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Smart hiking is safe hiking
 Oct. 23, 2020 - Whether it is a day hike or even just a few hours on a trail, it's wise to carefully plan any outdoor outing. During the past month, Grand Canyon National Park rangers have responded to 51 search and rescue incidents and 37 medical evacuations requiring a helicopter.  Word of the Dayassistance: noun;help; 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 October 19 delves: verb; looks into; studies, explores;Let's hope for the luck of the Irish - and follow COVID-19 guidelines identify: verb; name, reveal; Hurricane Delta has eye on Mississippi River delta recorded: verb; noted, measured; Hurricane Sally to make landfall tonight or early tomorrow simmering: verb; cooking on low heat; Distracted cooking can be disastrous Today In HistoryOctober 25 1764: Library of Congress: Abigail Smith married a young lawyer from Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, by the name of John Adams, who would become, some thirty years later, the second president of the United States. Their union launched a vital and long-lived partnership of fifty-four years, which carried the couple from colonial Boston to Philadelphia and the politics of revolution; to Paris and London and the world of international diplomacy; and finally to New York , Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., where in November, 1800 they became the first presidential couple to occupy the newly built White House in the nation’s new capital. Among their five children, John Quincy Adams would also become a U.S. president. For almost two centuries, Abigail Smith Adams remained the only American who was both the wife and the mother of a president, a distinction she now shares with Barbara Bush. Abigail Adams is perhaps best remembered for her letters, written especially to her husband during long periods of separation, but also to her larger network of family members and friends, such as Mercy Otis Warren and Thomas Jefferson.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 Smart hiking is safe hikingOct. 23, 2020 - Whether it is a day hike or even just a few hours on a trail, it's wise to carefully plan any outdoor outing. During the past month, Grand Canyon National Park rangers have responded to 51 search and rescue incidents and 37 medical evacuations requiring a helicopter.  Colorado wildfires closes forestsOct. 21, 2020 - The U.S. Forest Service said public lands in five counties around Boulder, Colorado will be closed due to wildfires.  Air Force Museum Space Suit exhibit wins awardOct. 20, 2020 - The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is the recipient of a 2020 Air Force Heritage Award.  2018 hurricane offers clues for future forecastsOct. 19, 2020 - Hurricane Michael in 2018 has been extensively studied because it rapidly intensified before landfall.   |
