Could a crow outsmart you? That's the question your family gets to answer this week. Crows, ravens, jays, and magpies all belong to a bird family called corvids. Among all the birds on Earth, only parrots rival them for brainpower. They hide food and find it months later, solve tricky puzzles,... Read more
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A Free Bird Unit Study
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Your kitchen table is about to become headquarters. Coded notes will start showing up under bedroom doors, and someone will demand a code name before breakfast.
Every mission in this guide is a spy game first. Kids crack codes, mix secret inks, and dust for fingerprints with the whole... Read more
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When I was a little girl on the Washington coast, I dreamed of seeing a real sea monster.
We lived in Port Townsend, and the cold waters of that coast are home to the giant Pacific octopus. It's the largest octopus in the world, with an arm span of about 16 feet. To a kid... Read more
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Hands-On Medieval Inventions
A thousand years before airplanes, a man in Spain tried to fly. According to later medieval accounts, Abbas ibn Firnas of 9th-century Córdoba built a frame covered in feathers, climbed a height, and launched himself into the air. He covered a distance before injuring his back on... Read more
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Start A Volcano Quest!
Volcanoes turn a regular week into an adventure. Kids dig into geology, chemistry, and history while things erupt, and they will not even notice they are learning because they will be too busy watching it happen. Every printable, experiment... Read more
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