What did you learn this week? Let us know in the comments or at education@ngs.org.

This week, we learned…

… how Frozen‘s Elsa helped a little girl with albinism. Is there nothing this movie cannot do?

 

… that Tim Peake literally ran circles around the competition when he completed the London Marathon … 249 miles above the Earth.

 

… there is a massive coral reef just chilling in the Amazon.

 

… schoolkids are crazy for Kahoot! (And so are their teachers.)

 

… what your city looks like when every store is mapped.

 

… asking the public to help name a school can go terribly, terribly wrong. (Kanye West Elementary was the safest choice.)

 

… Palestinians are starting a seed bank in the birthplace of agriculture.

 

… most high school seniors aren’t ready for college. But, those scores might not tell the whole story.

 

… New Orleans’ post-Katrina cuisine may be better than it was before. How is that even possible?!

 

… how an English teacher uses the concept of “sacrifice zones” to help students understand connections between oppression in their home countries and in the U.S.

 

… why Freddie Mercury’s voice was so great, as explained by science.

 

… Nat Geo explorers aren’t the only ones who can go on long-distance hiking adventures!

 

What did you learn this week? Let us know in the comments or at education@ngs.org.