All Sorts of Crazy Smarts for Kids

The Kuril Islands are part of the Ring of Fire- an area where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
About 90% of the world’s earthquakes, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes happen in the ring of fire.
The Kuril Islands connect Japan and Russia, and there’s still conflict between [...]

Today we’re looking up the Laptev Sea. The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea which means it is partially enclosed by land- like arcs of islands that branch off from the mainland. You can think of it as sort of a vase shape that’s wide at the base, gets thinner at the neck then opens [...]