T. rex on the Silver Screen A history of dinosaur movies by Beth Rowen With the enormous success of the Jurassic Park film franchise—the first two installments are among the…
John R. "Jack" Horner Paleontologist Melissa Sogard Starting at an Early Age RELATED LINKS Dinosaur News For Kids: Dinosaurs Dinosaur Hall of Fame Dinosaurs:…
PREDATOR AND PREYANGLER FISHOMNIVORESHONEYPOT ANTDIGESTIONFIND OUT MOREUnlike plants, animals cannot make food from sunlight. Animals have to feed to produce the energy they need to grow, move…
CLASS: MAMMALIADIVING PLATYPUSLEAPING DOLPHINFIND OUT MOREAll mammals are endothermic (warm-blooded), have some fur or hair on their body, and feed their young milk. They have a bony skeleton…
(Encyclopedia) grasshopper, name applied to almost 9,000 different species of singing, jumping insects in two families of the order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers are long, slender, winged insects with…
(Encyclopedia) eel, common name for any fish in the order Anguilliformes, and characterized by a long snakelike body covered with minute scales embedded in the skin. Eels lack the hind pair of fins,…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Vermont Member Name Birth-Death AIKEN, George David 1892-1984 ALLEN, Heman (of Colchester) 1779-1852…
HOLLOW BONESFLIGHTLESS BIRDSCATCHING FISHCLASS: AVES (BIRDS)FIND OUT MOREBirds are endothermic (warm-blooded) animals that have feathers, beaks, and scales on their legs. They lays eggs, which…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html . This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 2007. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite…
(Encyclopedia) louse, common name for members of either of two distinct orders of wingless, parasitic, disease-carrying insects. Lice of both groups are small and flattened with short legs adapted…
