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DK Science: Flowering Plants

DICOTYLEDONFLOWERSFIND OUT MOREKnown as angiosperms (which means “seed cases”), flowering plants produce seeds inside the swollen base of the FLOWER, the ovary. Flowering plants make up…

DK Nature: Echinoderms

HOW DO STARFISH FEED? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STARFISH LOSES A LIMB? ECHINODERM CLASSIFICATIONFIND OUT MOREStarfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers all belong to the family of…

Civil Rights Movement Heroes for Kids

  Learn about the heroes of the American civil rights movement, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and more. by Borgna Brunner Rosa Parks, seated on a Montgomery…

typewriter

(Encyclopedia) typewriter, instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type. Activated…

Fact Monster's Writing Prompts Essay

If you had a time-machine, what time and place would you visit? by Aliza Sally's Adventure Dear Diary, The strangest thing happened today. I was sick in bed and suddenly the…

Bogdanovich, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939 - 2021, American film director, actor, and critic, b. Kingston, N.Y. Bogdanovich was the son of Serbian…

Seuss: Memorial, Musical

/* /*]]>*/ Seuss on Stage The Cat in the Hat is back on stage and in a national memorial by David Johnson   This article first appeared February 22, 2001 After more than 40 years…

Aliza's Time Travel Essay

Aliza imagines life in the year 2108   Related Links How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay Punctuation Sentences Ten Tips for Better…

anthropology

(Encyclopedia) anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human…