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Queen Latifah

(Dana Owens)rap musician, actressBorn: 3/18/1970Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Queen Latifah, who began in hip-hop music when she formed Ladies Fresh, released her first album, All Hail the Queen…

How Plants and Animals Get Energy

A food chain shows how energy passes from one living thing to another. Watch this video to learn how plants and animals get energy from the sun and each other.

Robert TAFT, Jr., Congress, OH (1917-1993)

Senate Years of Service: 1971-1976Party: RepublicanTAFT, Robert, Jr., (son of Robert Alphonso Taft, grandson of President William Howard Taft, and grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft), a…

Chief Plácido

Tonkawa Indian chiefBorn: late 1700sBirthplace: ? Also called Ha-shu-ka-na (“Can't Kill Him”), Chief Plácido was the son of a Tonkawa warrior and a captive Comanche woman. In 1819 he joined James…

DK History: Indus Valley

HOW DID THE PEOPLE OF THE INDUS VALLEY LIVE? WHY DID INDUS VALLEY CITIES DISAPPEAR? FIND OUT MOREBetween around 3500 BC and 2000 BC, people in the Indus Valley built more than 100 towns. The…

Patty Schemel Biography

musicianBorn: April 24, 1967Birthplace: Marysville, Washington At age 11, Patty Schemel learned how to play the drums. By age 15, she had formed her first band, Sybil,…

Five Kingdoms of Life

by Beth Rowen Related Links Classifying Animals Estimated Number of Animal Species Animal Groups…

Animal Dads

Most animals never even see their parents! Many never meet their fathers and some never meet their mothers, either. Some insects, fish, amphibians and reptiles hatch from fertilized eggs and face…

Top Ten American Indian Novels

Popular novels that portray American Indian life and heritage by Liz Olson Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Related Links American Indian Heritage…