Panda Politics by Hannah Beech

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 18
Date: March 4, 2016
Article: Panda Politics
Author:  Hannah Beech
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1. Wolong National Nature Reserve is China's national panda reserve.
2. Zhang Hemin came up with the idea for the panda costumes.
3. Zhang Hemin is the name of the director of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
4. Pandas eat bamboo.
5. There are around 1,864 pandas in the wild.
6. Zhang Hemin said pandas were meat eaters in the past.
7. U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972.
8. China gave the U.S. two pandas after U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972.
9. The name of the baby panda is "Bei Bei."
10. China lends its pandas for 10 years at a time.
11. China charges $1 million per year per pair to lend its pandas to other countries.
12. True
13. China uses the money to pay for research and habitat protection.


Reference
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1213
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_21399.htm

A Year in Space by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 19
Date: March 18, 2016
Article: A Year in Space
Author:  Time For Kids
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1. Scott Kelly landed in Kazakhstan when he returned to Earth.
2. Scott Kelly was in space for 340 days.
3. Kelly was aboard the International Space Station.
4. The International Space Station is 250 miles above Earth.
5. Kelly has done 4 missions to space.
6. Kelly made 3 spacewalks while in space.
7. There were more than 450 experiments were conducted while he was in space.
8. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars in 2030.


Reference
http://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/broch00.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/be-an-astronaut-nasa-accepting-applications-for-future-explorers
http://astronauts.nasa.gov/

Mars Mission Blasts Off by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 20
Date: March 25, 2016
Article: Mars Mission Blasts Off
Author:  Time for Kids
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1. An unmanned spacecraft was launched aboard a Russian rocket.
2. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter was an unmanned spacecraft.
3. The unmanned spacecraft was launch on March 14, 2016.
4. The unmanned spacecraft is suppose to reach Mars in October.
5. The European and Russian space agencies are working together on this mission.
6. Paolo Ferri is head of mission operations for the European Space Agency.
7. One part of the orbiter is the ability to study gases in the Mars atmosphere.
8. The other part of the orbiter is a lander that will study dust storms.
9. The ExoMars will be looking for Methane Gas.
10. The clue is to find methane gas.  If there is methane gas then they have to find its source.
11. NASA is planning a mission in 2018.
12. That mission will study the planets interior.

Reference
http://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2014/01/Rosetta_Wake_up_VNR/Paolo_FERRI_soundbites_in_Italian
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/

Star Ballerina by Elizabeth Winchester

Time For Kids
Edition 3-4
February 5, 2016
Vol. 6, No. 16
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1. Misty was 13 years old.
2. It was at the Boys and Girls Club in San Pedro, California.
3. Cynthia Bradley was Misty’s first ballet teacher.
4. Misty was 17 years old when she started with the American Ballet Theater.
5. The American Ballet Theater is one of the world’s best theater company.
6. In 2012, Misty got hurt.
7. The American Ballet Theater is 75 years old.
8. On June 30, 2015 Misty became the principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater.
9. Misty’s latest book is called Firebird.
10. Project Plie is the latest project Misty started with the American Ballet Theater.
11. The name of the program that uses the arts to help kids do better in school is called Turnaround Arts.
12. Project Plie offers top ballet training in communities where that training has not been available.
13. Rwanda is in Africa.
14. Mind Leaps started a dance program for girls in Rwanda.

Reference
American Ballet Theater
http://www.abt.org/default.aspx
Misty Copeland
http://mistycopeland.com/
Project Plie
http://www.abt.org/education/projectplie/
Mind Leaps
https://mindleaps.org/
Turnaround Arts
http://turnaroundarts.pcah.gov/

Finding Planet 9 by Time for Kids

Time For Kids
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February 5, 2016
Vol. 6, No. 16
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Finding Planet 9 by Time for Kids

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1. California Institute of Technology
2. Caltech found signs of a large object in space.
3. Scientists at Caltech are saying it is the ninth planet in our solar system.
4. Scientists at Caltech are calling this object Planet 9.
5. No one has seen this object.
6. The scientists believe it exist by studying six objects near it.
7. These six objects travel around the sun in a similar path.
8. “The shape of an object’s orbit tells scientists a lot about what is near it.”
9. Mike Brown is the name of the Astronomer that was interviewed for the Time for Kids article.
10. Scientists think Planet 9 is 10 times the mass of Earth.
11. It will take Planet 9 20,000 years to circle the Earth.
12. There have only been 3 new discoveries of planets since ancient times.

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Caltech Planet 9
https://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523

Game On! by Elizabeth Winchester

Time For Kids
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February 5, 2016
Vol. 6, No. 16
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Game On! by Elizabeth Winchester

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1. Chloe Kim is the future of snowboarding.
2. The Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Lillehammer, Norway.
3. Chloe Kim is 15 years old.
4. You have to be 15-18 years old to compete in the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
5. 1,100 athletes will compete in the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
6. 71 countries will participate in the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
7. The Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held on February 12-21, 2016.
8. The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in South Korea.
9. Jacques Rogge in 1989 came up with the idea of the Youth Olympic Games.
10. Singapore is host to the first Summer Youth Olympic Games.
11. Austria hosted the first Winter Youth Olympic Games.
12. The Youth Olympic Games take place every 4 years.
13. The Learn and Share Program help young athletes learn about health, sportsmanship, and friendship.

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http://www.lillehammer2016.com/en/Information/Learn-Share
http://www.olympic.org/youth-olympic-games
http://www.olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018-youth-olympics

Taking A Stand by Elizabeth Winchester

Time For Kids
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February 5, 2016
Vol. 6, No. 16
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Taking a Stand by Elizabeth Winchester

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1. The first all standing school is Vallecito Elementary School.
2. The first all standing school is located in San Rafael, California.
3. Juliet Starrett started the group StandUp Kids.
4. The students feel happier, you're less tired, and you're more active.
5. Mark Benden is the Director of the Texas A&M Ergonomics Center.
6. Mark Benden said that research shows that kids using standing desks are more engaged and burn more calories.

Reference

Texas A&M Health Science Center
http://sph.tamhsc.edu/research/centers/ergo.html

Vallecito Elementary School
http://www.vallecitoelementaryschool.org/