An adult Giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds.
A newborn Giraffe is about 6 feet tall.
An adult male Asian elephant weighs about 12,125 pounds.
A newborn Asian elephant weighs about 200 pounds.
An adult elephant eats about 275 pounds of food each day.
A newborn Giraffe weighs about 150 pounds.
SeaWorld:
An adult Shark weighs about 2,500 pounds.
Penguins live 15 to 20 years.
An adult Shark is about 20 feet long.
A newborn Shark is about 6 feet long.
A big adult whale weighs about 200 tons (400,000 pounds).
An adult whale is about 100 feet long.
NASA:
NASA started building the space station in December, 1998.
The first high school science experiment in space was moth & bee flight in space.
16 countries are helping to build the space station.
The first woman to walk in space was Kathy Sullivan.
The Mars Polar Lander spacecraft was launched January 3, 1999.
Here is a picture of the Mars Sojurner robot explorer.
The Smithsonian Museum:
The Liberty Bell be found in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The United States has a population of 271 million people.
The capital of California is Sacramento.
The first battle of the American Revolution took place in Massachusetts, in the towns of Lexington and Concord.
The last two states to join the United States were Hawaii and Alaska.
U.S. Government:
There are 2 U.S. Senators from each state.
Albert Gore is the Vice President of the United States.
Janet Reno is the Attorney General of the United States.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
There are 3 branches of the U.S. government.
Pennsylvania Government:
Tom Ridge is the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh is located in Allegheny County.
Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum are the Senators from Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania.
There are 67 counties in the state of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Fun Facts
The nickname of Pennsylvania is The Keystone State.
The Pennsylvania state animal is the white-tailed deer.
Pennsylvania means Penn's Woods.
The one U.S. president to come from Pennsylvania was James Buchanan.
Lake Erie is the Great Lake that borders Pennsylvania
Mexican Government
Mexico has 31 states and 1 federal district.
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon is the president of Mexico.
Mexico's full name is United Mexican States.
Mexico's independence day is September 16, 1810.
There are 3 branches if the Mexican government.
Christmas in Mexico
Christmas festivities begin with "Las Posadas" on December 16.
3 Christmas decorations in both Mexico and the U.S. are the poinsettia, the nativity scene and a lighted Christmas tree.
Tamales, atole, roast turkey and ponche are foods you would find at a Mexican Christmas dinner.
Rosca de Reyes, a crown shaped sweet bread, is a special treat for Three Kings Day.
Candlemas on February 2 marks the end of the Christmas season in Mexico.
Food Facts
The hamburger was invented in Germany.
Hersheys start making Hershey's Kisses in 1907.
Students say their favorite school lunch is pizza.
The first McDonalds was opened in 1948.
The original McDonalds hamburger cost 15 cents.
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