Kids Discover 2024 Top 10 Countdown

Cheers to an incredible year of learning with Kids Discover in 2024! This year was full of memorable events your students wanted to read more about, from April’s Solar Eclipse, where we all looked to the sky, to the presidential Election in November. Kids Discover is thrilled to have answered some of their questions and more. We hope to continue being your go-to for exciting and timely resources in 2025.

	QUICK READ The Orchid Mantis, a Beautiful but Deadly Master of Disguise The Orchid Mantis is beautiful, but it isn’t vain — this type of praying mantis uses its shape and bright, flowery colors to attract food and fool potential predators.
	VIDEO The Moon in Motion The time the Moon takes to turn on its axis and the time it takes to orbit Earth are equal—27.32 days. Thus, the Moon is in a synchronous rotation with Earth.
	UNIT Inventions All the greatest inventions, from ones that took years of development – like computers, TVs, and cars – to the ones that were the result of sheer serendipity, like safety glass, Velcro, and popsicles.
	INFOGRAPHIC How Bones Work Everyone knows bones are hard. They’re made from some of the same minerals found in rocks, such as calcium, magnesium, and phosphates. In fact, about two-thirds of a bone’s weight comes from minerals.
	TOPIC What is Geography? Geography is about Earth’s land, water, air, and living things—particularly people. The word comes from the Greek geo, which means “Earth,” and graphy, which means “writing or description.”
	UNIT Ancient China In terms of the sheer number and the ingenuity of their inventions, no other past civilization comes close to the accomplishments of ancient China.
	VIDEO How a Hurricane Develops Why don’t hurricanes ever form in Kansas, Oregon, or Vermont? Why do they always start in the tropics? It’s because an area of the tropics has ocean waters of at least 80°F over a large area.
	TOPIC Revolution, Rotation, and Eclipses For centuries, most people assumed the Sun traveled around Earth. It seemed like an obvious fact, proven by every sunrise and sunset.
	INFOGRAPHIC The Electoral College Ever wonder how the President of the United States gets elected? Check out this infographic for a step-by-step breakdown of how the Electoral College works.
	VIDEO Remembering 9/11 The events of September 11, 2001, took place in a matter of hours, but they left behind deep and enduring scars on individuals and the country as a whole.