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Festival to celebrate 80th anniversary of the Jeep
July 23, 2021 - On July 15, 1941, 80 years ago, Willys-Overland signed a contract with the U.S. Army to produce a 4x4 vehicle to carry personnel. More than 600,000 "jeeps" would eventually be made on the Home Front during World War II. The Jeep fest will honor that history from Aug. 5-7 in Toledo, Ohio.  Word of the Dayvehicle: noun;car, auto, truck 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 July 26 agency: noun; a unit or organization of people charged with a task, such as operating national parks;Glacier National Park celebrates 111 years 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 shorebirds: noun; birds that live by the shore or at the edge of a body of water; Support for songbirds and shorebirds announced Today In HistoryJuly 26 1945: The US cruiser Indianapolis carried the parts needed to assemble the first atomic bomb. The parts were delivered to an island in the Mariana Islands.1788: Library of Congress: The Convention of the State of New York, meeting in Poughkeepsie, voted to ratify the Constitution of the United States. With its ratification of the Constitution, New York entered the new union as the eleventh of the original thirteen colonies to join together as the United States of America. The city of Poughkeepsie, where ratification took place, is approximately eighty miles north of New York City and eighty-five miles south of Albany, the state capital. The city is located along the Hudson River, which flows more than 300 miles from its source in the Adirondacks to the New York Harbor. The natural beauty of New York State includes an abundance of rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and coastal waters - from the Hudson Valley to the Finger Lakes region in central New York to Niagara Falls. 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 Festival to celebrate 80th anniversary of the JeepJuly 23, 2021 - On July 15, 1941, 80 years ago, Willys-Overland signed a contract with the U.S. Army to produce a 4x4 vehicle to carry personnel. More than 600,000 "jeeps" would eventually be made on the Home Front during World War II. The Jeep fest will honor that history from Aug. 5-7 in Toledo, Ohio.  Rare birds capture hearts and hope for the speciesJuly 12, 2021 - On July 1, 2021, four Piping Plover, an endangered species, chicks hatched in Ohio.  July 4, 1776: Birth of a Nation and the 11 years beforeJune 27, 2021 - On July 4, 2021, the United States of America will celebrate 245 years as a sovereign nation.  Rare piping plover nest spotted in OhioJune 15, 2021 - A nesting pair of piping plovers are in Ohio for the first time in 83 years.   |
