Tuesday, January 31 - A green glowing comet headed for Australia; the Russian Olympic debate; throwing food for Lunar New Year; and a feathered fossil find.

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

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LINKS

NASA's video on the Green Comet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uW79guA-1Q

Bird body, T-Rex head: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-trex-reveal-dinosaurs-fossil-paleontology 

Yee Sang video (includes list of ingredients): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2qEWCL9Gs8 

Ideas for Backwards Day: https://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/learning-path/articles/celebrate-backwards-day

LINKS TO DIG DEEPER: 

The meaning of each Yee Sang ingredient: https://www.tatlerasia.com/dining/food/yee-sang-101-why-we-toss-what-does-it-symbolise

Lunar New Year for kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm9LJC_5g2o 

TedEd video on the Chinese Zodiac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk 

Why birds are dinosaurs: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/

Why are birds the only surviving dinosaurs? Animation from the UK Natural History Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GVvtKK5sFw&list=TLGGOdwQ58Sxtv8zMDAxMjAyMw&t=18s 

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