Kids News - Articles for Grade 3

There must be something about the air around Belgaum, in the State of Karnataka, India - For the small town has produced not one, but two limbo-skating champions, both under the age of ten...

All sculptors have a favorite medium they like to work with - For Sarah Kaufmann its cheese. Why such an unusual choice? Well if you were born and raised in cheese crazy Wisconsin, grew up surrounded by dairy farms, hung out with friends who thought wearing 'cheese' hats was cool and spent a big chunk of your working life promoting the yellow fromage, it may not sound so strange....

Think your cat would look better with some blond tresses, or maybe even something slightly more adventurous like shocking red pigtails or an electric blue bob? Then you need to check out Kitty Wigs, a new company that sells hairdos for your favorite feline in a myriad of colors and styles....

It turns out that the beautiful Island of Madagascar is not just home to escaped zoo animals from New York, but also the home of the Golden Orb Spiders, renowned for their gold silken threads. Now, for the first time ever, the spider threads have been woven into a stunning, never before seen piece of textile....

We have heard of many 'bright' animals - however, this little Cuban tree frog took it to a whole new level, when it swallowed a red Christmas light and really lit up!...

Residents of the beautiful city of San Francisco are very generous, love to be 'green' and most of all enjoy a good party - especially when they get to dress up! It was therefore not a big surprise that thousands of them pedaled their way to Golden Gate Park last Saturday, to celebrate Tour de Fat, an annual charity event hosted by Colorado based, New Belgium Brewing Company....

Earlier this summer, a shuttle dubbed Atlas V took off for an unmanned journey to the moon, carrying with it a Lunar Robotic Satellite and a Spacecraft nicknamed LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite)....

Over the years, people have tweaked and improved almost every invention ever made. However, the humble incandescent light bulb, has seen very little change since Thomas Edison tweaked the design in 1879....

If you are in the market for an almost perfect Tyrannosaurus-Rex (T-Rex), you better book your ticket to Las Vegas. For on October 3rd, Samson, one of the World's largest, most complete fossil of this ferocious dinosaur, will be up for grabs - to the highest bidder....