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Current Events for December 4, 2013Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 8:04 am
Mrs. LahammerPick an article to read. Create a main idea webbinggraphic organizer using the link from READ/WRITE/THINK. Be sure to include supporting details in this web. After you are done, write a comment to post under the article. Your comment must connect the main idea of the article with a question you have or an idea that it gave you to research more. Be sure to respond constructively to at least three other comments posted. Correct spelling and sentence structure matters!
First Book Printed In British North America Is Now World's Most Expensive!
A nondescript battered book filled with spelling errors just became the world's most expensive printed book. On Tuesday, November 26th, US philanthropist David Rubenstein paid $14.2 million USD to own a copy of the first book printed in British North America - The Whole Book of Psalmes or as it is better known today, the Bay Psalm Book.
Video Of The Week - Chinese Workers Carry Thousands Of Alligators To Winter Home
Like many animals, China's Yangtze alligators like to spend winters hibernating inside dark holes that they dig on the sides of the lakes they reside in. That however is not an option for the 8,000 residents of the nature reserve in Xuancheng City in the Southeast Province of Anhui, because their manmade lakes are built using cement.
How The Ingenious Mushroom Creates Its Own Microclimate
When words like 'complex machines' and 'ingenious engineers' are used to describe something, the last thing that comes to mind is the drab mushroom, the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus. But that is exactly what Emilie Dressaire, professor of experimental fluid mechanics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, is calling them after discovering that these amazing toadstools possess the capability of creating their own microclimate.
Will An Amazon Drone Be Delivering Your Package Anytime Soon? You Decide!
On Sunday, December 1st, Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of retail giant Amazon sent shock waves across the nation with his announcement that within a few years, the company would be using aerial drones to make deliveries. Called Amazon Prime Air, it will be available to transport packages of up to five pounds within a ten miles radius of one of the company's numerous fulfillment centers.Join Class
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