Showing posts with label Scholastic News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scholastic News. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

In the News

Do you know what AP stands for? AP = Associated Press. The Associated Press is a news organization. Here is an AP video about making Double Dutch an "official" school sport. We read about it in this week's issue of Scholastic news. Do you think you could jump that fast? Or with that much style?



Speaking of jump rope technique, here's a video from the New York Times that shows just how crazy Double Dutch tricks can get:



Finally, here is a video about the newly discovered Titanoboa, which was also written about in our SN issue. I just love that name! If you discovered a new species, what would you name it?

Monday, February 23, 2009

Anjana the Chimp and the White Tiger Cubs

In the January 26th issue of Scholastic News we read about an extraordinary relationship between two very different animals. Here are some videos that give us a better idea of what their interaction is really like...