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Color the Giant Numberblocks From Ten to Fifty!

Add some big colors to these big Numberblocks. How many tens make twenty? Can you count by tens to fifty? How about backwards? Ten and another Ten is Twenty, and another Ten is Thirty. Fifty, Forty, Thirty, Twenty, Ten... Time for some Number Fun! You can count on us, we're the Numberblocks!

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Color the Numberblocks and Catch the Intruder!

The robot guards have found the friends in the Museum of Numbers! Use the number key to color the Numberblocks and the robot guards. Color the displays in any colors you like! Ask your grown-up to help cut out a tickle stick and glue it to cardboard. Tickle, tickle!

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Ten Remarkable Desert Plants That Survive in the Harshest Places on Earth
The article "Ten Remarkable Desert Plants That Survive in the Harshest Places on Earth" from BBC's Discover Wildlife is an exploration of extraordinary plant species uniquely adapted to life in deserts. Highlighting everything from the ancient date palm to the fog-harvesting tara tree and water-storing saxaul, the article showcases the ways that desert flora thrive in places with extreme heat, dryness, or even cold.
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Struggling With Math? Just Add Color!

One artist correlates the ten colors to a base ten counting system and uses color to teach young children about numbers. With each color representing a number, students are able to create visual pictures of math equations and use imagery to remember important number facts. This video is excerpted from BBC News.

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Born of the Ice, Yosemite Is a Climber's Mecca

In Born of the Ice, Yosemite Is a Climber's Mecca, geologist Iain Stewart describes how the mountains in Yosemite were carved out by glaciers over tens of thousands of years, leaving behind boulders and waterfalls — remnants of ancient rivers. El Capitan, rising up from the valley floor, challenges climbers with its towering, vertical rock face. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.

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The Go Jetters Explore Iceland, The Land of Ice and Fire

In The Go Jetters Explore Iceland, The Land of Ice and Fire, the Go Jetters crew heads to see the amazing Strokkur Geyser! Even though Iceland is icy, it has fiery volcanoes and super-hot magma under the ground that heats water until it bursts into the air as a geyser. The Strokkur Geyser shoots water as high as ten elephants stacked up, and people from all over the world come to see it! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.

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River Chub Build Nests in Tennessee Streams

In River Chub Build Nests in Tennessee Streams, witness how a male river chub gathers thousands of pebbles to build a nest. When complete, he finds a female to lay her eggs in the safety of the nest. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.

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How Playing Table Tennis Boosts Your Brain Power

In How Playing Table Tennis Boosts Your Brain Power, host Harith Iskander shows how this fast-paced game gives your brain a major workout. From making quick decisions to coordinating hand movements, table tennis engages different parts of the brain, including the motor cortex, cerebellum, and prefrontal cortex. As players react to the ball, plan their moves, and remember their opponent’s patterns, the hippocampus — the memory center of the brain — gets stronger. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.

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Alice Marble: Tennis Legend, War Hero, and Wonder Woman
The article "Alice Marble: Tennis Legend, War Hero, and Wonder Woman" from BBC's HistoryExtra tells the incredible life story of Alice Marble. She rose to tennis fame in the 1930s, overcame personal tragedy, edited comics, spied during WWII, and later fought for equality in sports. Her legacy lives on through her fierce determination, fearless activism, and groundbreaking contributions to tennis and beyond.
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Tenzing Norgay: The Sherpa Mountaineer Who First Conquered Everest
The article "Tenzing Norgay: The Sherpa Mountaineer Who First Conquered Everest" from BBC's HistoryExtra tells the inspiring story of how a humble yak herder’s son from Nepal became one of the first men to conquer Mount Everest. It follows his early life, climbing career, legendary expedition with Edmund Hillary, and the recognition — and lack of it — that followed.
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Billie Jean King's Fight for Equality

In Billie Jean King's Fight for Equality, sports journalist Clare Balding talks to Billie Jean King about her influence on equality for women in sport. King put her career on the line when she accepted an offer to play against one of the world's top male tennis players, Bobby Riggs, and won. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.

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The Go Jetters Play at Wimbledon

In The Go Jetters Play at Wimbledon, the Go Jetters crew is in London at the Wimbledon tennis court. Ubercorn shares funky facts about Wimbledon including what makes the stadium unique and why it has a guard hawk. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing