Leap Year for Kids - By CrashCourse
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| 00:00 | in this video , we are going to learn about | |
| 00:03 | something wonderful and fascinating called leap year . That's right | |
| 00:08 | leap year and as it so happens the year we're | |
| 00:13 | making this video is a leap here . Okay , | |
| 00:16 | so needless to say we're pretty excited wait a second | |
| 00:23 | . We haven't even explained what leap here is . | |
| 00:26 | What does that mean ? What does that mean ? | |
| 00:28 | Leap year ? Well a leap year is a special | |
| 00:34 | year that has an extra day . That's right . | |
| 00:37 | Leap year is a special year . That has a | |
| 00:41 | bonus day . That day , commonly called leap day | |
| 00:47 | is added to the end of february . Huh ? | |
| 00:52 | Now , normally February has 28 days . However , | |
| 00:58 | on leap year , February gets an extra day Leap | |
| 01:02 | Day , which is February 29 . So leap year | |
| 01:10 | gives us an extra day called Leap Day , which | |
| 01:14 | is February 29 . But why , I mean it's | |
| 01:20 | kind of cool . You know , some years have | |
| 01:22 | an extra day , but why why can't all years | |
| 01:25 | just have the same number of days ? Well , | |
| 01:31 | we have to learn more about our calendar to discover | |
| 01:34 | that there are lots of different calendars used all over | |
| 01:38 | the world . But the calendar that is most commonly | |
| 01:41 | used is called the Gregorian calendar . Can you say | |
| 01:45 | that with us ? The Gregorian calendar ? Uh huh | |
| 01:50 | . Gregorian calendar . The Gregorian calendar is probably the | |
| 01:54 | calendar that is used in your classroom or in your | |
| 01:57 | home right now . The Gregorian calendar has 12 months | |
| 02:04 | , 52 weeks and typically has 365 days notice we | |
| 02:10 | said typically because there are leap years in leap years | |
| 02:15 | are years that have an extra day , but usually | |
| 02:18 | 365 days . It's interesting with the Gregorian calendar , | |
| 02:27 | the length of a year is based on how long | |
| 02:30 | it takes the Earth to completely orbit the sun . | |
| 02:33 | It takes 365 days and six hours for the earth | |
| 02:39 | to orbit the sun . And that's the problem . | |
| 02:41 | It doesn't take exactly 365 days . Those extra six | |
| 02:47 | hours each year , add up . Six hours is | |
| 02:53 | 1/4 of a day . That means if you have | |
| 02:57 | an extra six hours for four years , you actually | |
| 03:00 | have an extra day . Yeah . To fix this | |
| 03:06 | problem , we just add an extra day to february | |
| 03:09 | called leap day to equal everything out . Mm This | |
| 03:15 | happens every four years . With a few exceptions , | |
| 03:18 | every 400 years the next year . That is an | |
| 03:22 | exception will be the year 20 100 . It will | |
| 03:25 | be 1/4 year but will not have a leap day | |
| 03:29 | . What if someone from that year in the future | |
| 03:32 | is watching this video right now ? Mhm , Wow | |
| 03:37 | , that would be so cool , wouldn't it ? | |
| 03:39 | Or if you are watching this as a kid and | |
| 03:43 | in 2100 when everyone is looking forward to leap year | |
| 03:47 | , you'll say , Hey Leap Day isn't happening this | |
| 03:49 | year . I saw a hope school pop video about | |
| 03:53 | it a long time ago . Mhm . All right | |
| 03:58 | . Our final fact has to do with babies . | |
| 04:02 | Oh babies , Babies are born on Leap Day , | |
| 04:11 | February 29 , just like any other day . That's | |
| 04:15 | right . Mhm And here's the thing . They have | |
| 04:19 | to decide when they get older . Are they going | |
| 04:21 | to celebrate their birthday on February 28 or March 1st | |
| 04:27 | because their actual birthday only comes along every four years | |
| 04:32 | . So they have to decide on regular years . | |
| 04:35 | Are they going to celebrate it in February on the | |
| 04:38 | 28th or in March the first , wow , we | |
| 04:44 | learned a lot , pretty much every four years is | |
| 04:46 | a leap year . We need to add a day | |
| 04:48 | because of the Earth's orbit around the sun and the | |
| 04:52 | day we add is called leap day . Oh and | |
| 04:58 | leap days added to which month do you remember ? | |
| 05:02 | Yes , february , february , February 29 is Leap | |
| 05:12 | Day and it is a special feature of the Gregorian | |
| 05:16 | calendar and it only happens on leap year . Are | |
| 05:24 | you watching this on leap ? Here is this leap | |
| 05:28 | day . If this is leap day , think about | |
| 05:30 | what you want to do on this special day , | |
| 05:32 | it only happens every four years . And if you're | |
| 05:38 | watching this in the year 2100 , sorry , there | |
| 05:42 | is no leap day this year , even though it's | |
| 05:45 | 1/4 year . That's just one of those weird exceptions | |
| 05:49 | . You know , while you're watching this house , | |
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