Tag: United Kingdom
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Stonehenge: One of the World’s Greatest Mysteries
Read more: Stonehenge: One of the World’s Greatest MysteriesLight flashed brightly, making little black dots float in front of my eyes. I sat up and looked around in confusion. What had just happened? Then I remembered. I had been in the lab to watch the Supreme Scientist test out his new teleportation device. He had pushed the trigger and then there was a…
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An English Treat for Tea
Read more: An English Treat for TeaI have another delicious recipe that I made! Are you ready for it? Scones! With strawberry jam and clotted cream! It was pretty easy to make and tastes delicious! All you need is 350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 85g butter, cut into cubes 3 tbsp caster sugar 175ml…
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Yorkshire Pudding: dessert or meal?
Read more: Yorkshire Pudding: dessert or meal?After making the cordial and black pudding in Ireland, we made a decision to cook a traditional food in every country that we visit to add to our Global Field Trip Recipe book. Since we are in England, we thought we’d make scones and Yorkshire pudding. I made the pudding and I found out that surprisingly,…
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A Play about Problem Solving Longitude
Read more: A Play about Problem Solving LongitudeHow do you solve problems? Well, a long time ago in 1675, King Charles II was losing money because the ships he sent off with cargo to trade kept getting lost or crashed. The crew did not know where they were. Charles liked to have parties, but he needed money to host. The shipping losses affected his…
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Welcome to the famous Tower of London!
Read more: Welcome to the famous Tower of London!We went to the Tower of London today because we heard so many cool stories about it. The Tower also had a display in the moat of more than a thousand ceramic poppies to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War, which we wanted to learn more about. The first…