This Week in Kid Scoop

These “at home” activities connect with the Kid Scoop page published in this week’s newspaper in your area.

Talk About Teasing

When you see bullying, there are safe things you can do to make it stop. Continue reading

A History of Lunchboxes

How people carry their lunches to school has changed over time. This article is filled with pictures of the lunch box collection at the Smithsonian Museum. Take a look with your parents or grandparents to see if they recognize any of these. Continue reading

Sea Turtles

Seven different species of sea turtles roam the world’s oceans. Sea turtles can live to a great age but more and more their lives are endangered by the impact of humans on their ocean environments. Continue reading

Make Space for Reading

Here’s our final page in our Universe of Learning series. We round off with a coloring page and information about each of our planets. Continue reading

Gravity

What keeps us all from floating off into space? — gravity! Have some fun with this topic and learn about how different planets have different amounts of gravity. Continue reading

Living in Space

Life on the International Space Station has seen 236 astronauts from 18 countries and the experiments they conduct are ongoing. Continue reading

Animals in Space

Brave creatures were the pioneers of space travel. Learn about these early astronauts. Continue reading

Galaxies

Take a journey way beyond our solar system to discover other galaxies. Continue reading

Space Rocks

There are all kinds of rocks hurtling through space. Their names are defined by their locations. Continue reading

Comet Questions Answered

Dr Binocs explains the make up of comets and where they travel in space. This clear explanation of comets gives you all the basic information to understand comets. Continue reading