Incredible Facts
Select topics from the contents below to find out some fascinating and incredible facts about them!
- Animal senses
- Are you Paying Attention?
- Computer Science Unplugged
- Captain Cook's First New Zealand Voyage
- Captain Cook's Second New Zealand Voyage
- Crystals
- Glassblowers
- Incredible Vision
- Incredibly Boney Bones
- Life on the Rocky Shore is Hard!
- Light Metals Transporting the World
- Life on Mars
- Why did the Moa grow so large?
- What is Colour Blindness?
- Slime
- Sport and Exercise
- The Internet
- Antarctica
Captain Cook's Second New Zealand Voyage
James Cook’s Second Voyage of Discovery to New Zealand and the Pacific occurred from 1772 till 1775. During this time Cook sailed to New Zealand, around the Pacific and into the icy Antarctic waters becoming the first known ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.
Interesting Facts
On this second voyage Cook and his crew were asked to:
- Discover and observe the natural history of New Zealand and the Pacific
- Identify, draw and study new plants and animals
- Continue the search for the Great Southern Continent
- Sail the high latitudes (cold Antarctic waters) in search of land