Science Facts for Kids

Light travels at about 186,000 miles per second — fast enough to go around the Earth 7.5 times in one second.

Butterflies can see more colours than humans, including ultraviolet light that is invisible to us.

Just like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is completely unique.

A single teaspoon of healthy soil contains more living organisms than there are people on Earth.

Water is one of the few substances found naturally on Earth in all three states: solid, liquid, and gas.

Scientists estimate the human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents.

An ear of corn almost always has an even number of rows, usually 16.

You are about 1 centimetre taller in the morning than at night because gravity compresses your spine during the day.

The ocean appears blue because water absorbs red light and reflects blue light back to your eyes.

Your heart beats about 100,000 times every day, pumping around 2,000 gallons of blood.