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Songbirds are snowbirds!
May 7, 2021 - The Biggest Week in American Birding, a very popular birding festival on the southwestern shores of Lake Erie, kicked off Thursday. It's virtual this year and only four days instead of one week but it's still a perfect time to get know little warblers, birds that provide sweet sounds of spring.  Word of the Dayeducational: adjective;related to education, learning; 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 May 03 additional: adjective; more, another, in addition to;Deep freeze to ease aerial: adjective; in the air Helicopter on Mars ready for test flight dandy: adjective; very good, cool; Dandelion is a dandy weed - and food mechanical: adjective; related to mechanics, parts that when put together make something work to complete a task Garrett Morgan (1877-1963), traffic light inventor Today In HistoryMay 8 1945: Victory in Europe (VE) Day to end World War II in Europe. German forces surrendered to Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower who was elected president of the United States in 1952.1886: Library of Congress: Dr. John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist and inventor of patent medicines, sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, coined the name and it is his handwriting we recognize as the Coca-Cola trademark. By the late 1890s, Coca-Cola was one of America's most popular fountain drinks. Between 1890 and 1900, servings of the beverage increased from one million to one hundred million. 1884: Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States, was born in Lamar, Missouri. He became president upon the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945. He served until 1953. 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 Songbirds are snowbirds!May 7, 2021 - The Biggest Week in American Birding, a very popular birding festival on the southwestern shores of Lake Erie, kicked off Thursday. It's virtual this year and only four days instead of one week but it's still a perfect time to get know little warblers, birds that provide sweet sounds of spring.  Celebrate Cinco de Mayo!May 5, 2021 - Cinco de Mayo celebrates an important day in the history of Mexico - May 5, 1862.  It's National Wildflower WeekMay 4, 2021 - It's important to raise awareness of pollinator habitat. It's National Wildflowers Week.  Michael Collins, NASA astronaut (1930-2021)April 29, 2021 - Michael Collins, NASA astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, died yesterday. He was 90.   |
