FROM REFUGEE to CHESS MASTER “I Thank God for Everything That He’S Done for Our Family.”

VOL. 7 • NO. 6 • JULY/AUGUST 2021

TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI FROM REFUGEE TO CHESS MASTER “I thank God for everything that he’s done for our family.”

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It’s a trick of the eye. We call it an optical illusion. The French say, “trompe l’oeil.” (trohmp luh-yuh) This is an art installation in Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. French artist and photographer known only as JR created the tricky image. When a visitor stands—or jumps—at just the right spot, the artwork and the tower line up with each other. That creates the realistic perception that a ravine has opened up before the famous landmark. THIS PAGE: AP PHOTO/FRANCOIS MORI • COVER: RUSSELL MAKOFSKY RUSSELL • COVER: MORI PHOTO/FRANCOIS AP PAGE: THIS

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6WK21_02-03_Contents_PT.indd 2 6/10/21 1:30 PM which The sneaky pirates put multiple X’s on the treasure map. To find out which X marks JULY/AUGUST 2021 X marks the true spot, unscramble the letters the below to spell four pirate-related words. spot?

the right spot, the artwork and the tower THIS PAGE: AP PHOTO/FRANCOIS MORI • COVER: RUSSELL MAKOFSKY RUSSELL • COVER: MORI PHOTO/FRANCOIS AP PAGE: THIS

OHYA ROTRAP Now solve the last jumble: Take the six circled letters and A unscramble them to reveal where the treasure is located! C PA KALPN NONCAN The treasure is by the PL

WORLDkids, Issue 6, July 2021 (ISSN #2372-7357, USPS #700-950) is published 6 times per year—September, November, January, March, May, and July for $35.88 per year, by God’s World News, God’s World Publications, 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803. Periodicals postage paid at Asheville, NC, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: : Rich Bishop, MANAGING EDITOR: Rebecca ANCHOR Cochrane, CONTRIBUTORS: Chelsea Boes, Kate Womack, Anna Smith, DESIGN DIRECTOR: Rob Patete. Member Services: (828) 435-2982, Advertising Sales: (828) 253-8063, [email protected] Mailing address: WORLDkids, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. Telephone (828) 253-8063. © 2021 God’s World News, God’s World Publications. Answers on page 5

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6WK21_02-03_Contents_PT.indd 3 6/10/21 12:47 PM The babies are in plastic cribs called incubators that keep them warm and safe.

A feeding tube delivers milk and medicine.

NINE Newborns! Bioluminescence is a fancy word A woman in Mali was expecting seven beautiful for light made by babies. To keep them all as safe as possible, she went to a living creature. Morocco for the delivery. Morocco has better healthcare than Mali does. A big team of doctors and nurses were there to help. Surprise! When the time came, there were not only seven babies. There were NINE! Halima Cissé and her husband Kader Turn Off the Lights Arby have made history with their big family. “Excuse me. Could you PLEASE turn off the lights?” The babies were all premature. They were born in Fireflies can’t talk, of course. But if they could, that’s early May. That was about 10 weeks early. But several what they’d be saying. weeks later, all nine babies were growing with lots of care Nearly 150 species of flashing firefly light up summer at the hospital. MOROCCO nights in North America. Most of these species have a Khalil Msaif is a two- to four-week mating season. Each evening, males pediatric neona- fly around, producing a species-specific pattern of tologist. That’s a flashes. Females perch in the undergrowth. They doctor for respond with flashes of their own. newborn babies. MALI AFRICA Humans use light too: house lights, path lights, and He says all the streetlights. These can shine all night, year-round. People babies needed can block out a neighbor’s annoying LED floodlight with to stay in the curtains. Fireflies can’t. The more people light up the hospital for more MOROCCO: AP PHOTOS AP MOROCCO: night, the less space fireflies have for their flash dance. weeks. But he also said that As fireflies vanish from their usual they were “stable.” That means homes, insect enthusiasts ask: Is your there were no immediate threats porch light on even when you don’t to the babies’ health. Praise God! need it? Can you give your backyard Children are a blessing and a

bugs just a little more dark? reward from Him! (Psalm 127:3) WOODSAT: HANDOUT • CLEVELAND HARBOR LIGHT: MTBANGERT

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6WK21_04-05_Shorts4.indd 4 6/10/21 12:50 PM A camera on an extendable “selfie stick” will record Will WOODSAT Hold Up? changes to the plywood. A satellite made of . . . wood? Yes, according to Arctic Astronautics! The Finnish company plans to use a rocket in New Zealand to launch a wooden satellite into space later this year. The project will test the wood in the tough conditions of space. The WISA WOODSAT is a cube-shaped satellite. It is made of lightweight, strong, coated plywood. It measures about four inches tall and wide. The makers say that plywood survives well in harsh environments. Space is a very harsh place! The satellite will experience heat, cold, vacuums (places with very low pressure), and radiation. If it holds up, the plywood might work in other space structures. Imagine a wooden space station or spacecraft! 4 in. One of the cube’s cameras is on a “selfie stick.” It can take pictures of the satellite in space. That will answer questions like “Will the color change? Will the layers crack?” God made humans to be curious and ask questions about how His world works. And He gave us the ability to explore!

Four FREE lighthouses? You bet! The federal government announced the fun giveaway. Each of the four lighthouses has an amazing waterfront view. Only government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community development groups can apply to win one, though. The National Park Service gets to decide who is a good fit for lighthouse life. Built in 1910, the Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light sits at the tip of Lake Superior in Minnesota. Lighthouse It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Giveaway! The Beavertail Lighthouse is in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It was built in 1749. In 1779, British soldiers burned the beacon. It was rebuilt in 1856. Rhode Island’s Watch Hill Light is a three-story tower with a glass lantern on top. It also has an attached house for the keeper to live in. Every winter, the Cleveland Harbor West The Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light looks Pierhead Light turns into a beautiful ice castle. very different in winter! When temperatures drop below freezing, the surf sprays the lighthouse and covers it with icicles.

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6WK21_04-05_Shorts4.indd 5 6/10/21 12:51 PM What a view! People walk across the Arouca Bridge in northern Portugal.

A new bridge in Portugal is not 500 feet below, the Paiva River pedestrian walkway? e Arouca for the faint hearted. In fact, ﬂ ows through a waterfall. Bridge is almost 79 feet longer! children under six years old are not e town of Arouca is north of Portugal spent $2.8 million BARRIE KRIEG INSTRUCTIONS: BRIDGE • ARCH PHOTO AP AROUCA: even allowed on this bridge! Take a Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. dollars to build the breathtaking deep breath before looking down Gutsy local residents got to walk bridge. Suspension bridges make it from 574 feet in the air. e Arouca across the bridge in May. Many possible to cross long open spaces. Bridge hangs across a roaring river. were thrilled. Others admitted that ey don’t require as much material at river is far below in a canyon. it was unnerving to stroll across as bridges that are built from the e suspension bridge wobbles the wiggly sky bridge. ey held ground up. ey also sway. ough when people walk across it. It is on tight! scary, that’s good design. e now the world’s longest pedestrian According to the Guinness swaying helps in high winds and (walker) bridge. World Records website, the former even earthquakes! Solid bridges e Arouca Bridge spans almost world’s longest suspension bridge might break under those conditions. 1,700 feet from one side of the for pedestrians is in Japan. It is the In a lush canyon like the one in canyon to the other. e metal 1,280-foot-long Kokonoe Yume Arouca, a suspension bridge lets walkway grid is easy to see Bridge. at bridge opened in 2006. pedestrians enjoy a birds-eye view of through. at can be frightening! In 2017, the Charles Kuonen Sus- God’s beautiful creation. Psalm 104:8 e walkway hangs from two steel pension Bridge in the Swiss Alps says, “ e mountains rose, the valleys cables that run to tall towers on broke the record. It spans 1,621 feet. sank down to the place that you either end of the bridge. More than How much longer is Portugal’s new appointed for them.”

Jesus, Our Keystone: The keystone is a wedge-shaped stone SCIENCE at the very top of an arch bridge. It is the final stone laid into SOUP place when an arch bridge is built. The keystone locks all the other stones into place. It presses outward, making

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6WK21_06-09_SS.indd 6 6/10/21 1:52 PM For centuries, bridges have gotten people from here to there. Craftspeople and designers have Supplies: Cardboard or card stock, developed seven popular types of bridges to carry our loads. scissors, tape, marker, and two rocks

Suspension Bridge: This type of bridge can Step 1: Cut seven identical strips from stretch longer than any other bridge. Its deck the cardboard. Divide each into hangs from strong wires called cables. The sections for bending. They must have cables are anchored to large towers which three equal sections. The fourth carry the weight to the ground. These bridges section must be ½ the length of the wiggle. That’s because the cables move when other three. (ex: 2 inch x 2 inch x 2 inch the bridge meets pressure from wind. x 1 inch). Tape the ends together to make blocks. Arch Bridge: This bridge is often made from stones or bricks. Arch bridges have supports 3" on each end called abutments. Arch bridges 1" are simple but can carry heavy weight. A masonry arch always has a center stone or 2"2" brick at the very top. It’s called a keystone. 7"

Beam Bridge: This is the simplest and 2" oldest type of bridge. Beam bridges are horizontal and level. They have a support on each end. They cannot span very great Step 2: Cut out two eight-inch by lengths because they may begin to sag in three-inch strips. Fold one in four the middle without additional support. equal parts to make a cube. Tape the cube together. Repeat with the second Cable-Stayed Bridge: For this kind of bridge, strip. (You should have two cubes.) towers called pylons hold the bridge’s weight. Cables connect the bridge deck to the towers. 3" The bridge’s cables create a fan-like pattern. AROUCA: AP PHOTO • ARCH BRIDGE INSTRUCTIONS: KRIEG BARRIE KRIEG INSTRUCTIONS: BRIDGE • ARCH PHOTO AP AROUCA:

Cantilever Bridge: Two beams stretch toward one another to form a cantilever bridge. The 8" beams look like diving boards. Cantilever means to stick out. One end of a cantilever is anchored in the ground. The other end reaches out away 2" 2" 2" 2" from the support to form the bridge. Step 3: Place a rock in one of the Truss Bridge: This strong bridge has a cubes. The cubes are called abutments. support at either end. A frame connects the They hold the pressure sent out from two ends of the bridge. The frame is usually the keystone. They support the bridge. made up of lengths of wood or metal that forms several triangles. Triangles make a Step 4: Stack the seven blocks together structure sturdy. The frame forms a tunnel. to form an arch. (You will probably need help with this step!) Use the abutment Tied Arch Bridge: These bridges are usually to hold one side in place. Place a rock in metal. Ties hold the bridge support in an the other abutment and put it at the arch shape. The deck is sometimes the tie other end. The block in the middle is that holds the support in its curved shape. the keystone. It is at the very center and top of the arch.

the other stones press equally into each other. There is only one keystone in an arch bridge. Jesus is our keystone. He holds all things together perfectly. Colossians 1:17 says, “And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

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6WK21_06-09_SS.indd 7 6/10/21 1:53 PM Spit it out! at liquid in your nerves in the mouth and throat heal. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if mouth doesn’t only help you aﬀ ect saliva. at’s how it can someone has a concussion. Often swallow or gross others out. Now quickly show an injury. a doctor isn’t around. is test doctors may be able to use saliva “ e body knows that some- could help! to diagnose a concussion. thing has happened upstairs,” says A company called Marker A three-year research project Antonio Belli. “So every part of the Diagnostics wants to sell the saliva called SCRUM studied 1,028 body begins to adapt and respond concussion test. e saliva must be professional men’s rugby players. to that injury, including saliva.” sent to a lab. But the researchers Players tackle or run into each Dr. Belli is a professor who studies say they could develop a game-side other. at can cause concussions. brain injuries and surgery. He test in a few years. Players could A concussion is an injury to the helped lead the study. take that test right away. brain. Getting hit in the head or God made the parts of your taking a hard fall during sports body to work together. Psalm can cause those injuries. 139:13 says, “You knitted me e researchers looked at 14 together in my mother’s womb.” biomarkers in saliva. Biomarkers Paul used the unity of the human are signals in the human body. body as an example for the whole ey found that those markers can church of God in 1 Corinthians 12. show if a player has a concussion. People who get concussions Scientists think signals from need to rest. eir brains need to

. b a w s a h it w n ke A s ta saliva sample i

i ell Dr. B RUGBY: AP PHOTO • BELLI: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM OF UNIVERSITY • BELLI: PHOTO AP RUGBY:

Rugby players collide during a match in Manchester, England.

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6WK21_06-09_SS.indd 8 6/10/21 1:53 PM God designed saliva to play an important role in our bodies. Organs called salivary glands Dog saliva is less acidic than around our mouths and cheeks make saliva. It’s human saliva. That means that mostly made of water with a few other chemicals. it’s less common for dogs to It helps keep teeth clean by washing away bits of get cavities than humans. It’s food. (But you still need to brush and floss!) You’d a myth that dogs’ mouths find it hard to talk without saliva to let your lips, are cleaner than humans’. cheeks, and tongue slide around your mouth. Both people and dogs have When you chew, the saliva doesn’t only help lots of different kinds of you swallow food. Digestive enzymes in your spit bacteria in their mouths. start breaking your food down—even before it gets to your stomach! And saliva carries food A type of bird called the molecules to your taste buds so you can enjoy edible-nest swiftlet makes that delicious recipe. nests completely out of Your saliva can tell a lot about you. DNA tests solidified strands of its use your spit to find where your ancestors came saliva. The nest is shaped like from. Other saliva tests can show whether you a bowl cut in half, and it can have some types of cancer, parasites, or allergies. be white, yellow, or red. In Chinese culture, soup made

. b from these bird-spit nests is a w considered a delicacy.

Venomous snakes make venom in a type of salivary gland. Like human saliva, the venom has enzymes in it. But these are toxic enzymes that kill or paralyze prey. Most of these snakes inject their venom through hollow fangs.

3. What does Professor Antonio Belli say about concussions? a) Every part of the body 1. What type of bridge reacts to the injury.

RUGBY: AP PHOTO • BELLI: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM OF UNIVERSITY • BELLI: PHOTO AP RUGBY: is the new Arouca b) They change saliva’s color. Bridge in Portugal? c) They strengthen the brain. a) an arch bridge d) They happen for no reason. b) a truss bridge c) a suspension bridge 4. Which thing does your d) a covered bridge saliva NOT do? a) carry food to your 2. What is the center taste buds stone of an arch b) help you talk bridge called? c) clean your teeth so well a) the cornerstone that you don’t need to brush b) the keystone d) start breaking food down c) the truss stone d) the tie stone 5. Name three uses God gave saliva in your body. Answers on page 5

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6WK21_06-09_SS.indd 9 6/10/21 1:54 PM One chore Research shows that the Arabian silver coin was swabbing was minted in 1693 in Yemen. (mopping) the deck.

Sweet Berry Farm: Every. e case went cold. Another was found in Come to pick fruit. Leave e case warmed up North Carolina. Records with pirate coins. again more than 300 years show that some of Captain Wait, what? later. In 2014, amateur Every’s men ﬁ rst came Let’s begin at the historian Jim Bailey took ashore there. beginning . . . his metal detector to Sweet Mr. Bailey says the The Pirates Own Book shows Once upon a time—on Berry Farm in Middle- coins he and others have Captain Every hoisting chests September 7, 1695, to be town, Rhode Island. With found are evidence. ey of treasure onto his ship. exact—an English pirate it, he found a dime-sized show that the pirate made named Henry Every coin. Peering closer, he his way to the American So where was Captain robbed a ship. e vessel spotted Arabic text. e colonies. ere, he and his Every hiding until his was carrying Muslim coin was oooold . . . from crew spent the stolen death? In plain sight—pre- pilgrims home to India. the 17th century. Eureka! treasure while on the run. tending to be a slave trader. Captain Every and his at pocket change is the crew killed the people on oldest ever found in North board. e brigands also America! stole tens of millions of Indeed, the coin was dollars’ worth of gold and minted in 1693 in the silver before escaping. Middle Eastern country of Government oﬃ cials Yemen. ere’s no evi- sought to bring the dence that American criminals to justice. But no colonists traveled to one ever found Captain anywhere in the Middle East to trade until decades later. So who left the coins? Maybe pirates. Maybe Captain Every. Jim Bailey found the coin

TIME Since then, others have with a metal PHOTOS AP MACHINE unearthed 15 more detector. Arabian coins from the

same era in New England. SOMALI PIRATE: AP PHOTOS • POSTER: DISNEY

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6WK21_10-13_TM.indd 10 6/10/21 2:08 PM Aaargh. Ahoy, matey! Who said that? It wasn’t a pirate. At least, not a real one. Most people get their ideas about pirates from movies and books. But who were these swashbuckling sea looters, really?

Picture a pirate. Peg leg. Parrot Once a pirate, always a pirate. Maybe . . . and Long John perching on the shoulder. maybe not. The truth is, pirating was so unsafe Silver Eyepatch. Is this image fact, or that some lasted only a few years on pirate fiction? It’s fact . . . at least, it ships before being killed. And many got into was swabbing might be. Pirates led dangerous pirating with the hope of soon getting out of it. lives. Some likely had peg legs These sailors wanted to get rich quick for this reason. Evidence shows by thievery on the high seas. that some kept parrots. It’s also Some wasted the treasure right possible that some pirates wore away in seaports around the eyepatches to help world. Others made a their eyes adjust to home in the American WHAT!? the dim life colonies. These below deck. used their gold and silver to buy chickens and Pirates were lawless. Right? Wrong. These pigs and start sailors of course stole and committed other farms. atrocious crimes, including murder. But they also had rules to follow. Each ship held pirates to a set of codes. These rules Talk like a pirate! decided: How would treasure be divided? And by that we Who would do the chores? And one mean, talk normally. common rule on pirate ships: NO FIGHTING! Pirates likely did At least not with one’s own shipmates. not have a unique dialect. As far as we know, they talked like Pirates were all men. regular people of their Myth. Mary Read, Anne day. The famous Bonny, Grace O’Malley, pirate accent probably and Ching Shih were all comes from the 1950s famous female pirates. Mary Read Walt Disney version of Treasure Island.

A Somali Pirating is ancient history. Right? Wrong! Pirates still exist—and they’re pirate is masked more tech-savvy than they used to be. The Bible encourages us to and armed. “mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.” (Psalm 37:37) That does NOT describe pirates. Pirates roaming the sea now still steal from ships and hold them for ransom. They use sophisticated weapons and location tech in their work. Real piracy, then as now, is nothing to be laughed at.

AP PHOTOS AP It’s a violent, dangerous, and dishonest business. SOMALI PIRATE: AP PHOTOS • POSTER: DISNEY

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6WK21_10-13_TM.indd 11 6/10/21 2:10 PM Stand in the middle of the Colos- connected parts of the arena. One led the tunnels from rain. It will allow seum. Imagine the roar of the crowd. to the gladiator school where fighters them to be aired out too. If needed, Look down. What’s under your feet? learned their craft. Another ran to a the floor can be taken out again. It’s a floor. Unlike the original place where ferocious animals were The new floor may eventually be Colosseum floor, though, this one can kept. To explore all this, archaeolo- used as a stage—though not for move. gists had to take out the floor. gladiator fights. That’s too barbaric! The Colosseum is a gigantic, The Colosseum has been floorless Roman entertainment is one part of round, outdoor theater in Rome, Italy. for two centuries. People have finally history we don’t want to repeat. In ancient times, as many as 50,000 decided to replace the missing stage. Do not envy a man of violence people packed into it at a time. They The new floor will be high-tech and and do not choose any of his ways. focused their eyes on the stage in lightweight. Visitors will get to walk — Proverbs 3:31 the center. There, fighters called on it. They’ll see the whole Colosseum gladiators struggled to the death. from the gladiators’ point of view. Sometimes these warriors faced The project should be dangerous animals such as lions and completed by 2023. The bears. At other times, they battled platform will quickly Gladiators prepared for fights and animals against each other. These bloody cover or uncover the were caged in the sights kept the people of Rome glued underground underground to their seats. structures below. structures. In the 1800s, archaeologists This will protect wanted to dig beneath the Colosseum. Underground tunnels there

The platform gives visitors a new perspective and

protects the structures below the Colosseum. PHOTOS AP

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6WK21_10-13_TM.indd 12 6/10/21 2:11 PM The Colosseum was from nearby aqueducts. built in Rome between A.D. This filled the bottom of the 72 and 80. Just a few years arena with about five feet before that, the apostles of water. Little versions of Paul and Peter were killed ships acted out famous Some Christians faced wild animals for their faith in the very battles at sea. Then, pull the in the Colosseum. same city. plug! Time for the next The Colosseum was as spectacle. tall as a 12-story building. These games were held And what a grand opening for hundreds of years. But it had! People celebrated for some people in the with 100 days of games. arena, they were anything These games cost nothing but fun. Criminals were for the public. Sometimes used as actors. They played the spectators (people who parts in famous old stories just any death. Some 1. brigands watched) got free food too. where people died. But Christians faced animals in a) farmers Food and a show? Sounds during the play, the the amphitheater. Why? b) thieves like a great recipe to get prisoners were actually Emperors hoped this would c) sailors people to like you if you’re killed by wild animals. make others not want to the emperor! Some of those who died follow Jesus. 2. atrocious The Romans even were new Christians. Early Did that work? Not at a) edible pumped in Roman emperors did not all! The Christians confront- b) terrible water want Christianity to ed death with courage and c) repeatable spread. So when humility—and everyone an emperor watched. Instead of turning 3. barbaric found out a away from Christianity, a) prehistoric person was many Romans asked, “Just b) untrue a Christian, who is this Jesus?” Christi- c) brutal he some- anity grew and grew. Isn’t times put that like our God? He uses 4. spectacle him or her to evil to bring about good. a) display death. But not (Genesis 50:20) b) writing Answers on page 5 c) emperor Emperors held mock naval battles in water-filled arenas.

Gladiators were popular subjects in mosaics that I am a citizen of Rome. I’m also a decorated Roman floors and walls. theologian—a person who studies God. I was born long after the Colosseum was built. But Romans still enjoyed gladiator games during my lifetime. In fact, my friend Alypius used to watch and love the games. No sin is too great for God to forgive, and God had better plans for AP PHOTOS AP

Alypius. You can read his e in t story in book 6 of my s u Mosaics are A g p u writings, The Confessions. ai t A pictures created nting of Sain with small tiles.

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6WK21_10-13_TM.indd 13 6/10/21 2:13 PM Charlie von Maur-Newcomb has a lot to say.

atch out, Jackson Hole help with a little copy editing. “I lives in Kelly and what they might News & Guide. ere’s a edit for grammatical errors and be interested in.” new kid in town. things like maybe a few redundan- Charlie’s readers wonder what he Well, maybe not in town, but in cies,” says his mom. (Redundancies will do when he grows up. Will he nearby Kelly, Wyoming. are unnecessarily repeated bits of try a career in journalism? He hasn’t CHARLIE: AP PHOTO AP CHARLIE: e vernal (youthful) newspaper information.) She adds: “I do not decided for sure. He’s still only 11, belongs to Charlie von Maur-New- edit his voice.” (Voice refers to the after all! comb (a literal kid). He’s just 11. He speciﬁ c way a person writes. Each titled his newspaper Kelly Out Loud! writer has his or her own vocabu- Charlie uses his computer to create Kelly Out Loud! Want to try it? Kelly isn’t a town . . . or even a lary, tone, and point of view. Here are some tips. village. Only about 120 people live Every person arranges sentences there. But that doesn’t mean Charlie uniquely.) doesn’t have anything to write Charlie works away at the about. He covers everything from paper each week. What drove TITLE YOUR PAPER local news in Kelly to world news. him to start publishing a news- People pick up physical copies of his paper? He was reading another Make into have a paper at the Kelly post oﬃ ce. local paper, the News & Guide. headlines columns newspaper Subscribers can also get a digital He realized: News writers tell big and like this. template! The word version emailed from charlievmn@ people important information bold to grab processing icloud.com. about the world. He wanted to program on Choose attention. images Charlie does do that too. your Format computer or take the writing Charlie gets his ideas from your stories might even your own. CITIZEN and reporting many places, including SHIP for Kelly Out listening to news radio in the Don’t forget captions! Loud! himself. car with his dad. Charlie His parents says, “I think about who

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6WK21_14-17_CS.indd 14 6/10/21 2:21 PM Vocation Spotlight:

How does a journalist love his or her neighbor? Here are a few ways. Charlie von Maur-Newcomb son and a student. If he has • People need to know the truth doesn’t know what he wants to do siblings, he’s a brother. He’s even about what’s happening in the with the rest of his life yet. But called to be a neighbor to the world—but readers can’t be that doesn’t stop him from acting people of Kelly, Wyoming. And now everywhere at once. They’re busy right now. he’s a journalist too. with their own callings! Journalists What about you? What do you It’s fun to imagine what our can help bring important informa- think your calling will be? future vocations might be. But you tion to everyone quickly. Calling is an old idea. Way back can also make a list of the callings • All people are made in God’s in the 1500s, church reformer you have at this moment. Are you image. Because of this, they Martin Luther talked about calling a Christian? A friend? A brother or deserve respect. A good journalist a lot. He called it voca- sister? A pet caregiver? Through treats everyone with dignity—even tion. Do you see some each of your callings, you serve people he or she disagrees with. letters from “voice” God and show His love to your • Good journalists interview hidden in that word? neighbors. Can you believe God is people and write about events with A vocation is a loving the world through you? fairness. They try hard to get the spiritual calling. Whose Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord facts right. They are honest and voice is doing the calling? your God with all your heart and humble in their work. God’s! You might not hear His voice with all your soul and with all your • Even when news sounds audibly. But He is always calling mind.’ This is the first and greatest scary, Christian journalists do not people to do good work—even kids. commandment. And the second is have to be afraid to tell the truth. Right now, Charlie von Maur- like it: ‘Love your neighbor as Why? Because they know the Newcomb has many callings. He’s a yourself.’” — Matthew 22: 27-39 biggest truth of all: God is in control of everything! Christian journalists can also tell readers where all truth comes from: God.

This year, journalists at WORLD News Group CHARLIE: AP PHOTO AP CHARLIE: (which includes WORLD- kids) are celebrating 40 years of good work loving their neighbors through reporting the news.

TITLE YOUR PAPER

One of their your own. callings is to care for Don’t forget captions! their pet.

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6WK21_14-17_CS.indd 15 6/10/21 2:22 PM Brandy’s hooves stir up dust as she races around the arena. Rider Adison Wright holds Brandy’s reins in one hand. She has a giant fl ag in the other. Cactus with rider Elly Rainey isn’t far behind. A dozen other riders on horses follow them in formation. e horses are fast. eir riders are skilled. Ridin’ on Faith Ministries is an equestrian Zion is fl ag team. It performs at rodeos and other events. e team uses riding horses, music, skits, and fl ags to tell about Jesus. Eddie. Lisa Searcy founded Ridin’ on Faith Ministries in 2011. e riders on her team love horses. But they love Jesus even more! e Ridin’ on Faith team’s key verse is Colossians 3:17. It says, “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” ese athletes are excellent horseback riders. ey range in age from six to 32. Each has her own horse. Just like the riders, the horses audition for their place on the team. ey are not afraid of big fl ags or loud music. e riders work hard to teach their horses how to move to music. e songs and skits they perform are carefully chosen to tell people about Jesus and the hope we have in Him. e riders and their horses meet weekly to learn new routines and practice old ones. “I don’t think people realize what goes on The equestrian behind the scenes,” says Coach Jennifer flag team uses Ingle. First, the riders learn each routine on routines and foot. ey may look silly galloping around skits to deliver a message. the arena—but not for long! Soon, the riders mount their horses and slowly ride them through the choreographed steps. With each practice, the routines get better and faster. Coach Ingle loves watching her riders grow year after year. Older teammates encourage younger ones. Ridin’ on Faith is a family. Ella Womack is new to the team this year. “Even on hard days, my friends and coach cheer me up. I love Ridin’ on Faith,” she says. e team performs across the southeastern United States. ey do routines at fairs, rodeos, prisons, nursing homes, summer camps, churches, and orphanages. “It doesn’t matter if there are 10 people or 1,000,” says Mrs. Searcy. “We reach people that may not ever go to church. We have a simple message. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ.” JARED H SEARCY JARED AP PHOTOS

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6WK21_14-17_CS.indd 16 6/10/21 2:25 PM Kids learn horseback riding in a busy London neighborhood.

Zion is 1. In writing, voice riding is ______. Eddie. a) something repeated unnecessarily b) someone’s unique style of writing c) a type of newspaper d) the plot of a story

2. Calling is another word for ______. a) location b) vocation c) locomotion d) innovation

In the middle of measure horse feed, 3. Why are the busy south London, groom the animals, Ridin’ on Faith England, is a school and clean out messy team’s songs where children get to, stalls. carefully chosen? well—horse around. The Ebony Horse Club Shaddai’s hard work is paying off. He a) they tell people is a riding school for children. It’s located in received his first award—a Pony Club about Jesus the hustle and bustle of the busy city, only badge for horse grooming. His older b) they have a a 10-minute walk from a subway station. siblings also ride. His 13-year-old sister good beat The club gives children an opportunity to Zion always chooses Eddie for her horse if c) they are easy learn important life skills through horse- to learn back riding. Every week, volunteers provide Shaddai is d) they are loud 140 rides to children from poor back- grooming Rose. grounds. The club is a charity. It depends 4. Where did the on fundraising. Lesson fees are based on Ebony Horse Club’s how much families are able to pay. horses go during The program’s eight horses recently the pandemic? came off a long rest. That’s because the a) to give rides at club stopped meeting during virus lock- the beach downs. They spent some months in a b) to the middle country setting. But now they’re back in of Brixton London, ready to work. Splash, Molly, c) to rest in the Bailey, Joe, Rose, Eddie, and others are she can. She knows it’s a privilege to be a country getting saddled up weekly. member of the club. d) to work in the Shaddai McLeod is one of the club’s “You would never think this was here in mountains Answers youngest riders. He is nine years old and the middle of Brixton,” says Zion. The on page 5 thrilled to be back in the saddle. Shaddai London neighborhood of Brixton was once 5. Think of three rides after school on known for crime and violence. God is using things you might

JARED H SEARCY JARED Thursdays. But he’s the Ebony Horse Club to help families enjoy doing for spotted at the there. Only God can take a hard place and your job one day. stable on change it into something safe and good. Explain what you weekends too. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “He has made like about each.

AP PHOTOS Shaddai helps everything beautiful in its time.”

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6WK21_14-17_CS.indd 17 6/10/21 2:31 PM e future is bananas. Just ask Kimani Muturi. Kimani Muturi displays hair extension made from fibers extracted from the sheaths of banana Bananas have been a staple trunks at the TexFad workshop in Uganda. food in Mr. Muturi’s country, Uganda, for a long time. A staple food is a main food a people group eats. e average Ugandan eats more than 400 pounds of bananas every year! But Mr. Muturi asks a good question: What about the rest of the banana plant? Imagine this. A farmer lops bananas from his plants. What’s left? e plants’ bulbous trunks. Farmers usually either burn these or throw them away. Could those “extra” parts be of use? Mr. Muturi’s start-up company is called TexFad. At TexFad, young men pile the trunks of banana plants in a heap. Next, they split them in half with machetes. ey feed them into a machine, until . . . out come long, leathery, moist fi bers. e workers hang these on lines to dry. Later, they use them to make carpets, placemats, and hair extensions. (Hair extensions are fake hair. ey to soften them. Perhaps the fi bers will become as cozy as make a person’s hair appear fuller or longer.) cotton. en people could wear banana trunks as clothes! ABUBAKER LUBOWA/REUTERS ABUBAKER “ e hair extensions we are making are highly e company will ship carpets to countries outside biodegradable,” says Mr. Muturi. Uganda for the fi rst time this June. Mr. Muturi says custom- “After using, our ladies will go and ers in the United States, Canada, Australia, and many parts bury them in the soil and they of Africa want to buy. But the little company has only 23 TAKE APART will become manure for their people on staff . It isn’t ready for that much business quite yet. SMART vegetables.” Banana fi bers are light. ey’re organically produced. TexFad is also experimenting Mr. Muturi can picture many future uses for them—

with the ﬁ bers. e company hopes including “paper” money. BISHOP RICH PLANT: BANANA

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6WK21_18-21_TAS.indd 18 6/10/21 2:41 PM Will people everywhere soon be wearing banana clothes? Will they be walking on banana carpets? Will they BUNCH: All trade banana money for banana hair the bananas on the true stem extensions? Maybe . . . if banana plants hang around long enough. People love bananas. This favorite fruit is sweet, portable, and cheap. But banana farmers know something most people HAND: Row or don’t. A fungal disease called Tropical tier of bananas LEAVES: Outer, older Race 4 (TR4) moves across continents. It’s leaves dry up and die as looking for banana patches to destroy. FINGER: FEMALE newer leaves grow from Single fruit TR4 starts in soil. It can hide there for FLOWERS: the center and reach Become the top of the plant. decades. Then—surprise—it starts to young PETAL choke banana plants. Green banana bananas leaves turn yellow. Their edges get brown. MALE The leaves fall. That might be okay for a FLOWERS maple tree in October. But it’s not okay for a banana plant. Ever. FLOWER BUD A similar fungus wiped out bananas once before. Panama disease attacked the TRUE STEM: Produces FALSE “Big Mike” banana. Before the 1950s, flower and fruit. Dotted STEM: everyone was eating Big Mikes. Have you line shows how stem grows “Trunk” is from center of “trunk.” actually ever noticed that banana-flavored candy made up of doesn’t taste much like bananas? That’s tight layers because that flavoring is likely based on SUCKER: Young new plant of leaves. Big Mike. You’re probably not used to that sprouting from corm banana. Ever since Panama disease, people have been eating mostly Cavendish bananas instead. All the bananas we CORM HERB: Banana Cavendish bananas can resist Panama enjoy today have their plants are not ancestry in two species actually trees. disease. But they can’t fight TR4. They of wild bananas from ROOTS They are the have the same problem Big Mikes had. Southeast Asia. It world’s largest Every single Cavendish banana plant is wasn’t until after the flowering herb. Civil War that bananas genetically identical to every other became popular in RHIZOME: A banana tree (actually a large Cavendish banana plant. When a disease America. herb) is the kind of plant that grows from comes through, it can destroy all the this swollen underground stem. A rhizome plants at once. Scientists scurry. They produces roots growing down and shoots need to grow a new banana variety that growing up to become new plants. can resist TR4. God made people in His image. They’re creative like Him. Thinkers like Kimani The Blue Java banana ABUBAKER LUBOWA/REUTERS ABUBAKER Muturi show their creativity by using may become the next every part of the banana plant. And lunchbox favorite. It’s cultivators watching bananas show nicknamed the Ice Cream another kind of inventiveness. They’re banana. This cultivar planning to solve big problems even (cross between two other before they happen. bananas) from Southeast The plans of the diligent lead surely Asia has a creamy texture

BANANA PLANT: RICH BISHOP RICH PLANT: BANANA to abundance. — Proverbs 21:5 and tastes like vanilla.

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6WK21_18-21_TAS.indd 19 6/10/21 2:58 PM Scientists made a remarkable discovery about sharks. Apparently, the marine animals use the Earth’s magnetic field as a natural Global Positioning System (GPS). Hang a left. Swerve right. Straight ahead! The magnetic field helps sharks navigate the world’s oceans. A magnetic field is the area around a magnet that pulls and pushes other magnetic objects. Sharks certainly aren’t magnetic! So how does the Earth’s magnetic field guide them? “We know that sharks can respond to magnetic fields,” says Bryan Keller. He is a shark researcher. “We didn’t know that they detected it to use as an aid in navigation. . . . Sharks can travel [12,427] miles and end up in the same spot.” For years, scientists have wondered how sharks migrate such long distances. They travel in the open ocean where there are few landmarks like coral reefs to guide them. But they keep coming back to the same place. Over and over again. Why don’t they get lost?

Journey to the center of the Earth and you’ll find the water, many marine animals molten iron and other metals swirling around the sense it. Biologists are pretty sure that planet’s solid core. As liquid metal spins around solid, God made turtles and whales, snails, frogs, and even it conducts electricity. That electricity creates a lobsters able to detect the magnetic field. Not only do magnetic field. they sense it—they use it! Sound complicated? Here’s a simpler breakdown. Sharks orient themselves in the ocean like birds do Most metals, like iron, are magnetic. Churning iron in the sky. They use the magnetic field for assistance. particles send out magnetic fields around them. They’re These animals can feel differences in the magnetic field kind of like a forcefield that attracts or repels (pushes in different places. Re-routing! Re-routing! That’s how away) other metals. Earth’s “forcefield” is hundreds of they know when to shift direction. miles wide. The Earth’s magnetic field originates in the Earth’s magnetic field helps people find their way Earth’s core, passes through Earth’s crust, and shoots too—but with a compass. North. South. East. West. The out into space. flow of energy shifts the compass needle toward the This magnetic field is massive. But it isn’t very strong. north. Without the magnetic field, compasses wouldn’t For its great size, Earth’s magnetic field work. For many marine animals, using Earth’s seems relatively weak. Scientists have magnetic field is like swimming inside found that the magnetic field is an ocean compass. They go with strongest at Earth’s poles. the flow—of energy! It guides Sea water conducts them exactly where they PHOTOS AP & KELLER: SHARK electricity. The motion of need to go. the water across the Psalm 48:14 tells us that Earth’s magnetic God promises to lead His field creates people. It says, “That this is energy. As God, our God forever and this energy ever. He will guide us flows through forever.”

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6WK21_18-21_TAS.indd 20 6/10/21 2:43 PM Looking for answers, scientists from Florida State University studied bonnethead sharks. That’s a kind of hammerhead that lives on both American coasts. Bonnetheads return to the same coastal inlets every year. The scientists exposed 20 sharks to magnetic conditions like they would experience in the ocean. Could they feel a pulse? Did the water move? Could they see the magnetic clues? The scientists watched each shark carefully. They noticed that the sharks began to swim north when the magnetic cues made them think they were south of where they Bryan Keller A dusky holds a shark swims should be. It’s as if their bodies could tell they weren’t where they bonnethead off the coast needed to be. Flip around. Swerve left. Onward! shark on the of South More studies are necessary. How do sharks detect magnetic North Edisto Africa. River in fields? How much does the field tell them about their location? Do all South sharks find their way around the ocean in the same way? Probably. Carolina. After all, great whites make cross-ocean journeys just like bonnetheads. It makes sense that God might use the same design for both. Isn’t the usefulness of God’s design amazing? He created the magnetic field. And He gifted marine animals with a sensitivity to it to help them survive. That’s truly magnificent!

The outer core is filled with liquid metal that generates electricity There is a difference of 11.7 degrees between as it spins. That is the magnetic pole and the geographic pole what creates Earth’s magnetic field.

The North Magnetic Pole Geographic North Pole

1. bulbous The North and South Magnetic a) toxic Poles move b) rounded over time due c) paper-thin to magnetic changes in the Answers Earth’s core. 2. resist on page 5 The magnetic field is a a) assist shield against the b) fight harmful particles in c) persist solar wind. Solar wind hitting the magnetic field causes the 3. navigate Northern and Southern a) carefully travel Lights to appear. SHARK & KELLER: AP PHOTOS AP & KELLER: SHARK b) get lost at sea c) ask for directions The South Magnetic Pole 4. detect a) create b) run away from c) discover Geographic South Pole

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6WK21_18-21_TAS.indd 21 6/10/21 2:43 PM Juliet is looking for love. No wonder! She’s the last wild blue-and-yellow macaw left in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once, birds like her fl ew far and wide in that city. Now Juliet has to visit the zoo to fi nd a friend. Almost every morning for the last two decades, Juliet has appeared at the BioParque zoo. She swoops onto the enclosure where macaws are kept. She sits there, enjoying the presence of other macaws. Blue-and-yellow macaws like Juliet live about 35 years. And Juliet is no spring chicken. She should have found a lifelong mate years ago. But she hasn’t. She hasn’t built a nest or had chicks. “ ey’re social birds, and that means they don’t like to live alone, whether in nature or captivity. ey need company,” says Neiva Guedes, president of the Hyacinth Macaw Institute. Blue-and-yellow macaws can be found in other parts of Brazil. But not in Rio de Janeiro. If you don’t count Juliet, no blue-and-yellow macaw has been seen fl ying free in Rio since 1818. at’s more than 200 years! Macaws are noisy. is, plus their bright feathers, helps the Juliet performs her daily birds fi nd each other in dense forests. ritual of flying to the zoo to hang out with her friends. But it also makes them easy for hunters and animal traffi ckers to spot. Where did Juliet come from? She may have escaped from captivity. Is Juliet even a she? Zoo biologists aren’t sure. To know for certain, they would have to test her feathers or blood or get a closer look at her than they’re able to. e animal caretakers are curious. But that’s not enough reason for them to interfere with the wild bird. ey also would not consider placing Juliet in an enclosure. She seems to be getting enough food in the wild. She also loves soaring overhead. And she should! Macaws are used to fl ying more than 20 miles each day!

CRITTER So God created every winged PHOTOS AP FILE bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

— Genesis 1:21 TOP: AP PHOTO

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6WK21_22-25_CF.indd 22 6/10/21 3:01 PM The macaws at BioParque zoo in Rio de Janeiro flit and flutter inside a 10,700-foot aviary (bird enclosure). The macaws sail along beside green parrots and golden parakeets. Look up! It’s a technicolor swirl! Workers at BioParque have a big project ahead. They’re bringing blue-and-yellow macaws back to the wild. Here’s the plan: Zoo macaws will raise about 20 chicks. These babies will receive training. In “macaw school” they’ll learn to . . . • find food in the forest. • watch for predators. • stay away from dangerous power lines. Once the chicks “graduate,” they’ll be released into Tijuca Forest National Park. This A pair of macaws perches on top of a massive forest is probably where our pal Juliet passageway as people visit the aviary goes to sleep at night. If the project works, she at BioParque in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. may finally have the chance to fly with friends.

Macaws are a type of parrot. How can you tell? All parrots have curved beaks. They also have zygodactyl (zy-go-DACT-uhl) feet: four toes on each foot with two pointing backward and two pointing forward. Cockatoos, lovebirds, parakeets, and cockatiels are all parrots too. So are many, many more bird species—more than 350! Sadly, some of these birds have lately become extinct or nearly extinct. Parrots you can expect not to see in the There are still some wild: Glaucous macaws, Spix’s macaws, Spix’s macaws in New Caledonian lorikeets, and Carolina captivity, but they are extinct in the wild. parakeets.

Why keep macaws in the forest? • Chew, chew, They’re happiest there. Plus, they’re chew! God pretty hard to live with in the house! designed the macaw’s power- • Macaws are smart. ful beak to crack They’re curious. through tough They’re busy. They nuts. But it can need lots of toys to also do impressive pick up, examine, taste, damage to the stuff and toss around. A bored in your house. macaw may harm itself. • Macaws are made for • When God created Adam, He said, “It volume. How would your neighbors— is not good for the man to be alone.” or your mom—feel about living next

AP PHOTOS AP (Genesis 2:18) It’s not good for macaws to a pet as loud as a lawnmower? to be alone either. If you bring a macaw into your home, you’re its new flock. It • Macaws can and will bite.

TOP: AP PHOTO will need to spend a lot of time with you. Enough said!

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6WK21_22-25_CF.indd 23 6/10/21 3:01 PM “Go get ’em.” Well, a few of them. between 400 and 800 pounds. That’s a big That’s what Florida wildlife officials They can grow to be a little more fish! A goliath may soon say about Atlantic goliath than eight feet long. grouper groupers. Is it time to loosen the Florida officials aren’t sure how caught in the Florida Keys state’s 30-year ban on catching and many goliaths swim the surround- killing the giant fish? The species ing seas now. But they think there almost died off in the 1980s. But are enough to allow limited catch. many believe the fish family’s They say the species is “recovering” population is finally growing again. from the hard years when it was The Florida Fish and Wildlife over-fished. Conservation Commission thinks Not everyone thinks lifting the some sport fishers would love to goliath fishing ban is wise. Some land a goliath. So the commission biologists worry that the goliath could choose to allow a fisher with a population is still too small. Others license to catch one goliath. Just one. point out that goliath meat contains The gentle giants are easy to high levels of dangerous mercury. find and hook. Young ones hide The beasts live for decades— among trees growing in shallow absorbing mercury over time. The coastal waters. Adults linger near larger the fish is, the less safe it is reefs and shipwrecks off the Florida for humans to eat. But no one coast. These fish may be gentle, but wants to see the big beauties go to they are also HUGE! Adults weigh waste if caught. TOP: FLORIDA KEYS PUBLIC LIBRARIES • BOTTOM: NEIL DEMASTER NEIL • BOTTOM: LIBRARIES PUBLIC KEYS FLORIDA TOP:

A scuba diver gets a closer look at a goliath grouper off the coast of Florida. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

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6WK21_22-25_CF.indd 24 6/10/21 3:01 PM Instead of taking goliaths from the sea, some people think Florida should use the fish in a different way. They suggest that the photo genic fish could lure more scuba divers to Florida. That could boost tourism business for the state. Goliaths are very popular with divers and underwater photographers. At the beginning of creation, God gave man authority over all other For years, the element mercury Larger fish usually carry greater living things. That includes fish! was a part of many everyday items. amounts of mercury. Why? Many Genesis 1:28 says, “And God said to Light bulbs, paint, thermometers, live a long time. They eat and store them, ‘Have dominion over the fish and batteries used the substance. mercury in their bodies all along. of the sea and over the birds of the It even found its way into medicine Scientists study mercury toxicity heavens and over every living thing used for cuts, scrapes, and burns. (how poisonous something is) in the that moves on the Earth.’” Then, scientists realized that goliath grouper. These fish live close It is our responsibility to pay mercury could be harmful. to ocean shores where pollution can careful attention to fish species that Mercury is a natural metal. It is contaminate water. Goliath grouper need care. People put laws in place present in rock, soil, and water. live for decades—enough time to to protect the goliath species. Those Pollution from coal-burning power accumulate a load of mercury. laws seem to have worked. Now, plants sends mercury into the In the 1950s, factory workers maybe it’s time to let people enjoy atmosphere. In the air, mercury dumped mercury into Japan’s catching some of those fish for fun molecules can travel thousands of Minamata Bay. People who ate fish and, if safe, for food. miles. Eventually, most land in from the bay got very, very sick. water. In the ocean, bacteria attach Mercury poisoned around 2,000 to the mercury. This new form of people! In 1972, 6,500 people in mercury is called methylmercury. Iraq suffered poisoning after eating It is poisonous. Most ocean fish mercury-contaminated bread. will contain some mercury. Mercury damages human Here’s why: Microscopic nerves. Mercury poisoning causes marine algae called phytoplankton memory loss, muscle weakness, absorb methylmercury from ocean numbness, and rashes. Some water. Tiny marine animals gobble symptoms become very serious. up phytoplankton. That means God made mercury for a good those marine animals ingest the purpose—but that does not A biologist methylmercury too. Small fish include eating it. Scientists have tags a goliath scoop up the little marine animals. done a good job of educating TOP: FLORIDA KEYS PUBLIC LIBRARIES • BOTTOM: NEIL DEMASTER NEIL • BOTTOM: LIBRARIES PUBLIC KEYS FLORIDA TOP: grouper it Uh oh! Now the small fish have people about the danger of too in order to methylmercury in their systems. much mercury. God puts people in track its movement Larger fish eat the small ones. At our lives to keep us safe from within the the same time, the big fish are dangerous things. Proverbs 10:17 Gulf of slurping up their own share of says, “Whoever heeds instruction Mexico. methylmercury. is on the path to life.”

1. Blue-and-yellow 2. Which 3. How much can an 4. If ocean fish 5. Do you think macaws have almost parrot is adult goliath grouper absorb too much Florida totally disappeared extinct in the weigh? of this element, officials should from ______. wild? a) 40 to 50 pounds the meat becomes let people fish a) the Southern a) Carolina b) up to three tons dangerous to eat. the goliath Hemisphere parakeet c) 400 to 800 a) iron grouper? Why b) Rio de Janeiro b) lovebird pounds b) calcium or why not? c) Brazil c) cockatoo d) a little less than c) magnesium

d) zoos d) cockatiel a pound d) mercury Answers on page 5 FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

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6WK21_22-25_CF.indd 25 6/10/21 3:02 PM A bit of a fixer-upper: Marie Curie (above) spent her weekends and holidays here.

Who will buy this old stone-and-brick house in and Eve. ere’s no evidence Mrs. Curie did any experi- France? If Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki gets menting here. his way, the country of Poland will become the proud e vacation house costs $950,000. at’s a big price new owner. He says the building is part of Polish history. tag for a home in disrepair. Whoever buys it will have to Why? Because Madame Marie Curie spent her holiday fi x it up. at will cost about $240,000 more. But check weekends here. out the peeling wallpaper. Inspect the fi replaces and fl oor Have you heard of Marie Curie? She was a Polish tiles. All of these date back to the Curie times. Did Mrs. woman who worked endless hours in a leaky old shed. An Curie paint some of the ceiling designs herself? Maybe. incredibly gifted scientist, Mrs. Curie studied metals. She But there is no certain proof. noticed: e metals she experimented with were releasing e Polish people feel proud of Mrs. Curie’s accom- rays. ese rays could pass through solid matter. ey plishments. But should the Polish government spend caused air to conduct electricity. taxpayers’ money to buy the house? Some Poles say, “No! “Sometimes I had to spend a whole day stirring a Mrs. Curie didn’t even spend that much time there!” boiling mass with a heavy iron rod nearly as big as myself,” she wrote. But that work paid off . After Marie Curie was born in 1867 in four years, Mrs. Curie and her husband had Warsaw, Poland. She started out as discovered a new element: radium. e Curies Maria Sklodowska. Universities in won a Nobel Prize for their discovery. Poland did not admit girls when is historical leaky shed was in Paris. she was young. So Maria moved But it wasn’t here, at this house. is house to Paris in 1891 to study science. was built in 1890. She married a French man, Pierre and Marie Pierre Curie. During her lifetime, Curie visited it on Mrs. Curie won two Nobel Peace

JET weekends and prizes. She discovered two PHOTOS AP BALLOON holidays between In need of some TLC: elements: radium and polonium. 1904 and 1906 with The house suffers from She named polonium after her cracked plaster and their daughters Irene peeling wallpaper. homeland, Poland.

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6WK21_26-29_JB.indd 26 6/10/21 3:13 PM Keep your seats in their upright and locked positions. We’re landing in . . . the place where mayonnaise was (probably) invented. The place where you can watch a 100-year-old bicycle race. The place where people eat snails and call it fancy. France, here we come!

WHO: Who lives in France? The French do, of course— about 68 million of them. But believe it or not, more people visit France each year than actually live there. France is the most visited country in WHAT: France is the largest country in CULTURE: Why the entire world, followed by the European Union. But it’s still smaller all the visitors? Spain and the United States. than Texas. Because of its six-sided shape, It might be the the French call their country “L’Hexagone” bread. The writer of (the hexagon). A lot of France borders the Ecclesiastes says to “Go, eat your bread with joy.” sea, so make sure you visit the beach! (Ecclesiastes 9:7) The French are very good at that! Many tourists come because France has THE FAMOUS FRENCH earned a reputation for the best food in the world. Painters: Claude Monet, Get ready for baguettes (long, crusty bread loaves), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, coq au vin (chicken, wine, and mushrooms), chocolate Edgar Degas, Paul soufflé (puffy dessert made from eggs), Cezanne, Henri Matisse French onion soup (cheesy, bread-decked, brown broth), and flaky croissants Writers: Victor Hugo (crescent-shaped buttered pastries). (Les Miserables), Stop by the Eiffel Tower, a magnifi- Alexandre Dumas cent structure engineered by Alexandre- (The Three Gustave Eiffel—the Musketeers), same fellow who Antoine de Degas’ Dancer worked on the Statue Saint-Exupery Taking a Bow of Liberty. Visit the (The Little Louvre museum to Prince) check out France’s renowned art and Inventors: fashion. It’s the Louis Pasteur invented a largest art museum process dubbed pasteuriza- in the world! tion, heating up food to kill pathogens that would PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS? (Do you speak French?) cause it to spoil. Bonjour. Au revoir. French stylist Alexander (bohn-ZHOOR) (OH reh-VWAH) Godefroy invented the Hello or Good morning/ Goodbye. Good day. first hairdryer—a bonnet Je m’appelle attached to the chimney Merci beaucoup. (ZHUH muh-PEL) _____. pipe of a gas stove. (MAIR-see BOH-coo) My name is _____. Thank you very much.

AP PHOTOS AP Brothers Joseph-Michel and S’il vous plait. Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier Excusez-moi. (SEE voo PLAY) invented the hot-air balloon in (EX-cue-say MWAH) Please (literally, “If you Annonay, Ardeche, France. Excuse me. please”).

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6WK21_26-29_JB.indd 27 6/10/21 3:14 PM Tanitoluwa Adewumi poses with his trophy after winning the New York State Scholastic Championships tournament for kindergarten through third grade in 2019 when he was eight years old.

Imagine you have to leave your home country. You’re going to a place totally unfamiliar. You won’t have a home there yet. What do you know for sure? Only one thing: God will take care of you. That’s what has happened to Tani’s family and many other Nigerians. Right now, Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places to be a Christian. Islamic extremist groups kill Christians and take their land. No one brings these wrongdoers to justice. Over 2.1 million Nigerians have been driven from their homes. More than 778,000 are living out of place in nearby Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. People have a name for this gigantic problem: refugee crisis. (A refugee is anyone who escapes his or her home country because of disaster, persecution, or war. A crisis is an emergency.) The Nigerian refugee crisis has been going on for more than six years. These displaced people need food, education, and—of course—homes! Thousands of families have been separated while running from danger. Many parents are searching for their children. Some Nigerians find safety in the United States. That happened for the Adewumi family. Is life easy for them now? Probably not!

Have you ever moved? That can be a sad experience if you have to AP PHOTOS

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6WK21_26-29_JB.indd 28 6/10/21 3:16 PM 2019, Tani won the New York State Tournament. He was eight years old then. When asked how he plays, Tani smiles. “Aggressive,” he admits. Two years ago, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Emmanuel Tani practices for hours every day. Imagine Adewumi was homeless. is spring, he became you’re playing a board game. Do you ever think National Chess Master. ahead to a move you might make on your next “I really love that I ﬁ nally got it,” he says of turn? When Tani plays chess, he thinks up to 20 his new title. Finally? Tani is only 10 years old! moves ahead! In 2017, Tani’s family ran away from a Even when he doesn’t win, Tani enjoys chess. dangerous Islamist group in Nigeria. e group is “I say to myself that I never lose, that I only called Boko Haram. ese terrorists threatened learn,” he says, according to an interview at Tani’s family, who are Christians. It is not churchleaders.com. always safe to be known as a Christ follower in In May, Tani won an important tournament. Nigeria. at gave him enough points to earn the ranking Before coming to the United States, Tani of National Chess Master. started playing chess with paper pieces. His Tani isn’t ﬁ nished. He aims to become the opponent? His older brother Austin. world’s youngest Grandmaster. Grandmaster is In New York, the Adewumis lived in a the highest title a chess player can earn. e Manhattan homeless shelter. Tani played chess at current record holder achieved his rank at 12 school, online, and anywhere he could. His years, seven months. at gives Tani about 22 mother told him success takes “patience and months to reach his goal. prayer.” But Tani didn’t have to wait long. “I thank God for everything that He’s done trophy after winning the New York State Scholastic Championships tournament Tani plays chess with a bold, risky style. In for our family,” Tani says. for kindergarten through third grade in

leave friends behind. That’s just the beginning of the challenge for someone fleeing from another nation. When Tani moved to New York City, his family was safe. That was a good different! But he and his family probably still feel homesick for the customs, land, and neighbors they had to leave behind. Does someone in your neighborhood come from another country? Do you hear 1. disrepair a family on the playground speaking another language? God loves sojourners. You a) good condition can show His heart by welcoming foreigners into your life. b) bad condition You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, c) brand new and you shall love him as yourself. — Leviticus 19:34 condition

2. renowned Nigerians who escaped Boko a) infamous Haram gather at a refugee camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. b) famous c) unknown

3. aggressive a) forceful b) passive c) peaceful

Answers 4. sojourners on page 5 a) travelers b) performers c) chess masters AP PHOTOS

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6WK21_26-29_JB.indd 29 6/10/21 3:16 PM et’s Gardens Reo Mon pen Artist Claude Monet landscaped his property in Giverny [zhee-vair-nee], France, with brilliant flower beds. Today, those flowers continue to grow, creating a living artwork in Mr. Monet’s gardens. Most years, visitors flock to the gardens at Giverny to enjoy the flowers that inspired Mr. Monet’s impressionist paintings. But not last year. The gardens were closed to the public due to the pandemic. Only garden caretakers got to see the beautiful blooms. One of the Dania Beach monkeys Finally, the public is welcome to visit the gardens again. People can wander around the pond and through its famous water garden. They can meander paths leading through brilliant summer blossoms. The prophet Amos gave this promise to God’s people: “They shall make gardens and eat their fruit.” (Amos 9:14) Monkey M on Mystery et

No one knew where the monkey colony in Dania Beach, Florida, came from. Until now. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have traced the monkeys that live there to the Dania Chimpanzee Farm. The South Florida SunSentinel reports that monkeys escaped from the farm in 1948. Most of the monkeys were recaptured. But not all of them. Some disappeared into a mangrove swamp. That’s where their descendants live today. Florida Atlantic University scientists estimate that the colony has about 41 remaining monkeys. They traced

those critters’ genetics back to Africa. All appear to be PROJECT VERVET BEACH DANIA • MONKEY: PHOTOS AP MARKER: & STONE GARDENS vervets, or African green monkeys. Most likely, they were sold to the United States for medical and military research. “The community still loves them. They care for them. They want them protected,” says the study’s lead author.

Major Marker Move A Belgian farmer thought the stone marker near the edge of his farm was in his way. So he moved it. A group of local history fans on a walk saw the stone. They knew it marked something important: the border between Belgium and France. They also noticed that it had been moved. The stone’s new position gave Belgium about a quarter acre more land— for a little while. The mayor of the Belgian village of Erquelinnes reminded people that the stone’s location was important. He says, “You can’t just at will move boundary markers that have been there for a long time.” “If it belongs to us, it belongs to us,” says a resident of a nearby French village. Officials contacted the farmer. They asked him to put the

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6WK21_30-31_Shorts6.indd 30 6/10/21 12:45 PM Pachyderms on parade The Milky Way’s in China Busy Downtown This picture is truly out of this world! NASA has released a stunning image of the Milky Way’s swirling, super-energized center. Scientists playfully call it the galaxy’s “downtown.” The picture is a composite. That means it is made up of many images put together. A space telescope called the Chandra X-ray Observatory captured images from inside the galaxy. It took more than two decades to do so. Scientists pieced together 370 of those shots to form this image. It shows billions of stars and countless black holes in the heart of the Milky Way. Shoo, Elephants! Astronomers say this busy galactic Chinese authorities tried to stop a 15-elephant herd as it walked into center is 26,000 light years away. The the big city of Kunming. Authorities blocked traffic on roads while energy, light, colors, and features in the elephants crossed. They set up barriers. They used food as bait to keep picture may make us say “Wow!” But the herd from stomping through busy streets. But the pachyderms kept considering the mind of God who created moving. The elephants wandered the streets of Eshan. Residents waited it all is even more wondrous! inside buildings as the herd made its way through town. The big beasts tromped through Yuxi, a city of seven million people! A task force of 360 people with 76 cars and nine drones tracked the Astronomer Daniel Wang spent a year elephants. Damage caused by the herd is estimated to be $1.1 million, working on the according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Chinese wildlife authorities image while stuck don’t know why the elephants left a nature reserve last year. So far, they at home during the pandemic. have walked 300 miles together.

GARDENS & STONE MARKER: AP PHOTOS • MONKEY: DANIA BEACH VERVET PROJECT VERVET BEACH DANIA • MONKEY: PHOTOS AP MARKER: & STONE GARDENS Virtual Reality Helps Seniors

Residents of the John Knox Village senior community took a trip to the International Space Station—sort of. They traveled to the station by computer. Participants wore headsets with video and sound. They imagined floating through space as astronauts gave them a tour of the station. The seniors are part of a Stanford University study. “Regardless of my age, I was right in the middle of it,” says Anne Shelby. The 77-year-old had fun virtually touring the space station. In other programs, residents can take virtual visits to Paris, Venice, and Egypt. They can attend a car rally, skydive, or go on a hike. The program goal is to see if virtual reality can improve residents’ moods and teach them about technology. So far, it seems to

AP PHOTOS be working!

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6WK21_30-31_Shorts6.indd 31 6/10/21 12:54 PM You’ve reached the end of this issue. Way to go! Now see if you can solve these word-math problems. Each word/answer is taken from the articles in the issue.

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B P ———— ———— ———— – —— + + opposite of she ﬁ h le er of the — alphabet ———— + – – third le er of the alphabet — ——— A opposite of hi ————— – – N ————— T ————— —— opposite of oﬀ + sixteenth le er of — the alphabet happy cat sound + + – R R C ———— ——— ———— + – + O ———— ———— T ———— + – ____up F —————— + ———— P + ——— fourteenth le er of the alphabet — – – 1 ———————

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