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Educational Games for Kids

Are you looking for an educational game for your child to play online? From math to matching games, Fact Monster has free educational games that are great for kids of all ages and grade levels, from…

Loan Officer

What is this job like? Loan officers help people apply for loans. This lets people do things like buy a house or a car, or pay for college. Loan officers help businesses by loaning them money to…

The Supreme Court: Collecting Evidence

Collecting EvidenceThe Supreme CourtCollecting EvidenceSearching Your Car When You're Stopped for SpeedingUsing the Right Not to KnockFinding Marijuana with Thermal-Imaging DevicesGetting…

DK Science & Technology: Manufacturing

WHERE DO NEW PRODUCTS COME FROM? WHAT IS MASS PRODUCTION? BIOGRAPHY: HENRY FORD American, 1863–1947 PRODUCTION LINEFIND OUT MOREFrom ankle socks to aircraft, almost everything we use has been…

DK Science & Technology: Nanotechnology

WHAT IS A NANOMACHINE? WHAT IS SELF-ASSEMBLY? ARE THERE ANY DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY? CARBON COMPUTERFIND OUT MOREA nanometer is one billionth of a meter. This is about a million…

The All-American Soap Box Derby

The Question: How do you build a soap box derby car from scratch without buying a kit? Can you tell me where to go for directions or pictures showing how? The…

Mattathias

(Encyclopedia) MattathiasMattathiasmătˌəthīˈəs [key] [Gr. variant of Mattithiah]. 1, 2 Two in Luke's genealogy. 3 Father of the Maccabees. 4 Captain under Jonathan, the Maccabee. 5 Son of Simon, the…

Prince George

(Encyclopedia) Prince George, city (1991 pop. 69,653), central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. It is a railroad division point and a distribution center…

Dudamel, Gustavo

(Encyclopedia) Dudamel, Gustavo, 1981–, Venezuelan conductor and violinist. A product of Venezuela's national music-training program, he quickly developed a brilliant, exuberant, and passionate…

Brown, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jim (James Nathaniel Brown), 1936–2023, American football player, b. St. Simon Island, Ga. A football and lacrosse All-American…