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National Park Week begins Saturday
April 18, 2019 - Tens of millions of people visit a national park site each year. Some sites charge admission fees but on Saturday when National Park Week begins, those fees are waived. Sounds like the perfect time to explore and enjoy!  Word of the Dayadmission: noun;entry, usually after paying a fee; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Extra! Extra! Feature Article Douglas Brinkley to students: Lead a dignified lifeSept. 21, 2018 - Douglas Brinkley eloquently delivered the Keynote Address at last Friday's Student News Net Symposium. Read More
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Douglas Brinkley, author of Rosa Parks: A Life, speaks at the Student News Net Symposium on Sept. 14, 2018.. Weekly VOCABWeek of April 15 advisory: adjective; related to giving advice;National Vietnam War Veterans Day charitable: adjective; related to charity, donations of goods and services to help people in need; Camp Fire claims 76 lives utmost: adjective; highest; ultimate The legacy of Peggy Whitson: a passion for space wintry: adjective; related to winter, cold, snow, and/or sleet; Weekend weather: a wintry wallop 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 rareSept. 3, 2013 (update: 2016) Over 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 quicklyMay 12, 2016 - The 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 scienceMarch 22, 2016 - Glassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News National Park Week begins SaturdayApril 18, 2019 - Tens of millions of people visit a national park site each year. Some sites charge admission fees but on Saturday when National Park Week begins, those fees are waived. Sounds like the perfect time to explore and enjoy!  Park rangers angryApril 17, 2019 - At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, rangers are angry someone placed broken glass on beaches.  Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt after fireApril 16, 2019 - The Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire on Monday and burned for almost nine hours.  Purdue honors Tyler TrentApril 12, 2019 - Next fall Purdue students will enter football stadium through the Tyler Trent gate.   |
