A WORLD OF CURIOUS MINDS
Adventure 24 · With Bella
Blue Jeans and Big Ideas
Bella's Amazing Fact
Jeans get their blue color from a dye called indigo.
Can you spot…
- a rivet
- a sewing machine
- a computer
Look for them in the picture, then try the online activities below.
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From the Amazing Facts page
Amazing Facts
First Net Message
In 1969, one of the first internet messages was sent from UCLA.
Source: Computer History Museum
Sand to Chips
Computer chips are made from silicon, which comes from sand.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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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
- Jeans get their blue color from a dye called indigo.
- Blue Dye
- The small front pocket on jeans was made for pocket watches.
- Tiny Pocket
- The first jeans were called 'waist overalls'.
- Old Name
- Unscramble: EVRTI
- RIVET
This is the QR code printed on the Adventure 24 coloring page.