The Circus Time Machine
From the ancient Romans to today's kids, everybody loves the circus. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey's Circus, Cirque du Soleil and the Big Apple Circus are just a few of the big-top showcases that delight the crowds. CircusWeb takes you around the world and back in time at the Circus Past and Present Web site. You can journey back to the Dark Ages, the British Empire and early America to discover how the circus evolved into what it is today. Follow the daredevil on the flying trapeze to www.circusweb.com and take a front-row seat at the world's greatest show. You'll see animal duels from Rome, horse riding exhibitions in England and juggling and clowning around in the U.S. Get your cotton candy and head for the big top. (This site is no longer available.)

Blast from the Past!
Sixty-five million years ago, the Age of Dinosaurs came to an end when a violent change led to mass extinction of life. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History may have some answers to explain this mysterious event. The Blast from the Past! Web site explains how a recently discovered deep-sea core contains new evidence of a devastating asteroid impact. Was dinosaur extinction the result of a flying object from outer space? Find out for yourself at http://paleobiology.si.edu/blastPast. One of Earth's mysteries may soon be solved at Blast from the Past!

Get Poetic!
There is a site you surely must see,
For kids to experience true poetry.
Just a few mouse clicks will make it clear,
That Poetry Pals is a site to revere.
Read it or write it, all over the world,
Pens scribble, keyboards clatter, and poetry is unfurled.
Alliterations, images, rhymes and puns,
From children all over, in many tongues.
Forming your ideas in words, putting a lifetime in verse,
Finding power in memories better and worse,
Describing the beauty in a sight or a smell,
Find it all at this URL:
www.geocities.com/ EnchantedForest/ 5165/ index1.html(This site is no longer available.)

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1. Who can participate in Poetry Pals?

Any K - 12 student or class

All college students

Some high school teachers

Deep-sea core

Mesosphere

Mantle

Renaissance

World War II

Dark Ages

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Dear Amy: My mom says we might go hiking this summer in the mountains. Do you know anything about hiking?-Jim, Rapid City, SD
Dear Jim: I have never been hiking in the mountains myself, but I did find someone on the World Wide Web who knows all about it. Check out Escape into Nature at www.netxpress.com/ users/ jwmoore for some good information all about hiking. This site discusses what you need to take along, how to act when you are on the trail and has lots of great photographs of what you might see when you are out in the woods. There are even links to other hiking sites. Have fun on your trip. (This site is no longer available.)