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3 Check It Out! 4 Nature’s Fire and Ice 6 10 Facts About Fire and Ice 8 What an Ice Surprise! 9 Stay in an Ice Hotel
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10 Fire in the House 11 Fire in the Sky 12 Puzzles 14 Polar Bears of the Arctic 16 Delicious Freezing Experiment 17 Max & Gracie 18 Desert Animals Beat the Heat 20 The Land of Ice & Fire 24 Icebergs 25 The Titanic 26 Volcanoes! 27 A Volcano in Your Backyard 28 Hot and Cold Funnies 29 Kids Corner 30 Puzzle Solutions
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hen you think of something very hot, what comes to mind? I think of fire. What if you were imagining a very frigid place, where it is very, very cold. Would you think of the South Pole or the Arctic Circle? This issue will check out some of the hottest things and the coldest places on Earth. After reading all about fire and ice, tell us what we didn’t include. Perhaps you are thinking of something else that is very cold or extremely hot. We want to hear from you! We will publish a list of ideas from our readers in a future issue. In the meantime, get comfortable. Sit by the fire, curl up in a blanket, and sip on a hot cup of cocoa. Or maybe it’s warm where you live. Go outside. Sit down under a tree and cool off with a class of lemonade. Wherever you live, tell us what you enjoyed about this issue on Fire and Ice.
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by Shirley Anne Ramaley A forest is on fire! TV news and newspapers tell all about the disaster. Fire crews have been flown in from other states to help put out the fire. If the wind picks up, and there is no rain, the fire could spread rapidly. The fire needs to be put out! After all, fires are all bad, right? Maybe not. Natural fires caused by lightning are often good for our forests. These fires are nature’s way of cleansing the forest and making it stronger. This can help the plants and animals that live there. How is that? If you walk in a burned forest after the ground has cooled, everything looks black. Everywhere you look, the land seems cold and lifeless. But a lot of life remains hidden beneath the ashes and even in the trees. No plants can be seen, but roots survive beneath the ground. Within days, many plants will send up shoots. Certain types of trees are protected by thick bark. Only the most intense fires can burn them. Forest fires leave ashes on the forest floor. The ashes are like fertilizer. They help berry bushes and other plants grow better than before the fire. That means lots of food for forest animals. Stopping all fires leads to too many leaves, pine needles, dead grass, and dry brush on the ground. Then, if a fire does start, it spreads rapidly. That is why a forest manager might decide to start a “controlled� fire when weather conditions are right. These fires also help strengthen our forests.
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So a forest fire is not good or bad, but some of both.
It’s a cold winter day. You’re glad to be indoors, away from the chilly drizzle and gray gloom outside. Then you hear it. Ping! Ping-ping! What’s hitting the windows of your house? It’s freezing rain! Looks like you’re in for an ice storm! During an ice storm, everything outside soon gets covered in glistening ice. Trees and plants look like they’re made of glass. Roofs, cars, and street signs are coated with a shiny glaze. It’s an amazing sight!
Freezing Facts About Ice Storms Ice doesn’t actually fall from the sky. Freezing rain does. When this super-cold rain touches something that is freezing cold, the rain instantly turns to ice. It takes just a few minutes for everything to be encrusted in ice. During very severe storms, ice accumulations can be as much as three inches thick. Tree branches can become 30 times heavier when they are glazed in ice. This extra weight can easily cause heavy limbs to break off and come crashing down. Power lines and telephone lines can snap when covered in ice. Just a 1/2” accumulation can add 500 pounds of extra weight to long lines! When a brutal ice storm hit North America nearly 20 years ago, 3 million people were left without electricity because power lines came down. Many people were without electricity for six weeks! Weather experts call ice storms nature’s most unusual weather event. They can develop suddenly and make everything come to a standstill. If you go outside after an ice storm is over, wait until most of the ice has melted. And watch out for falling limbs!
Tree destruction caused by an ice storm
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What an Ice Surprise!
by Linda Zajac A chainsaw roars as the blade slices deeper inside the frozen block. Crystal ice chips spill from the crack. Soon the sculptor’s boots are covered in snow. All the while, the clock is ticking. There is no time to waste. In two and a half hours, the ice carving competition will be over. Time will be up. Each competitor starts with a block of ice weighing more than three hundred pounds. That’s heavier than a baby elephant! The blocks are specially made. Ice cubes from your freezer have tiny air bubbles. These giant blocks do not. Minutes pass quickly as sculptors cut, carve, and chip at the ice. Surprises begin emerging from the bitterly cold ice blocks. Then time is up. Like magicians, the sculptors have formed frozen water into amazing creations. Chiseled from crystal-clear ice, penguins, zebras, and other figures come to life. The sculptures dazzle in the sunshine, but they don’t last forever. Eventually, the stunning pieces of art will melt. When they do, they shed ice tears as they slowly slip away.
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Stay in an Ice Hotel
The Ice Hotel even has a chapel!
Would you like to sleep on a block of ice?
by Anne Renaud How do you chill out? Do you watch TV or cozy up with a good book? At Canada’s Ice Hotel, “chilling out” is taken seriously! Here, you can sleep on a giant ice cube or curl up in an ice chair. How cool is that? This ice hotel in the province of Quebec is made of 12,000 tons of snow and 400 tons of ice. Construction begins in December and lasts for five weeks. Steel frames give the hotel its shape. Snow is blown onto the frames until they are covered and the walls are four feet thick. When the snow is completely frozen, the steel frames are taken down. The finished hotel looks like a series of connecting igloos. Local Quebec artists carve blocks of ice into beds, chairs, tables, and lamps. Lighting is provided by fiber optic wiring, florescent lights, and candles. These give the ice hotel’s interior a soft glow. There is an ice chandelier, an ice theater, and indoor and outdoor skating rinks. Artwork carved entirely out of ice fills two art galleries. Temperatures outside the ice hotel may drop to -30°F. But temperatures inside the hotel remain about 25°F. The thick walls of ice and snow trap the heat inside the rooms, keeping the cold air outside. Sleeping here is a lot like camping, only much cooler. A mattress and a wooden base are set on a solid block of ice! Deer pelts are laid on top, and you sleep in a winter sleeping bag. In the morning, you are greeted with a cup of hot chocolate. Like an igloo, Canada’s Ice Hotel is temporary. Once the outside temperature reaches above 32°F, the bright white structure begins to melt. In March, the ice hotel fades away under a warm sun.
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Fire in the House Maybe you’ve wondered what you would do if a fire happened in your house. Here are some good fire safety tips. Share them with your family and friends. And remember: In case of a house fire, help is only a phone call away!
Train Your Brain - Be Smart! 1. Never play with matches or lighters. 2. Always have an adult with you when you are cooking. 3. Always blow out candles when you leave a room.
Be Prepared! 1. Every house needs a fire extinguisher. 2. Smoke detectors help save lives! 3. Keep a flashlight by your bed. 4. Have a family escape plan in case of fire. Know two ways out of every room. Choose an outdoor meeting place where everyone will gather once out of the house. Have regular family fire drills.
In Case of Fire, Stay Safe! 1. Get out fast when you hear the smoke detector! 2. Don’t open a door if it feels hot. Get out another way. 2. Never go back in the house once you leave it! 3. Call 9-1-1 after you are out of the house.
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y k S e h t Fire in by Kendra Olson
We all like fireworks. It’s like watching fire in the sky! The bright lights and big booms are fun to watch and listen to. But do you know where fireworks came from? More than two thousand years ago, the Chinese people were setting off little “firecrackers” made of green bamboo sticks. Sticks are “green” when they have not had time to dry out. When the bamboo sticks were thrown into the fire, the air inside them would get hot and burst through the sticks, making a big boom. So the next time you see a brilliant display of fireworks, you can tell your friends that it all started with a little piece of bamboo.
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by Evelyn B. Christensen
by Jacqueline S. Cotton Someone has mixed up the 12 ice cream flavors on this menu. Can you fix it? Just switch one part of an ice cream flavor with another part on the menu. Each part can be used only once. The first one has been done for you.
Cookies & Butter Cotton Tracks Gum Cake Chocolate Road
Ice Cream Flavors Rocky Vanilla Shortcake Brownie Moose Pecan Candy Bubble
Strawberry Black Birthday Cream Raspberry Chip French Fudge
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Matches are a great help when we want to start a fire. However, if they’re used carelessly, they can cause terrible, unwanted fires in forests, homes, and other places. So always use them with care!
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Ice Fishing Word Search by Gertrude Knabbe
Look forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally to find the following words in capital letters. Cross the word off the list. After all the words are found, the remaining letters will spell something about ice fishing.
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1. Ebony brought something that grows underground. 2. The person who brought the potatoes carried them in his backpack. 3. Ben did not bring a vegetable. Use the grid to eliminate possibilities. Put an “x” in a box if you know a person doesn’t go with a food item. Put an “o” if you know they do.
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Thad, Annie, Ben, and Ebony are camping out. They’ve built a fire to cook their stew for supper. Use the clues to decide which item each person brought for the stew: potatoes, meat, onions, or green beans.
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See page 30 for cold, hard answers.
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Cubs may weigh only 1-1/2 lbs. when born. Usually, twins are born! by Diane Winebar The wind blows cold in Arctic regions. Winter temperatures can plunge to -50°F. Brrr! But wildlife lives in this barren, icy part of the world, including the magnificent polar bear. These are BIG animals. Adult males weigh between 775 to 1200 pounds. Females are usually about one-half this weight. A male standing on its hind legs may be over 10 feet tall. Unlike other bears, polar bears eat mostly meat. And they eat a lot of it. Seals are their favorite meal. A polar bear’s large, curved claws are perfect for pulling a seal from the water. Polar bears stay busy all winter long. No hibernation for them! Nighttime hours are spent stalking seals gathered on floating sea ice. If the seals are underwater, the bears wait patiently for them to come up for air. When they’re not hunting, polar bears sleep or rest. Sometimes, they use a block of ice as a pillow! How can polar bears survive in such a cold, icy environment? They are built for it!
Their paws are super wide and can be 12 inches across. The paws acts as paddles when polar bears are swimming. Huge paws also help distribute the bear’s weight when walking on thin ice. Footpads are covered by small bumps that grip the ice and keep the bears from slipping. Polar bears have two layers of fur. The top layer keeps body heat in, and the bottom layer keeps water off their skin. Under its fur, a polar bear’s skin is black. The black skin absorbs the sun’s heat, helping the bears stay warm. You can see the black skin only on the bear’s nose and the pads of its feet. A layer of fat (blubber) protects polar bears in freezing water. The fat can be more than four inches thick! Their small round ears and compact tails help keep body heat from escaping. Believe it or not, polar bears have a bigger problem with overheating than with being cold (especially when they are running)! So, you see, these Arctic animals can survive in the Far North very well. They are intelligent, powerful, and very clever. The Inuit people, who also live in the Arctic, respect the nanuq (their word for polar bear), and now you know why.
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Blubber Glove Experiment by Melissa Munson
Look at this swimming polar bear. This experiment will show you how blubber protects polar bears when they are in icy-cold water! What You Need: four clear plastic bags, large enough to cover your hand a bucket of cold water with ice cubes in it small can of vegetable shortening (such as Crisco) a watch with a second hand or a stopwatch
What You Do:
1. Cover one hand with a plastic bag. 2. Put a large amount of shortening into another bag. Put the plastic-wrapped hand into the bag with the shortening. Make sure your hand is completely surrounded by shortening.
3. Have a friend cover your other hand with two plastic bags (without shortening).
4. Place both hands into the bucket of cold ice water at the same time.
5. Time how long each hand can remain in the water.
Polar bears are called “sea bears� because they spend so much time near the water.
Which hand could stay comfortably in the water longer?
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To make an ice cube, you just put water in an ice cube tray and set the tray in the freezer. After a few hours, the water has changed to ice. Easy! You can do the same thing with other liquids too. Use fruit juices to make ice cubes that are delicious to eat. Here is a science investigation you can try while making tasty “juice-icles.” It will help you answer the science question: Which freezes better, orange juice or water?
What You Need: • an empty ice cube tray • a freezer • orange juice and water
What You Do Fill one-half of the tray with water and one-half with orange juice. Put the tray in the freezer, and leave it there overnight.
What Happens The next day, you will find BOTH the water and the orange juice have frozen into ice cubes. Have a parent help you take the cubes out of the tray.
Now for the Fun Part! EAT a water ice cube and an orange juice ice cube. Which one is easier to eat? Did they both freeze solid? You will find that the orange juice ice cube is much softer and easier to eat. WHY?
The Science Secret Orange juice is mostly water, but it contains other ingredients. Many of these other things do not freeze easily. So your “juice-icle” is made up of frozen water and UNFROZEN juice pulp. This makes the orange juice cube softer and more delicious than a plain cube made of water. Try freezing other liquids in the ice cube tray: other fruit juices, milk, or whatever you like to drink. I’ll bet they don’t freeze into cubes as hard as the plain water cubes!
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Portland, Oregon 5:10 AM It’s so early, everything is still frozen! Max and Gracie and their owners, Linda, Craig, and their seven-year-old son, Ed, are driving the back roads of America. Perhaps you have seen Max and Gracie with their heads out the window. If not, here is a letter describing their most recent adventure.
Ed opens the hotel room door. groggy, barely-can-keep-his-eyes-open Gracie insists on going outside. Sleepy, Ed has never let us out of his sight out the door before it closes on my tail. As he turns to go back to bed, I slip before. He must be super tired. “Isn’t it beautiful, Max?” back inside.” “What? It’s freezing out here. Let’s go lake right there.” “But look,” Gracie points. “There’s a . I yell, warning that the lake is bounding in chest-high, crunchy snow Off she went, running down the hill, and her body slides about 50 feet. n she hits the ice, her legs splay out, frozen, but Gracie doesn’t hear me. Whe “Whoops!”
to safely get you off that ice?” to say?” I’m upset. “How am I going “Whoops, Gracie? That’s all you have “Don’t worry, Max. I can make it.” Finally, she made it to shore. , and at one point, twirl across the ice. slide slip, ie Grac hing watc y scar was It the ice, broken a leg . . .” “Gracie, you could have fallen through . Her arms are hugging her to us from the door of the hotel room “What are you two doing?” Linda calls I run to her. Linda starts a fire in the of smoke that fill the air. Gracie and body, and breaths come out in puffs l. and she rubs Gracie down with a towe fireplace to melt the icicles off our fur, es, resting her head in Linda’s lap. “Ah, this is the life, Max!” Gracie smil e my head, wondering what Gracie to get their morning started?” I shak ice on slide a like n’t does who e, “Sur has in store for the rest of the day!
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Scorching. Blazing. No matter how you describe them, many of the world’s deserts are hot. Sand temperatures can reach over 150°F! Besides being hot, deserts get very little rainfall. Luckily, animals living here have ways to beat the blistering heat and survive with barely any water. Most desert animals find shade wherever they can and sleep during the hottest part of the day. Scorpions and other creepy-crawlies burrow under sand and dirt or hide under rocks to escape the heat. Large mammals, like cougars, look for caves to curl up in, or they hide under thick desert bushes. Desert squirrels have extra-long, bushy tails. When the sun burns above, these smart animals simply flick their tails over their bodies. Instant sun umbrella! Some animals, like the fennec fox and the jackrabbit, keep cool with the help of their huge ears. Body heat moves up and out through the ears’ many blood vessels.
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How else do critters stay cool under a fierce sun? When sand gets too hot to stand on, shovel-snouted lizards dance! They hold two feet in the air, then quickly switch and hold up the other two. Our friend the fennec fox has fur on the soles of its feet. This helps it walk more comfortably on scalding hot sand. A sidewinder rattlesnake keeps most of its body from touching hot sand by curving and slithering sideways across the desert. Turkey vultures urinate on their legs and feet! As the liquid evaporates, the vultures feel cool. Kangaroos (yes, these are desert animals) use this evaporation trick when they lick their forearms. All animals need water to survive, especially in a desert. The thorny devil lizard soaks up what little rain there is through its skin. Other animals lap up the dew that forms on desert plants during the night, before it dries and disappears with the morning sun. They also get water from the prey they eat. The spiral horns of the Dorcas gazelle are impressive. But here’s something even more incredible: These gazelles can go their whole lives without drinking water! Like many other desert animals, they get all the water they need from the plants they eat. What’s more, Dorcas gazelles can turn their urine into little white pellets. No water needed! A desert environment may be extremely hot and dry, but the animals that live there can take it!
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written and illustrated by Andrew Wales
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by Janet Tower Can you imagine an ice cube as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City? How about a cube the size of the state of Vermont or one that is many miles long? They really exist around Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica. We call them “icebergs.” These ice giants were once parts of large ice glaciers. As glaciers move across land, cracks form within the ice, usually along the icy tops or along the sides. Time passes. Then rumbling sounds like rolling thunder penetrate the air. Without warning, a massive explosion becomes deafening as columns of ice plunge like blue whales into the ocean. A piece of the glacier has broken off. Water sprays like a geyser. Finally, there is silence. This new iceberg now floats freely and slowly away. It will change shape and break apart before it melts and disappears into the ocean. Melting may take many, many years. Look! You can see steeples, pyramids, domes, and other unusual shapes of ice peeking up through the water. But you can see only about one-tenth of these fascinating ice sculptures. About nine-tenths of the ice is beneath the ocean, hidden from view. Captains, beware! This hidden ice lurks like a monster, ready to tear apart the bottom of your unsuspecting ship if you are not careful.
Why Do Some Icebergs Appear Blue? Most icebergs are white, but some may look blue. Why? The air bubbles in the ice scatter all color light waves equally, and that makes the ice look white. But when the ice is compressed, the air bubbles are squeezed out. All other colors are absorbed into the iceberg, but blue light is scattered. That’s why we see blue!
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On a cold, star-filled night over 100 years ago, a ship collided with an iceberg. This was the beginning of history’s most famous ocean disaster. This luxurious ocean liner was making its very first voyage, sailing from England to New York City in the US. At the time, it was the largest moving object ever made. Its builders named it Titanic, a name worthy of its size. They believed it was so well constructed, that it was unsinkable. Unfortunately for the almost 2300 passengers and crew on board, this was not so. It was April 14, 1912, and Titanic was sailing in the North Atlantic. Icebergs always float in this part of the ocean, and that night was no different. Captain Edward J. Smith had received iceberg warnings over the ship’s radio. He changed Titanic’s course to avoid them. But just before midnight, two of the ship’s lookouts spotted an iceberg – right in front of them. The crew tried desperately to steer clear of the big piece of floating ice. Then it happened. With a dull thud, the ship struck the iceberg. A hole was ripped into the side of Titanic’s hull, and compartments began filling with water. Almost immediately, Titanic began sinking. Fast. Lifeboats were loaded with women and children and lowered into the freezing Atlantic. But there weren’t nearly enough lifeboats for everyone. Everything was panic, noise, and confusion. The massive ship began breaking apart. People jumped overboard, hoping to reach a lifeboat. Others were swept away as the ship sank beneath the ocean. Not even three hours after hitting the iceberg, Titanic was gone. More than 1500 people were still on board. Before Titanic sank, it sent distress calls to other ships in the area. After four hours, Carpathia was the first ship to reach the site of the tragedy. It was too late to do anything but rescue the survivors.
This is the last lifeboat to leave Titanic.
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Pu’u ‘O’o volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island
A volcano’s crater explodes with thundering roars. Scalding hot magma, smoke, and ash shoot into the sky. Boiling rivers of bright red lava ooze down the volcano’s sides. It’s a spectacular volcanic eruption! Why does a volcano erupt? Think of a volcano as a passageway from chambers deep inside Earth up to the surface. It’s hot below Earth’s crust. And the deeper you go, the hotter it gets. In fact, massive chunks of rocks like iron and nickel melt! This molten rock is called magma, which swirls around in its heat-filled chamber far beneath a volcano. Magma mixes with various gases, also in the chamber. Pressure builds up, until Earth can no longer hold all that hot matter and energy. What happens next? The magma is forced through a volcano’s passageway and works its way up. Finally, with a powerful BLAST, glowing hot magma, steam, gases, and rocks come shooting out through the volcano’s top opening. Eruptions can send ash miles into the air and cause daytime darkness over huge areas. Enough lava can flow out to cover the countryside. Incredible! Not all volcanoes are tall, cone-shaped mountains. Some are low and wide. There are even volcanoes under the ocean. Some volcanoes have violent eruptions, while other eruptions are gentle. Scientists estimate there are over 1500 active volcanoes on Earth. Did You Know? Once magma leaves a volcano, it is called lava. After each eruption, lava cools and hardens into rock. This adds layers and height to a volcano, making it grow!
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People who live near a volcano don’t usually see it erupt. But if you make a volcano in your backyard, you can make it erupt any time you wish! Of course, it will only be a model, and it will be very safe to be near.
What You Need: • water • vinegar • baking soda • dirt or sand • dishwashing detergent • a tablespoon • RED food color (You don’t NEED this, but it adds a nice color!) • a small empty can, like the ones frozen juice concentrates come in
What You Do:
1. THIS IS AN OUTDOOR EXPERIMENT. It’s messy! Set the can on the ground. Mound the dirt or sand around it in the shape of a volcano. The open top of the can will be the volcano’s “crater.”
2. Fill the can 1/2 full of water. Add 2 tablespoons
of baking soda, 2 tablespoons of dishwashing detergent, and some drops of red food color. Stir and mix everything together well.
3. When you want your volcano to erupt, pour a
little vinegar into the crater. Immediately, “lava” will erupt from your volcano and ooze down the sides. This is what real lava (which is melted rock) does in a real volcano.
The Science Secret A real volcano is very hot! Fire, gases, and rocks cause the eruption. YOUR eruption is caused by mixing baking soda and vinegar together. This forms a gas called carbon dioxide. The detergent traps the gas in bubbles. When the bubbles flow down your hill, they look like lava. Real, hot lava can be reddish in color. That’s why you add red food color. The best part of your volcano is that you can wash out the can, rebuild your mountain around it, add fresh water, baking soda, detergent, and food color, and make it erupt again.
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i by Guy Bellerant by Jim Browne
1: What do snowmen wear to winter weddings? Answer in code: RMNVRTHSR (To decode this answer, write the letter that comes just after each letter given.)
“I’m pretty well off... I keep my money in a snow bank.”
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2: Why did the snowlady have her car towed? Answer in code: IFS TOPX UJSFT IBE NFMUFE. (To decode this answer, write the letter that comes just before the letter given.) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ . 2. HER SNOW TIRES HAD MELTED. by Doug Bennett
“I dunno . . . I’m telling’ ya, something’s just not right about that guy.”
“He must be really smart. I hear he has millions of degrees.”
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Knock, knock! Who’s there? Snow. Snow who? Snowbody!
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Answer: BE SURE YOU DRESS IN LAYERS.
Mixed-Up Ice Cream Flavors on page 12
Icy Words on page 12 1) ICE CUBE
Birthday Cake
Black Raspberry
Bubble Gum
Butter Pecan
2) ICE SCULPTURE
Chocolate Chip
Cookies & Cream
Cotton Candy
French Vanilla
3) ICE AGE
Fudge Brownie
Moose Tracks
Rocky Road
Strawberry Shortcake
4) ICE SKATES 5) ICE COLD 6) ICE STORM 7) ICE CRYSTALS 8) GLACIAL ICE 9) ICE CREAM 10) ICE FISHING 11) ICEBERG 12) ICE HOCKEY
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Matches Sudoku on page 12
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Campfire Stew Puzzle on page 13 Annie brought green beans. Ben brought meat. Ebony brought onions. Thad brought potatoes. Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons: by Skimel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] 8 (top-left); by Rokus C [CC BY 3.0] 8 (top-right); by John Vetterli from Toronto, Canada [CC BY-SA 2.0] 8 (bottom); by Clément Belleudy [CC BY-SA 2.0] 9 (left); by Pierre-Arnaud KOPP from REIGNIER, France [CC BY 2.0] 9 (right); by SpeedyEJL (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] 10 (bottom); by John [CC BY 2.0] 15 (top); by Arturo de Frias Marques (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] 15 (bottom); Mohamed Chedli Ben Yaghlane (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] 18 (bottom-left); by Drew Avery (Flickr: Fennec Fox {Vulpes zerda}) [CC BY 2.0] 18 (bottom-right); by Rigelus (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] 19 (top-left); by Stu’s Images [CC BY-SA 4.0] 19 (top-right); by Visit Greenland from Nuuk, Greenland [CC BY 2.0] 24 (top).
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