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Sunday, April 3, 2016

No More Snow Days by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 18
Date: March 4, 2016
Article: No More Snow Days
Author:  Glenn Greenberg
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1. Delphi Community Elementary School is located in Camden, Indiana.
2. Greg Briles is the Delphi Superintendent.
3. Answers will vary
4. Students have 180 days of school.

Reference
http://www.delphi.k12.in.us/

A Home for Elephants by Andrea Delbanco

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 18
Date: March 4, 2016
Article: A Home for Elephants
Author:  Andrea Delbanco
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1. Elephant calves are about 3 feet tall.
2. Elephant calves weigh about 220 lbs.
3. Lilayi Elephant Nursery is the location for baby elephants.
4. The Elephant Orphanage Project is located in Zambia.
5. The keepers feed and care for the baby elephants.
6. Small calves are taken to Kafue National Park.
7. Oliver Munyama said, "we first train them to get in the turck."


Reference
http://www.zambiatourism.com/destinations/national-parks/kafue-national-park
http://kafuecamps.com/

Fly Me to Mars-and Beyond! by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 18
Date: March 4, 2016
Article: Fly Me to Mars-and Beyond!
Author:  Time For Kids
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1. There were 18,300 applications that were received for the 2017 NASA Astronaut Class.
2. NASA received 6,000 astronaut applications in 2012.
3. The previous record for most applications received for an astronaut class was in 1978 with 8,000 applications.
4. It will take 18 months for NASA to interview all the applicants.
5. There will only be 8-14 applicants accepted to the NASA Astronaut Training Program.
6. Astronauts will train for 2 years.
7. They will study spacecraft systems, spacewalking skills, and Russian.

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/

Stephen Curry's Big Show by Sean Gregory

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 17
Date: February 26, 2016
Article: Stephen Curry's Big Show
Author:  Sean Gregory
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1. The Golden State Warriors won the 2014-2015 NBA Championship.
2. Stephen Curry's jersey is up in sales by 500%.
3. True
4. Stephen Curry is making more than 5 three-pointers per game.
5. Jerry West is the Golden State Warriors' Executive Board Member.
6. Stephen Curry wants a second straight MVP award and another NBA Title.
7. Stephen Curry made 166 three-pointers his Rookie Year.
8. Stephen Curry made 151 three-pointers his second season.
9. Stephen Curry set a single-season NBA record in 2012-2013.
10. Stephen Curry made 272 three-pointers to set the NBA record.
11. In 2014-2015 Stephen Curry broke his own record for three-pointers made.
12. Stephen Curry made 286 three-pointers to break his own record.

Reference
https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

A League of Their Own by Melanie Kletter

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 19
Date: March 18, 2016
Article: A League of Their Own
Author:  Melanie Kletter
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1. National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is the name of the women's professional hockey league.
2. True, The National Women's Hockey League is the first American league to pay women to play ice hockey.
3. The National Women's Hockey League has four teams.
4. The teams are located in northeast part of the U.S.
5. Dani Rylan is the commissioner and founder of the National Women's Hockey League.
6. The league has just finished its first year.

Reference
http://nwhl.co/

Bug Business by Glenn Greenberg

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 19
Date: March 18, 2016
Article: Bug Business
Author:  Glenn Greenberg
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1. Bitty Foods is based in San Francisco, California.
2. Crickets are the special ingredients in the flour.
3. Megan Miller is the cofounder of Bitty Foods.
4. Megan Miller got the idea to start the company after reading a 2013 United Nations report.
5. About 2 billion people eat inspects around the world.
6. Insects are good for people because they have protein, vitamins, fiber, and minerals.
7. Crickets taste like nuts.
8. Jarrod Goldin is the cofounder of Entomo Farms.
9. 2,000 gallons of water are used to produce one pound of meat protein.
10. One gallon of water is used to produce one pound of insect protein.
11. Insects were fed by food waste.
12. Entomo Farms is located in Ontario, Canada.
13. Katharina Unger is the creator of the Livin Farms Hive.
14. The mild-flavored mealworms can produce a pound per week.
15. Customers will feed the mealworms bread crumbs and vegetable scraps.
16. There are about 1,900 insects that are safe to eat.

Reference
http://bittyfoods.com/pages/about-us
http://entomofarms.com/our-story/

Teaching Respect by Heather Price-Wright

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 19
Date: March 18, 2016
Article: Teaching Respect
Author:  Heather Price-Wright
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1. Rujuta Teredesai created the organization Equal Community Foundation.
2. Equal Community Foundation is located in the city of Pune.
3. Equal Community Foundation is located in the country of Indian.
4. Equal Community Foundation services 40,000 people.
5. Mentors of Equal Community Foundation teach boys to respect girls.
6. The boys make different projects to spread tolerance.


Reference
http://ecf.org.in/