The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers
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Activities:
1. Draw a large yo-yo on a piece of paper. Decorate your yo-yo with pictures, designs or colors. Paste newspaper words that describe the actions of yo-yos around the border of your picture.
2. In the newspaper, circle words or pictures for items that go up and down. Explain your choices.
3. With a friend, make a list of non - physical things t hat can go up and down easily, like happiness or excitement. Discuss your choices.
4. Examine the sports pages of the newspaper. Find a sport where balls are (a) pushed in an up and down motion, (b) moved along a level surface, (c) hit or thrown up in the air, and (d) hit back and forth along a net. Think of individual and team sports.
5. Identify five sports where an object is propelled by human act ion. Describe how an individual’s action moves a ball or other piece of sports equipment.
Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.
This week's standard:
Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
(Next
Generation Science Standards: Energy)
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)