How old is Tane Mahuta?



In New Zealand there is a very old Kauri  tree called Tane Mahuta. But how old is it? Be the first to find out! Post a comment here on our blog.

Continental drift....

We were learning about plate tectonics in class and we discovered that the continents are slowly drifting towards/ away from each other. Some of the students were curious (and concerned!) about what will happen when the continents finally "crash into" each other.

Compasses in the southern hemisphere?

In geography we were learning about the earth's magnetic field and how it causes the compass needle to always point north. We wondered if in the southern hemisphere the needle would also point north, or if it would instead point south, as the South Pole is closer in that part of the world?