25 Spooky Science Facts You May Not Know About - STEM for Kids
With Halloween approaching, things are getting spooky. Spooky movies, decorations, and costumes will soon be abundant. Get in the spirit by sharing some spooky science facts with your kids, they’ll love scaring their friends at school! Additionally, you can play a spooky game of trivia using these 25 spooky science facts.
Spiders have clear blood.
Ghost Bats are some of the only bats with white fur.
Phasmophobia is the fear of ghosts.
A cockroach can live for over a week without a head.
A 3,000-year-old mummy can still have fingerprints.
A man sculpted a statue of himself using his own hair, teeth, and nails.
The Asian vampire moth sometimes drinks the blood of animals.
99% of the human body is empty space.
Exploding Head Syndrome causes people to hear extremely loud noises in their head just as they are falling asleep.
90% of cells in the human body aren’t human.
Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain, when you eat pineapple, this enzyme digests protein in your body; it eats you back!
Astronomers have identified a force pulling all galaxies towards a single point. This is called, “dark flow.”
Chickens can spontaneously change sex from female to male.
Scott Kelly drank 730 liters of his own sweat and urine to stay hydrated in space.
Bees enjoy addictive substances like coffee and nicotine.
Scientists can trick people into thinking that they are invisible by using virtual reality illusions.
Helium, which makes up 24% of our universe, is a non-renewable gas and we are running out of it because it keeps escaping our atmosphere.
Freshwater snails kill up to 20,000 people a year.
Dead bodies can get goosebumps.
The largest pumpkin recorded in US history weighed 2,258 pounds and was grown by Steve Geddes in New Hampshire.
Pumpkins are classified as a fruit, not a vegetable!
The fastest jack-o-lantern carver in the world is Stephen Clarke, who carved a pumpkin in just 16.47 seconds.
A 1970 study found that kids are more likely to steal when they are wearing costumes.
Albert Einstein’s brain was preserved after his death.
Female spiders often eat male spiders.
How to Use Spooky Facts in your Classroom or Home
Fact of the Day: Start 25 days before Halloween and share one new spooky fact each day. You can make a fact calendar by writing out the facts on each day of the month and covering the fact with a post-it note. Each day, you’ll remove the pos-it to reveal the fact.
Spooky Trivia: Use the facts above to create a spooky trivia slideshow. PowerPoint or Google Slides will work well. Create a slide with a question, it could be true/false or multiple choice. Set a timer for the slide and put the answer on the next slide.
Spooky Presentations: Write out these facts on pieces of paper and put them in a hat. Each student will pick a fact out of the hat and create a 5 - 10 minute presentation diving into the spooky fact.
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