Carboniferous Period – Geology
Dragonfly When was the Carboniferous period? With the end of the Devonian period about 359 million years ago, the Carboniferous period got started. More about the Devonian Quick summary of [...]
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What kinds of foods have protein?
Medieval painting of a man with a pig Proteins are foods that your body can use as building blocks to make muscle or skin or bones. Some foods that have [...]
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History of eggs – Where did eggs come from?
History of eggs - A basket of eggs When did people start to eat eggs? People have been eating eggs since there first started to be people, about six million [...]
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How to separate eggs – Food history project
Cracked egg: see the yolk and the white? For a lot of more advanced cooking, you need to be able to separate eggs. You separate eggs by separating the yellow [...]
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How to roast an egg – Food project
Egg recipes: Poached egg on toast Projects with eggs There are lots of great projects to do with eggs. You might start by just cooking an egg for yourself to [...]
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Easiest chocolate mousse recipe for microwave
Chocolate mousse Chocolate mousse isn't anything the Aztecs would have eaten, because they didn't have butter or sugar. Chocolate mousse is also not good for you, but it's delicious! One [...]
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What is schistosomiasis? Ancient Egypt
Fishing in the swamps on the edges of the Nile River from the tomb of the astronomer Nakht Sixth Dynasty (New Kingdom, ca. 1400 BC) Because pretty much all the [...]
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Ancient Egyptian Food – Eating and drinking in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian food: Actual bread from Egypt's New Kingdom (Vatican Museum, Rome) Ancient Egyptian food: from both Africa and West Asia Because Egypt is in Africa, but very close to [...]
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Chicken history – Where are chickens from? India and China
Chicken history: Clay hen whistle from Mohenjo Daro (ca. 2700 BC, now in Brooklyn Museum) Where are chickens from? Long ago, lots of wild chickens lived in India and East [...]
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Who made the first hot air balloon? Ancient China
Kongming's Light, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Kites came first People in China started to fly kites made of silk and bamboo by about 800 BC. Maybe flying [...]
