Current Science

             OUR CURRENT ISSUE

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

The Vancouver Winter Olympics happens this month and Current Science is marking the event by rerunning "Quad King." Current Science reporter Pearl Tesler travelled to a skating rink near Los Angeles, where she interviewed figure-skating medalist Tim Goebel for the feature, which is about the science of figure skating. Click here to access  the feature online so that you can make copies for your students.

ENTER THE
CHRYSALIDS
CONTEST

Our Chrysalids Contest is now online.
Top prize in the contest is $100 plus a
copy of the classic sci-fi novel The Chrysalids,
by John Wyndham. Thirty other prize
winners will receive copies of the book.
To put yourself in the running for a prize, 
go here and answer three knowledge-testing
questions. The contest closes February 15, 2010.

"EARTH 2" HAS LANDED!
Current Science's First Electronic
Issue is Now Online

"Earth 2," a one-theme, online-only issue
details the  search for an extrasolar planet
like Earth. It describes the techniques that
astronomers use to locate exoplanets,
the exoplanets discovered so far, the weird
kinds of life that might inhabit other worlds,
and the new telescopes that are enabling
astronomers to see exoplanets in more
detail than ever before. The issue also
includes Current Science's first electronic
Sci Triv Game. 

To access "Earth 2," go to www.weeklyreader.com/earth2.
There, you'll be prompted to register your account number,
which is located on your mailing label, and sign in.

PLEASE RESPOND TO OUR SURVEY!

After using the electronic issue, please let us know what you
thought about it. Your response will help us assess the value
of the electronic issue and shape any further ones we
might publish. Click here to access the survey.

TWIHARD ALERT!

The second installment in the Twilight saga,
"New Moon," is now in theaters. To mark
the event, Current Science is rerunning
"Blood Thirst," an article on nature's blood
eaters that the magazine featured last
year. Click here to access the article online
so that you can make copies for your students. 

EDUCATIONAL ANIMATIONS
Check out Current Science's original
videos that explain in words, pictures, and
animations some of science's
most basic concepts.
The topics include: photosynthesis,
electromagnetic energy, the physics of
sound, tornadoes, the internal combustion
engine, and DNA. Click here.

PHOTO MATT
Our cover feature in issue 3
is about Matt Milligan, a young
photographer who has cerebral palsy. To
see more of Matt's photos go to his Web site.

SEND US YOUR MYSTERY PHOTOS!

Most of the Mystery Photos featured in
Current Science are taken by student
photographers. For each photo published
in the magazine, the photographer receives
$50 plus a T-shirt with the photo printed
on the front. The photographer or classroom
with the most photos published in a school
year wins the Mystery Photo Contest. Please
e-mail your photos to

csmysteryphotos@weeklyreader.com

Or send them via regular mail to:

Mystery Photo Editor
Current Science
Weekly Reader Publishing
1 Reader's Digest Road
Pleasantville, NY
10570-7000

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appear in the magazine's printed edition for
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