a process called scattering.  Sunlight might appear like a white light but it really is a mixture of all the colors in the rainbow.

 

These colors each have different wavelengths, frequencies and energies.  The blue color has shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies thus making it pass through the air faster and stronger.  The shorter wavelengths (blue) is absorbed by gas molecules in the air and makes the blue light SCATTER in different directions.  The blue light gets scattered in all directions and makes the sky look blue.  SmartGamesAndToys has fun science information in the science activities section under discover.  

2.)  The moon has different phases and it takes 30 days for the moon to circle the earth.  This is a helpful video to watch for more information on the phases of the moon...Click here for the video...Moon Phase Video.

3.)  Volcanoes erupt when they are active and hot magma, gas and ash escapes from an opening in the earths surface sometimes in a violent eruption.  Volcanoes are usually located where tectonic plates meet.  Hot liquid rock under the Earth's surface is known as magma; it is called lava after it comes out of a volcano.  Check out this rock cycle activity to learn more about what is above and below the Earth's crust.






4.)  Metamorphic rocks are formed by extreme pressure and heat.  Believe it or not but SmartGamesAndToys has metamorphic rock collections AND metamorphic rock study kits!

5.)  Around 1% of the Earth's mass is oxygen.

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