Summer Facts
This season has the longest days of the year.
What is Summer?
Summer: ~93–94 days (longest by a tiny bit)
This frozen treat on a stick is a popular way to cool off in the summer.
What is a popsicle?
This is what your body does to cool itself down when you’re hot.
What is sweating?
Planning your day around ride wait times, peak hours, and park maps to maximize how many rides you get on is a strategy used in this activity
What is going to an amusement park?
A boy spends his summer on a baseball field with his friends and learns life lessons along the way.
What is The Sandlot?
This vitamin do you get from sunlight.
What is Vitamin D?
This fruit is about 90% water and is often eaten chilled at summer picnics to help stay cool.
What is watermelon?
When it’s very hot outside, this is the best drink to keep your body hydrated.
What is Water?
If you’re in the water, not standing still, and not on a float, you’re most likely doing this activity.
What is swimming?
A great white shark terrorizes a beach town during the summer.
What is Jaws?
The hottest time of day is usually around this time.
What is 3 PM (mid-afternoon)?
This frozen dessert is made with fruit juice instead of dairy and is often confused with ice cream.
What is a sorbet?
This condition happens when your body overheats and can cause dizziness, nausea, and fainting.
What is heat exhaustion?
You’re not hunting on land, but you are still trying to catch food using tools. What are you doing?
What is fishing?
A group of kids searches for pirate treasure during summer break.
What is The Goonies?
This group of lakes holds about 20% of the world’s surface fresh water.
What are the Great Lakes?
This classic summer side dish is made with mayonnaise, eggs, and mustard, and must be kept cold to stay safe to eat.
What is potato salad?
This more serious condition happens when your body can no longer cool itself and is considered a medical emergency.
What is heat stroke?
Long before it became a recreational activity, people slept outside with minimal shelter for survival. What activity does this describe today?
What is camping?
Twin girls meet at summer camp and switch places to reunite their parents in this classic summer movie.
What is The Parent Trap?
Known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” this U.S. state has more lakes than any other.
What is Minnesota?
Strongly associated with American baseball games, the hot dog’s origins trace back to this European country.
What is Germany?
During extreme heat, your body struggles to regulate temperature when this environmental factor is high, making sweat less effective.
What is humidity?
You’re outside, not exercising intensely, not camping, and not traveling far. Your goal is to explore and observe the environment. What are you doing?
What is a nature walk?
A blacksmith, a governor’s daughter, and a cursed crew all collide on the Caribbean seas.
What is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?