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Emperor Penguins of Antarctica Antarctica is abundant with Emperor Penguins. Most species of penguins live in the Southern hemisphere and most of them live on the coasts of Antarctica. Penguins are described as flightless birds because they don’t fly through air - they can “fly” through water. In the water they search for prey like fish, crustaceans, squid and krill. In the water, they are graceful swimmers. They have been observed swimming up to 8 miles per hour though normally they don’t go over 6.7 miles per hour. Most penguins have “tuxedo” coloring with their black back, head, flippers and white front. The emperors have a pale yellow breast and bright yellow ear patches. They grow to about four feet tall and are the heaviest, weighing anywhere between 49 and 99 pounds. They live and breed during the Antarctic winter months. Winter starts in March in the Antarctic. During this time, the winds may reach up to 124 miles per hour. They survive breeding, raising young, and eating by relying on a number of clever adaptations. Emperors clump together in huge, huddled masses. They take turns moving to the inside of the group, where they're protected from the icy cold temperatures and wind. Once they've had a chance to warm up, they take their turns back on the circle's edges, giving fellow penguins time in the warmer center. The total population is estimated to be about 200,000 breeding pairs. They can live to
be 20 years of age. The Emperor Penguin is known best for the sequence of journeys the adults make each year in order to breed and feed their offspring. The Emperor penguin walk slowly. They are also known to “toboggan” - slide across the ice on their bellies! All mature Emperor penguins travel to breeding colonies which may include thousands of penguins. Emperor penguins do not build nests. The male stands upright for about 65 days and incubates the egg on top of its feet under a loose fold of abdominal skin called a brood patch. At this time, the male doesn’t eat or fasts throughout the courtship, nesting and incubation period. He lives off his body fat and loses up to 45% of his body weight, plus stands through icy temperatures, cruel winds and blinding storms. After the female lays her egg, she goes to sea (at times that’s well over fifty miles away) to feed while the male is incubating the egg. She returns just before the egg is ready to hatch, bringing food which they regurgitate, (or bring up) to feed the hatched chicks. The males then eagerly leave for their own fishing session at sea. The mother’s take over care of the chicks.
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The Value Of Self Esteem Good self-esteem is very important. It helps you feel proud of yourself and what you can do. It makes you confident and gives you the courage to try new things and to believe in yourself. When you respect yourself, kids and adults will usually respect you too. Self-esteem is a term which means to be valued or important. Such as you were told by your friend, that your mother is a great person. Your friend therefore holds your mom in high esteem. Selfesteem is not bragging about how great you are or how perfect. It’s quietly knowing that you’re worth a lot, worthy of being loved and accepted. One benefit to having good self-esteem is that it helps you make better choices about your mind and body. If you think you are important, you’ll be less likely to follow the crowd if they’re doing something dumb or dangerous. Good self esteem means you value your safety, feelings, and health. You’ll protect yourself from bad decisions. You’ll have the courage to say no. Self esteem is not something we are born with, it is something developed. When we have achievements like a good grade or having a good sense of humor, or being a good friend - those things to be proud of. Coaches, teammates and classmates can also help each other by noticing each other’s qualities, encourage each other to keep trying, etc. Some kids have good self-esteem but then something happens to change that. For example: • If a kid moves and doesn't make friends right away at the new school, he or she might start to feel bad. • Kids whose parents divorce also may find that this can affect selfesteem. They may feel unlovable or to blame for the divorce. • A kid who feels too fat or too thin may start thinking that means he or she isn't good enough. • A kid who's dealing with an illness, such as cancer, diabetes, or asthma, might feel different and less confident than before. If your self-esteem needs a little boost - that’s normal. It’s alright to have ups and downs in your feelings, but having low self-esteem is not alright. If you think you have low self-esteem, try talking to an
adult you trust. They may be able to help you with some good ideas for building your self-esteem. Here are also a few suggestions: • Give yourself at least three compliments every day. Be specific about something good about yourself. When you hear negative comments in your head - tell yourself to stop. • Make a list of the stuff you’re good at. Then add a few things you would like to be good at. Make a plan to work on those skills or talents. • Accept and love the things you cannot change about yourself, they are a part of you. • Remember that your body is yours and remind yourself of things about your body that are cool. By concentrating on the good things you do and your great qualities, you learn to love and accept yourself. Those are the main parts of self-esteem! Realizing you’re valuable and important helps you make your life much better.
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Tulips in Michigan One of the first signs of springtime is the emergence of the tulip. Did you know that the Netherlands was not the first place to grow the tulip. As early as 1,000 AD, the Turks were cultivating tulips. It is believed that the tulip flower was named for its resemblance to turbans worn in the Middle East. “Turban� in Latin becomes “tulipa.� When the botanist, Carolus Clusius discovered tulips in1593 growing in Vienna, he began cultivating them in the Netherlands. Once they blossomed out of his small planted garden, they attracted a lot of attention! He wouldn’t sell the bulbs which created a demand for them. So one night, his garden was broken into and the bulbs were stolen. The thieves were bold enough to create the Dutch Tulip Trade. The bulbs were sold and grown to multiply. In the beginning, tulips were very rare and only the wealthy could afford them. The people were going bankrupt in order to buy the bulbs! They weren’t even planting them for fear of them being stolen! Because of the inability of growers to produce enough to meet the demand, tulips lost their value. People began to plant them again. Now with the demand equal to production, over half the farmland
in Holland is set aside to grow tulip bulbs. The Netherlands produces three billion tulips bulbs each year. The U.S. is the top importer of tulip bulbs. There are now over 3,000 different registered varieties of cultivated tulips. In 1927, a Woman’s Literary Club meeting was held in Holland, Michigan. Lida Rogers, a biology teacher at Holland High School suggested that Holland adopt the tulip as its official flower and celebrate it with a festival. The next year, the City Council purchased 100,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands to plant in city parks and other areas. They were also available for Holland residents to purchase for one cent each. By the spring of 1929, thousands of tulips bloomed and so did the annual festival. By the mid 1930’s, Tulip Time was internationally known. Tulip Time has continued to thrive in Holland Michigan boasting over a half million visitors during their festival. Holland’s annual celebration of Dutch heritage and culture is a multi-generational event that has something for everyone. Three amazing parades, traditional Dutch Dance performances, concerts, theatre, Dutch attractions, Dutch food, children’s events, Tulip City Tours and so much more! This year it starts on May 5th.
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MARCH IS READING MONTH As part of Central Elementary School’s March is Reading Month pirate theme, all students met at Parrot Bay for an all school read in on St. Patrick’s Day. The entire school filled the gym and read with others and to themselves! 7KH &HQWUDO (OHPHQWDU\ ÀUVW JUDGHUV ZHUH IRUWXQDWH WR KDYH WKH +DVWLQJV (GXFDWLRQ (QULFKPHQW )RXQGDWLRQ IXQG D ÀHOG WULS WR 'XQFDQ /DNH 0LGGOH 6FKRRO WR VHH WKH PXVLFDO /\OH WKH &URFRGLOH 7KH &HQWUDO (OHPHQWDU\ ÀUVW JUDGHUV GLG D FRPSDUH DQG FRQWUDVW OHVVRQ XVLQJ WKH IDPRXV FKLOGUHQ·V ERRN /\OH /\OH &URFRGLOH 7KH VWXGHQWV ZHUH DEOH WR FRPSDUH DQG FRQWUDVW WKH ERRN ZLWK WKH PXVLFDO :H DUH YHU\ JUDWHIXO WR KDYH VXFK DQ DPD]LQJ IRXQGDWLRQ LQ RXU FRPPXQLW\ WKDW SURYLGHV RXU VWXGHQWV ZLWK WKHVH ZRQGHUIXO HGXFDWLRQDO RSSRUWXQLWLHV
MICHIGAN HISTORY The Northeastern 3rd graders had a great time at the Michigan History Museum and the Capital! We started our trip by exploring the museum, learning more about the history of our state, even finding some Barry County connections. Our trip then moved over to the State Capital building where we had a guided tour, seeing how our government runs. Our favorite part of the trip had to be the glass floor! Lots of fun.
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BUDDY READING Fourth graders and kinders in their buddy reading time. What a natural experience for both grades! Very fun!
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DAIRY DAYS Dairy Days at Star School....presentations given by Luke Haywood of Sand Creek Farms and Jolene Griffin of United Dairy Industry of Michigan.
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Lee student council kids volunteering their time at Kids Food Basket. Our entire school did a food drive for the event and we brought the food from the food drive then our student council had an opportunity to volunteer at this amazing organization
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Hopscotch Is Fun and Great Exercise Too! Hopscotch is a simple game that children from all over the world play. It is also a great low-impact exercise. Hopscotch is a way to work on balance because you jump on one foot and then two so it also strengthens your leg muscles. Plus - you bend down on one leg to pick up your markers! The other things it helps you to do is develop different skills such as concentration, focus and hand-eye coordination. Hopscotch can be played with several players or alone. The first element you need is a course. Traditionally you draw the
course in the dirt with a stick, or you can draw it on pavement with chalk. Designs vary, but it’s usually composed of a series of single squares and double squares. There is also a home base at the end of the course in which a player will hop and turn around in before completing the reverse trip. Sometimes this home base is a semi-circle but it can also be a square. The squares are numbered in the sequence they need to be hopped. Every player then receives a marker such as a stone, beanbag, shell or something else that’s small that can be used to mark an area. Stand at the beginning and toss your marker in the first square. Hope over square 1 (you always skip any square that has a marker in it) to square 2. You hop through the course with one foot unless there are two squares that are side by side. Then you jump landing with one foot in each square at the same time. Hop to the end (home base), jump and turn around without leaving your square, then hop back to the beginning square. Stop in square 2 to pick up the marker while you are balancing on one foot, then jump out! The next person tosses the marker in square 2 with the same rules, then square 3 and so on. Your turn ends if you do any of the following things: If your marker fails to land in the right square, you hop on a space that has a marker in it, you step on a line, you lose your balance, you hop outside the grid or on a single space with both feet. If your turn ends, you then begin your next turn where you left off. The first one to complete one course for every numbered square on the course, wins the game.
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Coloring Corner Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! Earth Day is the name used for two observances both held worldwide every year! Some people celebrate Earth Day around the time of the March equinox and others observe it on April 22nd. The April 22nd Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet. It was to also encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil polution. Today Earth Day is observed in more than 140 countries around the world.
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Do You Know These Animal Fun Facts? • The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected almost 500 miles away. • Horses and cows sleep while standing up. • Giant Arctic jellyfish have tentacles that can reach over 100 feet in length. • Locusts have leg muscles that are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
• The horn of a rhinoceros is made from compacted hair rather than bone or another substance.
• Hummingbirds are so agile and have such good control that they can fly backwards.
• Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
• Insects such as bees, mosquitoes and cicadas make noise by rapidly moving their wings.
• Unlike humans, sheep have four stomachs, each one helps them digest the food they eat. • Despite the white, fluffy appearance of Polar Bears fur, it actually has black skin. • As well as being a famous Looney Tunes character, the Tasmanian Devil is a real animal that is only found in the wild in Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. • The average housefly only lives for 2 or 3 weeks. • Mosquitoes can be annoying insects but did you know that it's only the female mosquito that actually bites humans. • Cats use their whiskers to check whether a space is too small for them to fit through or not. • Crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal in the world. • Butterflies taste food by standing on top of it! Their taste receptors are in their feet unlike humans who have most on their tongue. • A hippopotamus may seem huge but it can still run faster than a man.
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Low-key Loaches Loaches are cool bottom feeding fish. Some types are from Malaysia, Borneo and Create a dough loach! Sumatra. While other “true� loaches are from Eurasia and Morocco. Most loaches like What you will need: freshwater streams or muddy ponds. Some loaches have sucking discs that they can 1 cup salt Try This! use to hang on to rocks, and eat food. They have downward facing mouths with barbels 4 cups flour 11/2 cups water to suit their benthic lifestyle. food coloring
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Loaches are mostly scavengers and omnivores. They will eat algae, detritus and anything else they find on the bottom. Their barbels help them search out food. Many loaches like to eat small worms and insects as well. Loaches come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Many are only a few inches long, but some can get quite big! Their shapes range from almost snake like, to very much like a long pyramid. Each type of loach has its own color pattern to help them blend in with their surroundings. This camouflage keeps them safe from predators. The names of loaches are just as unique as the fish themselves. There are clown loaches, dojo loaches... then there are horseface, skunk, kuhlii, yoyo, zebra, Bengal, hillstream, weather loaches and even more! Pollution can really harm these loaches, so it is important that we protect the ponds where they live.
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Loaches make a great addition to a community tank. Because they are not picky eaters, they are like the vacuum cleaners of your tank! They will cruise the bottom looking for a yummy morsel. With all the shapes, sizes and colors of loaches, you will be sure to find the coolest loach to fit in with your fishy friends. Their bottom feeding antics will entertain you for years,
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Cookin’ Fun Hummingbird Nests 1 cup milk chocolate chips 1 cup shredded coconut 1 bag of jelly bean eggs Melt the chocolate chips, following the directions on the bag. When the chocolate is smooth, stir in the coconut, then drop the mixture by the heaping tablespoon onto waxed-paper-lined cookie sheets. While the nests are still warm, use your thumbs to poke an impression into the middle of each. Cool them, then fill with jelly bean eggs. Makes about 1 dozen.
Rules For The Kitchen! 1. Always ask an adult if you can use the kitchen. 2. Have all the ingredients before you start. 3. Wash your hands before you touch food. 4. Wear an apron or towel to keep your clothes clean. 5. Always clean up when you are finished.
Easter Shortbread Cookies Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted 2 tablespoons coarse sanding sugar
Deviled Eggs 8 eggs 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 tablespoon creamy salad dressing salt and pepper to taste 1 pinch paprika Place eggs in saucepan and cover with water. Have an adult help you with this. Bring to boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs sit in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water and cool. Gently peel off the shell and cut the egg in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and combine in a bowl with mustard, salad dressing and salt and pepper. Mix together until smooth. Refill each egg half with the yolk mixture and sprinkle with paprika.
Spray a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour. Mix until well combined. Evenly spread cookie dough into prepared tart pan. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours and up to overnight. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sprinkle shortbread with sanding sugar. Using a 2-inch round fluted cookie cutter, make a shallow cut in the center of the dough. Using the tines of a fork, score dough from the edge of the circle in the center towards the edge of the pan into 12 equal wedges. Transfer tart pan to oven and bake until light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the shortbread comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Immediately re-score circle and wedges with cookie cutter and the tines of a fork. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool 1 hour. Remove shortbread from tart pan and let cool completely. Cut into wedges with a serrated knife along the scored lines.
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