The Go Jetters Travel Down Giant's Causeway
In The Go Jetters Travel Down Giant's Causeway, the Go Jetters crew shares some rockin’ facts about the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland! This cool place is home to seabirds that dive and nest on the cliffs. People once believed giants built this rocky road, but the real story? It’s all thanks to super-hot lava that cooled into amazing shapes — talk about a giant surprise! 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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Q: How do the seabirds use the Giant’s Causeway and cliffs to survive?
A: The birds nest on the cliffs to stay safe and dive into the water to find food. The rocks and water are their home!
Q: Why do you think people long ago thought giants built the Giant’s Causeway?
A: People didn’t know as much as they do today about volcanoes, so they made up legends, like giants building a road, to explain the big rocks.
Q: How does learning about volcanoes help us understand the Giant’s Causeway better?
A: It helps us know that the columns were made by hot lava cooling down, not by giants, so we can understand how nature works!