Article: Who lives here?(Science Corner)(animals)(Brief article)

Article: Mysterious colors.(Science Corner)(Brief ...
Highlights for Children;  September 1, 2008 ;     562 words ... ... coloring breaks up into tiny drops. Pour the mixture into a glass of water and watch what happens. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Science Corner Mysterious Colors--This activity shows two ideas at work. The first is that water does not mix well with oil. When ...

Article: What will happen?(Science Corner)(Brief ...
Highlights for Children;  November 1, 2004 ;     536 words ... ... the water level as the ice melts? Will it go down? Will it stay the same? Or will it rise and spill out? ANSWERS: "Science Corner" (page 32) What Will Happen?--The water level will stay the same. When water freezes, it expands. So the ice weighs ...

Article: Do you dig archaeology?(Science ...
Highlights for Children;  December 1, 2008 ;     510 words ... ... A fire left the dark layer of ash. Which things came before the fire, and which came after? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Science Corner Do You Dig Archaeology?-The arrowheads are From a time before the Fire, and the pottery came after. How can you tell ...

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Highlights for Children;  April 1, 2001 ;     338 words ...Girl: How did you get that awful scar? Tree: A long time ago some kids cut out a piece of my bark. I was lucky that the wound healed. I might have gotten a disease from the wound just as you could. The most sensitive part of me is just under the bark.

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Highlights for Children;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...How You Tear It Ask for permission to tear a sheet of newspaper. Tear it from the top edge. Then tear it from a side edge. Was one tear straighter than the other? How You Tear It--Newsprint (the kind of paper used For newspapers) is made by spreading wet wood fibers over a flat screen and shaking

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Highlights for Children;  April 1, 2002 ;     329 words ...Girl: Why are you sticking out your tongue? Snake: My tongue can't taste things the way yours can, but it gives me a way to smell everything around me. I use it to collect chemicals that you would call smells. In my mouth, those chemicals touch an organ that works like a nose. That's how I hunt for

Article: Riddle.(Science Corner)(Brief ...
Highlights for Children;  September 1, 2003 ;     385 words ...In dinosaur times, who had the best manners? Kathryn Jorgensen, Age 3 Michigan Answer: The please-iosaw What was the deadliest dinosaur that ever walked the earth? Jennifer Artman, Age 10 Ohio For overall nastiness, I'd choose Utahraptor (YOU-tah-RAP-tur). It was only half of T. rex's size but