Tuesday, 14 March - Fearsome Freddy smashes records; waggling worker bees; Israel’s protests; and two kinds of comebacks.

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LINKS

Today’s Quick Links: 

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/

Watch Cyclone Freddy’s ping pong path of destruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KpFj2OXsQ 

Ke Huy Quan - from Short Round to Oscar winner: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi439403545/?playlistId=nm0702841&ref_=nm_ov_vi 

Campa Cola, 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7GT3Jcnfs&t=1s 

Watch a waggle dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZrNs22FAU 

Dig Deeper:

More details on Accumulated Cyclone Energy units: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accumulated_cyclone_energy 

Oscars roundup https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023 

A rap about checks and balances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jny_4BBGh_g 

Australia’s separation of powers: https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/system-of-government/separation-of-powers/ 

Why do honey bees dance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-ozxpIrdI

Waggle dance research paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702