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Campfire Stories and games
‘Nothing beats winding down your day at camp than cosying up around a campfire. Staring into the flames and watching the colours dance before your eyes can really get the imagination going. It’s an ideal atmosphere to spark creativity, and it sets the scene perfectly for an evening of campfire stories and songs. Some…
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Campfire Cones (Fun & Easy Summer Dessert)
Rachel thinks that she has more than enough information to share with Tiffi and the rest. Now maybe it’s time to look for some recipes for s’mores. As she is doing some googling Rachel remembers that Tiffi mentioned something to her about Campfire Cones and it sounded yummy. Aha! Rachel finds the recipe. Gooey…
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Let’s party!
Tiffi is sitting at her computer so she waits for Rachel’s email. There it is! She looks over all the content and she really did a great job on this! She sends a thank you email back to Rachel and tells her that she’s going to contact everyone to see who is interested. She’ll get back to her in a bit. The next day Tiffi…
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Chewy and Red Rabbit share campfire stories
Tiffi makes sure that everyone has a twig. She tells the gang to hold on to their twigs for a bit because she thinks they should start sharing campfire stories that they found online. The first to volunteer is Chewy. ‘The Viper - A young man inherited a house from his uncle and moved in right away to start fixing it up.…
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Rancid and Olivia are next to share campfire stories
“Who else wants to share a story?” asks Tiffi. Rancid now steps up to take his turn. ‘The Campsite Photo One time, a group of hikers went up a mountain and decided to go on an overnight camping trip. Before they walked the trail, they had been warned by the guide not to spend the night on the mountain because unexplainable…
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Wow Yeti that’s some story!
Yeti steps up to tell a story now. ‘Once, there was a little girl called Chii who lived in Japan, and learnt a game called Kageokuri from her father. Her dad told her “you play Kageokuri by looking at a shadow and counting to ten. Then you turn to the sky, and you see the shape of what you were looking at outlined above…
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Time to eat!
Tiffi takes out all the supplies and hands over the bag of marshmallows to everyone. They all take a twig and put their marshmallows on it. Time to toast them! Tiffi reminds everyone that she also brought the cones, chocolate and some fruit to make the campfire cones. “I’ll be more than happy to grab some chocolate with a…
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Let’s go to the beach!
Tiffi has been enjoying a very active summer with her friends. She has learned how to use a yo-yo, she has searched for lots of summer fun ideas that her and her friends can enjoy, and she has enjoyed having a pool party with her friends. Jenny is still in town and both of them want to go to the beach so she decides to…
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Today is beach day!
Time passes quickly and it’s now beach day! Tiffi can’t wait to go to the beach to spend the day with Jenny and Yeti. She told Jenny that she’d meet both of them there as she had to stop to pick up some drinks. Hugs and kisses. The girls are so happy to be together again. Let’s go in the water Jenny. Suddenly Tiffi looks…
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Let’s see what Yeti finds on Google
Yeti takes out his tablet and settles himself on a beach chair. He adjusts the umbrella so that the sun doesn’t blind him while he’s trying to read. He’s not sure what to type in the search engine. He looks up at the sky and now he sees a dog and an elephant. That is very strange! Now he is determined to find out what’s…
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Basic Types of Clouds
‘According to the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas, more than 100 types of clouds exist. The many variations, however, can be grouped into one of 10 basic types depending on their general shape and height in the sky. Thus, the 10 types are: • Low-level clouds (cumulus, stratus, stratocumulus)…
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3 more basic types of clouds
‘Altocumulus - Altocumulus clouds are the most common clouds in the middle atmosphere. You'll recognize them as white or gray patches that dot the sky in large, rounded masses or clouds that are aligned in parallel bands. They look like the wool of sheep or scales of mackerel fish—hence their nicknames "sheep backs" and…
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4 more basic types of clouds
‘Cirrus - Like their name suggests (which is Latin for "curl of hair"), cirrus are thin, white, wispy strands of clouds that streak across the sky. Because cirrus clouds appear above 20,000 feet (6,096 m)—an altitude where low temperatures and low water vapor exist—they are made up of tiny ice crystals rather than water…
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How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?
Yeti’s eye catches an article that talks about the weight of a cloud. He never thought about that before either. He decides to read the article. ‘Have you ever wondered how much a cloud weighs? Even though a cloud seems to float in air, both the air and the cloud have mass and weight. Clouds float in the sky because they…
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What you see in the clouds might say something about you
Aha! Maybe this is the article that will tell him what it’s all about! ‘If you spend enough time looking at the sky, you will start seeing shapes in the clouds — a hippo, a dragon, a human face. The phenomenon is so common that it has its own hashtag: #cloudsthatlooklikethings. The reason we see animals, monsters and…
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Seeing things that aren’t there? It’s called pareidolia
‘Maybe you’ve seen the proverbial bunny in the clouds on a warm summer day, or the face of a clown in a mud splatter on the side of your car? Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It’s a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human…
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Clouds That Look Like Things
‘Spotting shapes in clouds is a delightful way to pass a lazy afternoon. There's even a society dedicated to cloud spotting. It’s called the Cloud Appreciation Society, founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and to fight “blue sky thinking”. A clear blue sky has always been…
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Look at this, a group of people who love clouds!
The girls dry off and Yeti has to do a search for this group. ‘We love clouds. Read our manifesto and see how we are fighting the banality of ‘blue-sky thinking’. • WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them. • We think that they are Nature’s poetry, and the most…
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The four of them enjoy their evening together
Tiffi, Jenny and Yeti finally arrive at Tiffi’s house. Tiffi goes into the kitchen to look for the puppies. “Where could they be?” thinks Tiffi. “Hey Jenny, did you bring a change of clothes with you? I’m going to get changed so you might want to get out of your wet clothes now.” Yeti goes into the living room to wait for…
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Tiffi has a sleepover with Jenny
The girls clean up the dining room and the kitchen. Mr. Toffee is watching TV. They join him for a bit but there is nothing great on TV so Tiffi suggests that they go into her bedroom. So, I’ve been doing a lot of googling lately,” says Tiffi. “I want to keep myself and my friends busy this summer so I looked online for…