Kids News - Articles for Grade 3

Tired of the same boring 'earth' weddings, a Brooklyn couple decided to shake things up a little - By getting married aboard a special airplane that stimulates the zero gravity that astronauts experience on space walks....

If Father's Day seems to be dragging on forever, it's because today also happens to be the longest day of the year and the first day of summer for all of you who live in the Northern Hemisphere....

First came the pet hotel, then a pet car and now an airline. Pet Airways has been founded on the premise that your pet is not a package and should therefore not be subjected to the miseries of a luggage compartment. Instead it should be just like you - a pawsenger!...

While the picture above looks like an attractive collection of everyday things and not particularly dangerous - they can be, especially when ingested by unsuspecting birds, who mistake it for food....

On June 13th, a record crowd of 1,000 people gathered on the lawns of the Bottle House Inn in the West Dorset village of Marshwood, England to watch the annual 'Stinging Nettle Eating' competition....

This weekend, the beautiful city of San Francisco will be host to RoboGames 2009, the world's largest open robot competition. Now in its 6th year, the three-day event, which starts on June 12th, attracts hundreds of amateur robot enthusiasts from all over the world....

While the 12th of June started as a normal day for German teenager, Gerrit Blank, it ended up being one of the most exciting days of his life - For on this day, the 14-year was struck by a meteorite that came hurtling down from Space at speeds exceeding 30,000mph....

William Wigan is a British sculptor, who specializes in creating micro sculptures - In fact they are so small that they fit into the eye of a needle or on a pinhead and can only be viewed through a microscope....

In 2000, two German brothers set out to build a train miniature set that would astonish and amaze both adults and kids alike. Nine years and $1.6mm USD later, they have exceeded all expectations and they are still not done...