Happy Leap Day!

So, today I started my high school classes by wishing my students a happy leap day.  I told them they should celebrate since this is the only leap day they will have while in high school.  Then came this question:

"What is the point of leap day?"


What do you mean, what is the point? This student literally thought it was some sort of made up holiday.  When I asked if anyone knew why we have and extra day every 4 years, NO ONE KNEW!  I'm sure maybe some of the quiet kids knew, but didn't want to speak up(or at least I hope so). So I turned on this video for them... and they LOVED it! And even I learned a few new things :)

Enjoy!