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Sarah Jane Elliott
I am a writer, teacher, content producer and a museum educator. I hold a honours bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto, specializing in zoology and animal behavior and a B.Ed., J/I Science Specialist from York University. I have published an educational anthology of science fiction stories. I am passionate about nature and history. I am a contributing author of various science articles for kids.

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Did you know that most of the cells in your body aren’t yours?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- March 29, 2013
The human body is made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Each part of your body is made up of cells that do a certain job: hair is made of hair cells, blood is made of blood cells, muscles are made of muscle cells. They’re also really tiny: you could fit about 40 of
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The biggest cell in the world 0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- March 22, 2013
Our bodies are made up of cells, and each kind of cell does its own job. Some cells are bigger than others, but do you know what the biggest cell in the world is? It’s an egg! If you crack a chicken egg into a bowl and look at it, that yellow part is a
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Did all the dinosaurs die out?0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- March 15, 2013
When you learn about dinosaurs in school, most books will teach you that all the dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. This means that there are no dinosaurs left on the planet. But how do we know if that’s really true? For years, scientists thought that it was. But recently, some very special dinosaur
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Body odour: A smelly way to say “I love you”0
- Life Science, Science Fun Facts
- March 8, 2013
We all sweat – it’s part of what makes us mammals. It’s also really important; sweating helps us keep our bodies at the same temperature and gives toxins and other nasty things a way out of our bodies. So why does everyone think that sweating is a bad thing? If you’re like most people, your
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