Chill Kids magazine 2014 September Chapel Hill Durham

CHillKids

September 2014

Fun Family Educational Resource of Chapel Hill • Carrboro • Hillsborough • Durham • NC Triangle

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Back-to-School Fun in the NC Triangle The Conservators' Center: Lions, Tigers, Wolves (and more)!

Meet Tim Green, Inspirational Athlete & Bestselling Author

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Cover Art: Chapel Hill, NC Textile Collage Artist Elaine O'Neil

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COVER ART: “Tweetsie Railroad” textile collage by Elaine O’Neil

Elaine O’Neil is a Chapel Hill-based textile collage artist who uses fabrics to create beautiful textile collages of fond childhood memories, and whimsical images of the local community and North Carolina landmarks. Elaine O’Neil also is the illustrator of Good Night Carolina, a children’s book written by Missy Julian Fox and Marie Myers Lloyd.

As O’Neil describes it, “Growing up in the countryside of rural Maine, I had an idyllic, perfect childhood. Running barefoot in the green fields, playing hide and seek in our big red barn, picking sweet peas, and eating blueberry pie are fond memories I hold dear to this day. My artistic process begins with those simple, pure moments. I strive to conjure up the essence of those good memories and capture them through whimsey and color, all stitched together with a sense of humor and delight. I call the finished piece, "textile collage".

"I began sewing as a girl, winning 4-H contests and making all of my clothes.

In college, I designed fabrics, enjoying the created effect of color and texture combinations. Later, while our three sons were little and I was home with them, I began creating "scenes" and portraits of a family boat ride, a cow farm, or a seaside picnic. Those 'scenes' were noticed by a gallery and that was the start of my art career.”

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Welcome September!

September in the North Carolina Triangle means back to school, beautiful blue skies, cooler weather and so many fun things to do!

September is BugFest time! Learn all about bugs and insects at BugFest on September 20th at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. (This year the "theme bug" is the STINK bug!) Read about the gentle (and non-stinky) dragonfly on page 12.

September weather is perfect for a visit to meet the animals at the Conservators' Center near Burlington, NC. Read about these amazing animals on pages 4 and 5.

This month we talked with football hero and bestselling author Tim Green about what it's like to be an athlete, writer, and attorney. Read our young reporter's interview and Tim's great advice for kids on page 9.

Grab a yo-yo and practice some tricks!

At more than 2,000 years old, the yo-yo is the world's second oldest toy, after the doll.

Find out who invented it, and why it became so popular (page 18).

Have fun!

Have a lar u spectac ber!

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Neither participating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. The publishers reserve the right to edit any submitted material. CHillKids is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, or other material.

Children's art submissions should include name, address, telephone number, and permission to publish signed by a parent or guardian.

Take the back to school silly dental quiz!

1. What has teeth but can’t eat?

2. What is the dentist’s favorite thing at the fair?

3. What does a dentist do in an earthquake?

4. What did the dentist see at the North Pole?

5. What did the vampire say when the dentist cleaned his teeth?

Answers below.

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Good luck students!

We hope this year is fabulous!

1) a comb 2) the fluoride 3) brace himself 4) a molar bear 5) “fang you very much”

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ANIMAL KINGDOM

The Conservators' Center: A North Carolina Community Gem for Wildlife Education, Conservation, & Rescue

Center's reputation as a leading facility for the care of these species.

Lions, & tigers, & binturongs, oh my!

A visit to the Conservators' Center

near Burlington, North Carolina brings you face to face with all kinds of amazing animals! On a Conservators' Center tour with an experienced guide, you can see close up the beautiful markings and stripes of the animals. You can hear the calls and sounds they make.

You can get to know the animals' unique personalities, learn their individual stories, and learn about each species and its role in its ecosystem.

Education The Conservators' Center's incredible animals serve as the best possible ambassadors for their respective species and the need for comprehensive conservation efforts. Children and adults alike leave the Conservators' Center tours and visits touched by the experience, and with a better understanding of how we are all interconnected.

You can also listen to the ROARING sound of twenty lions as they "oof " to one another! As you listen and watch the lions, close up, you can feel the sound go right through you, from your ears down to your toes!

It is a gentle, friendly roar, not a scary roar, as the lions "oof " in greeting, calling out ("oofing") to one another, and in reply to the calls of the experienced guides and volunteers at the Conservators' Center. With up to twenty lions oofing at the same time, some within a few feet from you, it is a sound and a feeling you will never forget!

Conservation Philosophy In order to save a species you must preserve an entire ecosystem. The animals who are residents at the Conservators' Center contribute to the survival of their species because people who learn about them come to understand why it is important to protect them, and their habitats. The Conservator's Center's conservation breeding program contributes to the limited numbers of these animals that are bred in captivity. Networking with other organizations allows them to have more of an impact through sharing offspring for educational programs and future breeding.

Most of the Conservators' Center's friendly and curious lions, tigers, and wolves enjoy greeting and observing their visitors. You will be equally enchanted by the smaller species, including binturongs, New Guinea singing dogs, a red fox, dingo, ring-tailed lemurs, servals, caracals, bobcats, lynx, and jungle cats.

In upcoming Chill Kids issues, we will learn about each of the different kinds of animals who live at the Conservators' Center. (See photos of some of the residents on page 5). Each of these animals has a unique story to tell.

About the Conservators' Center The Conservators’ Center is a nonprofit organization that preserves threatened species through rescuing wildlife in need, responsible captive breeding, and providing educational programs and support worldwide. It is a community of people caring for animals, and a community of animals who love their caretakers.

Visitors to the Conservators’ Center – which is home to almost 90 exotic animals, including more than 25 big cats – often call this wildlife haven tucked away among the farms of Caswell County a “hidden gem.”

(The conservancy is located near Burlington, NC, about 30-45 minutes from Chapel Hill/Durham.) Since this nonprofit opened to the public for educational tours in 2007, thousands of visitors from North Carolina and beyond have experienced the Center’s eclectic collection of animals. It is an exceptional

Freya Tiger would love to meet you on a tour at the Conservators' Center! Photo by Chariot Creative

experience to take a guided tour and meet these animals. Unlike zoos, where you’re lucky to see the flick of a lion’s tail, the Center’s lions, tigers, and other exotic residents are close enough for you to see the color, outline and shape of their eyes.

About the Animals The Conservators' Center accepts and cares for animals who simply need a forever home, as well as those no one else wants—including animals suffering from behavioral issues, physical disabilities, and those who are elderly.

Some of the animals were placed with the Conservators' Center by authorities after they were rescued from neglectful or abusive situations. Many were placed for retirement with the Conservators' Center from a zoo, theme park, breeding program, veterinarian, or other animal professional. Several are former pets with loving owners who discovered that caring for an exotic animal is challenging or dangerous in a home environment; or whose owners were truly negligent before they surrendered the animals, either directly to the Center or to professionals who placed them there.

The Conservators' Center's mission focuses on education, conservation, and rescue. Fulfilling these three aspects of its mission has built the Conservators'

Rescue Saving individual animals requires accepting rescue and placement animals. The majority of the animals arrived at the Conservators’ Center by rescue and placement. Their staff have the experience and ability to accept the worst-case animals, (for example, animals who have serious behavioral issues, are very ill, need urgent care, and/or are seized from angry owners who were responsible for animal abuse, neglect, or cruelty.)

Schedule a Tour and Become Part of the Conservators' Center Community The Conservator's Center receives no state or federal funding to transport or house rescued animals.

Visitors are the main source of income. Every visit helps support the animals! Scheduling a tour is a great way to support the animals' care, while you have an amazing experience seeing the animals up close and learning the unique stories of each animal.

Visitors must make advance reservations for tours.

Tour participants are not permitted to touch any of the animals.

The Conservators' Center also offers birthday parties, field trips, programs for scouts and youth groups, and overnight programs (howl with the wolves!)

Visit www.conservatorscenter.org to learn about how volunteers can join the community, become a lifetime adopter, and help provide for the care of the animals at the Conservators' Center.

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Meet the Animals at the Conservators' Center Hear the Lions ROAR and Meet Tigers, Wolves and Other Rescued Aninals Face-to-Face

At the Conservators' Center (located near Burlington, NC) you can meet the animals in the pictures below, and many more.

In the coming months, you can also learn more about the individual residents in future issues of Chill Kids! We'll learn about the majestic lions and lionesses who came to live at the Conservators' Center in a large group (including lion cubs who now are big lions).

We'll learn about Hopa, a beautiful gray wolf, who is like a mother to gray wolf brothers Trekkie Monster and Roland. (The gray wolf brothers look like white wolves).

We'll also learn about Arthur the white tiger (always a favorite, and he is very photogenic).

Arthur Tiger even has his own Facebook page!

We'll learn about Soxy the Fox (he likes to dig and burrow, and hide his treats for later), and the lovable binturongs. Oliver Binturong adopted stray (feral) kittens as his own family! The stray

kittens did not want to leave him either, so they now live happily together in their own habitat/ group at the Conservators' Center. Sometimes Oliver Binturong, the black kitties, and a wild squirrel can be seen peacefully and politely eating together from the same bowl!

Each resident has a unique personality and a unique story. Meet them when you go on a tour at the Conservators' Center! Learn more at www.conservatorscenter.org.

TAKE A TOUR & AWAKEN YOUR WILD SIDE!

* Have you ever looked a tiger in the eye? * Felt the whole-body impact of lions roaring? * Watched wolves romp through the woods?

Bengal Cats

Dingo

These and other once-in-a-lifetime experiences are possible at the Conservators’ Center.

You are guaranteed a unique and up-close view of these exotic animals, often from just 5 feet away! Learn about the residents and their care from knowledgeable guides. Every visit from you helps support them.

Learn more at www.BeWilderNC.org.

Binturongs (Bearcats)

Bobcats

Ocelot

Visit www.conservatorscenter.org for photo credits & more info.

Fennec Fox

Genets

Jungle Cats

Lions

Geoffroy's Cats

Kinkajous

Lynx Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Caracals

Leopards

Chausies Gray Wolves

Red Fox

New Guinea Singing Dogs

Servals

Tigers

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In 1825, a man by the name of Noah Webster completed a dictionary containing 70,000 words.

Twelve thousand of these had never been in a dictionary before.

The oldest dictionaries ever found were _____________ in the Middle East and China.

The first European dictionaries ______________ words in several _____________. The first English dictionary included French, Italian and __________ words with their definitions in English.

Webster started that project in 1807.

Do the math to reveal how many years it took him to create his dictionary.

ANSWER: ___________ years!

Standards Links: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.

If balloon were the first word on this dictionary page and basket were the last word, which words would be on this page? Think up as many as you can or look some up in a dictionary and write them on the lines.

Help the Word Wizard make the missing words appear!

Imagine how hard it would be to look up a word like woofits if the dictionary words were not in ABC order. (Yes! Woofits is a word.

Want to know what it means? Look it up in the dictionary!)

balloon: a brightly sac that can be blowcolored rubber n up with air or gas.

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friend farm flag fish

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ball bounce block bowl

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wish wizard word wash

Standards Links: Spelling: Put words in alphabetical order.

basket: a containe r made by weaving together m reeds, straw or strip aterials such as s of wood.

Standards Link s: Research: Use guide words in a dictionary.

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Number each set of words below in alphabetical order.

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Amigos del español Empareja los animales Match the animals Busca y escribe el número que le corresponda a cada animal.

Search and fill in the matching number for each animal.

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águila eagle

elefante elephant

venado deer

lobo wolf

gato cat

pavo real peacock 2

Can you guess what the picture is?

Complete the dot-to-dot, then color in the picture.

(Hint: Read about the Conservators' Center on pages 4-5)

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We love to publish your original art work, letters, poems and stories! Ask your parent/guardian to send or email your original art, along with their signed permission to publish, to Chill Kids at the Chapel Hill mailing address on page 3.

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Think Globally, learn locally Classes are starting after Labor day week and mid September!

Give your children the experience of learning a new culture through languages

• Small Group and private classes on-site and off-site (Spanish, French, German, Mandarin and many other languages) for Adults and Children

• Professional Translation and Interpretation services

(919) 933-0398 • www.chi-cle.com 101 E. Weaver Street, Carrboro NC 27510

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The Chill Kid Scoop Kids Word Wizard searched the dictionary for some really weird words. Pick one of these words, look it up in a dictionary and use it in your conversation today. What will your friends and family say?

©Vicki Whiting Standards Links: Vocabulary: Understand a varied listening and speaking vocabulary.

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INSPIRING CAREERS

Athlete, New York Times best-selling author and lawyer!

By Murphy Roberts Chill Kids & Kid Scoop News Young Reporter

As a boy, Tim Green had two dreams: playing in the NFL and becoming a best-selling author.

Both of those dreams have come true!

A former All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick, Tim Green was the Atlanta Falcons’ top defensive player for eight years. He had a sensational career in the NFL, being called the “Renaissance Man” of sports by both Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Times. Tim was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001. He also was co-valedictorian of his class at Syracuse University, and later earned his law degree with honors.

Tim now is an attorney and author who writes books for adults and children, many of which have made the New York Times bestseller list.

Tim’s first book for young readers, Football Genius, was a New York Times bestseller. He now has two series of young reader novels set in the sports of football and baseball.

What motivated you to begin What is your advice to writing books for kids? the millions of kids who I had been writing suspense novels for adults want to grow up and play with Warner books when I got a call from professional sports? an editor at HarperCollins Publishers. She’d read a book of mine called Exact Revenge and really loved it. She saw I was a former NFL player and came up with the idea for me to start using my skills as a writer to tell stories set in sports to kids. She thought it would excite a lot of non-readers to pick up a book and it has!

As your fans eagerly await the release of your next children’s book, what details can you share with us?

It’s called Lost Boy and will be released in spring of 2015. It’s the story of a boy whose mother has had a terrible accident. She needs a costly operation to save her life and he has to find the father he never knew to try and save her. With only an old love letter and an autographed baseball to go on, he learns his father is a famous major league baseball player. With the clock on his mom’s life ticking down, he has to try and not only connect with his famous father, but convince him that he is his son.

I’ll tell you what I tell my own kids: the most important thing is to be a good and kind person. That’s true success and with it comes relationships with wonderful people you love. Next, education is critical, go as far and as high as you can. I urge my kids to get graduate degrees, not just college. Make sure you focus on both of those things first, then devote yourself to lifting and running and out-working everyone around you in sports.

Realize though that to make it to the NFL requires more than just talent and hard work.

It takes luck. You have to be at the right place at the right time with the right coaches and teammates AND stay healthy!

More about Tim Green

Radio and TV career:

Commentator for National Public Radio, commentator for FOX NFL Sunday for 11 years; has also starred in Battle Bots, Good Morning America, Court TV, A Current Affair, and Find My Family.

Family Man:

He lives in upstate New York with his wife Illyssa, their five children and two dogs.

Role Model:

Speaks to kids around the country about the importance of getting a good education, reading more and having a good character.

What is your favorite sport to watch? To play? To coach?

Football. Football. Football.

About our Young Reporter, Murphy Roberts “I love sports and I love to read, just like Tim Green. As a child, Green dreamed of becoming a professional football player and a best-selling author. Through hard work, perseverance and dedication, his dream came true! For me, interviewing Tim Green was a dream come true!”

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EARLY LEARNERS A is for Apple a is for apple

Help Andy Ant find his way through the apple maze, starting at the GREEN arrow and ending at the RED arrow.

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter A. Say the letter as you trace it.

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Ann! Ann! Come quick as you can!

There’s a fish that TALKS In the frying pan!

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How many pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound that the letter A makes in the word apple?

Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

Learning Buddies: Read the first part of the sentence aloud. Ask your child to think of a way to finish the sentence. Write your child's words in the lines. Read the entire sentence to your child while pointing out that reading is done from left to right. Older children may want to trace all or some of the letters in the sentence.

COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES!

triangle youth ballet

The area’s ONLY artsbased after school program. Held daily at The ArtsCenter, a 40year old arts institution in the heart of our community.

Photography by Steve Clarke

Offering Classes This Fall for young dancers at the ArtsCenter, Carrboro, Durham Arts Council, Durham TYB, Chapel Hill

1708 A East Franklin St. Gateway Commons Chapel Hill, NC 27515 The Triangle Youth Ballet is a 501(c)3 non-profit and a member of the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits.

www.triangleyouthballet.org

919-932-2676

Youth Arts Blocks: • Meeting once a week for 7 wks • Offering a variety of artforms • One-day Workshops & • Sunday Funday Family Workshops

AfterSchool Arts Immersion & Youth Arts Blocks Upcoming Classes Starting 2nd Week of September • Triangle Youth Ballet Saturdays • Fingerpainting for Toddlers Mondays • Painting & Paper Arts Mondays • Theatre & Performance Fridays

• Drawing & Cartooning Tuesdays • Pottery for Kids Fridays • Digital & Graphic Arts Thursdays • Jewelry-Making Mondays

The ArtsCenter • 300-G E. Main St. Carrboro 919.929.2787 • www.ArtsCenterLive.org

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Talk with your family about careers that interest you. What kind of education or training do those jobs require?

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National Grandparents’ Day

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Write a poem for a grandparent and draw a picture to go with it.

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Help clean up in Be a super secret Tidy your bedroom the garden today today. Make your superstar! Do and think about bed and leave your something really nice room as nice as planting something for someone without now that will bloom possible. them knowing it. next year.

Keep it a secret!

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Look in books and online for some great pirate phrases to get ready for “Talk Like a Pirate Day!”

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Book Day

Gather the family for an evening of your favorite board or card games.

Stand close to a friend and toss them a football.

For each successful catch, both of you take one step backwards. How far apart will you go?

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Do you have a library card?

September is the perfect time to visit your local library, get your library card and check out some great books.

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Orange County's 10th Annual DOG SWIM! 1-4 pm at the AD Clark Pool 216 N. Roberson St. Chapel Hill (Rain date Sept. 14)

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ARRR! Talk Like a Pirate Day

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BugFest at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Raleigh, NC 9am - 7pm www.BugFest.org

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First Day of Fall

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Take a hike to search for signs of autumn.

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Dogs must be current on vaccinations, not in season and on a leash to enter Rain date: September 14

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ragonflies have been around since before the dinosaurs!

In fact, dragonflies were flying across the landscape about one hundred million years before dinosaurs walked the earth.

And, they were BIG bugs. Prehistoric dragonfly wings measured nearly three feet across! Scientists claim these were the largest insects that the world has ever seen.

Dragonflies are still some of the world’s largest flying insects. They have wingspans measuring 1 to 5 inches.

There are more than 4,000 kinds or species.

Many are colored like jewels. Their shiny colored bodies and wings reflect the sunlight, making them a delight to watch in flight.

Dragonflies knew about fast food long before humans did. While flying, the dragonfly positions its legs and the bristly spines growing on the legs to form a basket scoop. It collects mosquitoes and other bugs in this bristly basket and then munches its catch, all while still airborne! The dragonfly’s approach to dinner is like picking up and wolfing down an order of “bugs in a basket” to go!

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know that organisms have distinct structures that serve specific functions in survival.

After a dragonfly egg hatches, a tiny, wingless creature called a nymph wriggles out. The dragonfly nymph breathes with __________ located at the rear of its abdomen.

The nymph is a _________ predator that eats mosquito larvae, worms, tadpoles and even small _______. It hides in the mud or weeds and waits for supper to wander by. When a _________ morsel comes into view, the nymph shoots out a large lower lip with lightning speed and pulls the food into its mouth.

Dragonflies are famous for their flying skills. They can change direction in an instant, hover like helicopters in mid-air, zoom along at 35 miles per hour and dart up, down and even backward.

by Chris Earley

Dragonflies are as fascinating as they are beautiful.

Readers will learn how to observe them in the wild and have them hover as close as their nose! One dragonfly species makes the longest migration of any insect in the world. Dragonflies can be found in wetlands, forests, fields and even backyards. This illustrated guide to dragonflies and damselflies is packed with facts. Close-up photographs reveal tips and tricks for how to properly catch, hold and let a dragonfly go. An identification section allows the reader to quickly and easily identify the most popular species.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals progress through life cycles of birth, growth, development and reproduction.

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Dragonflies: Catching • Identifying • How and Where They Live

This _________ lower lip is one of the things that has earned dragonfly nymphs the name “pond monster.”

The lip is made of two hinged pieces that fold up under its face. The lip is so large, it partly covers the face and is sometimes called a _______.

When it shoots out, the lip can be half as long as the nymph’s entire body.

Websites To Catch a Dragonfly student.societyforscience.org/article/catch-dragonfly

Scientists are discovering that not everything is known about dragonflies. Fitted with tiny radio transmitters, they researched migration. Puzzled as to a where a certain species stayed in winter, researchers discovered that crayfish burrows provided an ideal sheltering place.

Answers Your Questions biokids.umich.edu/critters/Anisoptera/

BioKids Critter Catalog has the answers to lots of questions about dragonflies.

From 'What kind of habitat do they need?' to 'How do they communicate with each other?', there’s lots of valuable scientific information here.

A Short Explanation

pbskids.org/video/?pid=SbKNIvC0sa6WurjfqZl_fu865VuTq2yq&category=Dinosaur%20Train

If you’re just discovering dragonflies, this PBS Kids science video with Dr. Scott the paleontologist has a perfect segment for you.

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Look for Math-A-Muse Answers on page 18.

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Are your math skills “up to par”? Find out by completing the nine holes of fun at Laughing Links Mini Golf Course!

Complete the math problem next to each name. The correct answer is an even number.

To find out each golfer’s score, estimate the answer to the math problem next to that player. In golf, players want to get the lowest score possible. Circle the golfer with the lowest score.

165 69

153 82

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The 18-hole putting green built for the Ladies' Putting Club in St. Andrews, Scotland is considered to be the world’s oldest miniature golf course.

Number of holes in a standard golf course + number of eggs in a dozen

2 1/2" + 1 3/4" =

Number of ounces in a pound + number of cups in a quart

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To sink the golf ball, follow the path with numbers that count by 3s.

Make a hole in one by getting it right the first try!

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By Jan Buckner Walker

The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite Adults

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The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for grown-ups!

Claws and Effect Kids Across

1. A powerful, giant jungle cat covered with spots 5. This animal, which lives on the ocean floor, has claws that come in handy when it's time to grab a meal 7. What 5As use their claws to do 9. A cat who lives with your family 10. A wildcat uses its claws to catch dinner and its ____ to eat it 11. Very pointy, like a hawk's claws 13. When a kitten sees you sitting, she may hop up on your _____ 14. What cats do to their posts 18. A large, striped cat whose powerful claws allow it to climb and hunt 20. An eagle's claw is also called a _______

22. Marine biologists know that the male _____ has larger claws than a female does 24. This animal's mother might want to scream, "Ouch!" if he scratches her while he's inside of her pouch 25. A carpenter's tool that rhymes with "claw"

Parents Down

1. Jungle's regal resident 2. Feline's foot (and claw location) 3. Lovely bud with claw-like growths on its stem 4. Davy Crockett might have had to tangle with a raccoon to get the makings of this accessory 5. Speckled wildcat said to be the fastest in the jungle 6. Clawfoot lavatory fixture that makes the nostalgic bubble

over with joy 8. Prized as fast and sleek, this Jaguar has no claws at all 9. Their white fur coats keep them warm in the arctic cold: ____ bears 12. Obsessive recluse (or type of sand-dwelling 5A that uses its claws to examine an abandoned shell to inhabit) 15. Earth-moving machinery with a giant mechanical claw 16. Some scientists now believe the raptor dinosaurs used their claws, not to hunt, but to _____ 17. Species (and color) of the smallest and most common bear in North America 19. Red-banded coral shrimp's underwater habitat 21. Little pest evicted by an itchy cat's claw 23. ___ otters have retractable claws on their front paws

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SEPTEMBER 2014 Flick Picks Dolphin Tale 2 (In Theaters: September 12) Picking up where the 2011 hit family movie Dolphin Tale left off, this is the continuation of the true story of the brave dolphin Winter, who became a worldwide symbol for perseverance and faith after her miraculous rescue and rehabilitation thanks to the invention of a prosthetic dolphin tail.

While Winter lost her tail as the result of being entangled in a crab trap, her new prosthetic dolphin tail allowed her to survive and thrive.

People came from all over to visit Winter and the other marine animals at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

In Dolphin Tale 2, (starring Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson), we learn that the Aquarium will have to move Winter to a different facility unless they find a female companion for her. Dolphins are social creatures, and regulations require that they be paired for their well-being. If they don't find a female companion for Winter, they could lose her to another aquarium.

Bethany Hamilton, the surfer whose real life story (after she was attacked by a shark and lost her arm) inspired the movie Soul Surfer is one of the cast. Rated PG for some mild thematic elements. 107 min. (Warner Bros. Pictures.)

Watch the real Winter (via Live Web Cams at Clearwater Marine Aquarium) on Winter's website at www.seewinter.com.

The BoxTrolls (In Theaters: September 26) From the makers of Coraline and ParaNorman, The BoxTrolls is an adventure-comedy film based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow.

The story is set in the fictional Victorian-era town of Cheesebridge, a place where the people care most about wealth and social status, and they love their stinky cheeses!

The film combines 3D stop-motion (sculpted figures) with CGI (computer generated imagery) to create a world of "BoxTrolls" living beneath the cobblestone streets of Cheesebridge. The people of Cheesebridge mistakenly believe that the hideous creatures called boxtrolls steal their children and their cheeses.

But the boxtrolls are not dangerous or mean; instead they are silly, lovable characters who wear recycled cardboard boxes (like a turtle's shell), like to collect junk, and transform found objects into incredible inventions. The boxtrolls raised an orphaned human boy (named "Eggs") (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright). When the boxtrolls are threatened by a pest exterminator bad-guy (voiced by Ben Kingsley), who wants to get rid of them to improve his social status, they seek the help of their adopted human and his new human friend to bring harmony to Cheesebridge and the boxtroll world. Rated PG for action, some peril and a bit of mild rude humor. 1 hr. 45 min. (Focus Features.)

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The Touchstone Energy Kids’ "Super Energy Saver" program featuring CFL Charlie is designed to teach children grades K-5 about energy, electrical safety and energy savings, and includes:

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ccording to Asian historians, toys similar to yo-yos that date to about 1000 B.C. have been found in China. These take the form of two sculpted ivory disks connected by a central peg and suspended from a silk cord. t more than two thousand years old, the yo-yo is the world’s second oldest toy. The yo-yo’s popularity, like the toy itself, has gone up and down.

There are varied opinions about which culture invented the yo-yo. Some people think that different cultures may have come up with it independently of each other at about the same time in history.

Standards Link: Reading: Students use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts.

Drawings of yo-yo shaped objects have been found in ancient Egyptian temples.

Standards Link: Readng Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

ome historians say 16th century hunters in the Philippines used the yo-yo as a weapon. A hunter would fling the disk at his prey and use the string to pull back the disk. Others say this isn’t true and believe the yo-yo was just used as a toy as in other countries.

We do know that the person who made yo-yos popular in the modern era was a young man from the Philippines named Pedro Flores.

He was a yo-yo expert who could do amazing tricks. He started his yo-yo

company in 1928 with 12 copies of the handmade toy he called the Flores Yo-Yo. Eighteen months later, he had three factories employing 600 workers who produced 300,000 yo-yos daily. The name and the toy were a hit!

SUBTRACTON SUDOKU

Standards Link: History: Understand similarities between cultures past and present.

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SEPTEMBER Math-A-Muse ANSWERS COIN CAPER ANSWERS: Dime, Dime, Nickel, Nickel

ADDITION SQUARE ANSWER 2, 6, 11, 2, 10, 9, 27 ROAD RIDDLE: (x - /)

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Tiny Grains of Dust From Way-Way-Outer Space!

By Alex H. Kasprak, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nobody on Earth had ever handled anything that came from anywhere outside our solar system until recently, when scientists discovered that a few microscopic grains caught by a NASA spacecraft might actually be from outside of our solar system. This interstellar dust—that’s the fancy name for it—was discovered thanks to both NASA and a group of citizen scientists who volunteered their time for the sake of science.

seven!) grains of dust that came from outside our solar system. They think they came from somewhere else because their chemistry is very different than usual space dust.

Where did they come from? They might have come from a huge supernova explosion millions of years in the past. Or they could have come from massive faraway stars. Either way, if the scientists are right, and it does turn out to be interstellar dust, it would be very exciting. These seven small grains could teach us about something that astronomers see all over space, but have never seen up close.

In early 1999, NASA launched a mission called Stardust, whose job was to travel to a comet, collect its dust, and return to Earth. Stardust used a trap with a special gel to collect tiny dust from the glowing area around the comet.

On its way there, it also collected particles of dust floating around our solar system. After reaching the comet, it returned to Earth in 2006, where it safely returned with its precious cargo. A great success!

But analyzing all those dust grains is really hard. Some of the grains are a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand! Once the material was returned to Earth, scientists had to take millions of close up pictures of the gel to help them locate the dust and analyze the dust.

There were too many pictures for the Stardust team to analyze in their lifetimes. So they uploaded these super zoomed-in dust trap pictures to the Internet and let people—nicknamed ‘Dusters’—assist in the search. That really sped things along!

Thanks to the volunteers’ work and the hard work of scientists involved with the project, NASA reported that they might have found seven (only

KID’S MEALS… more than just yummy!

The hole shown in the red circle was likely caused by a fast-moving particle that vaporized when it hit the particle trap on NASA’s Stardust spacecraft. Tracks like these helped lead scientists to the seven grains of dust that may have come from outside our solar system.

Credit: UC Berkeley/Andrew Westphal.

Visit NASA’s Space Place to learn more about our sun and earth, solar system and the universe beyond. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov hen a dragonfly lands on her toothbrush, Eliza and her Aunt Doris decide to take it to a nearby pond. There they find an “awful green creature” about the size of a paperclip.

What will it become?

Unscramble the title of this book. Then, check it out at your library!

DRAGONFLY LARVAE NYMPH BASKET SPECIES ABDOMEN CYCLE STAGES WORMS POND HOVER MORSEL DART TRAIL SHARE

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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After 5 pm, ever Tuesday: 1 free kids meal per adult entree of $7.99 or more.

Also, if you bring in a current perfect report card, you get a free kids meal on any day! *Perfect report card offer only valid once per quarter, per child, not valid with any other offer.

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