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Third Grade’s a Charm for This Teacher

Tiffany Thompson from Agua Caliente Elementary

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Tiffany Thompson teaches third grade at Agua Caliente Elementary. She says it was her own third-grade teacher who inspired her.

“I always thought that it would be neat to be a teacher when I was a kid,” says Thompson. She says her students might be surprised to learn that school was not... Read more

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GET A SENSE OF PLACE AT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON

Dec 11, 2018

The Tucson Children’s Museum has built a new exhibit called Sense of Place. It is a fun and educational area, with interactive models of well-known areas in Tucson for kids to play on and explore. These include replicas of Sabino Canyon, Colossal Cave, A Mountain, and the “Greetings from Tucson” mural. Building the Sense of Place exhibit took about 4 months, however, planning the exhibittook about eight months. It cost about $200,000. We spoke with executive director Michael Luria and lead discovery guide Ellie Mark.

Taryn and Milo Smith

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OSIRIS-REx ARRIVES AT ASTEROID

Dec 11, 2018

On Dec. 3, the OSIRIS-REx went into orbit around the asteroid Bennu, 241,000 to 209 million miles away from Earth (depending on its orbit). OSIRISREx is a spacecraft created to gather the largest sample of solid outer space material since the Apollo missions from 1969–1972, when the moon rocks were brought to Earth. For now, it will be scanning and mapping the entire surface of Bennu, which is 500 meters in diameter. The engineers’ planned method to make contact with the asteroid is called Tacsam.

Ruby Amick

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Shake, Rattle and Roll!

Extreme damage to the roadway in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Top Photo: Extreme damage to a roadway in Anchorage, Alaska caused by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struckon November 30. Photo credit: Josh Bierma

That’s how some mountains were made. Tectonic... Read more

First President Bush Dies at 94

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George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died on Nov. 30. He was 94.

Bush had a long career of public service. He served in World War II, was a congressman, diplomat, CIA director, vice president for Ronald Reagan, and was president from 1989 to 1993. His son... Read more

Food for EVERY Body!

Top Image: Lorelyn Medina/ShutterStock.com

When you share a delicious meal with your family this holiday season, will you be grateful to dad for smoking the turkey? Will you thank your mom for making your favorite dish? Will you be one of the many kids in Arizona who is happy to have enough food this mealtime?

Last year, an estimated 1 in 8 people in the United States were food INSECURE, including more than 12 million children. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) defines food...Read more

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A Family Runs Through This Elementary GATE Program

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Sandra Noriega teaches fourth grade GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) at White Elementary. Noriega says it was her child’s GATE teacher—also at White Elementary—who motivated her to become a teacher.

When her own two children, now young adults, attended White, Noriega volunteered in... Read more

This Teacher Goes the Extra Mile for Students

Kathleen Bowman from Manzanita Elementary

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Kathleen Bowman teaches fifth grade at Manzanita Elementary. She teaches social studies and one of the math classes.

Student Sarah Rose nominated Bowman because she says her teacher “has ways that really help me and other kids” and “knows how to teach us in a way that we can really... Read more