A WORLD OF CURIOUS MINDS
One in Nine
About one out of every nine people in the United States lives in California.
Source: USAFacts: How many people live in California?
Adventure 2 · With Bella
Big, Bright California
Bella's Amazing Fact
About one out of every nine people in the United States lives in California.
Can you spot…
- a surfboard
- a mountain peak
- a cactus
- a palm tree
Look for them in the picture, then try the online activities below.
Coming soon to AmazonAll California adventures
From the Amazing Facts page
Amazing Facts
Ski and Surf
In some places you can ski on a snowy mountain and surf in the ocean on the same day.
Source: Matador Network: The California Double (ski and surf in one day)
Only Here!
The Channel Islands are home to 145 kinds of plants and animals that live nowhere else on Earth!
Source: NPS: Channel Islands National Park brochure
Deep Blue Lake
Lake Tahoe is more than 1,600 feet deep, the second-deepest lake in the U.S.
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Tahoe (1,645 ft, second deepest in the U.S.)
Giant County
San Bernardino County is bigger than nine whole U.S. states!
Source: San Bernardino County: The Story of San Bernardino County
The Lost Coast
Part of California's coast is so rugged that Highway 1 had to go inland around it.
Source: BLM: King Range National Conservation Area
Plant Champion
California has more kinds of native plants than any other state.
Source: UC ANR: The Real Dirt (almost 7,000 native plant species, more than any other state)
Salty Lake
The Salton Sea is a big lake in the desert, and it is saltier than the ocean.
Source: Geography Realm: California's Largest Lake
Online activities
Do this adventure online
Unlock the California activities
Enter the code printed on the inside front cover of your book, or scan the unlock QR code there with a phone camera. You only need to do this once on each device.
Code not working? Email [email protected] and we'll help.
Color it in
To doColors
Can you spot?
To doFind each one in the picture and tick it off.
Fact match
To doWhich Amazing Fact is this?
Word puzzle
To doTap the letters in the right order. It's something you can spot in the picture!
Answers for grown-ups
- About one out of every nine people in the United States lives in California.
- One in Nine
- In some places you can ski on a snowy mountain and surf in the ocean on the same day.
- Ski and Surf
- The Channel Islands are home to 145 kinds of plants and animals that live nowhere else on Earth!
- Only Here!
- Unscramble: KPAE
- PEAK
This is the QR code printed on the Adventure 2 coloring page.