Geography - Facts for Kids

Pennsylvania’s state flower is the mountain laurel, a beautiful pink and white flowering shrub that blooms in late spring and early summer throughout the state’s woodlands.

Ukrainians make “kutia,” a special sweet grain pudding, for Christmas Eve!

Funmilayo Ransome‑Kuti was a powerful civil‑rights leader in Nigeria and is known for being the first Nigerian women to drive a car.

Pennsylvania has the largest Amish population in the United States, with over 81,000 Amish people living primarily in Lancaster County.

Some Saharan lizards do a funny “heat dance” — lifting their feet one after the other so they don’t get burned on super-hot sand!