Camping is a very popular form of living outdoors. It gives people the opportunity of spending their free time in nature or in the wilderness. Camping may start by spending the night in a tent in your own back yard and end up by going on a trip th […]

Capitalism is an economic system in which private people, not the government, own and run companies. These companies compete with other companies for business. They decide what products they want to produce, how much they should cost and where to […]

The population of the USA is made up of people of different nationalities. Centuries ago they brought with them their native celebrations. Some holidays which are marked in the United States originated in America. The number of holidays is differe […]

Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the Chinese calendar. The New Year begins between January 21 and February 20. The celebration starts with the second new moon after the beginning of winter (December 21) and lasts until the next fu […]

A desert is a hot area of land that gets very little rain — not more than 200mm a year. Temperatures during the daytime can get as high as 55° C. At night, deserts cool down, sometimes even below 0° C.

Deserts cover about 20% […]

Scientists learned about the existence of dinosaurs about one hundred and fifty years ago. An English doctor and his wife first opened the door the this zoological study. Scientists thought that these reptiles were rather dangerous, and they forme […]

Dinosaurs were a group of animals that ruled our world for about 150 million years. They lived during the geologic middle ages of the Earth's history, in a time that is called the Mesozoic era. Dinosaurs were reptiles and belonged to the great […]

An earthquake is one of the worst natural disasters on our earth. We think that the ground we stand on is very stable, but it isn't. It moves quite a lot. In the last few decades scientists have been able to find out why earthquakes happen.

Everything is made up of atoms. Each one of them has three particles: protons, neutrons and electrons. Electrons spin around the centre of an atom. They have a negative charge. Protons, which are in the centre of atoms, have a positive charge.

Why do human beings look a bit like monkey or apes? Why are dolphins good swimmers? Why do giraffes have long necks? The answer to all these questions is evolution. Evolution is the way life changes through time.

All living things are conn […]

Scientists made an alarming discovery in the 1980s. They found out that the average temperature of the Earth's surface was slowly rising. This trend is called global warming. Today we know that global warming is increasing because more and mor […]

Golf is one of the most popular outdoor sports in the world. It is played on a golf course. Players try to hit a golf ball into a small hole with as few strokes as possible. Millions of men and women around the world play golf for fun, thousands p […]

Gravity is a force that attracts objects. It is also the force that makes objects fall down when you drop them. Because of gravity things on earth have a certain weight. Gravity on Earth pulls objects to the centre of the planet.

Every tim […]

Every month of the year has something special to celebrate in the U.S. Throughout the years, the U.S.Congress has passed laws declaring special days as official observances known as federal holidays. Each federal holiday represents a day when fede […]

Hurricanes are gigantic tropical storms that can be hundreds of kilometres wide. They bring along very strong winds and a lot of rainfall. They often cause flooding near the coasts and sea levels rise.

Hurricanes occur in many parts of the […]