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National Park Week: Wayback Wednesday
 April 21, 2021 - Today's theme as part of National Park Week is "Wayback Wednesday." It's a reminder that national parks provide terrific opportunities to learn history while exploring the park or taking in a beautiful sunset - or sunrise for early birds - from the many amazing spots at more than 400 sites.  Word of the Dayunforgettable: adjective;amazing, not able to forget because of extreme impact, importance or experience 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 April 19 additional: adjective; more, another, in addition to;Deep freeze to ease biodegradable: Select Part of speech...; able to break down in the environment naturally; The answer to marine debris is prevention harmonic: adjective; related to harmony (noun form), the state of something going to together in a seamless, pleasant way, such as an orchestra playing music Super Bowl LV is here! Today In HistoryApril 21 1918: World War I flying ace, the Red Baron (Baron Manfreed von Richtofen), was shot down and killed. A movie - The Red Baron (Der Rote Baron) - was made about the Red Baron in 2009. SNN attended the United States premier of the movie at the Reel Stuff Film Festival associated with the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio.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 National Park Week: Wayback WednesdayApril 21, 2021 - Today's theme as part of National Park Week is "Wayback Wednesday." It's a reminder that national parks provide terrific opportunities to learn history while exploring the park or taking in a beautiful sunset - or sunrise for early birds - from the many amazing spots at more than 400 sites.  National Park Week: Millions of pictures taken at Pictured RocksApril 20, 2021 - One amazing NPS site is Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan.  It's National Park Week!April 18, 2021 - Each April, the National Park Service celebrates National Park week.  April 14, 1865: President Lincoln assassinatedApril 14, 2021 - On this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, was assassinated.   |
