Kids News - Articles for Grade 3

Who would think that our favorite doll, the ever youthful-looking Barbie, (full name - Barbara Millicent Roberts), is turning 50, on Monday, March 9th. In true Barbie style, she will celebrate her birthday at her dream house - a 3,500 sq. ft. mansion in Malibu, California...

San Francisco's popular Pier 31 is bustling with excitement this month - and it's not the sea lions causing the buzz, but a group of amazing youngsters who are building Plastiki, a 60-ft Catamaran - made entirely out of plastic bottles and other plastic waste....

3/03/09 is a special day for all Math buffs - it is Square Root day - one of only nine such dates that occur in a Century. The next one will take place in seven years, on April 4th, 2016 or 4/04/16....

A medical condition, caused doctors to amputate both of Nadya Vessey's legs when she was young. Now at the age of 50, she has realized her dream of becoming a real-life mermaid, thanks to Weta Workshop, an Oscar-winning special effects company, that brought us movies like Lord of the Rings, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia....

Though Albert Einstein, one of the world's most renowned scientists, passed away in 1955, science buffs have another chance to quiz him about his theory of relativity - E=mc2....

While dogs are normally credited as being man's best friend, in ex-firefighter Brian Wilson's case it has been his two pet parrots....

Scientists recently discovered a new species of frogfish that bounces off the ocean floor like a rubber ball, instead of elegantly gliding like other fishes....

British Geologist Matthew Kennet and his colleagues struck gold earlier this month, when they found a found a series of footprints that date back over 1.5 million years - and guess what? Those early humans walked just like we do!...

12-year old Max Wallack, who lives in Natick, Massachusetts, has been inventing prize-winning products since he was six years old. This week, the ninth-grader did it again by winning the Trash To Treasure competition, with his amazing Home Dome - a shelter made entirely from trash....