Wildlife Detectives by Brenda Iasevoli

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 14
Date: January 22, 2016
Article: Wildlife Detectives
Author: Brenda Iasevoli
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1. Ed Espinoza is the name of the inspector.

2. The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab handles 900 per year.

3. The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab is located in Ashland, Oregon.

4. The two questions scientists look to answer are "What is it?" and "Who did it?"

5. The International agreement is called The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

6. 180 countries use The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab as their facility.

7. A gallbladder goes for $60,000 USD in Southeast Asia.

8. Laurel Neme wrote a book called "Animal Investigators."

9. The book is about the Wildlife Forensics Lab.

Reference

http://www.fws.gov/lab/

https://www.cites.org/

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Investigators-Wildlife-Forensics-Endangered/dp/1416550569/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456798491&sr=1-1&keywords=Animal+Investigators

The Coolest Inventions of 2015 by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 13
Date: January 15, 2016
Article: The Coolest Inventions of 2015
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1. The Ocean Vacuum is a 62 mile long floating barrier that will trap the trash.  

2. The Ocean Cleanup Project is a project to clean up the collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  

3. Answers will vary

4. Answers will vary

5. The Nike FlyEase is a shoe that can be fastened with one hand.

6. The Bionic Ears are earbuds that control sound into your ears.

7. They are constructing a drone port in Rwanda to have drones deliver food, medical supplies, electornics, and other goods to people in difficult to reach areas.

8. Answers will vary

9. The Lowline Park is located in New York City.

10. Hackaball is a ball that teaches you programming by you learning code.

11. Hololens is a virtual-reality headset.

12. Jacob Gordon is the name of one of the Artiphon cofounders.

Reference

http://www.boyanslat.com/

http://www.theoceancleanup.com/

https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/

http://news.nike.com/news/the-flyease-journey

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/doppler-labs-introduces-bionic-ears-799418

http://qz.com/519849/the-worlds-first-airport-for-drones-will-be-built-in-rwanda/

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/30/rwanda-chosen-for-worlds-first-drone-port-to-deliver-medical-supplies

https://news.samsung.com/global/the-safety-truck-could-revolutionize-road-safety

http://www.thelowline.org/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2015-10-13/inside-the-lowline-new-york-city-s-first-underground-park

http://www.hackaball.com/

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us

http://artiphon.com/

Flooding in the Midwest by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 13
Date: January 15, 2016
Article: Flooding in the Midwest
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1. The rising water forced many people to leave their home.

2. The intense rain began after Christmas.

3. The Mississippi River and the Meramec River overflowed due to the rain.

4. Missouri and Illinois were the two states that were hit hard by the intense rain.

5. Noelle Pace lives in Pacific, Missouri

6. Chris Greenhagen lives in Eureka, Missouri.

7. Pacific and Eureka are 7.9 miles away from each other.

Chapters In Time by Jamie Joyce

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 12
Date: December 18, 2015
Article: Chapters In Time
Author:  Jamie Joyce
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1. Answers will vary
2. Scottish Artist Katie Paterson began the Future Library Project.
3. 100 writers will participate in the Future Library Project.
4. They absolutely mustn't publish (the story) it in any form.
5. To get people to use their imagination and think about the future.
6. The organizers were looking for projects that would be created over time.
7. The City of Oslo first, then Oslo's new public library.
8. They can buy a certificate today that they can pass down so family or friends can get a copy of the collection of stories in 2114.

Reference
http://www.katiepaterson.org/futurelibrary/
http://www.futurelibrary.no/

School for Girls by Brenda Iasevoli

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 12
Date: December 18, 2015
Article: School for Girls
Author:  Brenda Iasevoli
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1. 62 million girls are not in school around the world.
2. Hawa Abdulai Yorke lives in Ghana.
3. Hawa's father purchased a motorcycle instead of sending her to school.
4. In Ghana, many think sending girls to school is a waste of time.
5. The White House organized the Let Girls Learn Program.
6. First Lady Michelle Obama says the parents' of the girls are the key to change.
7. The Let Girls Learn Program is operating in 13 countries.
8. Yorke's team cam up with an idea for an app that sends out messages from a Ghanian celebrity pointing out why girls should go to school.


Reference
https://www.whitehouse.gov/letgirlslearn
https://letgirlslearn.gov/