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What is a Light Year?

August 20, 2018 by FreeSchool

If you’ve started learning about space, you’ve probably heard the term ‘light year.’ But what is a light year? Despite how it may sound, a light year is a unit of DISTANCE, and helps us talk about distances in space. (Hint: objects in space are really, really far apart!)

Categories Science, Space Tags astronomy, question, science question, space

What Makes it Snow?

March 22, 2018 by FreeSchool

  Have you ever wondered where snow comes from? Or why one winter day you get snow but another you get sleet or freezing rain? Learn the answers to those questions plus what makes snow fluffy and whether every snowflake really is unique in this brief educational video.

Categories Nature, Science Tags precipitation, science question, snow, water cycle
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