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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

 

Issue #12 Links

Troubled Treasures

Cover Story Links:

  Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Sites homepage.

  Get environmental lessons at the Earthwatch Institute.

  See more photos of  Nepal here

  Want to do something to stop global warming?
Click here and scroll down for a long list of things you can do to help!

 

New Leader at the United Nations

News Briefs Links:

Read a quick biography of the new UN leader Ban Ki-moon here

Read the transcript of Ban Ki-moon’s first UN press conference.

Get audio, video, and a photo slide show of the Secretary-General transition here.

 

Gateway to Asia

National News Links:

  Find out more about the Asia Trail at the National Zoo Web site.

  Take a virtual tour of the Asia trail here.

  See the National Zoo’s pandas live on the Panda Cam.

  Check out these photos of Tai Shan the Panda growing up!

 

Hawaii Quakes, Then Shakes

Info Zone Links:

  Get the full USGS report on October’s Hawaii quake here.

  Check out the USGS educational resources here.

  See how many earthquakes take place in Hawaii on a weekly basis! 

Switching It Up

Your Turn Links:

Read a news article about the new Ottawa team teaching system.

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