Fun_Science

Is it easier to float in salt water? Why?

Short article about a mangrove forest in the Florida wetlands

Interesting facts about hurricanes

Describes how the wind helps things grow and describes tornado

How day and night are caused

Basic facts and vocabulary about forces

Short biography of Thomas Edison

Scientists are doing experiments to see if food dropped on the floor for five seconds or less is actually safe to eat.

"The article focuses on how engineers fix the problem faced in Tacoma Narrows Bridge which includes pulling of the dangling deck upon the cables that hold it and compression."

"The article discusses various issues related to fireflies. Fireflies are bioluminescent, and they blink their lights to send out messages to other fireflies. Their flashes also show if the fireflies are male or female. It is stated that fireflies taste bad, and they use their lights to communicate to other animals to stay away from them. The article also offers information on the life cycle of a firefly."

"Presents a science experiment to prove how sound travels through air in waves called sound waves. Materials needed for the experiment; Procedure of the experiment; Result of the experiment."

"The article narrates how skydiver Felix Bumgartner tested how far and how fast a person can fall and still survive. It reveals that he floated 39 kilometers above the Earth, in a region called stratosphere where there is less air pressure, riding a giant balloon for two hours. It also mentions that his team of scientists had questions only his jump could answer, such as how a human body would react to such a big fall from such a high place, and how the technology to protect him worked."

"The article offers information on an educational activity in which children can discover how tall trees get the water they require."

"The article focuses on the process of cooking glass. It explains the physics behind the formation of glass into shaped objects, which involves the tightly packing together of the scattered atoms in melted glass as it hardens. The baking of glass in high heat is performed by a glassblower. Also recounted is the history of making glass, which began from the Romans who invented glass windows."

"The article discusses the responsibilities of firefighters and the environment effects of fire. Topics discussed include a group of firefighters called hotshots, the fire triangle, comprising of heat, fuel and oxygen, and a chemical called sky Jell-O that can be used to put out a fire's flames. It also explains how fires change the environments and restore the ecosystems."

"The article discusses how plants learn about their world through their senses. It offers information on an experiment conducted by Charles Darwin, a 19th century English naturalist and geologist, to prove his hypothesis that plants bend toward light. It also informs that plants can feel, as they can feel the wind, the rain and human touch, as well as explains the sense of smell among plants."

"The article features penguins, flightless birds of the southern hemisphere between Antarctica and South America, with black upper parts and white underpants, and wings that developed into flippers for swimming under water. It informs that the way penguins look and act are adaptations to help them survive in extreme environments. It also describes the penguins' feathers and odd-shaped bodies, as well as narrates how the penguins keep warm and how their eggs survive the coldness of the ice."

"The article presents a teacher's guide to improve reading and writing by having students find ways in which the author of a story about germs and the immune system uses facts to explain ideas, and defines several words and phrases used in the story including "antibody," "immune system," and "virus.""

"The article presents a teacher's guide which involves improving reading by understanding the main ideas in a story about "National Geographic" magazine photographer Joel Sartore's work with endangered animals, and defines several words used in the story including "ecosystem," "extinct" and "habitat.""

"The article discusses how animals use color to survive. It discusses how a peacock spider, which can be found in eastern Australia, use color to show off or to get attention. It explains how a chameleon in Madagascar protects its territory by showing different colors. It cites that macaws in South America blend in their environment by using their colorful feathers as camouflage. It mentions that the dumpling squids off the coast of Australia hide from predators by using colors."