4Kids.org - Week of November 30, 2008

Week of November 30, 2008

Visit the Featured Web sites to find the answers.

How long was the convention in D.C?

One day
Two days
Three days

What kind of oil do you need in the Lava Lamp experiments?

Vegetable
Corn
Olive

Who painted “Mrs. Schuyler Burning Her Wheat Fields”?

Paul
Leutze
Louis

Celebrating Girl Power

Take time out to learn about women’s rights and the power of their votes at Planet Tolerance’s Vote Quest, www.tolerance.org/pt/
votequest. Join Erin and listen to her story about her great-great grandma's adventures in journalism at a time when women were attempting to gain the right to vote. As you thumb through her grandma's notebook, click on the highlighted names, places and dates for details on the big players in women's suffrage and their journey toward equality. (This site is no longer available.)

Nominate a cool Web site at:
4Kids.org/nominations

A Science Experience

Take a bite out of science as you work your way through many excellent experiments at Scotland’s Glasgow Science Center, www.
glasgowsciencecentre.org/
sciencebites.aspx. If you are ready to get down and dirty, grab your mom or dad to begin your adventure in science! If you don’t mind a little mess, test the effects of gravity in Crazy Goo. Or try out A New Leaf, where you will discover how water travels and nourishes leaves and plants. So bend some bones and dance with raisins, but above all, have fun today!

Family Fun at the Museum

Join the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Families and Children in American Art at www.lacma.org/programs/
familygame/index.aspx, where you will play games and get a creative boost. Mouse around on the top of the page to highlight different works of art. Then click on one to begin, and keep your eyes peeled. You will have to search for four objects using a magnifying glass. Juicy tidbits of information will unveil themselves, and once you have solved the puzzle, you can add text balloons that will bring these works to life.

Who would you have voted for?
McCain or Obama? Why?

Speak Out Here!

Digital Video Craze

Here at 4Kids.org, we love cool, online videos! We even recently added a videos page to our site at 4kids.org/videos, where you can kick back and relax with fun videos.

Have you ever wanted to try making your own videos but didn't know where to start? Not to worry! There are great places online with instructions and advice for kids on how to create your own videos. Kids' Vid, http://kidsvid.4teachers.org, will walk you through each step of the movie-making process. You can also check out Adobe Digital Kids Club at www.adobe.com/education/digkids/intro_video.

Once you've crafted your movie creation, you can share it with friends and family by posting it online. A great kid-friendly place to upload videos is SchoolTube at www.schooltube.com. You can even embed your SchoolTube videos onto a personal Web page. Digital videos are great for school projects, presentations and more. Let your imagination run wild!

(The third site is no longer available.)

—Amy

Ask Amy a Question