Articles for Grade 3

Like most high seniors, Brad Cullinan and Katheryn Maloney are trying to earn some money this summer. However, instead of taking up a summer job, they have decided to start up their own little business - making jewelry from dead cicadas....

While we all talk about the three R's - Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, very few of us pursue it to the extent that the people of Kamikatsu Town in Japan do. They declared war against waste in 2003 and are fast moving toward becoming a 'Zero Waste Town'....

Blackbirds with their distinctive yellow beaks, singing in their rich, varied and flute-like voices are a very common and welcomed sight in London. However not this little talented fella - his singing is driving the Talbot family in whose garden he resides, stir crazy!...

Harrison Hot Springs in British Columbia, Canada is world-renowned for its 'World Championship Sand Sculpting Competition', held annually for the last 19 years. Three years ago, they introduced a second competition, 'The Tournament of Champions', where only winners of the past World Championships can compete....

How much is the American penny really worth? To some people a lot - to others it's a worthless piece of coin that should be abolished, especially given that it costs the U.S. Mint almost two-pennies to make one. Yet year after year, they keep producing the shiny little coins - welcome to the penny debate....

The last two weeks have been a dream come true for 14-year old tennis player Laura Robson. She only not became the youngest Wimbledon Junior Champion since Martina Hingis in 1994, but also the first Briton to win the title since Annabel Croft, in 1984....

We have all entered competitions and then crossed our fingers for several weeks or even months, just to find out that someone else won. However, this is not the case for 68-year old Betty Robbs - she seems to win whatever competition she enters. While she has been named the luckiest woman in Britain, we believe she is the luckiest woman in the World....

About a month ago, scientists from seven NASA agencies and seven U.S. Universities came together on the sand dunes near Moses Lake, Washington to simulate living and working conditions on the moon....

Most Americans celebrate July 4th by relaxing on their lawn chairs and eating hot dogs - not Kent Couch. For the last three years, he has spent the day preparing to 'take off' in his lawn chair, with the help of 150 helium-filled balloons, in his quest to fly 230 miles, from Central Oregon to Idaho....