Mathematics Awareness Month
Did you know April is Mathematics Awareness Month? A few years back, hundreds of images of super-sized shapes Tetris were displayed on the side of the 29-story Cira Centre located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Circ Centre houses hundreds of LED lights embedded in...
Palindromes 2024
"A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam, racecar, or the number 10801." April 21st and April 22nd when written MDDYY are both palindromes If you write it in numbers using this...
A Little Birdie Told Me
A "little bird told me" is an idiom. This phrase means you got information from someone but you are not going to say who that person is. An example might be: A little birdie told me it's your birthday. Birds are starting to return to the area due to weather. It's...
Rainbow for Autism
April is National Autism Awareness Month! National Autism Awareness Month represents an excellent opportunity to promote autism awareness, autism acceptance and to draw attention to the tens of thousands facing an autism diagnosis each year. Watch this video to learn...
Solar Eclipse 2024
Warning: Do NOT look directly at the sun. Please use special solar viewing glasses! Today we have an opportunity to observe a solar eclipse. This is when the Moon crosses between the Earth and the Sun. The eclipse can be seen throughout most of North and Central...