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Find somebunny to help you solve the mystery on our Easter page with Buzz and Beeper. Every bunny needs a buddy!

How many of these eggs match the one the Easter Bunny is holding?

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MEET THE KOALA

She battled a gang of alligators, stunned a bear with a grin and married Koalas are nocturnal, which theySally sleep during theAnn day Davy Crockett.

Read all about themeans legendary Ann Thunder and are active at night. Koalas sleep about 18 hours each day.

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3 At 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco experienced one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. It is estimated that the quake was 7.7 to 7.9 on the Richter Scale. More than 3,000 people lost their lives in the quake and the fires that followed. The fires alone destroyed 28,000 buildings in the city—nearly every single one!

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In 1906 near San Francisco, the Pacific Plate moved about 20 feet in just a few seconds. The pictures at left show how some of the land changed when this happened. How many changes can you find?

Standards Link: Investigation: Find similarities and differences in common objects.

EARTHQUAKE SAN FRANCISCO PLATES PACIFIC ANDREAS FAULTS SECONDS STRONG EARTH SHELL CRACK ALONE FAST SHAKE

A big quake has mixed up all the sentences in this article.

Cut the sentences out and paste them in the correct order.

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his Easter, Buzz and Beeper didn’t find eggs in their baskets. They found a mysterious message! Every bunny needs a buddy and these bunnies need YOUR help to discover how to read the message.

Find somebunny to be your buddy and do this page together!

If this page looks easy to do, share it with somebunny younger than you. If it looks hard, share it with somebunny older!

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Beeper didn’t finish coloring her egg.

Do the rest for her.

Have more fun with your buddy! Draw an egg and color half of it. Then let your buddy finish your design.

How many eggs can you find on this page in 60 seconds?

Race your buddy!

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How many times can you find the word EGG in the puzzle?

Hint: The word EGG is spelled forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. You may use the same letter more than once.

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You Need:

Each player needs 8 markers. Buttons, pebbles or even small squares of paper make good markers.

Goal:

Be the first person to get to the sum of 23.

How to Play:

1. The first player puts one marker on a number and says the number aloud.

2. The second player places a marker on another number, adds that number to the previous number and says the total aloud.

3. Play continues until one player reaches exactly 23.

Buzz’s Eggs-tra Challenge: Change the numbers in each egg above, using the numbers 5 through 8.

Beeper’s Eggs-tra-ordinary Challenge: Begin with 23 and subtract the amounts to reach zero.

Standards Link: Mathematics: Subtract single digits from single and double digits.

The secret code to crack the answer to this riddle is hidden in this egg border. is the letter A. To find out what letter each egg stands for, find

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The alphabet follows in order by going clockwise around the border. Each egg stands for one letter of the alphabet.

Standards Links: Decoding: Recognize letters of the alphabet. Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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Sally Ann thought Davy Crockett was mighty cute. She prettied herself to catch his heart.

Do the math to discover a couple of the things she used to make a big impression. The correct answers are the ones that add up to odd numbers.

So, did she win Davy’s heart?

Well, now we call her Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett. What do you think?

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Davy Crockett, incidentally, is not just a tall tale. He really existed, and served in Congress from 1827 to 1835.

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With its big, black shiny nose, large fluffy ears and round body covered with soft fur, the koala looks like a cuddly teddy bear.

But it’s not! It’s neither a toy, nor a bear. Koalas are related to opossums, wombats and other marsupials.

Standards Links: Life Science: Animals have adaptions that serve specific functions in survivial.

Marsupial moms carry their young around in pouches that are part of the body!

The word marsupial means “having a pouch.”

Koalas make their homes in eucalyptus forests along the eastern coast of Australia.

The eucalyptus forest provides food, shelter, and water—nearly everything the koala needs to survive.

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This is the habitat of the koala.

Fill in the names of these marsupials in these boxes.

Koalas are nocturnal, which means they sleep during the day and are active at night. Koalas sleep about 18 hours each day.

Koalas don’t build nests or platforms. When they get sleepy, they find a nice cozy fork in the tree branches.

Though the hard branches of a tree wouldn’t seem cozy to us, the koala has a thick layer of fat and fur on its behind—its own built in pillow!

Which two sleepy koalas are identical?

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A koala’s claws are just right for ____________ on to tree trunks and branches.

The front paws have five toes—two on one side of the foot and three on the other. That’s like having two thumbs, an arrangement that gives the koala a strong _________.

The toes on the back paws are different from those on the front.

In back, there’s a _______ “big toe” without a claw, plus three other toes, two of which are joined. These joined toes are ______ for grooming.

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Match each acorn to the kind of oak tree it comes from. Do the math to check your answers.

Tanbark Oak

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15 - 8 =

Black Oak

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Standards Links: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.

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