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February is an exciting month filled with fun and historic days to celebrate. It starts with Groundhog Day (let’s see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow), moves on to the Winter Olympics, then onto Valentine’s Day, and finally Presidents Day. This month is also National Children’s Dental Health Month. Check out great articles like “What’s in a Name” in Character Counts, learn about the Red Panda in Buzzing Through the Trees, find out “What Will Happen” in Write to the Point, and try the cool science experiment in The Wonders of Science. These, and all of the other great events happening throughout February, are in the pages of this edition.
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As you learn about and celebrate the many things in February, don’t forget to try to solve the puzzles in Brain Buzz, work on the Olympics section on the back cover, try some extra fun experiments in Math, Science and Teeth, and enter our Olympic Pizza Contest.
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Transportation
hat is transportation? Transportation is defined as either the act or process of being transported as well as the means to get passengers or goods from one place to another. Of the many forms of transportation, such as automobiles, boats, busses, cable cars, ferries, planes, and trains, we use a few more often than the other methods. If you needed to travel across the country, to school, or a family member’s house, how would you do it? Would you travel by a plane, bus, car or a train? How would you have travelled if busses, cars, planes, and trains did not exist? The transportation options we have today are a result of how much the world has changed, and how we have improved transportation to meet the needs of today. The first major improvement in transportation was the invention of the steam engine. The steam engine allowed trains to be faster and they became the best option for people wanting to travel longer distances. The alternatives at the time were horse and carriage or streetcars, which took much longer. Trains were also used to transport goods from one place to another, so the ability to transport faster was very beneficial. Today, we have both above and underground train systems. Most underground train systems, such as the Metro in Washington DC, allow you to travel
through the city quickly. If we go back in time to the 1800s, there was an Underground Railroad in the United States, but it did not involve trains. The Underground Railroad began in 1810 and was used until the 1860s. It was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape from slavery in the south to freedom in
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the north and Canada. It’s believed that the name “Underground Railroad” was chosen because it refers to the underground resistance movement against slavery, and the secret routes were used to transport the escaped slaves like a train would do. The next major change in transportation was the invention of the automobile
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because it improved day to day life and enabled people to travel further and faster on their own. It’s easy to see the appeal of cars because we use them every day. Imagine how much more time a trip from New Jersey to New York would take if you were traveling with a horse and carriage instead of a car. Although, we don’t think of cars as being used to transport people or goods on a large scale, that’s the work of busses and trucks. People use busses to go to school or work every day. Busses are also used all over the world in theme parks such as Disneyland, sightseeing tours use busses in cities like Philadelphia and New York, and bus services transport people across the country every day. Mail services such as FedEx, UPS, and US Mail use trucks to deliver packages and mail across the country every day. Planes were used by the military first, then to transport goods, and finally people used them as commercial transport. The invention of aircrafts made traveling large distances in a short amount of time possible. Airplanes allow us to travel around our country in hours instead of days, weeks or months. It also made international travel possible. In only a few hundred years, we have improved our methods of transportation dramatically and created new ways to travel and transport. We can only wonder what will be next!
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Great Things in February PRESIDENTS’ DAY
Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present. BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black History Month is celebrated annually in the month of February. It is a month to remember both the important people and the important events in Black history. It began in 1926 as an annual
VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine's Day is February 14. This day is set aside for exchanges of love with sweetweek-long celebration created to encourage hearts, friends and family. education about America's Black history. Valentine’s Day Fun Facts: In 1969, leaders of Kent State University's 1. Reports indicate that more than 36 milBlack United Students proposed a monthlion chocolate boxes which are heart shaped long celebration, which took place one year get sold on the eve of Valentine’s Day. later in February 1970. In 1976 the United 2. More than 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards States government officially recognized are being exchanged each year Black History Month. 3. A total of 50 billion roses are brought to exchange THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR 4. Children between ages 6 to 10 exchange February 29, 2016. Leap days are needed Having only 28 days in most years, Febmore than 650 million Valentine's cards to keep our calendar in alignment with ruary is the only month of the year that can with teachers, classmates, and family memthe Earth’s revolutions around the Sun. It pass without a single full moon. This last bers. takes the Earth approximately 365 days, happened in 1999 and will happen next in Have fun making handmade cards for spe5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds to 2018 (this year)! The same is true regardcial people in your life with glitter, markers circle once around the Sun. This is called ing a new moon, which last happened in and pictures. You could even get creative by a tropical year. Without an extra day on 2014 and will happen next in 2033. Leap placing cards in strange spots for your famFebruary 29, we would lose almost six hours years occur every four years... the next is ily to find, like in a refrigerator, on a mirror, every year. February 29, 2020 and the last one was on on a computer or on a pillow. What else makes
red pandas so interesting?
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• Red pandas are usually quiet animals but can also make noises like twittering, tweeting, and whistling sounds
an you imagine living 15,000 feet in the air? If you were a red panda, that would be your home! Red pandas are native to parts of India and China.
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gy, they spend most of their day asleep to conserve their energy. Additionally, they are known to Their habitat ranges from western be dormant in very cold temperaNepal to northern Myanmar and tures. Red pandas are most active throughout southwestern China. from dusk to dawn. It’s believed that red pandas live most of their Since red pandas spend most of lives within one square mile, their lives in trees, they live at and they typically live alone. The altitudes ranging from 4,900 to 15,000 feet and in tempera- largest exception to red pandas tures between 50° living alone is while they are to 77° Fahrenheit. young, since they live with their mother for the first three months Red pandas eat of their life. bamboo primarily, The fur on a red panda’s upper but they also eat roots, body is long, coarse, and redgrasses, fruits, insects, dish-brown in color. They also mushrooms, acorns, have an undercoat made of soft, small rodents, eggs, lichens, and flowers. Since dense, and woolly fur. The undercoat helps protect the pandas the red panda’s diet does not give them much ener- from severe cold and wind. The
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red panda’s fur covers five toes and their retractable claws as well. The fur on their lower body is mostly black, and they have a light face that is framed with rusty colored fur. Red pandas have bushy, long tails with white and rust colored rings in an alternating pattern. Their tail helps the pandas to keep their balance, climb trees, gain protection from predators, and forage for food. Since red pandas spend most of their time in fir trees, which often have plenty of reddish-brown moss and white lichens on them, the color of their fur helps camouflage them from predators. Their main predator is the snow leopard.
• Baby pandas are born blind and their ears are closed • Depending on the region, red pandas are also called fire fox, lesser panda, and red cat-bear • Oldest known red panda lived to be 23 years old! • Like giant pandas, red pandas have a pseudo-thumb which helps them to grasp their food • It’s estimated that red pandas eat 200,000 bamboo leaves every day! • Red pandas are the only carnivores able to test odors with the underside of their tongue • Red pandas can scent mark through the glands on the bottom of their feet. The liquid is colorless and odorless to humans!
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By: Jennifer Downing, 5th Grade Teacher, Fountain Woods Elementary School, Burlington Township, N.J.
“ What Will Happen?” Good stories have: W ere you ever given a story starter, or the beginning of a story, and asked to complete it and you were stumped? ‘Speculative Writing’, is what they call it, and it can be very challenging. When you speculate, you predict an outcome, and that is what your writing needs to do; tell what the outcome of the story will be. Here are some tips you can use to make it a breeze! Think about good stories you have read before, what made them so good?
1. Developed Characters – dialogue, actions, thoughts. 2. Developed Settings – descriptive sensory details. 3. A Problem – that needs to be solved by the end. 4. Rising Action – actions leading up to a turning point. 5. Turning Point – the plot turns and heads toward a solution.
CCSS.ELA.Literacy.W.5.3B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Here are some fun February Speculative Writing Prompts for you to try.
6. Solution – problem is solved. 7. Lesson or Theme to the Story. 8. Taking Risks – metaphors, similes, idioms, personification. Try to include all of these parts and your story will be awesome. If you are given a beginning and asked to write the end of the story, then take time to plan these parts in pre-writing. As you write, go back to this list to check your work for these parts and add them if they are missing. Lastly, remember your ideas can be based on real experiences or you can create any fiction too! Also, remember to have fun!
1. You were just elected President. Write a story about your first day in office. 2. You just got a mystery Valentine’s Day present delivered to your door, write a story about what happens. 3. You are on your way to the Super Bowl, write a story about what happens next. 4. It’s Groundhog Day and something happens. Write the story. 5. Your friend invites you to her Chinese New Year Celebration. Write a story about it.
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By: Heather Wawrzyniak, Principal, Ashbrook Elementary School, Lumberton, NJ
ow do things get their names? Like, why is a “pencil” called a “pencil” instead of something like a “nerkledoodle”? We cannot trace every word back far enough to know how it was actually named. It’s a matter of convention, which means a way in which something is typically done, or in this case “said”. While it might be fun to give things new names, it would be really difficult for us to communicate and understand each other. So what’s in a name? The great playwright, William Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” So, no matter what some-
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one decides to actually call a rose, it is still beautiful and sweet. It is the symbol of love and beauty. The same can be said about YOU! You were given a name and that is the name by which you are known. Others may try calling you other names. Sometimes name-calling can hurt. That is why name-calling is not nice. However, if you remember it is just a word and think of the rose, you will remember that it doesn’t matter what others say. What really matters is who you really are! You could call a rose an elephant, but no matter what you call it, it is still a delicate, bright flower that smells beautiful
and symbolizes love. When name-calling happens, have the confidence to stand up for yourself and believe in yourself. Use positive self-talk to remind yourself that you are special. Remind yourself that there is no one else in the word quite like you. Think that no matter what names others use, they cannot change who you are on the inside. Be the best you that you can be! Name-calling is not nice and should never happen. But if it does, don’t let it get you down. Be a person that is known for being the person that “rose” above the label. No one can make you feel bad about yourself unless you let them.
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How do Sugary Drinks Affect your Teeth? Lindsay Wanko, Teacher of the Deaf, JFK Elementary School, Berlin Twp., NJ
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ur teeth are such an important part of our bodies. They help us to chew and eat, but are also necessary for our overall health and well being. When all of your adult teeth have grown in, you will have 32 permanent teeth. Because teeth do not regenerate, it is crucial for you to take care these Materials: “pearly whites” each day! 1. Hard boiled eggs (5 or more is ideal) For this science “egg-per2. Masking tape iment” we will explore the 3. Water impact specific drinks could 4. Grape Juice have on the shell of an egg. We 5. Coke or Pepsi (or another dark-colored will use egg shells because they soda product) are made of calcium. Our teeth 6. Orange Juice also contain calcium, which 7. Sugar-free dark colored sports drink makes this dairy product per8. Cups LLDC-KidsBuzz-Half fect for our research. Page-2.18.qxp_Layout 1 1/13/18 10:14 AM Page 1
What happened to the egg shells? Which drink changed the color or texture of the shell the most? Could you wipe or brush away the discoloration? Try to brush away the color with a toothbrush and some
toothpaste. How challenging was it to remove the stain? How does this relate to your teeth? In what ways do you think these drinks would harm or help your teeth? How can you improve your oral hygiene?
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Procedure:
1. First, using the masking tape, label each cup with the type of drink that you plan to pour in it. 2. Pour the drinks into the matching cup. 3. Place one egg in each cup. Be sure that there is enough liquid so the egg is submerged in the cup. 4. Place your cups in a safe location. 5. Allow the eggs to soak several hours or at best, overnight.
Egg shells protect the insides of an egg, just like the enamel (or outside) of our teeth protect the important parts inside. The enamel needs to be properly cared for in order to help keep our teeth from wearing down or decaying. Not only does this include brushing and flossing, but also watching the things we eat and drink. The drinks in this experiment included some that are high in sugar and acid. These two products can be very harmful to your teeth. Sugars decay your teeth and can lead
to cavities while acids can dissolve our enamel causing decay. Keep this experiment in mind the next time you have juice or soda. Think about brushing your teeth after you finish snacking. This will help to cleanse your enamel and protect your teeth for many more bright smiles to come! Remember – you can always talk to your dentist during your annual visit about ways you can help protect your teeth.
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Morning Routine You are going to a special event in the city with your class. It starts at 8 AM. It takes you 15 minutes to wash your face, brush your teeth, comb your hair and get dressed in the morning. It takes 10 minutes to eat your breakfast. Your Mom will drive you to the train station (12 minutes) where you will meet your class. Trains run every 10 minutes and the train ride is 32 minutes. What time do you need to get up so that you don’t keep your class waiting and you all make it to the event on time?
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Flowers for Valentine’s Day A boyfriend wants to be romantic on Valentine’s Day and wants to give his Valentine a rose for every month they have been together (2-1/2 years).
How many flowers does he purchase?
Can you spot the differences?
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Solutions and More! Can you spot the differences Groundhog Day Word Search Puzzle
Morning Routine Answer: 6:41 AM Solution: Add the minutes (including the time between trains). This is 79 minutes. 79 minutes = 1 hour and 19 minutes. 1 hour 19 minutes BEFORE 8 AM is 6:41 AM.
Flowers for Valentine’s Day Answer: 30 Flowers Solution: 2-1/2 × 12 = 2 × 12 + 1/2 × 12 = 24 + 6 = 30 flowers.
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Olympic Torch Maze solution See puzzle on back page
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Check out Buzzer’s picks this month... they are all about great events happening in February.
Groundhog Gets a Say By Pamela Curtis Swallow After the crowds of humans have dispersed, and the events of the day end, the groundhog says, “I don’t get it. Where is everybody? Yesterday I was BIG news! Everyone wanted my weather report. Today . . . nothing!” The Groundhog tells his animal friends that he’s also called a woodchuck, he shows off his fabulous teeth, and teaches them about hibernation. Learn what a groundhog really does the rest of the year and see why he wants February to be Groundhog Appreciation Month.
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A Kid’s Guide to the 2018 Winter Games
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Homemade Valentine’s Pop Tarts
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and crimp all edges with a fork to secure filling. 1. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. 6. Poke 3-4 small holes in center of each 2. Unroll two 15 oz. prepared piecrusts onto shape and use a knife to trim edges so that flat surface dusted with flour and lightly roll they don’t burn during baking. crusts with rolling pin to make smooth. 7. Place filled shapes on prepared baking 3. Cut each into 8 equal heart shapes using a sheets and bake for about 7 minutes (until cookie cutter or stencil. edges are lightly golden brown). 4. Spoon 2 teaspoons of strawberry jam into Allow to cool completely. the center of each shape. Spread out, leaving a ¼ inch edge around shape to keep the jam For icing: In a bowl, stir sugar, milk and vanilla to form inside. icing. Spread icing on top and decorate with 5. Top each with remaining heart cutouts sprinkles.
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See America’s presidents as never before—made of objects! Using everything from blue jeans to boxing gloves, Hanoch Piven “builds” the characters of eighteen of our nation’s leaders. Interesting stories accompany the creative collages and teach readers about charismatic personalities of prominent presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama.
Get ready for the 2018 Winter Olympics with this full-color book that introduces all Winter Olympic sports as well as some of the top Team USA athletes. The book includes a history of the Winter Olympics with some amazing fun facts and trivia, as well as a Medal Tracker to keep track of the gold, silver, and bronze medals that Team USA brings home.
Directions For hearts:
By Hanoch Piven
By Jack L Roberts
Two 15 oz. prepared pie crusts ¼ cup strawberry jam 2 cups confectioners sugar 2 Tbs. milk ½ tsp. Vanilla extract Sprinkles (decoration for top) Heart-shaped cookie cutter (or stencil) Parchment paper Preheat oven to 425°.
What Presidents Are Made Of
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the Winter Olympics and National Pizza Day and enter to win a Gift Certificate to a great local pizza place
The five Olympic rings represent the five continents in which the athletes traveled from to compete in the Olympic games. The rings are connected to show unity, just as the athletes from around the world come together to compete. When it comes to pizza, no two are alike. There are so many toppings of all different colors, textures and tastes that the flavors come together to form a great pizza. So when you want to order a pizza on February 9th to celebrate National Pizza Day and sit down to watch the Olympic games (February 9 – 25), use your creativity to combine the two ideas.
Here is the challenge:
Draw a pizza (on unlined paper) and include 5 toppings that symbolize the 5 colors of the Olympic rings (you can choose a topping that matches a color or a topping that starts with the first letter of a color).
* Use the Bee Published form in the paper to submit your entry. Submissions should be received by the 15th of each month in order to be eligible to win.
Math, Science &Teeth
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and what better time to see how much fun it can be to take care of your teeth.
While we know that Math is all around us, how about a fun survey. There are so many flavors of toothpaste, and many have their favorite. Do a survey in class, or at home, to find out the most popular, or favorite, toothpaste flavors. Will it be mint, bubble gum, fruit flavored? Graph the results and see what flavor wins. If it’s not your favorite, you might want to check it out the next time you have to buy toothpaste. When it comes to Science, here are two fun and interesting experiments to try. You will see the power of taking care of your teeth right before your very eyes.
Ceramic Tiles for Teeth Ask your parents to get you some small white ceramic tiles from a tile store. Then have an adult help you gather a variety of food products to smear on the tiles like jelly, ketchup, syrup, peanut butter etc. Then, take a new and clean toothbrush and real toothpaste and brush the tiles (teeth). Which tiles are stained? Can you imagine if these tiles were your teeth?!
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Egg and Vinegar Take a hard boiled egg, still in the shell, and put it in a cup of vinegar for a couple of days. Watch what happens to the shell. Imagine this is your tooth enamel protecting your teeth.
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Contest Winner! Congratulations to Nina who created the most colorful peacock and its habitat filled with trees, flowers, wildlife, and a running river.
Nina B., age 9, M arlton
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Get ready for the Winter Olympics
Color the winter sports and help light the torch
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