Issue #14 Links
Ryan’s Well
Cover Story Links:
● Visit Ryan and Jimmy’s homepage.
● Learn more about WaterCan.
● Here’s the kids WaterCan site.
● This group helped Ryan build a well.
● Get water-related classroom here.
● Visit the United Nations Environment Program page.
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week Links:
● Check out the PBS Nature homepage for more animal info and images.
Helping Hands
News Diary Links
● Read more about the Liberty Medal presentation ceremony here.
● Read the poem “We” by Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy.
● Read about the history of the Liberty medal here.
Along Came a Spider
Your Turn Links:
● Visit the Charlotte’s Web movie homepage.
● Visit the official Eragon movie homepage.
● Get more facts about Charlotte’s Web here.
News Game 2006
Info Zone Links:
● Read all of Weekly Reader’s top web stories for 2006 here.
● Explore more about the 2006 Winter Olympics.
● Swashbuckle over to the Pirates of the Caribbean homepage, and get the truth about Pirates from Weekly Reader.
● See an interactive map of the 2006 Middle East War here.
● Get the full story on Pluto here.
● Page though Lemony Snicket info here.
● See where the U.S. population is now.
● Check out World Series photos here.
● Find out more about the congressional power shift here.
● Get more data about extreme weather here.
Issue #13 Links
School of Skate
Cover Story Links:
● Read more about the skateboard fitness trend here.
● Visit the Skate Pass homepage.
● Click here for more youth fitness statistics.
● Check out professor Richard Sagor’s page at Lewis and Clark College.
● Read more about skateboarding in Colorado schools here, here, and here.
● Read about 11-year-old skateboarder Alex Warhall in this Weekly Reader article.
● Get more inside info on skateboarding from Weekly Reader here.
Fencing the Border
News Briefs Links:
● Read the White House fact sheet about the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
● Read the Project Vote Smart fact sheet about the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
● Click here for a critical analysis of the Secure Fence Act.
● Read a Weekly Reader article about immigration issues.
Nobel Work
World News Links:
● Visit the Nobel Prize homepage.
● The Nobel Prize site has a cool game page for kids here.
● You can see pictures from the Nobel Awards ceremony here.
● Visit this year’s Peace Prize winner at the Grameen Bank Web site.
Wind Power
Info Zone Links:
● For more Wind Power info, visit the American Wind Energy Association.
● Find out more about U.S. electricity sources here.
● Read more about Vestas wind turbines here.
Snake Break
Your Turn Links:
● Read the news story about Slim the Python’s escape.
● Read more about ball pythons here.
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