Issue #8 Links
Follow That Koala!
Cover Story Links:
● Find out more about the koala research being done on St. Bees Island here.
● This page profiles one of the ecologists leading the team on St. Bees Island.
● This link will take you to the Earthwatch organization that helped send our WR News reporter to St. Bees Island.
● Visit Save the Koala, a koala conservation organization.
● Click here for a koala fact sheet from the Taronga and Western Plains Zoo in Australia.
The Hubbub Over Homework
News Debate Links:
● Read Dr. Sandra L. Hofferth’s complete study about how today’s children spend their time here.
● Check out Sara Bennett’s Stop Homework Web site.
● For more about education writer Alfie Kohn’s opinions about homework, check out his Web site.
● Read Dr. Harris Cooper’s article on the proper use of homework.
A Real-Life Bat Man
Your Turn Links:
● Check out the Bat Man, Joseph D’Angeli’s Web site.
● If you like bats, you might also want to check out the Bat Conservation Trust.
Bones on the Go
Info Zone Links:
● For a cool kids page about the skeletal system, click here.
● Explore photographs of the human skeleton here.
● This school put together a cool web curriculum about the skeletal system.
Issue #7 Links
The Long Road Home
Cover Story Links:
● Read the local Fort Campbell newspaper here.
● Click here for a page designed to teach kids what to expect when a loved one returns from being deployed.
● Check out this program that helps people correspond with troops overseas.
● This Web site promotes businesses that offer discounts to military families.
● Click here for tips on talking to kids about the war in Iraq.
Finger Food
Your Turn Links:
● Here’s a local news story about the fingerprint system.
● This page explains how biometric fingerprint scanners work.
Ready to Rumble
Info Zone Links:
● This is the official FBI Art Theft page.
● Here’s a kid-friendly page from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Issue #6 Links
Stop Making Cents?
Cover Story Links:
* Find out more about money from the U.S. Mint.
* Check out the pro-penny Americans for Common Cents Web site.
* You can also visit these pro-penny organizations: Penny Lovers of America and Good Cents for Oakland.
* Find out more about coin collecting here.
* Visit Arizona House Representative Jim Kolbe’s home page here. He introduced this legislation to ban the penny.
Close Encounters
Space News Links:
* Read the International Astronomical Union’s official statement on Near Earth Objects.
* Browse a list of specific comets or asteroids astronomers are keeping an eye on.
* Kids can check out this informative comet page.
* Here’s a fun project NASA put together to get kids interested in comets and asteroids.
Good-Bye to Lice
Your Turn Links:
* The Parent Teacher Organization has a press release about their program called “Keeping Our Kids Lice Free” on their Web site.
* This page has some head lice information for families.
* This page is a kids resource for lice.
Eight Is Enough
Cover Story Links:
* Go here for fun facts about Pluto.
* This page features regular updates about Pluto.
* Read a Weekly Reader article about what was once thought to be a 10th planet.
* This Weekly Reader article discuses a giant asteroid.
* Click here to see a PDF of the original My Weekly Reader article announcing the discovery of Pluto. It's dated April 11, 1930!
Big Dreams
World News Links:
* Click here for the official Emmanuel’s Gift Web Site.
* This is the official Web site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics where Emmanuel hopes to compete.
* Read a Weekly Reader article about one of Emmanuel’s inspirations, athlete Rudy Garcia Tolson.
Watch Your Commas!
Your Turn Links:
* This is author Lynne Truss’ Web site.
* Here is the Web site for her books
The New Solar System
Info Zone Links:
* Read this Weekly Reader web article about recent space missions.
* Click here to check out another Weekly Reader article about Pluto and our Solar System.
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