Science+Is+Fun+Too

  Fun Activity Links [|http://my.ccsd.net/podcasts/ 243673290.mp] [|4] Video of scientific process. [|Scientific Method Crossword Puzzle] - Printable version [|Scientific Method Crossword Puzzle] - Interactive [|Puzzling Polarizers] - An investigation that might be used in a classroom studying light to demonstrate the scientific method. http://www.hightechscience.org/funfacts.htm Funs Science Facts
 * **Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together). **
 * **Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air. **
 * **The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal. **
 * **The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe. **
 * **The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year. **
 * **It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest. **
 * **An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow. **
 * **40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network. **
 * **The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime. **
 * **The heaviest human brain ever recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. (2.3 kg.). **
 * **<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee. **

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