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Garrett Morgan (1877-1963), traffic light inventor
 Feb. 25, 2021 - Did you know there are about 160,000 traffic signals in the United States? The next time you are stopped at a red light, thank Garrett A. Morgan, an African American inventor.  Word of the Daymechanical: adjective;related to mechanics, parts that when put together make something work to complete a task Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of February 22 anniversary: noun; a special day to observe an event that occurred on that day in another year;June 6, 1944: D-Day begins liberation of Europe community: noun; group of people who share a location or similar interests, such as concern for saving the monarch butterfly; Grants available to schools for free milkweed plants exploration: noun; a series of actions to explore (verb form) or to find out new things about a place; NASA names Artemis Team astronauts mutation: noun; a change in the genome of a virus, a plant cell or an animal and human cell CDC: COVID-19 and Flu update Today In HistoryFebruary 25 1943: George Harrison, one of the four Beatles, was born in Liverpool, England. He died on November 29, 2001.1873: Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor who became a famous opera singer, was born in Naples, Italy. 1779: Library of Congress: Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark, elder brother of explorer William Clark, accepted British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton's unconditional surrender of Fort Sackville at Vincennes, Indiana. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Garrett Morgan (1877-1963), traffic light inventorFeb. 25, 2021 - Did you know there are about 160,000 traffic signals in the United States? The next time you are stopped at a red light, thank Garrett A. Morgan, an African American inventor.  Deep freeze to easeFeb. 22, 2021 - The deep freeze that even dipped deep into the heart of Texas looks like it will ease this week.  NASA rover ready to rock on MarsFeb 17, 2021 - It's T-minus one day and a few hours until NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to rock on Mars.  Old Man Winter is here!Feb. 15, 2021 - For people who closely follow the weather, the national weather map today is a rare one.   |
