Article: Hair colors.(Science Letters)

Article: Science letters.(Brief article)
Highlights for Children;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What makes copper turn green when it's put in air? Madeleine Atwood, Age 7 North Carolina We asked Dr. Brian Anderson, a chemist at The University of Texas at Austin. He wrote: "Air is a mixture of gases made up ...

Article: Bright light.(Science Letters)(Brief Article)
Highlights for Children;  September 1, 2003 ;     417 words ... ... do you see yellow or orange when you have your eyes closed and you are facing something bright? Adriann Bennett, Age 8 North Carolina The eyelids are not perfect shutters. A little light comes through that thin layer of tissue. Like other tissue, the ...

Article: Why is fire hot?(Science Letters?)(Brief article)
Highlights for Children;  January 1, 2008 ;     529 words ...Ginnae Koon, Age 12 North Carolina Anything that burns has energy stored in it. When it burns, the energy is quickly released as heat and light, which we see as ...

Article: Why knuckles crack.(Science Letters)(Brief Article)
Highlights for Children;  December 1, 2005 ;     513 words ...If you bend your finger back, why does your knuckle crack? Joshua Bundy, Age 7 North Carolina In a knuckle joint, the rounded ends of two bones come together. They are covered with cartilage so that they can easily slip ...

Article: Building sand dunes. (Science Letters).
Highlights for Children;  August 1, 2002 ;     464 words ...How are sand dunes built? Natasha Capparuccia, Age 9 North Carolina Sand dunes are built by the action of wind. To build a dune, you need lots of dry sand, lots of wind that keeps blowing in one ...

Article: Tiny skeletons: how can coral be living creatures when they are ...
Highlights for Children;  July 1, 1997 ;     469 words ...How can coral be living creatures when they are so hard? Rachel Roberts, Age 6 High Point, North Carolina The rock-hard object that we think of as "coral" is actually a buildup of the animals' outer skeletons. Living coral is made ...

Article: Did any kind of horse have a horn in the middle of its ...
Highlights for Children;  December 1, 2008 ;     696 words ...Eve von Mangan, Age 12 North Carolina [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the rest of your letter, you suggested that a horse with a horn might explain the belief in unicorns ...