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The Smithsonian Institution

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olonization is a complicated topic, but it shaped North America as we know it. The European empires had a lot of people and a lot of money, but not a lot of land. The European rulers decided to send out explorers to find new land. They hoped this new land would be full of resources like gold that would make them richer and even more powerful. An important part of colonization was the individuals who who were willing to leave everything they’d ever known to try and live in a completely new place. There were many reasons people might go — like religious freedom and the hope of finding extreme wealth. • The first Europeans to find and colonize North America were the Vikings.

The Smithsonian Institution is a museum and research complex. It is made up of 19 museums, nine research facilities and the National Zoo. It was established by and named after James Smithson. He was a British scientist. When he died, Smithson gave his wealth to the United States to create “an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Congress debated over how this money should be used for 10 years, until 1846. No one is sure why the British scientist, who had never been to this country, left his money to America. However, with the fortune Smithson left, Congress created what became the largest museum complex in the world. Originally, the estate was valued at $500,000. Today that fortune would be worth $11 million.

• Eleven of the 19 Smithsonian Museums are located on the National Mall. • The Smithsonian is nicknamed “The Nation’s Attic.” • 6,300 people work for the Smithsonian. • In 2015, more than 28 million people visited the Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo. • Admission to all Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., is free. • Smithsonian facilities are in Washington, D.C.; New York; Virginia; and Florida. • The National Zoo is home to 400 different species and 2,000 animals. • The Smithsonian Library holds two million volumes. • The archives have 156,830 cubic feet of archival material. • Lincoln’s pocket watch is in the Smithsonian. • Indiana Jones’ hat and jacket are on display there, too.

• They arrived around 986 A.D. in what is now Canada, but their colonies did not last. • Christopher Columbus found America in 1492. • Columbus was sponsored by Spain. • He returned to the Americas three times. • Spain sent Hernando Cortez on a journey in 1519 with a small army to take over the gold and silver mines that the Aztecs had. • Hernando de Soto, another Spaniard, explored from Florida to the Mississippi. • Colonization was terrible for native peoples. • The English colonized the Northeast and grew tobacco. • The Spanish colonized the Southwest and found gold and silver.

The Smithsonian is nicknamed “The Nation’s Attic” because it stores so much information and valuable artifacts from America’s history. The museum has so many artifacts and specimens that there is not physically room for them all to be displayed. The Smithsonian stores and preserves around 154 million objects; 145 million are specimens and artifacts. The museums often rotate exhibits, but when items are not on display, they are either being researched or stored. Storing these objects is not always as easy as just packing them into a box. They need to be preserved for future generations, so the Smithsonian Museum Support Center was built. This is an off-site conservation facility. It has 12 miles of cabinets and holds 31 million objects.

• The French settled in what is now Canada and the Northern U.S. They made money on the fur trade. • French is still spoken in parts of Canada. Even though the shores of America were not lined with gold, the American colonies made a lot of money for many European nations. Where there wasn’t gold, they grew cash crops like tobacco, indigo and rice. A cash crop means that the farms do not support families with food. Instead they grow one crop that is then sold. Colonists used slaves to grow the crops cheaply that were then shipped to Europe and sold. The Spanish and the English colonies could be considered the most successful. They lasted for centuries and formed the basis of what is now America.

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Can you imagine visiting another planet? Or even living

on one? If it were possible, would you choose to do it?

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For many, space is a symbol of endless possibilities. Every year, scientists discover new planets with environments unlike anything they could have imagined. We know these distant bodies have the potential to revolutionize science and make many people rich. The biggest question is do they also have the potential to sustain human life? There are currently two big ideas about how humans could physically interact with space: space tourism and colonization. Space tourism is already a growing industry. There are companies that let regular people experience space for fun. The biggest problem with space tourism right now is that it is incredibly expensive. But for a price, people can pay to experience space-like conditions. One of the cheapest options is called a zero-gravity flight. It uses a Boeing 727, a large airplane, to simulate the zero-gravity experience of space. Tourists can flip and float for about 20 minutes, thanks to the freefalling airplane. It is like space, but tourists don’t leave the atmosphere. One of these experiences costs around $5,000 per person. A one-week stay in space is $20 million. For now, only the very wealthy can afford these trips, but that used to be the same for cars. The more popular space trips become, the cheaper the technologies will get and the more people will be able to experience space. Colonizing space is different than space tourism. It’s relatively easy to keep a human alive in space for a short period of time; it is much harder the longer they stay off planet Earth. Most of the plans for colonization are focused on Mars because it is our closest neighbor. One of the most popular ideas about how to colonize Mars involves 3D printing. Instead of making everything on Earth and launching it all to Mars, the idea is to send a printer and use materials on Mars to make whatever the astronauts and colonists need. It is a much cheaper option and allows the colonists the opportunity to change designs based on what they learn. It will still take decades of planning and hard work, though.

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Embry saw a ladybug with eight spots. Drawing the number of spots that Embry saw on each lady bug seen in red, how many spots in total would you see?

On Monday, Tachi had a pocketful of pencils. On Wednesday, she loaned four to her friends and had seven pencils left. How

The number of Gwinnett County Public Library cardholders passed the 500,000 mark last year! Of those, 128,000 are students who signed up through a partnership with Gwinnett County Public Schools and Buford City Schools. More than one million requests for materials are placed each year at the Gwinnett County Public Library.

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What's It Like to Be ... an adventurer?

Trish Sare

Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself. My name is Trish Sare. I’m the founder and owner of BikeHike Adventures in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I started BikeHike 24 years ago after spending seven years living abroad. My life is about experiences, much more so than accumulating things. I am also passionate about animals, especially furry felines. What do you love most about traveling/adventuring? I love exploring new lands, meeting the local people and learning about their cultures. Adventure travel enriches one’s life and opens us up to how others in the world live. I also love to be active and challenge myself with new activities. Why is it important to travel and see and do new things? To gain an appreciation for other cultures and the world and experience how other people live in developing and developed countries. To never experience other lands besides home will make for a very insular and sheltered perspective of the world. There are so many different landscapes, cultures, religions, types of flora and fauna, languages, cuisines and political systems to be exposed to. International travel gives one

a well-rounded worldview. What is something you wish everyone knew about traveling? In my opinion, it is one of the best educations that one can have in their lifetime. It is not learning from a book but experiencing firsthand. It is also a great opportunity to meet people. People tend to be much more open when they travel compared to when they are at home. Conversations flow much easier. Also, it’s easy to travel, especially today with the digital world offering so much information. Just always ensure to have your street smarts when traveling into foreign lands. If you could travel to another planet, would you? Right now, I don’t think that I would go to live on another planet. I find it rather intimidating to travel through space to get to another planet. It’s just a little too far from home and takes me out of my comfort zone too much. However, as we learn more about space travel and develop safer and speedier passages to get there, my views on this may change. One day I may look at space travel the same way (I view) traveling to another country.

Why was there only half of a steel bridge on the Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge for many years? It may be hard to believe, but someone stole it and sold it for scrap iron in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1945. The people who took down the bridge and sold it were never identified. The last remaining section, on the Fulton Count y side of the river, collapsed in early 2018.

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How Youngsters Can Go Green Children often aspire to emulate their parents. Young boys who see their fathers shaving might reach for dad’s shaving cream, while young girls may find their way into mom’s closet in an effort to dress up like their mothers.

Avoid plastic water bottles. Plastic water bottles might seem more convenient because they don’t need to be washed after using them, but the LIFE OUTSIDE environmental organization Clean Up Australia notes that plastic

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Spend more time in the great outdoors. Many parents want their children to spend more time outdoors and less time on the couch playing video games or watching television. Parents can make an effort to spend more time outdoors with their children, engaging in fun activities like hiking, camping or fishing. Such excursions can instill a love and apLIFE OUT preciation for nature in youngsters, SIDE and that love can compel them to a lifetime of protecting the planet and conserving its resources. Kids who want to follow their parents’ example and go green can do so in various ways, many of which are as fun as they are eco-friendly.

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Bike to school. Stay-at-home parents, telecommuters or those who have time to escort their children to and from school can bike to school with their children. Teach them how biking in lieu of driving helps to conserve fuel and how such conservation benefits the planet. If biking is not an option due to weather OUTSIDE parents can organize or LIFE distance, carpools, teaching kids how traveling together instead of individually helps to conserve fuel.

Visit the library. Young children who love to read can borrow books from the library rather than asking mom and dad to purchase their own copies at the bookstore. Explain how borrowing cuts down on the need for paper, which helps preserve forests and reduce waste. OUT

Donate clothing and toys. Children outgrow their clothing pretty quickly. Rather than discarding items kids can no longer wear, parents can take tots along to donation centers or thrift stores to show them how their clothes can be reused. Use this as an opportunity to teach kids how donating or recycling old items cuts down on the need to use natural resources to create new items. Do the same with toys, which kids tend to outgrow almost as quickly as their clothing.

bottles, many of which are derived from crude oil, generate enormous amounts of waste that ultimately end up in landfills. In addition, the transportation of such bottles from factories to store shelves requires the burning of significant amounts of fossil fuels. Take kids along to the store to purchase their own reusable water bottles, explaining to them how they’re doing their part to protect the planet by choosing reusable bottles over bottled water.

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Kids’ curiosity may be similarly piqued when they see their parents going green. Parents who reduce, reuse and recycle are setting positive examples for their kids, who may inquire about the ways they can follow suit. While going green might not seem like the most kid-friendly activity, there are myriad ways for parents to involve children in their efforts to live eco-friendly lifestyles.

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Kidsville Kitchen Simple Vegetarian Dish Packed with Flavor

Vegetarian dishes are often loaded with flavor, which might come as a surprise to those who do not adhere to vegetarian diets. In fact, many dishes that originated in India, a country known for its flavorful, spicy cuisine, are vegetarian dishes that are popular the world over among vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. For those who want to try something simple, flavorful and vegetarian, the following recipe for “Lentils with Spinach” from Monisha Bharadwaj’s “India’s Vegetarian Cooking” (Kyle Books) checks all the boxes and will no doubt surprise those who feel the most flavorful dishes are those with meat.

Broiled Chili-Lime-Crusted Tilapia 3⁄4 cup yellow lentils (toor dal), washed 3

2. In the meantime, place the spinach in a pot along with a little hot water and heat it for a couple of minutes. Add it to the lentils.

large handfuls spinach, chopped

2 tablespoons sunflower oil, divided 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 3 dried red chiles 1⁄4 cup freshly grated coconut 1 teaspoon tamarind concentrate, diluted in 1⁄4 cup water 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric

3. In a separate pan, heat half the oil and fry the coriander seeds until they turn dark, then add the chiles and coconut. Reduce the heat and stir for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, let it cool slightly, and then tip it into a blender along with the tamarind and a few tablespoons of water. Blend until you get a fine paste. 4. Add this to the lentils, along with the turmeric and the salt.

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5. Heat the remaining oil in a small saucepan and fry the onions until golden, and then add them to the lentils. Reheat thoroughly and serve hot with rice.

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Ready, set, go. Just as you would set off at the starting line of a race, this hectic pace is how mornings begin for many men and women. Instead of waking with dread to face another hectic morning, consider these tips for a healthier way to ease into your daily rituals. While these activities may require you to allow extra time, you may be pleased with the productive results.

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trolled breaths, try to steer your mind. For example, journaling thoughts away from negative is a gentle way to ease into your morning and get your and stress-inducing thoughts. brain firing. If you can’t think Stretch. While the most healthof a topic, simply write down conscious person may opt a few affirmations for the day, Meditate. A practice that has for a morning sweat-a-thon, revisit a pleasant memory from been around for thousands working in some stretches can your past or scribble down a of years may still be one of also be beneficial. When you goal for the week. Journaling the best stress busters for hurawake, think about oft-used can be an uplifting way to ried mornings. To start, find muscles and extend each one engage the mind and express a place in your home that is for 15-30 seconds. gratitude for the day ahead. free of noise and distraction. Practice sitting still, with eyes Activate. Give your brain some Find more tips for starting your closed, and focus only on your fuel in the morning while also day on the right foot at eLivingbreathing. Using deep, con- doing something nice for your Today.com.

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The depletion of the ozone layer was once a hot topic, but this issue has largely fallen by the wayside in recent years. Even though the ozone layer might no longer be discussed on a daily basis, there is still widespread concern that it is deteriorating rapidly. To understand the implications, one must first know the purpose of the ozone layer. According to National Geographic, the ozone layer is a belt of gas that sits between 9.3 and 18.6 miles above the Earth. Its purpose is to shield the planet from harmful ultraviolet B radiation that is emitted by the sun. Due to the release of pollution containing the chemicals chlorine and bromine, as well as chlorofluorocarbons found in spray aerosols, the ozone layer is thinning and deteriorating in certain areas. This allows UVB radiation to reach the earth, contributing to higher rates of skin cancer and cataracts in humans. Exposure to UVB rays also may impact ecosystems. It is believed UVB radiation inhibits the production of phytoplankton that make up an important food source for marine animals. The good news is that measurements from satellites this year showed the hole in the earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, according to scientists from NASA and NOAA. Reduction in environmental pollutants may be behind that development. However, scientists note warmer stratospheric temperatures also constrained the growth of the ozone hole.

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Come Out & Play

Ring Taw, or marbles, is an ancient game that children have played for hundreds of years. Researchers think that ancient Romans played a similar game, though no one is sure of the exact rules. It was a tradition to give bags of nuts and marbles as a gift for the winter celebration Saturnalia, so the game of marbles was likely popular for Roman children. Children across Egypt and Europe also collected and played with marbles through the centuries. It is almost as if every group of children had its own set of rules. The game of marbles with the rules that we are most familiar with today dates to European in the 18th century. However, there are still many variations of the game. Here is how to play one version known as Ring Taw. This game is played in the National Marbles Tournament. www.imarbles.com/ringertaw.php www.britannica.com/topic/taw www.magwv.com/magmarble/origin_of_the_game_of_marbles.html

1. Draw a circle on the ground a few feet across. 2. Draw a second smaller circle in the middle of the first. 3. There is no limit to the number of players, but each player should have at least six small, round marbles. 4. It is helpful if the marbles are distinct, so it is easy to remember to whom they belong. 5. Next, draw a line several feet away from the circle. This is called the taw line. 6. The standard taw line is 6 feet away from the circle. The farther away the line is, the harder the game will be. 7. Each player should put five marbles in the small inner circle. 8. Players take turns shooting marbles from behind the taw line. 9. The goal is to use a shooter marble to knock other marbles outside the large circle. 10. The shooter must also end outside the circle.

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Where in the World:

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, headquarters is in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America. As Washington, D.C., is the capital, it is the center of many of the nation’s most important departments. Most of the scientists and engineers that work for NASA do not work in D.C. Instead, there are field centers and installations all over the United States where most of NASA’s experiments and construction take place. The headquarters plays a unique part in making NASA work. The headquarters provides the overall guidance and direction to the agency. Without this guidance, all the engineers and scientists across the nation wouldn’t know what projects to work on. Additionally, being close to Congress means that NASA directors can work closely with the government leaders who set the budget every year. kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/washington-dc/#DC-monuments.jpg www.nasa.gov/centers/hq/home/index.html www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

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• NASA was created in 1958. • The population of Washington, D.C., is 672, 228. • D.C. stands for District of Columbia, which is named after Christopher Columbus. • The city is a federal district, which means it is not part of any state. It is made of land taken from Virginia and Maryland. • The federal district is 68 square miles. • D.C. has many important government buildings like the U.S. Capitol (where Congress meets), the White House, the Supreme Court Building and the Smithsonian Museums. • D.C. was not the first capital of the United States. Philadelphia and New York City were once capitals. • Washington, D.C., was formed in 1790 and is named after George Washington. • The first president to live in the White House was John Adams. • NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was created by President Eisenhower.

11. Players collect any marbles they knock out of the circle. 12. If the shooter stays inside the circle, the player can continue with a different marble that he or she knocked out earlier as the new shooter. 13. If a player has no more marbles to shoot, he or she is out of the game. 14. The game ends when all the marbles have been knocked out of the circle. 15. The winner is the person who has collected the most marbles at the end of the game.

SIXTY YEARS OF OBSERVING OUR EARTH By Teagan Wall

Left: This photo shows the launch of Explorer 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 31, 1958. Explorer 1 is the small section on top of the large Jupiter-C rocket that blasted it into orbit. With the launch of Explorer 1, the United States officially entered the space age. Image credit: NASA

Satellites are a part of our everyday life. We use global positioning system (GPS) satellites to help us find directions. Satellite television and telephones bring us entertainment, and they connect people all over the world. Weather satellites help us create forecasts, and if there’s a disaster — such as a hurricane or a large fire — they can help track what’s happening. Then, communication satellites can help us warn people in harm’s way. There are many different types of satellites. Some are smaller than a shoebox, while others are bigger than a school bus. In all, there are more than 1,000 satellites orbiting Earth. With that many always around, it can be easy to take them for granted. However, we haven’t always had these helpful eyes in the sky. The United States launched its first satellite on Jan. 31, 1958. It was called Explorer 1, and it weighed in at only about 30 pounds. This little satellite carried America’s first scientific instruments into space: temperature sensors, a microphone, radiation detectors and more. Explorer 1 sent back data for four months, but remained in orbit for more than 10 years. This small, relatively simple satellite kicked off the American space age. Now, just 60 years later, we depend on satellites every day. Through these satellites, scientists have learned all sorts of things about our planet.

Join us at the Let Freedom Ring Festival! Come to the Isaac Adair House on March 24 or 25 to celebrate Gwinnett’s namesake, Button Gwinnett, and discover the role he played as a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Engage with costumed re-enactors as you step back in time to 1776. Play 18th century games like Jacob’s Ladder and the Game of Graces, and enjoy hands-on activities. Participants are encouraged to wear living history clothing to bring this fascinating period in American history to life!

For example, we can now use satellites to measure the height of the land and sea with instruments called altimeters. Altimeters bounce a microwave or laser pulse off Earth and measure how long it takes to come back. Since the speed of light is known very accurately, scientists can use that measurement to calculate the height of a mountain, for example, or the changing levels of Earth’s seas. Satellites also help us to study Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is made up of layers of gases that surround Earth. Before satellites, we had very little information about these layers. However, with satellites’ view from space, NASA scientists can study how the atmosphere’s layers interact with light. This tells us which gases are in the air and how much of each gas can be found in the atmosphere.

Ask your parents to visit the For Kids section of Gwinnett200.com to register by March 22!

Satellites have also allowed us—for the first time in civilization—to have pictures of our home planet from space. Earth is big, so to take a picture of the whole thing, you need to be far away. Apollo 17 astronauts took the first photo of the whole Earth in 1972. Today, we’re able to capture new pictures of our planet many times every day.

To learn more about satellites, including where they go when they die, check out NASA Space Place: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spacecraft-graveyard

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Many satellites are buzzing around Earth, and each one plays an important part in how we understand our planet and live life here. These satellite explorers are possible because of what we learned from our first voyage into space with Explorer 1 — and the decades of hard work and scientific advances since then.

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Great blue herons are adaptable. They live all over North America because they can survive almost anywhere there is a body of water.

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Common areas to find them are marshes, rivers, lakes, saltwater shores and ponds.

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They migrate during the winter and summer. In the winter, they migrate to Mexico and in the summer, they can be found in Canada.

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The great blue herons are named after the blue-grey feathers that cover most of their bodies. It stands out against their yellow bills and rust-red thighs. They also have a black streak that runs down their head. These unique and beautiful birds are not currently endangered, but their populations are threatened because wetlands are being developed.

They eat salamanders, snakes, shrimp, crabs, crayfish, grasshoppers, dragon flies, small mammals and frogs.

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Herons hunt by standing still in the water. As its prey swims by, the heron quickly grabs it in its strong beak.

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Their unique necks let them strike prey that is at a distance.

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They hunt during the day and night.

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They nest in large groups called colonies. • A popular nesting place is the Florida Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, which is also in Florida.

Kingdom: Animalia Family: Ardeidae Phylum: Chordata Genus: Ardea Class: Aves Species: A. herodias Order: Pelecaniformes The great blue heron is the largest and most common heron in North America. They are generally between three and four feet tall with a wingspan of six feet. Even though they are a large bird, they only weigh five or six pounds because they have hollow bones. Most birds have hollow bones, as this makes them to be light enough to fly.

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The Gwinnett Animal Shelter acted as a good neighbor to other counties during two natural disasters in 2017. When Gov. Nathan Deal issued a mandatory evacuation order for coastal counties in the path of Hurricane Irma last September, the Gwinnett shelter agreed to take 42 dogs and 19 cats from a Glynn County animal shelter. Earlier that month, the shelter accepted 11 cats from a shelter in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

• The average blue heron nest has between three and six eggs. • The oldest heron on record was 24 years and 6 months old.

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