Kids News - Articles for Grade 6

The beautiful oceans that cover three-quarters of our planet are home to some of our most valuable natural resources. However, while our knowledge of outer space is quite extensive, the same cannot be said about the deep waters, thanks to the fact that any attempts to monitor them has either been too cumbersome or too expensive. Now, California-based Liquid Robotics has come up with an innovative invention that is both economical and easily deployable across the waters....

The unassuming gecko - That tiny lizard that seems to scamper around any surface in gravity-defying positions, has intrigued scientists for many years. In the past, this amazing ability has been duplicated by researchers to create wall-scaling robots and now, a team of scientists from Germany have come up with a gecko inspired adhesive tape, that can be re-used thousands of times....

On Sunday October 16, thirty-nine teams representing 21 countries, gathered in Darwin, Australia, to compete in the 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge. The biennial 1,860 mile race is often called one of the world's greatest scientific adventures - One in which contestants battle the harsh conditions of the Australian Outback, behind the wheels of a solar-powered car....

If you always wanted to see for yourself what it would feel like to be inside Harry Potter's magical world, you are in luck. For starting March 2012, you and all the fans of the wizarding world will be able to walk through the actual sets where a decade of magic was created, thanks to the new 'Making of Harry Potter' Studio in Watford, England....

Of all the dinosaurs known to mankind, it is the Tyrannosaurus Rex or T-Rex that captures our imagination the most, probably because it was the biggest and fiercest of them all. Now, a new study claims that we may have underestimated its size and weight by as much as, 30 percent...

Though there are more than 20 Ironman competitions held around the World, none compares to the Hawaiian Championship, which took place in the city of Kailua, Kona, on Saturday, October 8th, 2011. Now in its 33rd year, the grueling one-day event, is considered the toughest and most prestigious, of all Ironman races....

While hundreds of movies are made each year, only a handful are truly memorable - One of the most recent examples is 'Dolphin Tale', the fascinating story about a Bottlenose dolphin that lost its tail in a crab trap. While the movie is fairly accurate it is, 'inspired' by the true events, which means that some parts are fictional, added just to make the movie more appealing. Here, is how 'Winter's Tail' tale truly unfolded....

The reason humans are considered to be at the top of the food chain is to do with inteligence, which is measured by their ability to build and use complex tools to solve day-to-day issues. However, recent research has revealed that a number of animals also display similarly intelligent behavior....

The Milwaukee County Zoo has just taken animal enrichment to a whole new level. Instead of providing their resident gorillas and orangutans with a new swing or tree house to pass time, they are equipping them with iPads - complete with free apps and games!...