February 22, 2010
BONUS! This Issue's Online-Only Printables:
In "Floating Festival," p. 6, you read about a hot-air balloon festival in New Mexico. Learn more about how hot-air balloons fit into the history of inventions that lifted people to new heights. [PDF: SKILLS SHEET] Then, check out some other ways to liftoff besides using hot air with this skills sheet. [PDF: SKILLS SHEET]
After reading "Art Sleuth," p. 8, explore more ways that science and art intersect with this feature article from Science World's archives. [PDF: ARTICLE] Afterward, experiment with solvents in this related hands-on activity. [PDF: HANDS-ON ACTIVITY]
In "Cool Vacation," p. 12, you read about teens exploring a glacier in the U.S. Learn more about the power of glaciers with this experiment. [PDF: HANDS-ON ACTIVITY] Then, use this mapping activity to discover other places that have glaciers. [PDF: SKILLS SHEET]
Teacher's Edition
Download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. Answer keys have been removed.
Reproducibles from the Teacher's Edition
- Science News (Reading Comprehension)
- Check for Understanding (Reading Comprehension)
- More of Leonardo’s Mysteries (Reading Comprehension)
- Glacial Shifts (Chart-Reading Skills)
Haiti Update
A very slow recovery is expected in Haiti. Read more about the crisis, here:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=705
Video Extras: Videos for every feature article!
- Floating Festival:
www.krqe.com/dpp/local_guide/balloon_fiesta/balloonfiesta_krqe_albuquerque_freed_special_shapes_greet_crowds_200910081228 - Art Sleuth:
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/video/history/the-da-vincidetective/22498689001/message-in-a-fresco/22436618001 - Cool Vacation:
http://www.ncascades.org/multimedia/girls_on_ice/index.html
Article-specific web links from this issue's Teacher's Edition:
"Floating Festival"
- Test your hot-air balloon piloting skills with this interactive game at Southern Florida’s Sun Sentinel’s Web site:
www.sun-sentinel.com/broadband/theedge/sfledge-balloongame,0,843241.flash - Learn more about the physics of hot-air balloons with this video produced by Colorado State University:
http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Videos/Sinking&Floating/hotairballoons/hotairballoons.html - For more information about the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, visit:
www.balloonfiesta.com
"Art Sleuth"
- Read about the search for Leonardo’s missing mural and Seracini’s other projects at:
http://cisa3.calit2.net - Check out the Museum of Science in Boston’s Web site that accompanied their exhibit about the life, art, and science of Leonardo da Vinci:
www.mos.org/leonardo - Learn more about Leonardo’s painting Madonna of the Yarnwinder by using this interactive Web site to see what a comprehensive scientific analysis reveals about the painting:
www.universalleonardo.org/scientificAnalysis.php
"Cool Vacation"
- Visit the Girls on Ice program at:
www.girlsonice.org - Learn all about Mount Baker and its history at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Web site:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Baker/description_baker.html - Mount Baker and its glaciers are part of an alpine biome. Visit this Web site to learn more about alpine biomes and their inhabitants:
www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/alpine.htm - Want to see where else in the world there are glaciers? Check out the National Snow and Ice Data Center’s interactive map of glaciers:
http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/nsidc/glacier/viewer.htm
