Using this site will be a piece of cake!  You can open many surprises and discover fun facts about your birthday.  Do you have a celebrity's birthday?  What was the newspaper headline the day you were born? 

Complete the following birthday treasure hunt, and you will learn the answers to these questions and much, much more! 

Click on the balloon links to learn about your special day!  When you have finished, we have a spreadsheet activity for you to complete. 

• Find out how old you are in dog years.
• Find what day of the week you were born on.
• Find out what American event happened on your birthday.

• Find out what worldwide events happened on your day.

• Find out how many minutes, seconds, and days old you are.

• Find out the moon phase on the day you were born.
• Find out what your birthday is in Roman numerals.

• Find out where your birthday falls in pi.

• Find out if you have a celebrity's birthday. (First click on the balloons to go to the website. Then click on one of the months on the lefthand side of the webpage.)

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Spreadsheet activity

For this activity, you will need two birthdates.  One should be yours, and the other should be an adult's, such as a parent.  Use the link below to find out information about prices during those years.  Then you will create a spreadsheet to compare the information you found.  An example of this activity will be found on the spreadsheet.
 

• Find out what the top headlines, songs, TV shows, toys, and books were when you were born.

• Spreadsheet* example and instructions* 

 

 
 
 

*NOTE: This activity was created using Microsoft Excel. If you do not have this program, you can download the Excel viewer. If you are using IE and are asked for a password, choose "cancel."

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                                                               Other cool links!

• Birthday Traditions in other countries!
• Birthday Recipes!