Educate For Life Blog

In the spirit of being thankful, do you ever think about the blessing of having clean running water? Every day we drink it, cook with it, bathe in it and it helps our food and flowers grow. It’s used to fight fires, produce energy and recreational activities such as...

The heart is an amazing organ that works tirelessly. Did you know it starts pumping after being in your mom's womb at about day 22 of conception?  When you're bigger, the heart does a lot more work. It grows about the size of your fist, and it pumps blood through...

  Have you ever been blinded by the brightness of the snow on a sunny winter day? Snow reflects almost 90% of the sun rays landing on it. This keeps the snow cooler, resulting in a slower melting rate. God designed it that way to make flooding minimal and allow it to...

  What do you think when you hear the word shark? Most probably think about its terrifying teeth! There are more than 400 species of sharks in the world and all of them have lots of teeth. They use their teeth to rip and tear their prey and in the process they lose...

  Did you know, for centuries, scientists and astronomers have been trying to discover the origins of the universe, how it began, and how it works?   Scientists built the Hubble telescope to discover some of those mysteries in 1990. It was the first telescope to...

  Did you know The Earth's population refutes evolution? Some evolutionary scientists believe that man has existed for over a million years and their belief has overwhelming issues. Using the assumption of 43 years, for the average human generation, the population...

Did you know there are some pretty well equipped animals in creation? One of them is the camel with its long eyelashes, thick eyebrows, hump on its back, and big feet. The camel was not exactly the most attractive but it's perfectly planned for its environment and God...

Did you know there's 1500 active volcanoes on the earth and about 20 of them are actively erupting right this second? So how do volcanoes erupt? The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust which isn't completely solid. It's made up of massive geologic...

  Do you know what today is?   Happy Reformation Day! Martin Luther is famous for the Protestant Reformation movement. On October 31 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg, with strong conviction he was no longer able to deal...

Who discovered gravity?  Gravity is a force that pulls two objects together and It's what keeps your feet pulled down on the ground. Thinking about gravity may be at the forefront of your daily routine until you imagine life without it. It's Earth's gravity that keeps...

Did you know the average person breathes about 22,000 breaths per day? Breathing, it's normal, and it’s something that you do every day all day long. Whether you're awake or asleep you breathe in air full of oxygen. It travels through your nose and your mouth and your...

What is a turbidite? Turbidite is sediment or rock deposited by a turbidity current. 1927 a major geological event happened off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Without warning, an earthquake triggered an underwater avalanche causing loose sediment on the...

Did you know you could be right next to someone in outer space, screaming at the top of your lungs, and that person wouldn't hear you? Now that’s the sound of silence and It’s not just because space helmets are well insulated, it is because voices travel as sound...

Stalactites and stalagmites are formations that grow inside a limestone cave. One grows on the ceiling and one grows on the floor, but which one is which?  Here's a way to remember, stalactite with the “C” grows from the ceiling. These formations are created when...

  Do you know that God knows about every hair on your head?  Hair is all over your body, it's on your head on your skin. It makes up your eyebrows and your eyelashes and it even grows in your ears and your nose. In fact, the only place hair doesn't grow is on the...