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Which Great lakes are in the United States?
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system in the world. The five Great Lakes - Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario - span a total surface area of 94,600 square miles and are all connected by a variety of lakes and rivers, making them the largest freshwater system in the world.
In which continent is the largest desert?
Antarctica Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. Deserts are not defined by hot temperatures and sand dunes. Rather, deserts are defined by a very low amount of rain and snow. These low amounts of precipitation lead to very little liquid water on the ground.
The Guts to be Not Good by: Laura McDonell
Listen How Starting Before your Ready is the Key to Success Three years ago, my middle son Luke decided that he wanted to play hockey. He taught himself how to skate on our pond and was determined to try a new sport. Luke decided he was willing to start at...
School Spotlight - Lakeshore Middle School
Mooresville NC Principal: Brian Charles Foster Lakeshore Middle is located on beautiful Lake Norman in Mooresville, NC. It is one of the best middle schools in the Iredell-Statesville School District, consistently honored for high academic achievement. Our students have come from some of the top elementary schools in the area and...
School Spotlight - Kingston School
Kingston, Arkansas Principle: Seth Villines. We are a very rural school with a lot of diversification. Our location keeps us small, but we have easy access to all the arts & culture in NWA. New students like our school size and beautiful scenery. The unique valley that our school overlooks...
Nevada Fun Facts For Teachers
In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow. The Reno Ice Pavilion is a 16,000-square-foot rink once dismantled and moved to Reno from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bugsy Siegel named his Las Vegas casino “The Flamingo”...
Nebraska Fun Facts For Teachers
Nebraska was once called “The Great American Desert”. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powered soft drink Kool-Aid. J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872. The state nickname used to be the “Tree Planter’s State”, but was changed in 1945 to the “Cornhusker...