Earth Day Facts: Earth Day April 22 • First Earth Day 1970 • Clean Water Act passed 1972 • Number of People Involved in 1970 20 million
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On March 3, Caitlin Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA basketball history,  reaching a mind-boggling 3,685 career points.The University of Iowa point guard surpassed “Pistol” Pete Maravich, who ended his college career with 3,667 points 54 years ago.

After setting the all-... Read more

Clark Facts: • College: University of Iowa • Position: point guard • Season average: 32.8 points per game
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On March 3, Caitlin Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA basketball history,  reaching a mind-boggling 3,685 career points.The University of Iowa point guard surpassed “Pistol” Pete Maravich, who ended his college career with 3,667 points 54 years ago.

After setting the all-... Read more

New Science Center Facts • Height of new exhibit: 20 stories • Number of Endeavour space missions: 25 • In service: 1995–2011
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There is a new exhibit being developed at the California Science Center—and it’s going to be out of this world!

Construction is currently underway to build the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a 200,000-square-foot addition to the science center’s main building. The new addition will... Read more

Turbine Facts: • Layers of wood in new turbine: 144 • Height, including blades: 492 feet • Homes being powered: approximately 400
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The world’s largest wooden wind turbine is now up and running in Sweden! The turbine is made of more than 100 layers of thin wood and glue, COMPRESSED together. It stands at 492 feet tall, including the blades. Now that the turbine is spinning, it has started supplying electricity to the... Read more

Black Hole Facts: • Discovery year for black holes: 1964 • Name of our galaxy: Milky Way • Milky Way’s black hole: Sagittarius A* • Location of Sgr A*: 27,000 light-years away
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There is a supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, that is spinning so fast, it’s dragging everything around the black hole along for the ride and altering the fabric of space-time around the black hole!

The black hole is called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for... Read more

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How old are the oldest pair of shoes in your closet? One year old? Five years old? Imagine what a pair of shoes from more than 6,000 years ago looks like!

Well, thanks to a discovery in the 1800s and the use of modern technology, we don’t have to imagine. Twenty-two pairs of sandals,... Read more

Young Reporters Program Facts: • Kids started reporting for Bear Essential in 1980.  • Any kid in grades 3 thru 8   can be a Young Reporter.  • YR’s have nabbed several  • amazing interviews.
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Students from all over Arizona write for Bear Essential News, and you can, too!

The Young Reporters Program is FREE and teaches you the basics of journalism, sharpens your writing and gives you real-world experience.

From classmates to Presidents, our Young Reporters have obtained... Read more

President Joe Biden: Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon. National Monument
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Last month, President Biden designated a new national monument near the Grand Canyon. The DESIGNATION includes nearly one million acres and protects land that is sacred to indigenous peoples. It is known as the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument.

The Grand... Read more

US Women’s Team Facts: • Total soccer players: 23 • Players in their first     World Cup: 14 • Youngest player: 18 years • 2-time World Cup Champs
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The U.S. Women’s Soccer team is competing in Australia and New Zealand—hoping to bring home its fifth World Cup! If the team is successful, it would be their third straight title win, which is something no team, men or women, has done before.

The 23-player roster includes long-time, well-... Read more

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