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Review an article highlighting five inventions developed by NASA that evolved into sought after mainstreamed creations such as baby formula and Speedo swim suits.

Article describes how the Curiosity rover on Mars will soon attempt to drive over a sand dune, which may be risky for the vehicle.

This magazine article is about moles; it discusses how they dig underground, what they look like, and what they eat. It also explains that they help the farmer even though many people consider them a pest because they tear up the lawn.

This article focuses on Sammy Lee, the first Korean American to win a gold metal.

This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.

Read this article to learn about Heifer International and other organizations who donate farm animals like cows, buffalo, goats, and sheep to poor people to improve their lives. It talks about 2nd graders raising money to help fund these...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This read aloud passage shares the fable of a monkey that other animals did not trust. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...

If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides homework tips. These tips are geared toward teachers to help them assign a age-appropriate quantities that can be evaluated efficiently.

Brief article reports on how the people of South Africa are mourning the death of Nelson Mandela.

This article discusses the uses, shapes, and materials to make bats used in sports including baseball, cricket, and table tennis. FYI for Kids: volume 3, issue 3. PDF.

This FYI for Kids (Volume 5, Issue 1) article focuses on the efforts of one little girl wanted to bring clean water to villages in Africa. She asked her parents to donate her birthday money to the effort and collected other donations...

Explores the history of the telephone invention.

Description of the Titanic with details on its collision with an iceberg in 1912 where almost 1500 people died.