Maintaining strong grades in every subject can be tough on even the brightest of the bunch. This is especially true these days, as students routinely are taking on more extracurricular activities and part-time jobs while enrolled in school.Students looking to grasp complicated class material -- ...
Giant panda Mei Xiang was sensitive to sound. She stopped showing an interest in food. During training sessions, she appeared less responsive than normal. Staff at the National Zoo knew something was happening.Once she started pulling nesting material into her den, they got hopeful: Mei Xiang ...
Corn on the cob is one of the foods that make you think of summer. Frozen cobs are such a sad substitute that we wait patiently for warm months, when freshly picked ears appear at the grocery store or farmers market.Corn — which is actually a grain, not a vegetable — is a good choice for a ...
Have you ever run around outside on a hot summer day, and suddenly your lungs feel as though they're burning? You could be overly tired. Or your lungs may be reacting to pollutants and chemicals in the air. Understanding air pollution can help you avoid it and think about ways you can make the ...
<em>The story so far…</em><em>Mom and Belle search for Dan’s truck without success. Mom is ready to give up, but Belle convinces her that they’re on the right track and should continue searching. They finally locate him with his dad at a ...
Ten-year-old Noah Cordle has always loved history. But when he went on vacation to New Jersey this summer, he never expected that he'd find a piece of it.On second thought, it might be more truthful to say that a piece of history found him. The fifth-grader from Fairfax County , Virginia, was ...
Sure, the sun is great. It’s nice to not live in a frozen wasteland, after all. But the sun is pretty terrifying, too. It sends a dangerous stream of fast-moving electrons, protons, and other even smaller particles, called photons, toward Earth.You may have heard of one of the ways Earth ...
True or false: You can get lead poisoning if you're stuck with a lead pencil.False. Lead pencils contain graphite (a form of carbon), not lead. In fact, contrary to what many people believe, lead pencils never were made with lead.The ancient Romans used a writing device called a stylus. This ...
<strong>The story so far ... </strong><em>Ben’s friend Nate arrives. In the privacy of his bedroom, Ben tells Nate about the cat then confides about the $100 bill. Nate focuses on his friend’s good luck instead of his guilt and reassures him it was ...
<strong>The story so far</strong>…<em>Dr. Hammond gives Mrs. Manchester and Ben all the information so that they can decide what to do about the cat. While Mom is thinking about cost, Ben blurts out surgery. Back home, they wait for the results. ...
