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Facts About U.S. Money

Source: U.S. Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Web: www.bep.treas.gov . If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for…

The Female Body

The Reproductive System The female body is incredible. The following list describes the events in a female's body that enable her to bear children.At birth, a girl baby has about 400,000 immature…

The Quarter Gets Changed

A new quarter for every state by Damon Goldsmith Delaware's quarter, the first to be released, features a portrait of patriot Caesar Rodney.Photo Credit: U.S. Mint…

DK Science: Arachnids

CLASS: ARACHNIDASHEEP TICKCARING SCORPIONSPINNING SPIDERFIND OUT MORESpiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites have two body parts and four pairs of legs. They breathe using lung books (that look…

Miss Twiggley’s Tree

Distributor:Bix Pix Entertainment In a claymation adaptation of Dorothy Warren Fox’s book the townspeople find it “simply disgraceful” that a woman lives in a tree with a dog and two bears. When a…

NFL Football Preview - NFC Central

NFC Central What's not to like about this division? It sent four teams to the playoffs last year and features some of the game's best players. Brett Favre is what the Green Bay Packers are…

Rudolf Diesel

Born: 1858Birthplace: Paris, France Internal combustion engine—Diesel is best known for his invention of the pressure-ignited heat engine that bears his name. The Diesel engine was able to supplant…

Glenn (Pop) Warner

Born: Apr. 5, 1871Football innovator coached at 7 colleges over 49 years; 319 career wins 2nd only to Bear Bryant's 323 in Div. I-A; produced 47 All-Americas, including Jim Thorpe and Ernie Nevers.…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Neurons

NeuronsAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Nervous SystemThe Great DivideSupport StaffNeuronsConnecting with SynapsesYou've Got Potential Okay, slow down. Axons? Dendrites? Cell bodies? Remember, neural…