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Waiting For The Sun To Disappear
Jeff pushed his nose against the window, waiting for his cousin Liz to arrive. Liz and Aunt Molly were coming to stay at his house. Jeff couldn’t wait to play at the park with them. He planned to show Liz the backyard fort that he and Dad had built.
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Watching the Moon
If you look at the moon every night for 29 days or so, you’ll see how it changes shape, and you’ll see all the phases of the moon yourself! So, every night for about a month, go outside and look at the moon. Then go inside and draw how the moon looks
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A Visit to the Cincinnati Observatory
An observatory is a place where people look up at the sky through telescopes to learn about outer space. The bigger the telescope, the farther out into space you can see! Click visited his friend Natalia Tooley at the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincin
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Yo Wants to Know
“The moon is so big and bright!” exclaims Yo. “It’s bigger than my basketball.” “Yes, the moon is bigger than that,” says Dad. “Bigger than our car?” asks Yo. “Bigger, Yo.” “Bigger than our house?” “Bigger, Yo. Bigger than all the houses in the world
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Make A Solar Eclipse Mask
Regular sunglasses are not enough to safely watch an eclipse. You need special eclipse glasses. But you can make a mask to go with them! All you need is half of a paper plate, markers or crayons, scissors, and your grown-ups’ help, plus solar eclipse
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READERS Of The Month
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What’s an Eclipse?
Eclipses occur because the moon and Earth are always moving. Earth orbits, or goes around, the sun. And at the same time, the moon orbits Earth. As Earth and the moon travel in their orbits, sometimes Earth moves between the sun and the moon and bloc
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Meet the Machines
A machine is any tool that makes work easier. Now when I say work, I don’t mean jobs or chores. I’m talking about what scientists call work: making something move. There are six kinds of simple machines, but each can be used in lots of different ways
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Loads of Levers
A seesaw, a door, a baseball bat—they’re all levers, but each belongs to a different class. These classes aren’t like the ones in school. Instead, they tell you where the lever’s fulcrum, effort, and load are. Try these activities to see what the dif
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Kitchen Helpers
Everywhere you look—in drawers, in cabinets, or hanging from the ceiling—you’ll find simple machines. staircasebroomlightbulbblinds cordjar topoven doorsinkknifetoaster handlerolling pinpushpinpaper towel holder The paper towel roll spins around th
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What Am I?
What am I? You’re so cleveryou know I’m a lever’cause I have a handle you swing. My name can mean noise,but all you’ll hear, girls and boys,is a soft thud when a ball hits my strings. What am I? I’ve a wedge at one endto cut into the ground.But to
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Crash and Spin
1. Cut out the yellow rectangle on the solid black lines. 2.Cut along the solid red lines. Fold along the blue dotted lines so the flaps overlap. 3. Fold the bottom up along the orange dotted line and put a paper clip on it. 4.For each of the three r
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Operation: Rescue Possum
One day when Jakey went outside to play, he found a possum in the window well. “Hello, possum,” Jakey said. “You look stuck. How did you get down there, anyhow?” The possum hissed at Jakey. “Whoa, possum,” said Jakey. He backed away. This possum didn
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Yo Wants to Know
“I win again!” shouts Jennifer. “It’s not fair,” complains Yo. “You have the racing car.” “Look out!” yells Jennifer. “Look at it go!” exclaims Yo. “That gives me an idea.” “I’m making a ramp,” says Yo. “Me too,” says Jennifer. “Going downhill is alw
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READERS Of The Month
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Luca’s Levers
flip a pancake? open a walnut? open a bag of snacks? take a hot dog out of a pot? a spatula to flip the pancake. a nutcracker to open walnuts. scissors to open the bag of snacks. tongs to take the hot dog out of the pot.
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Made for Running
“But you said it yourself,” Hana argued. “Horses are made for running! So why can’t Chick and I run?” Rochelle laughed. “Heels down,” she instructed. “Shoulders straight. Nice light hands—very good!” Rochelle watched Hana closely as she rode around t
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Fake Flyers
Lots of animals are said to fly. But the only animals that can truly fly are birds, bats, and insects. True fliers use their muscles and flap their wings to lift themselves into the air. Flying squirrels, frogs, and lizards don’t fly. They glide. Ins
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If You Were . . .
• back legs longer than your front legs to help you leap and pounce. • thick pads on your paws to cushion them and help you move quietly. • a long, bendy spine to help you twist and turn and stretch. • sharp hook-shaped claws you pull in when you wal
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How Animals Move
Animals move from place to place for many reasons—to look for food or a good place to sleep, to get away from danger, to find a friend or a mate. How do they do it? Do you see what hares, grasshoppers, frogs, and other animals that are good at jumpin
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Yo Wants to Know
“Hey, Grandpa! A little worm dropped on your hat,” says Yo. “It must have been eating my blueberry bush,” says Grandpa. “It’s not a wiggly worm,” says Yo.“It kind of folds up in the middle.” “It’s an inchworm,” says Grandpa.“An inchworm doesn’t need
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See For Yourself.
You need: 8 strawstape2 penniesStyrofoam plate or tray Tape three straws together about an inch from the ends to make a body. Make another body the same way. Slip two straws between one straw body, and position them to make four legs. Wrap tape in
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Flip Book Fun
You can watch a cheetah run or an inchworm crawl by making your own flip book. Cut out all 40 cards. Stack them in order, from 1 to 40, with 1 on top. Be sure all the numbers face up. Fasten the stack with a small binder clip. Hold the stack by the b
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Cheetah Chase
Heat rises off the African grassland. Duma and her cubs sprawl under a thorn tree. They are well hidden as they sleep. Their yellow-gray fur, covered with dark round spots, blends into the shadows and dry grass. The sun is lower now. Duma opens her e
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READERS Of The Month
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It’s a Parade!
Bands playing, people waving, floats floating—everyone loves parades. They’re fun, noisy, and colorful, and they happen all over the world. Turn the page to visit three different parades: a Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco; a Bloemencorso, or
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Happy Birthday!
cake song piñata long noodles ear pulling fairy bread birthday crown seaweed soup birthday candle ring flag Ancient Greeks might have made the very first birthday cake. The round, moon-shaped cake was for Artemis, the goddess of the moon, and decorat
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