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+HUELVRQ :RRGV (OHPHQWDU\ 1HZV Candy Canes for a Cause The Herbison Woods Elementary School student government hosted a fundraiser, Candy Canes for a Cause, to raise money to donate to Potter Park Zoo to help support the BIG Zoo Lessons.

Candy canes could be purchased and delivered to students and staff, along with a note from the sender. The student government raised $1,000 to donate to Potter Park Zoo from the candy cane sales.

Emily O’Rourke and Dr. George Berghorn from Potter Park Zoo were at Herbison Woods Elementary in December to receive the donation and thank the students. The funds donated will “give Potter Park Zoo resources needed to enhance our programming and enrich the zoo experience for all guests”.

Pictured are Herbison Woods Elementary student government representatives: Mia, Morgan, Kenley, Vincent, Anna, Maddie, Colter, Jared, Lucy, Addie, Liberty,Cadence, Will, Ty, Bella, Addyson and Caylie; HWE student government advisor Mrs. Brushaber; Potter Park Zoo representatives Emily O’Rourke and Dr. George Berghorn.

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February is such a great month to celebrate! One of the reasons is Valentine’s Day! It’s a day in which everyone takes the time to tell each other how much we care by sending cards to one another. At this time, Kids’ World News would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors who help us bring this paper to you each and every month! Kids’ World News would also like to thank YOU for taking the time to read our paper!

February has lots of other things to celebrate too! We have President’s Day in which we honor our presidents. We also have Black History Month in which we honor those important men, women and historical events that changed our nation and the world. Let’s not forget the 100th day of school which is celebrated in our classrooms with fun activities and creative projects!

Did you know that February is the shortest month of the year? This February is a Leap Year which we celebrate every four years! Usually February only has 28 days, but this year, February 29th is the day that is used to make up time. Adding an extra day to the calendar every four years compensates for the fact that a period of 365 days is shorter than a solar year by almost 6 hours!

Enjoy February!

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Dramatic Discus Discus are 3 species in the larger group called Cichlids (pronounced sick-lid). Discus are from the Amazon River in South America.

Discus Disco Discus make great fish for your aquarium. They like to be in groups and with many colors and styles out there to choose from you can find just the right discus for you!

They get their name from their shape - very thin and round. Most discus are covered in stripes of blue, They also get along with some other green or red in order to blend in with the grasses on community fish. Since they like special the river bed and to communicate with other discus. water, these cool critters will dance their way all around your tank.

Discus are unique because of they way they take care of their babies. Like a lot of cichlids, the discus carefully take care of their eggs and larvae. The small fry (the name for baby fish) hang out with mom or dad when they are tiny. And the parents actually have a special slime that the fry will eat for the first week.

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4. Color a discus on both sides of your plates 5. You now have a discus disk!

Discus like to live in lakes, rivers, streams and shallow puddles. During the day they will hang out in the shadows enhancing their camouflage. Discus like to live in small groups, they are happier and feel safer this way. They are at their happiest when they get to hang out with their friends...just like you!

A full grown discuss can get up to 10 inches across, and will eat small shrimp, fish and worms. Sometimes the food they eat will actually make them more colorful! Their stripes and spots are not just for decoration. They actually use them to communicate with each other.

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Volleyball!

Volleyball has become a very popular sport. The game was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. He was a teacher at a YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He combined parts of other sports like tennis, baseball, basketball and handball to create a new game played indoors. Morgan borrowed the net from tennis and raised it six and a half feet above the floor. It was different then compared to what it is today. At first, you could have as many players as you wanted on a team. There were nine innings per game with three outs per inning. There was also no limit on the number of hits of the ball on each side of the court.

Here are the modern rules of today: •Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court divided by a net. Three players are positioned in the front row and three are in the back row.

• The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so that the opposing team cannot return the ball or prevent it from hitting the ground in their court.

• Each team has three hits to attempt to return the ball over the net to the other team.

• The ball is put in play by a serve that is hit by the server over the net to the opponent.

• When the receiving team wins a volley, it gains the right to serve, and the players rotate one position clockwise.

• When the serving team wins a volley, it wins a point and the right to continue serving.

• The player who rotates into the back-right position will serve the ball. That player must stand behind the serving line when serving the ball. The server

can use their hand or arm to hit the ball. The ball must go over the net and fall within the boundary lines on the opposing team's side. If the serving team wins the point, then the same player will continue to serve the ball.

• A game is played to 21 points or some other agreed upon number.

The team that wins the best two out of three games wins the match.

Terms and Lingo Ace - When the ball is served to the other team and no one touches it.

Sideout - When the team that served the ball makes a mistake, causing the ball to go to the other team.

Roof - When a player jumps above the height of the net and blocks the ball.

Dig - When a player makes a save from a very difficult spike.

Kill - When a team spikes the ball and it ends in either a point or a sideout.

Volleyball is a fun sport that is easy to learn and can be played in a gym, at the beach, or on grass. Playing volleyball will help improve your cardio, flexibility, balance and coordination. It is also a great sport to learn about teamwork. Most schools have a volleyball team or you can also find leagues for kids at your local community center.

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“Make Sure You Take Your Vitamins!”

Vitamins are very important substances that are found in the foods we eat. Last month in Kids’ World News, we talked about minerals found in food. Like minerals, vitamins are needed by your body to help it work properly. Every vitamin has a special role that it plays in your growth and development.

There are two types of vitamins. They are fat soluble and water soluble. Fat soluble vitamins are stored in the fat tissues of your body and in your liver. They wait until your body needs them. It could be a few days or up to six months! When it’s time for the vitamin to be used, special carriers in your body take them to where they are needed. Fat soluble vitamins are vitamins A, D, E, and K. Water-soluble vitamins don’t get stored as much in your body. They travel through your blood stream. What your body doesn’t use, comes out when you urinate. These vitamins need to be replaced often because of this.

These vitamins include vitamin C and the vitamin B group.

Have you ever heard the statement, “you are what you eat”? Vitamins come from the food you eat. Sometimes, kids take multi vitamins daily, but eating a variety of healthy foods is extremely important. Here’s some good examples:

Vitamin A - plays a big part in eyesight. It helps you see in color, see better at night, grow properly and aids in healthy skin. Foods that are rich in vitamin A are milk that’s fortified with vitamin A, fruits and vegetables like cantaloupe, carrots, sweet potatoes and dark green leafy vegetables like kale, collards, and spinach.

Vitamin B Group

- has a lot of B’s and other vitamins. They are B1, B2, B6, B12, niacin, folic acid, biotin and pantothenic acid. These vitamins are important in metabolic activity. What’s that? It means that they help make energy and release it when your body needs it. These vitamins also help make red blood cells which carry oxygen through your body. Every part of your body needs oxygen to work, so these are extremely important vitamins. Foods that are rich in vitamin B are whole grains (wheat and oats), fish and seafood, poultry and meats, eggs, dairy products, leafy green vegetables, beans and peas.

Vitamin C - is important for keeping body tissues like muscles and gums in good shape. Vitamin C also helps you heal a wound or cut, as well as helping your body to resist infection. Foods that contain vitamin C are citrus fruits like oranges, cantaloupe, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, kiwi fruit and sweet red peppers to name a few.

Vitamin D - is what you need to have strong bones and teeth. It also helps your body absorb the calcium (a mineral) you need! What has vitamin D? Milk fortified with vitamin D, fish, egg yolks and cereal fortified with D plus, you can get vitamin D naturally from being in the sun.

Vitamin E - is a hardworking vitamin! It maintains a lot of body tissues, like the ones in your eyes, skin and liver.

It protects your lungs from becoming damaged by pollution. It also is important in forming red blood cells. Foods that have vitamin E are: whole grains, leafy green vegetables, sardines, egg yolks, nuts, and seeds.

Vitamin K - helps your blood to clot! This is when cells in your body act like glue sticking together at the surface of a cut or wound to help stop bleeding. To get vitamin K into your system, eat leafy green vegetables, milk, yogurt, broccoli and soybean.

So, when your parents say, “Don’t forget to take your vitamins!” or “Eat your vegetables!”, you know they are looking out for your health and making sure you get all the vitamins you need. That will help you say healthy!

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Bubble Snakes!

In the winter, sometimes it is nice to do summery things to remember fun times had in the warmth of summer.

Here is a summer thing that you can try - it’s called Bubble Snakes! *You may want to try this in the bathtub or another place that is OK to get soapy.

First you will need to make up a batch of bubbles, and then the snake maker!

Here’s what you’ll need: • 1 Gallon of Cold Water • 1/2 Cup of Blue Original Dawn Soap (You can experiment with others. We just found this works best for some reason!)

• 1 TBS Glycerin (can be found at craft stores for soap making)

Directions: 1. Fill gallon jug 2/3 with cold water (cleaned out milk or juice jugs work great!)

2. Slowly add dish soap and glycerin to jug.

3. Top the jug off with more cold water.

4. Cap it and turn the jug over a couple of times to mix, don’t shake. Your bubble solution is now ready.

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Fun Dinosaur Facts!

• ‘Tyrannosaurus’ comes from the Greek words meaning ‘tyrant lizard’, while the word ‘rex’ means ‘king’ in Latin.

• Tyrannosaurus rex is often abbreviated to T-Rex. • Tyrannosaurus rex lived in an area of the Earth that now makes up western North America.

• Tyrannosaurus rex measured up to 42 feet in length, 13 feet at the hip and could weigh up to 7 tons!

• The skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex alone measured up to 5 feet long.

• The largest tooth of any carnivorous dinosaur found to this date is that of a T-Rex. It is estimated to have been around 12 inches long when including the root.

• When Tyrannosaurus rex hit around the age of 14 its body size would increase rapidly, putting on around 1300 pounds a year over the next 4 years.

• Tyrannosaurus rex had small arms that were extremely powerful and featured two clawed fingers.

• The name ‘Triceratops’ comes from the Greek language, with ‘tri’ meaning three and ‘keratops’ meaning horned face.

• Triceratops lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago).

• It needed its three horns to try and protect itself from the Tyrannosaurus Rex which lived during the same time period.

• It is believed that fully grown Triceratops were about 26 feet in length, 10 feet in height and weighed anywhere between 6 to 12 tons.

• The skull of a Triceratops alone could grow over 7 feet in length.

• The Triceratops was a plant eating (herbivore) dinosaur.

• The first known fossils to be that of a Triceratops were horns attached to a partial skull, found near Denver, Colorado in 1887.

• Triceratops had anywhere between 400 and 800 teeth, although only a small percentage of these were in use at any one time as they were constantly replaced throughout its lifetime.

• The State of Wyoming lists the Triceratops as its state dinosaur.

• The Stegosaurus is the most famous dinosaur from a group of dinosaurs known as Stegosauria.

They were all herbivores (plant eaters) and featured rows of unique bones that developed into plates and spines along their back and tail.

• The name ‘Stegosaurus’ comes from the Greek words ‘stegos’ meaning roof and ‘sauros’ meaning lizard.

• Stegosaurus fossils have been found in western North America.

• In terms of size, the Stegosaurus was large and heavily built. On average, a fully grown Stegosaurus was around 30 feet in length, 14 feet in height and up to nearly 5 metric tons in weight.

• Although the Stegosaurus body was large, the size of their brain was only around the size of a dog’s.

• The 17 plates found along the back of the Stegosaurus arose from the skin rather than being attached to the skeleton. The largest plates were around 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide.

• The Stegosaurus also featured tail spikes that reached around 2 to 3 feet in length.

• The Spinosaurus lived around 100 million years ago in what is now North Africa.

• The name Spinosaurus means ‘spine lizard’.

• Fossils of the Spinosaurus were first found in Egypt around 1910.

• The Spinosaurus was larger than the Tyrannosaurus Rex and may have been the largest carnivorous (meat eating) dinosaur ever.

• Studies estimate that it was around 49 feet in length and weighed anywhere between 7 to 20 tons.

• The Spinosaurus featured distinctive spines which grew over 1.5 meters (5 feet) long.

• The Spinosaurus had a long, thin skull.

• While the Spinosaurus usually walked on two legs, studies suggest that it may have occasionally crouched on all four.

• Spinosaurus were featured in the popular movie Jurassic Park 3.

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