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BEAR ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Reporters e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 5 ! News Highlights Quake Destroys Mountain New York Team Wins Towns in Central Italy The Apennine Mountains northeast of Little League World Series Rome were rocked by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Aug. 24. SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—A talented, the next inning to Hillside towns crumbled, many medieval veteran New York team won the Little League World make the score structures were leveled, and even buildings Series Aug. 28 by squeaking past a FORMIDABLE 2-1. that were supposed to be RETROFITTED to South Korean team 2-1. A United States team hadn’t At the top of withstand an earthquake were destroyed. won the LL World Series since 2011, and a New York the sixth inning, Italian authorities have called for an team hadn’t won it all for over 50 years! the New York investigation into whether corners were The championship turned out to be a pitchers’ team was in cut when structures were renovated to duel as lanky Ryan Harlost for New York was pitted a tough spot. meet with newer building codes. But some against South Korea’s Jonho Jeong. The three Asian The tying run say that the medieval churches and other pitchers for that team had dominated the internation- was on second historical buildings that are several hundred al side of the series. base, and the years old are too diffcult and costly to make “I was a little nervous at frst in front of a lot of go-ahead run earthquake-resistant. people, but just at the start of the game. I felt pretty was on frst. Most people were home asleep when confdent,” Harlost shared at the press conference But with two the quake occurred at 3:36 a.m. The town after their huge win. outs, two of Amatrice was hit hard, with 229 people For 3 ! innings, neither pitcher had allowed a strikes and two runners on base, Harlost got his killed. There were an estimated 290 deaths run. But in the bottom of the fourth inning, the New eighth strike out of the game for a 2-1 victory! Switz. Austria York team managed to score two runs—one was a ‘‘It was all of our last years of Little League, so it’s Facts about Italy: Slov. Capital: Rome Croatia ITALY run batted in and the other score was on a passed just awesome to know that we all came together to Bos. & Serb. Population: 61,855,120 Hetz. ball by the South Korean catcher. be the best team in the world,’’ said Conner Rush, Area: 301,340 sq. miles But then South Korea’s Yoomin Lee homered who had driven in a run in the fourth inning. Language: Italian ROME Currency: Euro Al. Products: Engineering Earthquake products, minerals, Zone Countdown Is On for OSIRIS REx textiles, clothing, food Sea Tyrrhenian by Reporter Aidan Frye, Sonoran Science Academy and some people are still missing. Hundreds Every year, the University of Arizona Lunar and of the asteroid. The three of aftershocks have struck the area since Planetary Laboratory, LPL, has a Summer Science cameras will see small the frst quake. Saturday. The latest one took place on Aug. 27. particles, check if the With their homes in rubble, more than Among the endless activities, you could learn about sample collection was 2,000 people are living in tents and some tree rings, meet planetary artists, launch a paper rocket successful or not, and are sleeping in their cars. When tempera- and even do alien DNA testing! The main theme of the map the asteroid while tures in the mountains drop in the coming event was the pre-launch celebration of OSIRIS-REx, taking color pictures. The months, there are plans to move people into the frst NASA asteroid sampling mission. Participants mission must bring back hotels as workers build wooden huts. could watch demonstrations on how the samples will a minimum of 60 grams The Alps in the north separate Italy from be collected, make asteroid and spacecraft models, of samples, up to a max- the rest of Europe and are home to the and even send a post card to the OSIRIS-REx team! Aidan Frye shows off imum of 2 pounds. The continent’s tallest mountain, Monte Bianco The event had informative panel discussions, lec- the Countdown Clock! sample will be used to or Mont Blanc (White Mountain), elevation tures and presentations with various important mem- fnd more about the universe. Part of the sample will be 15,777 ft. The Apennines run along the boot bers of the mission. used exclusively by the UofA. Part of the sample can of Italy, dividing the east and west. The lon- One of those members, Bashar Rizk, is in charge of be requested by other groups. The rest will be saved gest river in Italy is the Po River. the cameras. When asked about the most exciting part for future research. The collection is scheduled for the Italians are known for their love of good of the mission, he agrees with Michael Nolan, an aster- year 2020 and it will be returned in 2023. food, sports and art. Some famous Italian oid scientist. They both are hopeful for, “The surprise of The OSIRIS-REx will be launched using an Atlas V Renaissance artists include Leonardo da fnding something that you never expected to fnd.” rocket. It has one booster rocket for propulsion. The Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti. Seven- OSIRIS-REx is an ACRONYM for the plans for the program was limited to lighter rockets, which limited teenth century astronomer and mathema- mission! O stands for origins, SI stands for spectral the size of the spacecraft. The rocket has been passing tician Galileo Galilei from Pisa, Italy, made interpretation, RI stands for Resource Identifcation, S its tests with fying colors, which Bashar jokingly said observations that helped found modern stands for security. REx stands for Regolith Explorer usually means it will malfunction two minutes before physics and astronomy. that will document the surface material on the asteroid, launch. During the panel discussion, it was said that the Italy is a democratic republic headed by Bennu. The mission will “expand our knowledge of the launch is scheduled during hurricane season in Florida, a president (Sergio Mattarella) and a prime hazards and resources of near-Earth space and serve so what could go wrong? If things go as planned, the minister (Matteo Renzi). Its parliament is as a precursor to future asteroid missions.” launch will happen on Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. Arizona time divided into a Chamber of Deputies and a The mission will take pictures and collect samples from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Senate. 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com Have a New Kid by Friday! • Autism by Dr. Kevin Leman • ADHD/ADD For more Ours did. I feel • Birth Trauma information call A column to help parents with their kid’s like the Sensory Learning • Behavioral Problems • Developmental Delays 480.777.7075 attitude, behavior and charcter Program has opened the www.SIRRIAZ.com fl oodgates for our son. Now, • Acquired Brain Injury OT, Speech, ABA, school, • Learning Disabilities • Sensory Processing etc. are easier for him and Disorder 4515 S. McClintock Drive, Suite 208 he is progressing quicker. 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The reality is if your kid is born late in the year—September, October, November—the best thing to do is hold them back. Give them the advantage of having an emotional head start next year. If you had problems with your child last school year, my prediction is those problems will once again arise and they will be more challenging than ever. Whatever you have been doing hasn’t been working. You need to plan a strategy. Let’s start with homework. For the record—and this will upset a few readers out !"#$%&&'#()*+,-%*').*%+,/(0'&1%(&'.*%+ there—I never asked any of 2)**,(#3,4#,&56%07*%,8#7",$)9'*8,9%%4'(:+ my fi ve children, ‘Do you have any homework?’ I suggest that you never ask that question © 2016 College Nannies + Sitters + Tutors. again. Offer good for new customers only. Some exclusions apply. Void where prohibited. Most parents today already know what the assignment is. It’s all online. But leave it in the child’s court. 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Call or schedule your free class online Scottsdale 480-596-9310 tlgscottsdaleaz.com Dr. Kevin Leman is a Tucson psychologist and author of more than 30 Paradise Valley 602-996-1380 Serious Fun. tlgparadisevalleyaz.com best-selling books. Read his parenting tips at www.drleman.com e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 7 News Stories Written by Kids— Get the Scoop! for Kids Tesla’s Inventions Still Electrify Students! Go Hunting for by Reporters Tate Van Voorst & Cayden Wingo, Ridgeline Academy Meteorites by Reporter Sandra Sandoval Dr. Hank Hurrass visited Ridgeline Academy to teach history as the “War of the Currents.” Arizona Desert Elementary summer school students about the Hellcat coil that just Hurrass showed us how the currents work. Basically, became a part of the Guinness Book of World Records. it is possible to either step down (decrease) or step up Do you know the difference between We learned that it took him a year to build the Hellcat coil, (increase) the voltage of a transformer, by manipulating an asteroid and a meteorite? According and he didn't know whether it would even work. The coil the input to output (or primary to secondary wire turns) to Livescience.com, an asteroid is a is not a new invention, in fact, it has been around for over ratio. Regardless of the number of turns, he said, the ratio rocky object in space that’s smaller than a century, one of the many novel creations of inventor must remain constant. Electric current goes in, to come a planet. out as heat; and what goes in, must come out, albeit There are millions of asteroids transformed, as the name of the device prescribes. If orbiting the sun, some 750,000 of which electricity is to travel a greater distance, then an increase are found in the Asteroid Belt, a vast in voltage in necessary, all the while keeping the input- ring of asteroids between the orbits output ratio constant. of Mars and Jupiter. A meteor is an An ideal transformer has a one-to-one ratio, but asteroid or meteoroid or other object Hurrass’ Tesla coil has a much higher ratio, with more that burns and vaporizes upon entry into turns on the secondary and less turns on the primary the earth’s atmosphere: meteors are wire. Pointing to the thick black wire that encircles the commonly known as “shooting stars.” outside of the coil six times, he explains, “It’s thick A meteoroid that plows into the earth’s because there’s a lot of current going through it.” atmosphere will create a brief flash of We also got a lesson about thunder and lightning and moving light in the sky. and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla, who also developed the best place to be during an electrical storm. He taught According to the astronomycafe.net, radio and radar waves, fluorescent lights and the AC us about converting kilometers to miles per hour. After on any given day the Earth intercepts distribution system used in our homes today. the explanations the class got a two-in-one audio and about 19,000 meteorites weighing over Hurrass spoke about that first coil. “I got an award at light show. Hurrass runs his “shop” in Black Canyon City, 3.5 ounces. Every year fewer than 10 the Orange County Science Fair,” he reminisces. He has where he has been living for the past 22 years. are ever recovered. been building coils ever since. He and his buddy kept The Hellcat Coil has attracted the interest of people A team of ASU meteorite hunters building the coils in a friendly rivalry, and the coils kept from all over the world. Hurrass mentions three doctors found 15 pieces of an asteroid. The growing bigger and bigger, culminating in the famous from Romania, a man from Denmark and a kid from first piece was found on June 22, 2016. “Hellcat Coil” in 2015. Bulgaria as recent visitors. Hurrass enjoys teaching kids They estimated it to be 4.5 billion years Tesla irrevocably changed the field of electronics and about electricity, and showing elementary and junior high old. They searched for more than 132 our understanding of electricity, Hurrass explains. Tesla’s students his Tesla coils. hours, working with the White Mountain first big invention–the AC electric polyphase motor, or Hurrass shared with us stories around his own sixth- Apache Tribe, according to Elizabeth the inductor motor and generator–brought electricity into grade field trip and the role it plays in this stage of the Giudicessi, an ASU spokeswoman. everyday use. Intensified by the ardent rivalry between game for him now. Today, he hopes to electrify the kids’ Tesla and George Westinghouse (not to mention Thomas intellectual lives as well. MORE METEORITES, page 13 ➧ Edison), the introduction of the electric power distribution For more information, visit www.audiotesla.org or systems in the late 19th century allowed electric energy contact Hurrass via e-mail [email protected]. to be transmitted on a scale permitting indoor lighting Adviser: REPORT FOR BEAR! in every home. That historical rivalry would go down in Stacey Lane Be a young Asking Questions Leads Young reporter! Girl to Scientific Adventures! Sign up for a special Young Reporter Workshop at the by Reporter Ella Carter, Homeschool Phoenix Zoo on Sept. 25. “Ada Twist, Scientist,” written by Andrea Beatty, is a very clever story. Ada lives with her parents, and everyone is very concerned about Ada because she Space is limited! Call toll free: doesn’t talk. But one day, when she turned 3, she started talking. Mostly she started to ask questions like: Why? Where? Why not? When? How? 1-866-NEWS KID When Ada goes to school, her teacher says she has all the traits of a scientist. Once everyone figured out that this little girl could be a scientist and that one question leads to another, they started to understand her and sponsors encourage her to follow a passion. One of the the best parts about this book is that the whole story rhymed. I think all kids will like this book! 8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com Calling All 3rd Grade Artists! Valley Metro’s Art Contest Is Here Valley Metro’s 12th Annual Cool Transit STUFF ing planet Earth along the way. Travel safely to 3rd grade Art Contest is underway! The contest is exciting destinations with Valley Metro by following open to all 3rd graders in Maricopa County. Get these riding tips: creative and enter by Friday, October 14, 2016 for • Plan your route at valleymetro.org, call a chance to win cool prizes! 602.253.5000, or pick up a transit book at your Valley Metro: Hop Aboard and Let’s Explore! local library. Get to the transit stop 5 minutes early Riding on Valley Metro bus and light rail are great and wait in the Safe Zone, away from the curb ways to get to your favorite places while help- and traffc. Valley Metro’s Cool Transit STUFF art contest is rolling!

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2015 Best of Show Winner: Charlotte S. • Chandler e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 9 Girl Scouts Meet Valley Olympian! When you are a Girl Scout, there’s no telling who you may meet! Some scouts who are going for their Bronze recently had the chance to meet a bronze medal-winning Olympic gymnast. The Girl Scouts in Troop 872 were enthusiastically cheering on a Valley Olympian as he competed in Rio this summer. These girls were excited to meet Alex Naddour be- fore the Gilbert gymnast headed to the Summer Games to represent the United States. Several of the girls were thrilled to see him again after the Olympics. They asked Naddour about his Olympic experience and got an up-close look at the Bronze Medal he brought home! Naddour won his bronze on pommel horse and helped the U.S. men’s team place ffth in the world in the team competition. Naddour has his bronze, and two of the scouts have earned their Bronze Awards! Two Juniors of Troop 872 earned their Bronze Awards last year when they helped members of their community—elderly neighbors and others in need of assistance, explains Troop Leader Tasha Bantau. The other 15 members of the troop, made up of Cadettes and Seniors, will work on their high- est awards this year by training to do the Heimlich manuever and then teaching this life-saving tech- nique to Brownies, says Bantau. When they are not out in the community, the girls in Troop 872 love to go camping, according to Bantau. In fact, they will be going to en- campment this month. They also spend time helping projects like Feed My Starving Children. Bantua says the troop was working on earning the Staying Fit badge when the girls realized they had a local athlete “to real- ly root for” in Naddour. The girls had the opportunity to ask Naddour about the Olympic Village, the weather in Rio, and the training schedule leading up to the games. They even got to hold the Olympian’s bronze medal! See McKenna’s report on what it was like to meet Nad- dour on page 13 of this issue. Oh, the things you can do, the people you meet when you are a Girl Scout!

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Continued ! Get the Scoop! from page 7 PLANET Scouts Meet Olympic Medal PATROL Winning Gymnast Alex Naddour Reports on the environment and ways kids by Reporter McKenna Bantau can help to keep this planet healthy & safe Benjamin Franklin Charter School Some of you might not know who Alex Naddour is, but our troop from Queen Creek does. Naddour lives in Queen Creek just like us. We were in the middle of earning our "Staying Fit" badge when we heard that Naddour was going to be at the Queen Creek Library before he left for Comets, Meteors, Asteroids— the Olympic Games in Rio. We followed him through the Olympics. He just happened to win a bronze medal on the pommel horse! Oh My! We got lucky enough to meet with Naddour again and ask him some questions. He told us about the Olympic Village with the “giant cafeteria (that ave you ever looked up at the sky and wondered what’s out there? had) all different The answer is a whole lot, and most objects in space were actually kinds of foods H formed naturally in space. One of these objects is a meteoroid, which from around the is a piece of stony or metallic debris that travels in outer space. Meteoroids world,” where he travel around the sun at different speeds and vary a lot in size, but most are no go to see Justin bigger than a pebble. Gatlin, Michael If a meteoroid gets close enough to earth, it heats up and starts to glow. NASA Phelps, Usain calls this a meteor. If you’ve Bolt. “It was ever seen a falling star, you’re pretty cool,” says actually seeing a meteor! Naddour. Usually, meteoroids burn up We wanted before they ever actually make to know if the it to the Earth’s surface. Every weather was as once in a while, a piece makes hot as Arizona or it through the atmosphere and better. Naddour lands on Earth. This called a replied, “It was meteorite. More than 100 me- not, actually. teorites hit Earth each year, Right now, making a hole or crater in the because it's ground when they do. Larger space objects include on the other side of the world, it's their wintertime. Isn't that weird? But their Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona winter is still pretty warm. It was probably 80 degrees, 90 degrees, and a little a number of Near Earth humid, and then at nighttime it cooled off a little.” Objects (NEOs)—which are Naddour trained eight hours a day in the month before the Olympics—four comets and asteroids that have entered Earth’s neighborhood. hours in the morning, lunch, four more hours training, dinner, a team meeting, According to NASA, which monitors NEOs through its Near Earth Object and then he would go to bed, he told us. Program, comets are made up mostly of ice and dust. Comets, often known as Naddour even let us hold his bronze medal. It's a lot heavier than you think “dirty snow balls,” are leftovers from when stars and planets were formed. it will be. We learned that there is hope to see him again in 2020 in Tokyo. Asteroids are chunks of rock, larger than meteoroids, that were formed in the “I originally was going to be done, but now they have two specialists warmer inner solar system between Mars and Jupiter. NASA says that a car- spots. So I could maybe just do one event and go to the Olympic Games and sized asteroid hits Earth’s atmosphere about once a year, creating an impres- compete,” Naddour explains. He says he would compete in pommels or rings, sive freball as it burns up “a couple that I'm really good at, and the ones I'm not so good at, that hurt my before actually reaching body, I won't do anymore.” Earth! Alex, Troop 872 will be cheering for you to be seen again in Tokyo! Let's So what is the atmo- bring back another medal. sphere and how does it protect us from these falling objects? The More Meteorites continued from page 7 atmosphere is a thin layer of gasses that How do you find a meteorite? Livescience.com gives five steps to surrounds the Earth. finding one: The atmosphere is A meteor trail over Chelyabinsk, Step 1: Get permission and make sure you have a safe place to keep it. Photo: Wikimedia.com made mostly of nitro- Russia in 2015 Step 2: Pick a good spot to find your meteorite. gen, oxygen, argon, Step 3: Search for new arrivals. and carbon dioxide. Step 4: Harness the power of magnetism. Don’t forget your metal detector. The atmosphere protects us from meteoroids and asteroids falling from space, Most meteorites have at least a little magnetic force. and it also keeps us warm, protects us from radiation, and allows Step 5: Share your find with science! us to breathe! Adviser: Karen Golden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! Page 14 BEAR !" YEARS • September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com September 2016 • BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !" YEARS Page 15

meteorite biz often work with museums and universities. Notkin and Dr. Garvie are friends, and in his 2012 book With the Doppler data, they had a good idea where “Rock Star, Adventures of a Meteorite Man,” Notkin calls him ''$$## to start looking for the meteorites. Despite the very “the third Meteorite Man.” The two share similar backgrounds. %%&& rugged terrain and even a late-night visit by bears to Both were raised in the United Kingdom and had parents who $## their campsite, the team was successful right away! really encouraged their love of science and for rockhounding! # $ Like the White Mountains samples, the majority Both enjoy the beauty of the Arizona desert, are into pho- # !"#"$%&#"' of meteorites aren’t the nickel-iron kind, so using a tography and both found their fi rst meteorites here! ((&& !"#"$%&#"' metal detector or a magnet on a stick wouldn’t help. ## This search had to be done by just looking. A Motivated Meteorite Man “I was delighted to fi nd the second one. Robert While Notkin’s dad shared his love of backyard astronomy Ward, one of the professional meteorite hunters, with him, it was his mom taking him to museums that really PRESENTS found the fi rst one within a few minutes,” Dr. Garvie sparked his interest in meteorites. Instead of viewing far off ()*#&*+,()*#&*+, says. “I let him collect the data and photograph objects in space with his dad’s telescope, he remembers going !!" his sample, and I started walking around and then to London’s Geological Museum, now part of the Natural History " I found one! And then one of the grad students Museum. “In the 60s, there was no worldwide interest in meteor- found one shortly after that.” ites like there is now. Only a few museums had collections,” he Meteorites fall in an ELLIPTICAL pattern, with recalls. “But they had on display some very large meteorites that the lighter material falling fi rst and the heaviest Dr. Garvie is studying a rare you could touch. So here we have bits of other worlds on display, rocks going farthest. This is called a strewn fi eld French meteorite sample. and I found it fascinating, entrancing really. Mysterious shapes, and helps hunters narrow their search efforts. ancient—they’ve fallen out of space and are rocks!” This strewn fi eld covered 8 miles! Notkin is a professional meteorite hunter, trader and dealer, and has traveled From their fi ery entry into the atmosphere, the outside of these meteorites to over 50 different countries. have a matte black fusion crust on the outside. One of the samples struck With so many meteorites for sale from all sorts of sources, he’s proud that something hard when it hit the ground and split open, revealing a concrete color he found his fi rst one on his own in the early 90s instead of buying one! It was a inside. The black rocks from outer space contrasted well with the mountain soil weathered iron meteorite known as a shale bull about the size of a fi st. and native rocks to make spotting them easier. Over the week, the team found Since then, he’s discovered countless meteorites! His all-time favorite was 15 meteorites ranging in size of a pea to a Brussels sprout! with Arnold fi lming the opening show of their second season of Meteorite Men. While the Apache Tribe actually owns these black beauties, they are all at “We were hunting in Kansas on a giant farm with a huge metal detector that the meteorite center waiting to be analyzed to fi nd out what they’re composed we were towing behind a motorcycle, the thing that Orange County Choppers Above: of. Sometime soon, the tribe will get to name this meteorite, which usually built for us,” Notkin remembers. “We got a huge audio return on the speaker of The rest are kept in a climate controlled vault. More sensitive samples are Arizona’s Giant refl ects where the samples fell. Dr. Garvie hopes the tribe might choose an the detector. It was so loud, it had to be close to the surface and big.” Meteor Crater! kept stable in special storage containers that are fi lled with nitrogen. Apache name. He says there are defi nitely more of these meteorites still on the The two thought it “Almost everything in this room comes from the asteroid belt. It’s an area mountain, maybe a few larger ones! might be a squished oil Left: where stuff has been for billions of years—remnants of our early solar system drum, an old engine block Notkin & between Mars and Jupiter,” Dr. Garvie explains. “Lots of little planets were Studying Meteorites & the Asteroid Bennu Arnold fi nd a or something, but when forming and breaking up and forming and breaking up…it was a very active According to Dr. Garvie, there’s good reason to study meteorites, some of 223-pound they started digging…“We time in the very early solar system.” meteorite in which go back 4! billion years and may have taken a million or more years to only got down a few inch- If an object’s orbit is disrupted in the asteroid belt, that rock tends to head Kansas! form. One of the samples he’s studying is what he describes as a mud ball—yet es when we hit the sur- toward the largest gravitational object in the solar system—the sun—and by a super-important meteorite named Orgueil, which fell in France in the early face of the meteorite, and chance, can end up on a collision course with Earth! Some of these space 1800s. Looking at all these ancient stones from space is helping scientists piece it was 223 pounds! Not photo courtesy of Aerolite Meteorites Inc. rocks that fall to Earth have travelled 111 million to 390 million miles. together what happened early on in our solar system. just any old meteorite, but “It’s giving us fantastic insights into the early solar system and what was ust before 4 a.m. earlier this summer, the dark skies over Arizona were pallasite—the pretty ones The Hunt Is On! going on!” Dr. Garvie explains. And with every study, a piece of our solar sys- with the gemstones!,” he dramatically lit up by a visitor from outer space! Meteorite experts estimate that between 40,000 and 100,000 tons of space tem’s story is put in place. He notes that some of these discoveries are more says. “A beautiful, large, J Fifty-seven miles up in the sky, a big fi reball HURTLED through our rock hit Earth’s atmosphere each year. “But the vast majority DISSIPATES in important than others, but they all help complete the picture. Unfortunately, mud FPO complete mass loaded atmosphere on June 2 and was visible to most of Arizona. At some point, the the upper atmosphere,” Dr. Garvie explains. Meteorites land all over the globe Aerolite Meteorites Inc. photo courtesy of balls like Orgueil are easily contaminated by Earth’s moist atmosphere, organic with olivine crystals. And fi reball broke up, putting on a brilliant display of smaller lights as if some sort and are pretty randomly distributed. So most end up splashing into the ocean! matter and oxygen. to fi nd something like that on Notkin uses a metal detector to unearth of fi reworks just went off. On June 2, Dr. Garvie woke up to a bunch of texts and emails about So the OSIRIS-REx mission, set to launch Sept. 8, plans to fl y out to the camera is what you dream of!” iron meteorites in Vaca Muerta, Argentina. NASA tracked our super bright visitor, calling it an asteroid that slammed the fi reball. When he arrived at his offi ce, the SESE building asteroid Bennu, which, like Orgueil, is a carbonaceous chondrite (mud ball), into our atmosphere at about 40,200 mph! Meteorite experts estimate the was crawling with news crews. “But we didn’t know if any- photograph it, analyze it and then get close enough to the asteroid to Meteorite Hunting Precautions asteroid was about the size of a VW Beetle before it went to pieces. thing had fallen—we saw it break up and disintegrate. scrape a sample of it in the nice, clean vacuum of space, seal it up Before you go looking for meteorites, you have to know where you are and As the sun rose, complex trails of smoke lingered in the sky. Some wit- It doesn’t have to leave anything on the ground. Or it and return the sample to Earth for many scientists to study! (See what the laws are for that area. For example, you are not allowed to remove ness thought our extraterrestrial visitor landed near Phoenix, others thought could break up and drop something rare, and we News Highlights on page 5.) anything or alter anything in a National Park or Monument, Notkin warns. You somewhere between Tucson and Phoenix—the hunt was on for freshly fallen don’t know where it has gone!” can get into big trouble if you aren’t careful. “We do things the right way, and we meteorites! Fortunately, Doppler radar used to track the Stardom for a Meteorite Hunter? try to make friends where we go,” he points out. He says he prefers meteorite weather recorded meteorites falling! And it hunting on privately owned land after a deal has been struck with the landowner. Where Do Meteorites Come From? Deserts are great places for fi nding meteorites, and indicated that they landed in the White Moun- that’s just one of several reasons why Meteorite Man These out-of-this-world rocks can come from different places—maybe from More Movies and TV tains, which is run by the Apache Tribe. ASU Geoff Notkin moved to Tucson about 12 years ago. the moon or even from Mars. But most come from a region called the asteroid ! Notkin is fascinated by a lot of things—not just fi nding meteorites. He loves has representatives who work with the tribal Notkin has reached celebrity status largely due to his belt and are incredibly old—fragments from the early days of our solar system! the tie-in with science fi ction movies, books and graphic novels. government, and Dr. Garvie soon had a deal stint with his meteorite hunting buddy on the show Dr. Laurence Garvie is a researcher at the ASU Center for Meteorite Not only is he part of some upcoming TV shows, he and his team just re- worked out to bring a team to fi nd the freshly “Meteorite Men.” For three seasons, Notkin and Steve Studies and is the curator for its amazing collection of around 2,100 named leased a documentary called “Dream Dangerously,” which focuses on comics fallen meteorites! Arnold captivated millions of viewers as they shared their meteorites, including several rare and well-known ones. and fantasy author Neil Gaiman. 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Main St • Mesa Experience Arizona history! Spend a Field Trips • 480-756-3828 • Karen fun-filled day rich in history. Tour an [email protected] underground mine, ride the train, view www.evct.org reptiles and insects of the Sonoran Desert, !"#$%&'()*+#,*&!'- pan for real gold and check out the Mystery East Valley Children’s Theatre provides live Races Every Friday Shack attraction. Educational fun! See ad in theatre experiences for youth age 5-18. Four & Saturday Night State Championship Finals main stage productions are performed at the this issue. Sign ups–6:30—7:30 pm October 14, 15 & 16 Mesa Arts Center with field trip opportunities Races starts at 8:00 pm for school groups. EVCT’s 20th anniversary GOODWILL OF CENTRAL season includes A Little Princess, Sept. 29– ARIZONA DONATION DRIVES Wed. Night Practice Rent Oct. 9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, 2626 N. Beryl Ave. • Phoenix 6:30—8:30 pm Dec. 1–11. Heroes of Olim, Feb. 9–19. OZ!, 602-535-4218 Beginner Clinic! a bike! June 15–25. For school matinee information, [email protected] Every Monday, 6:30–8:30 pm • Call for details call Karen at 480-756-3828. www.goodwillaz.org/donationdrive/home/ Just $5 a Your organization or school can raise money Race once without a membership. night! ENCHANTED ISLAND by hosting a donation drive with Goodwill! Must wear long sleeved shirt, Goodwill pays your organization per pound long pants, helmet and tennis shoes. AMUSEMENT PARK for all donated items. The items you help us 1202 W. Encanto Blvd.• Phoenix collect provide 19 no-cost career centers to 602-254-1200 • Year-round the public. 602-983-1108 www.enchantedisland.com Continued on next page ➧ 21 www.blackmountainbxm.com 20 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com There’s Still Plenty of Life—and Fun— In Goldfield Ghost Town! Have you ever wished you could step back located in Apache Junction, Arizona near the in time and experience the old west? Imagine Superstition Mountains. People frst started horses tied up to a hitching post in front of the moving to Goldfeld in 1892 after gold ore was general store, gold prospectors returning from discovered. By the next year, Goldfeld was the mines heading to the saloon for a cold one an offcial town with a post offce, boarding and a gunfght in the middle of Main Street. house, general store, school, butcher shop, You can experience all these things without blacksmith shop and saloons that were used needing a time machine by visiting Goldfeld by the 1,500 residents of the town. Ghost Town. People were not only lured to Goldfeld Hop aboard the train for a scenic view of the town. Goldfeld is an authentic 1890s ghost town with the hopes of fnding gold ore, but they were also hoping to fnd the legend- ary “Lost Dutchman Mine” that was hidden in the nearby Superstition Mountains. After fve years, gold ore was harder and harder to fnd and Gateway to the legendary Superstition Mountains the miners and their families moved on leaving Goldfeld a ghost town. The town was reborn again in 1921 Head out to an authentic with new buildings constructed and prospectors were hopeful to fnd more gold ore with the help of new mining equipment and techniques. Once again the town died after just for exciting Educational Field Trips fve years, returning it into a ghost town again. and Family Fun! Almost six decades later, a pulse • Pan for real gold! • Visit Live Reptile exhibit! began to throb in Goldfeld when Robert F. Schoose purchased the • Tour an underground mine! town. Schoose loved ghost towns • Museums, unique shopping, dining and more! and decided to rebuild the town. He • Bring your camera! • Mystery Shack frst built a mining tunnel, and Gold- feld opened as a tourist attraction ! in 1988. Soon a general store, the Mammoth Saloon and the Goldfeld "#$$!%&'())(*+!(+,*!-.*),!/*0+1 Museum were added. Today Goldfeld looks like a thriv- ing mining town. Children and adults Enjoy The Train Ride both love this family friendly town While Learning the History of with authentic looking buildings, hors- the Goldfield Mining District es and wagons, employees dressed (It’s educational and FUN!) in old west attire and of course a 480-983-0333 gunfght or brawl on Main Street adds Open Daily 10 am to 5 pm to the excitement. While in Goldfeld you can pan www.goldfieldghosttown.com for gold, tour an underground mine, Located Just 3 1/2 miles north of Apache Junction on take a trip on the Superstition Narrow Arizona’s Historic Highway 88 Gauge Railroad, visit the Goldfeld Museum, shop, dine, see a live reptile exhibit and so much more. Check out our Visiting the Goldfeld Ghost Town is Check out our free, but there is a charge for some of newestnewest attraction—attraction— the attractions. Goldfeld is a unique place for birthday parties, family TheThe trips and school feld trips. Group SuperstitionSuperstition rates and customized packages are available to make your trip a unique ZiplineZipline!! experience. Visit goldfeldghosttown. ($12 per person) com or call (480) 983-0333 for reser- vations and more information. e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 21 Boomer’s Fabulously Fun Field Trips continued from page 19 HALL OF FLAME MUSEUM MESA GRANDE CULTURAL PARK 6101 E. Van Buren • Phoenix 1000 N. Date St. • Mesa Mark • 602-275-3473 Field Trips/Family Destination Ongoing dates • Mon.–Fri. Group Line: 480-644-3553 www.hallofflame.org Wed.–Sun. (Oct.–April) The world’s largest museum of firefighting [email protected] has many award-winning educational AzMNH.org programs, from guided tours to exciting At Mesa Grande Cultural Park students learn hands-on workshops. Phoenix Magazine about the Hohokam desert peoples through named our program the “Best Field Trip.” a guided experiential field trip. We target the Teachers love our kid-friendly approach to science and social studies standards of 4th to fire safety, history and science. Reservations 6th grade, however all ages welcome. are required. Ages: 4 and up. Free open Ages: 7 and up. house Sat., Oct. 22, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. MOTHER NATURE’S HERITAGE SQUARE FARM SCHOOL TOURS HANDCRAFTED 1663 E. Baseline Rd. • Gilbert 113 N. Sixth St. • Phoenix Field Trips: 480-892-5874 Field Trips/Classroom Visit/Family Destination Mon.–Fri., (Oct. 1–31) 602-262-5070 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Field Trips on Tuesdays (Sept. –May) [email protected] Family Trips Year Round Thurs–Sat. www.mothernaturesfarm.com [email protected] It’s fall, the special time of the year for fun- heritagesquarephx.org filled field trips to Mother Nature’s Farm. We continue to offer A Child’s Life in 1900 We have a package of farm fun including for 3rd-5th grade and homeschool field trips. OZ pumpkins, stickers to decorate your Now add a visit to Handcrafted: hands-on pumpkins, the straw bounce, a hayride, and museum + vintage maker-space. Create the air bounce, feeding the farm animals, projects using pre-electric technology from and Alexander’s Adventure Maze. Bring a a hand printing press to a cast iron stove. sack lunch or visit Munchies. Call soon— Choose from four zones: Ink, Food, Fiber dates fill up fast! Cost: A group of 25 or more and Wood. children is $4–$7/child and $3/adult. Continued on next page ➧ !"##$"%&'()*%&$+')$$ ,-.$/%0*1%)&

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SALVATION ARMY MUSEUM KROC CENTER 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. • Phoenix 1375 E. Broadway Rd. • Phoenix Field Trips/Classroom Visit/Family Destination 602-425-5000 480-478-6000 • Annabel Rimmer www.krocphoenix.org [email protected] Book your next event, whether a children’s www.mim.org birthday party, a corporate training event or Through state-of-the-art audio and video a performing arts show in our state-of-the- recordings built into every display, students art center. Three spacious banquet rooms can witness the creative spirit of people and an outdoor patio, or host a pool party in from around the world, as they play their Phoenix’s largest indoor pool. Register now instruments. Includes free-choice learning for school programs and classes. 100’s of and hands-on Experience Gallery. Ages classes to choose from—arts, dance, music, 5–18. $8/$10 per student. sports, swim lessons. View the program guide online. OUT OF AFRICA SKY HARBOR WILDLIFE PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3505 W. SR-260 • Camp Verde 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd. • Phoenix 928-567-2842 Field Trips/Classroom Visits Mon.–Fri.: 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 602-273-4087 • Greg Montes Sat.–Sun.: 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. [email protected] The admissions window closes at 4 p.m. www.skyharbor.com We are closed on Thanksgiving & Christmas Day www.skyharbor.com/selfguidedtours/ [email protected] Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport www.outofafricapark.com self-guided tours offer students, families, Celebrating over 25 years in business, Out and others the opportunity to explore the of Africa Wildlife Park strives to airport and surrounding landmarks. Find educate and entertain, to out more about art exhibitions, provide an exciting and a vintage World War I plane, engaging opportunity PHX Sky Train, and airport to love and respect history at skyharbor.com/ creation and Creator. selfguidedtours/. It is a place where family and friends gather to experience SHAMROCK FARMS oneness with animals FARM TOUR and each other during safaris, 40034 W. Clayton Rd. • Stanfield Exit Biosphere 1... tours, walks, observations, and shows of Field Trips • 602-477-2462 wild-by-nature animals in their own, natural Oct. 2015–May 2016 (M-F) splendor. [email protected] Enter Biosphere 2 Cost: See website. Ages: All ages. www.shamrockfarms.net See our planet through the eyes of a scientist! Shamrock Farms offers a fun and PHOENIX ZOO educational field trip through its working 455 N. Galvin Pkwy. dairy farm that will show your students the Field Trips & Classroom Visits farm-to-table process. View the cows being 602-286-3800 milked, let your students play on Roxie’s phoenixzoo.org Outdoor Adventure and meet the newest Field Trips Include: members of our herd, the baby calves, on Bottom of the Foodchain—How Oceans Support Life This year, include the Phoenix Zoo in your your hour-long guided tour. Reservations are curriculum with inquiry-based educational required. programs that are hands-on and student- Complete Biodiversity—The Humbolt Squid driven, many with a focus on STEM practices. The Zoo is a unique destination STAGE DREAMS YOUTH Planet Water—Water in the Desert & the World to learn and interact with the natural world, THEATER Climate vs Weather—The Greenhouse Effect offering a variety of topics that support North Phoenix Area classroom-based learning and are designed 623-252-9001• Becky Introduction to Oceanography for multiple learning styles. Monday–Thursday, September–January Grades: Pre-K – College [email protected] The Technosphere—How B2 Works Mechanically Monday – Sunday, year-round www.stagedreams.net Stage Dreams Youth Theater provides a fun, PIMA AIR & SPACE safe and nurturing environment for students MUSEUM to create theater. In Stage Dreams, students Biosphere2.org/education/fi eld-trip-planner 6000 E. Valencia Rd. • Tucson will have the opportunity to learn skills and 520-574-0462 have a professional theatrical experience. To [email protected] Daily throughout the year help them succeed, we provide high quality, expert instruction and support. Our program [email protected] www.pimaair.org is designed so that students can explore 520-838-6192 and develop their theatrical talents while Explore one of the premier aviation maintaining a well-balanced family life and museums in the world, the Pima Air & Space also have time for other activities. Visit our Museum! Self-guided exploration of our 3 web site for schedules and locations. aviation hangars is offered daily. Docent-led tours are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. and must be scheduled 30 days in advance. MORE FIELD TRIPS! page 25 ➧ 24 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com Fall Is the Perfect Time for Trip to Tolmachoff Farms! After the scorching Arizona summer days educational destination with lots to see and do. fnally come to an end, it is the perfect time to The farm offers pick-your-own fruits and veg- head to Tolmachoff Farms in Glendale to expe- gies and many activities people of all ages will rience Pumpkin Days & Corn Maze. Tolmachoff have fun doing. is a four-generation working farm run by Bill and Pumpkin Days & Corn Maze runs Oct. 1– Gracie Tolmachoff and their four children. Nov. 6 this year. The corn maze is a six-acre In 1912 Bill’s grandfather started the farm maze with a new theme each year. There is growing cotton, corn and wheat. Decades later also a smaller maze for younger children, and the farm has developed into a family-friendly, brave souls who enjoy being surprised and Tolachoff Farms has something for everyone.

frightened can enter the “AZ Field of Screams,” a haunted corn maze, each Friday and Saturday nights in Octo- ber. It will also be open on Halloween night. Visitors can enjoy the petting zoo, play areas with a corn box, climbing spiderweb, pedal carts and a giant Oct. 1 – Nov. 6, 2016 jumping pillow. On the weekends there is a train ride and bounce house for added fun.

The hardest part of visiting Tolmachoff Farms is making the decision of which pumpkin to take home with you. There are so many to choose from. Big ones, small ones, some perfect for carving and others that are suitable for fall decorating, and some that are different in color or just shaped so strangely that you cannot resist taking it home with you. Tolmachoff Farms offers educa- tional feld trip tours. Groups must be 20 people or more for feld trips and a reservation is required. Tours include classroom in the corn, train ride, corn maze, visiting farm animals and much more! Birthday parties are available at the farm. The unique birthday party experience includes a train ride, pet- ting zoo, pedal carts, corn box, tunnel slide, jumping pillow, rope climb and other amazing activities. The experience at Tolmachoff Farms is one that will not be forgotten! Don’t forget to bring your camera— there are many photo opportunities everywhere you look. Visit www.tolmachoff-farms.com for more information, pricing and coupons. e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 25

Boomer’s Classroom Visits • 623-935-5692 x106 The Sustainability Solutions Festival is www.wildlifeworld.com Valleywide and will inspire everyone— from young students to scholars to those Your field trip will complement any biology passionate about the community. curriculum at any grade level. Students Fabulously Fun Field Trips can feed lory parrots, learn about animal continued from page 23 ambassadors and see some display natural *BEAR ESSENTIAL NEWS behaviors during a Wildlife Encounter Show. from Bear Essential Educational Services Meet baby animals in our children’s play Common Core Standards, TOLMACHOFF FARMS mirrorlab.as.arizona.edu www.mirrorlab.tix.com area and petting zoo! Cost: $8/student, $15/ Young Reporters, 5726 N. 75th Ave • Glendale adult, one adult admission free with every 10 Presentations & Facebook Updates Field trips • 602-377-4747 Have you ever seen a telescope mirror that paid students (10 student min.). We accept www.bearessentialnews.com Mon.–Fri. (Oct., Nov., Feb. & March) is three-stories in diameter? If not, come cash, check or school purchase order. 1-866-NEWS-KID (639-7543) [email protected] experience how we make the largest and Classroom presentations also available— tolmachoff-farms.com Common Core Coding: Utilize Bear for most complex giant telescope mirrors in the valleywide. Rates subject to change. grade-appropriate informational text. Coding is Every child gets to harvest produce to take world, right here on campus, on the eastside provided for News Highlights and key features home and do other great activities. of the UA Football stadium. Learn how posted online each month. Standards-based Our guided farm tours provide the innovative engineering, pioneering optical Work Sheets available, too! awareness of the role of agriculture and technology and unparalleled manufacturing Teachers’ Free Young Reporters Program: Students in food production in our daily lives. For many techniques are used to produce the next- grades 3–8 develop as young writers by students this will be the first time they generation of monolithic honeycomb mirrors writing news stories for Bear! No minimum connect a farm to the everyday food they that will be revolutionizing astronomy and Resource time commitment. exploring deep into outer space to produce eat. Cost: Varies. Grades: PreK–8. See ad Free Presentations: Five dynamic topics are on page 18. cutting-edge scientific research. The UA is #1 in Astronomy…Come see one of the Guide available from a Bear editor. Three classrooms reasons why! per visit (60–90 students), please. School visits at the TUCSON Facebook: “Like” us at Facebook.com/ GEM & MINERAL SHOW® UA SCIENCE: SKY SCHOOL ARIZONA PROJECT WET bearnews for Bear updates, news & events. www.tgms.org IMMERSIVE SCIENCE PRO- (APW) Tucson Convention Center GRAMS AT MOUNT LEMMON arizonawet.arizona.edu BOOKMANS 260 S. Church Ave. • Tucson (Advanced reservations required) Arizona Project WET (APW) develops ENTERTAINMENT EXCHANGE 520-322-5773 Grades: K-12 water stewardship and STEM literacy by Phoenix • 8034 N. 19th Ave. Friday, February 10, 2017 school classes [email protected] providing teacher professional development 602-433-0255 are invited to attend the Tucson Gem www.skyschool.arizona.edu focused on 21st century skills, direct student Mesa • 1056 S. Country Club Dr. outreach that delivers or extends classroom and Mineral show®. Registration begins The UA Science: Sky School provides 480-835-0505 learning, and community engagement. November 1, 2016. For more information immersive, inquiry-based, residential science Flagstaff • 1520 S. Riordan Ranch St. We offer professional development that visit www.tgms.org or call 520-322-5773. programs (from 1-4 days) to Arizona K-12 928-774-0005 evolves teachers’ instructional practice students at the 25-acre Mount Lemmon & 3 Tucson locations and water-related content mastery through SkyCenter campus. Learning alongside Open Mon.–Sun. • 9 a.m.–10 p.m. TUCSON REPTILE & STEM integration, student-directed learning, University scientists, students focus on core Sign up for our newsletter online real-world and relevant application, and AMPHIBIAN University of Arizona science areas such as bookmans.com/signup/ SHOW & SALE collaborative work. sky island ecology, geology, and astronomy, We honor the invaluable work of teachers Tucson Expo Center • Tucson and meet Arizona State and Next Generation Maricopa County • Pam Justice Field Trips • 520-405-7020 • Oct. 1–2, 2016 through a variety of programs. *Educators Science Standards. 20 student minimum 602-827-8233 who join Project: Educate receive 20% off Sat. 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m. class size. Current fees are available on [email protected] [email protected] purchases. We also encourage the love of the website and include all lodging, meals, Pima County • Betsy Wilkening reading in our youngest customers through tucsonreptileshow.com instruction, and use of University telescopes. 520-621-8673 our Kids Club, 1317 and Read 10 programs. 50,000 square feet of reptiles and [email protected] Bookmans offers store tours for classes amphibians from around the world. Petting VALLEY METRO Arizona • Kerry Schwartz and an Educator Appreciation Day. *Some zoo with tortoises, alligators, snakes, TRANSIT EDUCATION restrictions apply. monitors and other lizards. Captive bred 520-621-1092 Field Trips/Classroom Visits [email protected] reptiles for sale. Cost: Adults: $10; Ages 602-523-6070 • Dolores Nolan CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT 6–12: $5 Ages 5 and under: Free. Mon.–Fri. (Year-round) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH Teacher Resource/Curriculum Available www.ValleyMetro.org AND INNOVATION...OH MY!!! Classroom Speakers/Grant Program UA BIOSPHERE 2 Valley Metro’s transit education program 2017 ARIZONA SCITECH www.CentralArizonaProject.com 32540 S. Biosphere Rd. • Oracle provides free classroom presentations to all FESTIVAL 1-888-891-5795 or 623-869-2138 520-838-6192 • Grades: Pre-K–16+ grade levels. We cover the steps of safely A Two Month (February and March) Event and CAP offers an Arizona-specific water Field Trips/Family Destination taking Valley Metro bus/rail/circulators and STEM-activity Experience for All Ages! education program including downloadable Year-round • Open Daily more. Free Group Field Trip Pass available Azscitechfest.org lesson plans for K–3, 4–6, middle and high [email protected] to eligible preschool-elementary school school students. Standards-based (Common groups.http://www.valleymetro.org/transit_ Contact: Jeremy Babendure, Ph.D. www.biosphere2.org/education/field-trip- Executive Director, Arizona SciTech Festival Core correlations provided). Lesson plans planner education/field_trips. supported by mixed media tools like videos, [email protected] posters and activity books! Visit the website Your class can experience Biosphere 2– The Arizona SciTech Festival is a multi- or call for more information. Where Science Lives! Time Life Books VERTUCCIO FARMS Pizza Farm Field Trip week, colorful showcase of more than 1,000 called it “One of the 50 must-see wonders science, engineering, technology (STEM) of the world.” Educational tours take 4011 S. Power Rd. • Mesa MARICOPA COUNTY AIR Field Trips • Angela Vertuccio and innovation events in over 50 Arizona QUALITY DEPARTMENT students inside the world’s largest living cities featuring exhibits, hands-on activities, science center dedicated to exploring the 480-882-1482 Ages:K-12 colorful shows, tours and discussions. The 602-506-6355 environment and our planet’s future. For [email protected] 2017 Festival takes place from February an enhanced experience, add a hands-on, www.VertuccioFarms.com [email protected] through March 2017. www.cleanairmakemore.com/the-classroom/ standards-based lesson to complement Experience an educational field trip that your science curriculum. Cost: $10+/student brings fun to new levels. The Pizza Farm is ASU WALTON SUSTAINABILITY Free air pollution resources available for *seasonal (min 20) based on program. a one-half acre circular garden divided into SOLUTIONS INITIATIVES teachers in Maricopa County eight pie shaped “slices,” which features the Sustainability Solutions Family Day Up in the Air: an Air Pollution Education UA RICHARD F. CARIS ingredients grown or grazed to make farm Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 Program: K-5 students explore air pollution MIRROR LAB TOURS fresh pizza! Learn about growing wheat and http://sustainabilityfestival.asu.edu through hands-on science lessons aligned UA Campus/East side of the UA football tomatoes, cow/goat milk production and pigs. to state standards. We provide lesson plans, stadium Reimagine Our Home: The Sustainability Solutions Festival is a vibrant showcase digital lessons for interactive whiteboards, Call 520-626-8792 for group rates WILDLIFE WORLD ZOO & for and about sustainability solutions: and resource kits containing all needed Online tickets at www.mirrorlab.tix.com AQUARIUM President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. materials—deliver to your classroom! Tours: Monday–Friday at various times. Tours 16501 W. Northern Ave. • Litchfield Park Families can explore the world of science Free Classroom Presentations: For K-12 are 90 minutes in length. Field Trips • 623-935-WILD (9453) and sustainability through special activities teachers. Topics focused on air quality. Ages: 12+ Open 365 days a year located at the Arizona Science Center. Go Contact: Jenny Frank, Education Outreach Cost: $10 per student; $20 adults Field trips Mon.–Fri. online to get email updates. Coordinator 26 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com Enjoy Free Sunday Admission at i.d.e.a. Museum he i.d.e.a. Museum will offer free admis- ! Family & Fun T sion on Sunday, Sept. 4. It’s one of the last chances to see the exhibit Nature Connects Opens at Phoenix Zoo “Sci-Fi: Fantasy to Reality” he award-winning LEGO exhibit Nature Connects will be appearing at the which closes on Sept. 11. Phoenix Zoo. There will be a grand opening celebration on Sept. 17 and 18 Are you ready to launch into from 4 to 7 p.m. Nature Connects: Art orbit with cool paintings, activities and more? Then check out the T i.d.e.a. Museum. Hours on free Sunday are from noon to 5 p.m. with LEGO Bricks will be on display through Jan. 2, 2017. The i.d.e.a. Museum is located at 150 W. Pepper Place, Artist Sean Kenney has employed over 1 Mesa. For more information, visit www.ideamuseum.org. million LEGO pieces to create fantastic replicas of plants and animals in large-scale sculptures. Can you fi nd all 27 works of art? Nature Connects is included with daytime Get Your Junior Pass for zoo admission. Select works can be viewed Ski Season at Sunrise Park during evening events like Howl-O-Ween and ZooLights. o you and your family plan to go skiing this winter? If The Phoenix Zoo is located at 455 N. Galvin you are going to hit the slopes, then you won’t want to Pkwy. For more information, call 602-286-3800 D miss out on a fantastic deal. Head to the base of the or visit phoenixzoo.org. Sunrise Park Resort on Oct. 7–9 for the Junior Pass Promo. Kids 12 and under Monster Jam Roars into Valley can get a season pass just by taking a scenic lift ride, he monster trucks are coming! The monster trucks are coming! Stunts, speed reciting the responsibility and a showcase of destruction will delight fans of motor sports as Monster Jam code and showing their birth roars back into University of Phoenix Stadium on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. T certifi cate. World Finals Champions Grave Digger, Max-D and Northern Nightmare will be Donations of non-perish- joined by Son-uva Digger, Scooby-Doo, Crusader, Soldier Fortune and more. These able food items are request- massive monster trucks will do battle in an awesome spectacle of “rock-and-roar.” ed for the Sunrise Park Advance purchase tickets start at $15. Get a Pit Pass for $10 more to Party in food drive. For directions or the Pits from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. This pre-show session lets fans meet the drivers, get for more information, visit autographs and photos, and see their favorite trucks up close. Get tickets online at sunriseskiparkaz.com. Ticketmaster.com, by calling 800-745-3000, or in person at the University of Phoenix box offi ce.

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Find dozens of Grant Opportunities and other Teacher Resources online at BearEssentialNews.com/guides/teacher-resources/tucson/2016 FREE Field Trip Transportation Available to Any School! The State of Arizona has given you an opportunity to decide exactly where your tax dollars will be spent. ARS §43-1089-01 allows taxpayers a tax credit if they contribute to extracurricular activities in public schools. Your class wants to go on a fi eld trip but a bus is not in the budget? Parents and friends can donate the money and take exactly the amount of their donation off their state taxes. • Up to $200 for an individual • Up to $400 for a married couple Contact your district Business Manager to make arrangements. The power is in your hands. Complete information can be found on the AZ Dept. of Revenue website. http://www.azdor.gov/TaxCredits/ SchoolTaxCreditsforIndividuals.aspx e-mail: [email protected] September 2016 • BEAR !" YEARS !! 27 28 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEAR !" YEARS •!!September 2016 www.bearessentialnews.com