Kids News - Articles for Grade 3

When the crew of Shuttle Discovery left for space on Tuesday, October 23rd, they knew that their work at the International Space Station was going to be challenging. However, they could have never anticipated (expected), the unexpected challenge they had to overcome. Read on for Discovery's adventure in Space....

5-year old Jan Silva can barely see over the net, but he already has an amazing one-handed backstroke. Dubbed as the Tiger Woods of Tennis, Jan is being heralded (declared) the future of American Tennis....

Ten days of non-stop rain in the State of Tabasco, has resulted in one of the worst natual disasters in Mexico's history....

Now that Halloween is over and we have all this candy that we can't wait to devour, we thought it would be interesting to investigate what makes each candy so different in feel, texture and taste....

Meet Samantha Larson. Earlier this year, this 18-year old American became the youngest foreign woman to climb Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world....

At just 17 years of age, Joey Logano is being dubbed as "the greatest that ever raced in Nascar"....

Tween rock star Miley Cyrus also known as Hannah Montana, kicked off her "Best of Both Worlds" concert tour in St. Louis, MO on October 18th, 2007. The tour which will hit 54 cities, ending in Albany, NY on January 9th 2008, is currently performing to packed arena's in Northern California....

The fires that have plagued Southern California for over a week are finally showing signs of abating, thanks to a little help from the weather and a lot of hard working firefighters....

Honeybees are vanishing from their colonies all across the United States. Western States like California, have lost 30-60% of their honebees, while the East Coast and Texas have lost almost 70%....