Junior Scholastic back issues from February 2007:
The warmest year on the record: 2006 was the warmest year on record in the U.S. Will 2007 be even hotter?(Environment)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Did you think something was wacky about the weather last year? If so, you were right. Last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that a new weather record was set in 2006. It was the warmest year ever in the contiguous United States (all but Alaska and ...
A new star in the Galaxy.(David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Who? David Beckham, aka Becks, the world-famous soccer star, born May 2, 1975, in Leytonstone, England. What's the deal? He signed a five-year contract to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team. For his efforts, Beckham will receive an estimated $250 ...
Reinventing the phone.(Technology)(Apple iPhone)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Apple's new iPhone may be the most revolutionary multitasker yet. It combines a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with ...
Did you know?(baby carrots)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Baby carrots are made, not born. They actually come from whole carrots, which are cut into 2-inch pieces and shaped to look full-grown. The idea originated with a California farmer in the 1980s ....
Is Fido too fat?(Animals)(obesity problem in puppies)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... America has an obesity problem--and not just among human. At least 20 percent of the U.S. pup population is overweight, and 5 percent obese. Enter Slentrol, the first-ever diet pill for dogs. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month. Veterinarians are seeing an ...
Junior scholastics: from the primaries to the presidency election 2006.(news)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007; ... The President of the United States is said to be the most powerful person in the world. No wonder so many people want the job. Although Election 2008 is more than a year away, several candidates are already preparing to run for the White House. Why so early? To be "taken ...
Issues shaping your future: do you know where you stand?(News Special)
Feb 12, 2007 ... The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. Most of us are descended from people who came here from other countries. Immigrants continue to come to the U.S. to join family members, find opportunities, and, in some cases, escape violence. Today, however, the number of illegal immigrants ...
Should trans fats be banned?(Debate)
Feb 12, 2007 ... NEWS FACT: On December S, the New York City Board of Health voted to ban artificial trans fats from all New York City restaurants. It was the first time such a ban was adopted in the United States. Other cities and states are now considering a similar move. Over the next year ...
Hero or celebrity: don't confuse the glitter of stardom with real heroism.(USA)
Feb 12, 2007; ... How did you answer the questions at left? What do your answers say about your definitions of a hero? Kiki Weingarten sees a disturbing trend in today's society. "Nowadays, celebrities have become a form of hero," Weingarten tells JS. She is an educational consultant who works ...
Boom times in China: every day, young people are moving to China's booming cities as their parents search for work.(World)
Feb 12, 2007; ... In a dusty suburb of China's capital city of Beijing, Yuan He, 10, sits quietly in her fifth-grade class. There are 57 students in the unheated classroom, each dressed in a winter coat to keep warm. These kids are all migrants. Their parents moved to Beijing from 11 different rural ...
An American student visits China.(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM CHINA)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007; ... Will Horowitz, of New York City, is studying in China this year. Here, he writes about a trip to Guizhou Province. We drove about two hours into what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. I didn't see cars for the last hour of the drive--just peasants wading in the race paddies ....
China.(Reading a Country Map)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Decades ago, China was a country in which most people farmed the land. But when the Communists took power in 1949, they began turning China into an industrial giant. Today, China's economy is booming, and its factories make products sold around the world. But China is paying the price--in ...
The great migration.(American history play)(Play)
Feb 12, 2007; ... Characters Hetty Robinson, a former slave Bob, Hetty's oldest son Hilda Sissy two of Hetty's daughters Reverend Edward Perry Jones, a preacher * Janelle Clay, a black girl living in Vicksburg, Mississippi Bob's boss, a ...
Where am I?(CONTEST FIND MAPMAN)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007; ... As JS's Mapman[TM], I create the maps you see in all of our issues. In the photo above, I'm standing at the base of a rock formation in the middle of a vast desert. It was the final destination of a trip I took recently. If you correctly answer the following questions, find my ...
Kids should learn how to type.(Some Fun)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 12, 2007; ... Kids should not have to learn to write in cursive because a lot of people don't send letters by mail anymore ("Should Kids Learn Cursive Writing?" 11/27/06). Instead of writing by hand, most ...
North Korea endangers others.(Some Fun)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 12, 2007; ... North Korea is being illogical ("North Korea Goes Nuclear," 11/13/06). They are not treating the world with enough importance. After making a nuclear bomb [in violation of] the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ...
No to school uniform.(Some Fun)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 12, 2007; ... Kids shouldn't have to wear uniforms to school ["Should Kids Be Required to Wear School Uniforms?" 9/4/06). What we wear every day expresses who we are and how we're ...
Brainteaser.
Feb 12, 2007 ... Welcome to the JS diner can you find the missing number on one of the plates at right? If so, our chef would be very ...
News IQ.(What Do You Know?)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Fill in the letter of the correct answer for each question. 1. What do scientists say has been a "contributing factor" to rising temperatures worldwide? (A) fewer hurricanes (B) global warming (C) population density (D) rising sea ...
Cartoon.(What Do You Know?)(Cartoon)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Last month, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior proposed adding the polar bear to the threatened-species list. This cartoon uses hyperbole (hy-PUR-buh-lee)--an extreme exaggeration--to comment on the reasons why. Study it, then answer the questions. 1. What is happening to the ...
Sudoku.(What Do You Know?)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Do you do sudoku? This type of puzzle, which originated in Japan, has grown in popularity in the U.S. since 2005, when one was published in a New York newspaper. The word sudoku is shorthand Japanese for "only single numbers allowed." Each row, column, and section in the grid ...
Boom times in China.
Feb 12, 2007; ... In Beijing, buildings are going up everywhere in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Our cover article introduces teens to the children of migrant workers who are indispensable to China's economic progress (see pp. 12-15). On p. 6, you will find a News Special about ...
China by the book.(grammer and punctuation)
Feb 12, 2007 ... Each of the statements below tells you something about the People's Republic of China. There is just one problem. In each statement, we have made two errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Circle or underline each error. Then, on the blank line given, rewrite the statement so it is ...
Knowledge bowl #4.
Feb 12, 2007 ... Playing this Knowledge Bowl game is a fun and easy way for students to review key facts and ideas from Junior Scholastic this year. This game (the fourth of six this school year) covers our most recent issues: January 8, January 22, and February 12,2007. To play, assign students ...
Grab bag.(current events)(Brief article)
Feb 12, 2007 ... 1. True or False? New York City has called for the banning of trans fats in restaurants. (true) 2. How did El Nino affect the weather last year? (it contributed to record warm temperatures) 3. David Beckham signed with which MLS team? (Los Angeles ...
Up in the Andes.(TEACHER'S EDITION)(Editorial)
Feb 26, 2007; ... Dear Teacher, Our cover article introduces readers to Quechua teens in Peru (lap. 8-10). 111 many ways, life in the Andes has not changed much through the centuries. But today, many Quechua teens face a dilemma: The school that serves students in the villages of Chumpe and ...
Edge animals.(WORD SCRAMBLE)
Feb 26, 2007 ... After you have read "Animals on the EDGE" [p. 6], take a look at this list. It gives you the common names of the top-10 animal species on the ZooloGical Society of London's EDGE list. [EDGE stands for Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered.) In each name, two or more ...
Quick quiz.
Feb 26, 2007 ... NEWS SPECIAL: ANIMALS ON THE EDGE, PAGE 6 * Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each question. -- 1. EDGE stands for "evolutionarily distinct" and what? A. genetically extreme B. genuinely exotic C. globally ...
Europe in 500 A.D.(READING A HISTORICAL MAP)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Europe in the Early Middle Ages was a place of great instability. After the Western part of the Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D., it was carved up among feuding European tribes. Those borders underwent almost constant change. For nearly 1,000 years, however, the Eastern part survived ....
A game of firsts: a quarterback makes good and a head coach makes history in a classic Super Bowl.(Sports)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Quarterback Peyton Manning finally silenced his critics. In a driving rain, Manning led the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. "It's been hard ... to watch these other teams hoist that [Vince Lombardi] trophy," Manning said after the game, which ...
KA-CHING! Top earners in sports, June '05 to June '06.(News Graph)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Tiger Woods (golf) Michael Schumacher (motor racing) Muhammad Ali (boxing) Phil Mickelson (golf) Michael Jordan (basketball) ...
Harry's last stand.(Books)
Feb 26, 2007 ... For fans of the young wizard, the news is bittersweet: Harry Potter and the Deathly ...
Clearing the air: should cigarettes take a hike?(Health)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Justin Kvadas, 10, is on a mission to protect kids from cigarette smoke. He is especially worried about kids who ride in cars with smokers. "If you can't eat, drink, or talk on the cell phone while driving a vehicle, how come you can still smoke?" says Justin of East Hartford, ...
Did you know?(news)
Feb 26, 2007 ... The first Ferris wheel was built for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Modeled after smaller "pleasure wheels," the 250-foot-high creation was named for its builder, George W. Gale Ferris. Each of its 36 cars, which were the, size of a ...
Bleu blazes!(Entertainment)(Corbin Bleu )
Feb 26, 2007 ... Corbin Bleu is on a real-life thrill ride--his career. He was in High School Musical, a TV movie that was a huge hit with tweens. It was so popular, the cast took the show on the road for a 40-city live tour. True Bleu fans also followed him to the TV series Flight 29 Down. ...
Animals on the edge: scientists rush to protect Earth's rarest species.(News Special)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Many of them look strange. Even their names are odd: the golden-rumped elephant shrew, the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, the northern hairy-nosed wombat. Perhaps it won't be a surprise, then, that they share a common fate. These animals are among the world's most Evolutionarily Distinct and ...
Boot camp for teens?(Debate)
Feb 26, 2007 ... NEWS FACT: Martin Lee Anderson, 14, died last year after being beaten at a Florida boot camp for juveniles. Seven guards and a nurse at the state-run facility where Anderson died have been charged with aggravated manslaughter [unlawful killing]. Teen boot camps are modeled after ...
Peru: life of the Quechua: up in the Andes, daily existence is a struggle for young people.(World)(Cover story)
Feb 26, 2007; ... Eleven thousand feet high in Peru's Andes Mountains sit the villages of Chumpe (CHOOM-pee) and Poques (POKE-es). People here live much as their ancestors did, simply and close to nature. But for young people in this remote region of South America, the future can be uncertain. ...
No money for school.(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM PERU)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 26, 2007; ... I live in the community of Poques. I finished [elementary] school and I want to continue studying, but there is no [high school] in my village. The school is far away, in Lamay. I live with my father and my brother. I cook and wash clothes. We eat what my father grows: potato, ...
Peru.(GeoSkills)
Feb 26, 2007 ... Peru is a South American country with three distinct land regions: a desert coastal region, a mountainous central region, and a lowland selva (tropical rain forest) region in the east. This map identifies all three. Most of Peru's Andean Indians live in the mountainous central ...
The Dark Ages: people once thought of the Early Middle Ages as a time of little progress. A new TV program explores why.(World History)
Feb 26, 2007; ... Historians once called the 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire "the Dark Ages." Scholars had few surviving documents of the time, which kept them "in the dark" about keg events. Today, however, new studies and discoveries are telling us much more about the period ....
What do you know?
Feb 26, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This cartoon comments on "Clearing the Air" [p. 5]. After reading the article, study the cartoon, then answer the questions. 1. What law is being violated in this cartoon? -- 2. What is the relationship between the driver and the ...