Recently added articles from Kidsworld Magazine:
Vampire bats.(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Blood-sucking vampires don't exist outside of our imagination ... but blood-sucking vampire bats sure do! Recent research into the spread of rabies in Peru suggests that vampire bats are biting people at an increasing rate, leading to more rabies cases ...
Jupiter jam.(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On July 19, 2009, Australian astronomer Anthony Wesley spotted a gray, dark spot on Jupiter's south pole. Experts who had been monitoring the planet had never observed the spot before and concluded that it was the result of an impact that had occurred over ...
Smart kitty.(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to new research from the U.K., cats develop a special meow designed to get their owners to feed them! Unlike the sounds they use to communicate with each other, the meow cats use with humans when they are hungry blends a pleasant purring sound ...
From the deep: squid signs.(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)
Sep 22, 2009; ... In July, San Diego residents found dozens of Humboldt squid, also known as jumbo squid, flopping around on the beach. The squid appeared to have been washing ashore up to three days before to an hour after an earthquakke had rocked the coast of California about an hour earlier. Though ...
Rhinos in trouble.(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A growing demand for rhinocerous horns on the international market may put rhinos at risk for extinction, say conservation experts. Poachers in Africa target the one-ton creatures for their horns, which are used as medicine and as decoration among some ...
Xgames word challenge.
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Test your knowledge of skateboarding and see if you are a newbie or a pro. 1. Skateboarding with the right foot forward A. Ollie B. Goofy foot C. Righty D. Shifty 2. The rear of the skateboard A. Back Deck B ....
Become a ... SFX makeup artist.(COOL CAREERS!)(Cover story)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Dorota Buczel Special Effects Makeup Artist Dorota is a makeup artist with some very unusual assignments. Unlike most makeup artists, she uses special effects makeup to make her clients look scary, creepy and downright terrifying! Kidsworld caught up with the ...
The scariest haunted houses ... ever! Come Halloween time, people all across Canada and the U.S. get creative and deck their homes with skeletons, ghosts, and cobwebs to spook trick-or-treaters. Kidsworld found the most famously frightening of the bunch for you to read about--if you're not too scared!
Sep 22, 2009; McCartney, Megan ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE BATES HOUSE Utah, United States http://haunt.batesbunch.com/ What kind of a guy uses film of his family's actual teeth and eyeballs in his projector? Dave Bates, that's who! Dave's been creating haunted houses since ...
Make your own ... green Halloween.(MADLAB)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You find ways to help the planet all year round, so why not try "greening" your Halloween too? These craft projects use materials you can find in your own recycling bin, compost and garbage. Now your Halloween can be just as eco-friendly as it is spooky. ...
Scary sudoku 9.
Sep 22, 2009; ... Have you heard about Sudoku? Use logic not math to solve these puzzles Write in the missing numbers so that each box, column, and row contains the numbers 1-9 FYI Did you know that doing Sudoku is good for your brain? ...
Ciao Bella! Who say's kids can't make a difference? Not 11-year-old Bella Thorne. The Florida-born, California-based actress, who appeared most recently as Ruthie Spivey on the NBC sitcom "My Own Worst Enemy", has been involved with everything from animal shelters to food banks to raising awareness for dyslexia. "So many kids want to help other people now, and that's a great thing," Bella told kidsworld.
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Of all the causes she is involved with, the Nomad Charities are closest to Bella's heart. The Nomad Charities help provide housing, health care, and education to orphaned and displaced children in Africa. After seeing her agent, Lindsay, help kids in ...
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.(Screen Scene)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this new animated film, based on the book by Judy Barrett, people live in a town called Chewandswallow (get it?) where rain is made of juice, snow is mashed potatoes, and hamburgers travel ...
The amazing human race: have you ever wondered about your ancestors? Not your grandparents, or even your great-great-great grandparents, but the people who lived so long ago no one in your family even knows where they lived? Thanks to a new study from the National Geographic society, you may not have to wonder much longer.(Interview)
Sep 22, 2009; ... The Genographic Project uses DNA samples to determine a participant's "haplogroup". Haplogroups are branches of the family tree that date back thousands of years to the first human migrations out of East African plains where we all began. As people traveled throughout the world and settled ...
Goosebumps HorrorLand: Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide.(BookLook: Haloween Edition!!!)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Goosebumps HorrorLand: Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide By R.L. Stine [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you love the Goosebumps HorrorLand series, this "survival guide" ...
The Haunting of Derek Stone series: Book #1: City of the Dead.(BookLook: Haloween Edition!!!)
Sep 22, 2009; ... The Haunting of Derek Stone series: Book #1: City of the Dead Tony Abbott [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the first installment of this scary series, Derek sets ...
Love a spooky mystery?(Web World: the best of the web)
Sep 22, 2009; ... So does kidsworld--which is why we can't stop testing our sleuthing skills at kids.mysterynet.com. Mystery Net has dozens of who-done-its ranging from "quick solve" ...
Skeleton Creek.(BookLook: Haloween Edition!!!)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Skeleton Creek Patrick Carman [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Skeleton Creek is full of mystery, and no one knows better than Ryan and Sarah, who set out to tell their ...
Canadian Hauntings: A Haunted Canada Book.(BookLook: Haloween Edition!!!)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Canadian Hauntings: A Haunted Canada Book Michael Norman and Beth Scott [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] These true stories of child ghosts, haunted houses ...
A Tennis Duo pack for Nintendo Wii!(kidsworld cover to cover contest)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Q What is another name for the jumbo squid?-- Q What is the name of the comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994?-- Q What ...
Ghoul your school!
Sep 22, 2009; ... Calvin Cox of Heart Pounders Haunting a company that designs haunted houses in schools, camps and homes, gave kidsworld some great tips for you on how to turn your own classroom into a haunted house. * DECORATE THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT: "Make an entrance picture, like a ...
