GEOGRAPHY GIRL/ GEOGRAPHY BOY (nouns): LIKE NORMAL GIRLS AND BOYS BUT COOLER!
Did you know that Australia is the smallest continent There are 7 continents on earth 5 billion people live in the largest called Asia Are you also one of those?
Did you know the Sahara is the hottest desert In the African sun, it sizzles No man nor beast can walk long in that heat The mood and the skin both shrivel
Russia and China each touch 14 countries The Pacific Ocean is shrinking 20% of earth’s oxygen comes from the Amazon The salty Dead Sea is sinking
The United States and Canada share The longest border on our planet It is 1500 miles of valleys and mountains Now that is a fact fantastic!
Did you know that Mount Everest may be The world’s highest peak in Nepal But it is far easier to climb than K2 Which is situated in Pakistan
If you have ever wondered about The biggest and smallest countries Russia by far has the largest area The tiniest is Vatican City
Volcanos are quite interesting things They sometimes sleep and sometimes roar The largest one in the world that’s still active Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa
Our world is a wonderful ball of creation With plants and beasts no one’s still seen While we have explored most of the land Our oceans remain a mystery.
Crispy, salty and savoury chips Icecream cones and corn flakes What a treat they all are to eat Did you know they were all made by mistake?
Another one that was meant for guns To be fired in World War Two Is now also used on jet planes That magical thing called super glue
Sometimes being a bit of a mess Can lead to fantastic creations That’s how Alexander Fleming the scientist Discovered the antibiotic penicillin
X-rays and microwaves are also inventions That came about completely by chance Also chocolate chip cookies because the chips Didn’t melt as their baker had planned
An engineer in the navy, stumbled on the slinky When he was working on serious stuff Off tumbled a spring, that just kept on bouncing And that’s where this toy comes from
Velcro fasteners - we love them or hate them Were inspired from sticky burrs While walking a Swiss engineer, got them on his trousers And his dog got them stuck in his fur
Coca Cola, matches and play-doh These inventions all so super Silly putty and those handy sticky notes All started out as bloopers.
Mahvash Mohtadullah 