Articles for Grade 7

November 6th was a typical chilly, fall morning in Springville, New York. The cold blustery winds whipped our faces, but we did not care - For we, were about to witness the test of an exciting experiment - the launch of a stratosphere balloon!...

Every year, the Los Angeles Auto Show sponsors a themed challenge where auto designers are asked to create their vision of what future cars will look like. Last year's challenge was to create racing cars of the future. This year, focusing on today's technology savvy youth, they asked carmakers to come up with a design 'wicked' enough to attract all of you, when you are ready to drive....

While the words 'hunger' and 'banquet' may sound odd together, they make perfect sense when explained by Oxfam, a community service organization established in 1995, with a mission to improve the lives of the less fortunate, all over the globe....

Paul Sereno, a resident paleontologist at National Geographic has been scouring the arid areas of the Sahara for many years, in search of crocodile fossils. Now his findings of five species of these ferocious creatures that roamed the Earth 100 million years ago, have been used to create an amazing documentary entitled 'Crocs Eating Dinosaurs'....

Attention all budding Einstein wannabes! The 2009-2010 Kids Science Challenge for 3rd to 6th graders is on again, and this time around the topics are even more fun....

Zac Sunderland and Mike Perham had never met nor heard of each other until recently. However, the two boys from very different backgrounds, have always shared the same dream - To become the youngest person to sail the globe, solo - And they just did achieved their goal....

Do you ever sit on a really comfortable couch and fall asleep? As you drift and daydream, do you think about how that chair is made?...

In December 2008, the National Science Foundation and Pulse of The Planet sponsored the 'Kids Science Challenge', a nationwide science competition for third to sixth graders....

There are hundreds of festivals celebrated by different cultures and regions around the world. While some find their roots in religion, others are simply organized for fun. Here is a look at a few unusual ones....