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Weekly Mini Pages
Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page's content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

Go Fly a Kite! -- Issue 13 -- March 31-April 6

Students understand science and technology. (Science: Science and Technology)

Activities:

1. Draw a kite and decorate it with something from your favorite book or your favorite image from nature.

2. With a friend, make up your own list of different ways you would like to use kites.

3. Divide a piece of paper into two parts. Paste newspaper words or pictures for things that can fly without power on one side. Paste words/pictures of things that require power to fly on the other side.

4. How are these important to kites: (a) competitions, (b) lift, (c) weather watchers, and (d) China?

5. Make a list of the qualities a champion kite-flier would need. Include physical abilities and knowledge.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

Meet Illustrator Chris Raschka -- Issue 14 -- April 7-13, 2012

Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. (Language Arts: Reading)

Activities:

1. Create a book cover by pasting a newspaper picture on a piece of paper. Draw a scene around the picture. Add a title for your book.

2. Look in the newspaper for stories about local art events or exhibits. Put a star next to three events you would like to attend.

3. Create a graphic novel about one of the artists or illustrators in this issue of The Mini Page.

4. Find newspaper stories that would make good books about (a) sports, (b) schools, (c) music and (d) your community.

5. Ask a family member to tell you a story about your family. Write and illustrate the story as a book.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

Using Geothermal Energy -- Issue 15 -- April 14-20, 2012

Students understand science and technology. (Science: Science and Technology)

Activities:

1. Write the word "Energy" in the middle of a piece of paper. Paste newspaper words and pictures for different kinds of energy around the word.

2. With a friend, look through the newspaper. Circle words and pictures for things that generate heat in red. Circle words and pictures for things that cool in blue.

3. Paste newspaper pictures of images of renewable energy resources in a "Renewable Energy" notebook. Write about each resource.

4. How are these related to geothermal energy: (a) geysers, (b) heat pumps, (c) turbines and (d) volcanoes?

5. Pretend there is a geothermal energy source under your house. Show how you would invent a system to use that energy in your home.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

Collecting History -- Issue 16 -- April 21-27, 2012

Most countries create their own currency for use as money. (Economics)

Activities:

1. Draw two large circles. In one, paste newspaper pictures to be the front of your own coin. In the other, paste newspaper pictures for the back of your coin.

2. Collect newspaper words and pictures for coins. Line up the words/pictures from the least valuable to the most valuable.

3. Collect sayings about coins, such as, "A penny for your thoughts."

4. Why are these important to coin collectors: (a) Denver, (b) the Secret Service, and (c) gloves?

5. Select five different coins. List the symbols on them. Write what you think the symbols represent. Research the coins to learn about the symbols you didn't know.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)