tiger times The Voice of Dewey Elementary School • Evanston, IL • March 2018 Why Students Need a Longer Lunch/Recess Time By Meera Field and Elliot Hoffner “We think that kids Mr. Marcus need a longer Interview lunch and recess By Stephanie Lippke and because kids are Morgan Mangrich better in class when Do you know Mr. Marcus? Well he is the D.I.M.E instructor at Dewey, the YMCA, they get time to Lincoln, King Arts and other places. In case you don’t know, D.I.M.E. stands for Dance Is My NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft play and have fun.” Everything. He teaches hip hop!!! Have fun!!!!!!!! By Albert Zhu Would you want to ride a school bus to Saturn? Due to no fuel, on September 15, 2017 Cassini Everyone at Dewey knows how much pressure Well NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is just the did a thing called Cassini’s Grand Finale. It there is to finish their lunch in the 20 minutes same! This spacecraft is named after Giovanni started on April 28, 2017. During the Grand we have. We also know how much pressure Cassini (1625-1712), who was a mathematician, Finale, Cassini did 22 dives between Saturn and there is to get all your energy out. We think astronomer, and engineer. It is manufactured in the rings and on the final dive, Cassini plunged that kids need a longer lunch/recess because NASA’s Jet Propulsion laboratory. What you’ll into Saturn because NASA didn’t want to hurt kids are better in class when they get time to see on the outside is that Cassini is coated in foil any extraterrestrial life. play and have fun. Also, kids shouldn’t feel the to protect it in the freezing temperature of space. need to eat fast. The series of instruments on Cassini include dust Kids need a longer recess so they can get energy analyzer, magnetometer, radio and plasma wave out. Kids who get all their energy out can do antennas, infrared and ultraviolet spectrometer, better in class. We and some of our friends feel gas spectrometer, ion and neutral mass spectrom- that we don’t get all of our energy out and we eter. These instruments were on when Cassini feel unfocused in class. Meera personally feels did the final plunge into Saturn, which hap- that she still has lots of energy in her when she pened on September 15, 2017. The spacecraft is trying to listen in class and pay attention. carried a special guest – The Huygens probe and lander. This probe was named after Christian Kids also need a longer time to eat. Some kids Huygens (1629-1695). Huygens discovered the feel rushed and have to eat quickly which might Q: Why did you start hip hop? Orion Nebula. lead to choking or a stomach ache. Sometimes A: Because I love to dance. Hip hop is my it feels like you can only be quiet and eat. When favorite type of dance!!! When Cassini reached Saturn, it dropped the actually we should be talking and eating our Huygens probe on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. food. If the time is too short you won’t finish Q: What is your favorite dance move? During the mission, Cassini discovered icy your lunch and most likely will be hungry. A: The MoonWalk. plumes from Enceladus, water on Titan, and a lot of other stuff. Now here’s a funny thing! In conclusion, lunch/recess should be a time Q: When did you start D.I.M.E.? Huygens probe landed with a splat! Cassini to see friends from other classes and let your A: 3 years ago. launched in October 15, 1997, and the mission energy free. We think that lunch and recess ended with a crash into Saturn’s atmosphere on should be 30 or 35 minutes long. Thanks for Q: Who encourages you? September 15, 2017. reading. We hope this essay makes a change to A: My mentors, family and students. our wonderful school. Even though I mentioned SOME instruments Q: Who is your favorite Disney character ? above, here’s ALL of them: A: GOOFY!!!!!!!!!! • Cassini plasma spectrometer (CAPS) • Composite Infrared spectrometer (CIRS) Q: What/who gets you up when your • Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) feeling down? • MIMI Ion & Neutral Camera (MIMI INCA) A: Ms. Jorden, my mom and mentors. • Low Energy Magnetospheric Measure- ment System (MIMI LEMMS) Q: Does D.I.M.E. make you happy? Why? • Charge-Mass-Energy spectrometer A: YES!!!!!! Because I can see my students (MIMI CHEMS) every week and help the world. • Magnetometer (MAG) • Radio Detection & Ranging (RADAR) Mr. Marcus is a great hip hop teacher! As a • Radio & Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) matter of fact, D.I.M.E. has many shows. :) • Radar Science Subsystem (RSS) • Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) Remember, you can take Mr. Marcus’ hip hop • Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) D.I.M.E. class here at Dewey on Wednesday • Visible & Infrared Mapping Spectrometer mornings! In the News Our World....................... page 2 Creative Corner .............. page 10 Cultural Affairs ............... page 4 Profiles .......................... page 11 Science & Technology .... page 6 Fun Pages ...................... page 11 Sports ............................ page 8 our world Morton Arboretum vs. Zoo Lights Only One Place to go for a Light Show By Selma Farhan and Anya Gill Morton Arboretum Zoo Lights Everyone likes light shows, right? Where have But everybody knows Zoo Lights is SOOOOOO All About Mason Park you been, Morton Arboretum or Zoo Lights? much better!! So, let’s get on to Zoo Lights, Well, there’s only one place to go for a light located at the Lincoln Park Zoo, where Anya has By Adele Fammeree and Chloe Boynton-Henderson show! been. “It was spectacular sight to see,” said Anya. On a cold day in January, we went to the Evanston History Center. We went through many newspa- Let’s start with Morton Arboretum, located This is Anya’s personal experience of being per clippings and collected lots of information, so that we can tell you all about Mason Park! in Downers Grove, where Selma has been. “It there: First, I saw the park as we were driving looked like the trees were on fire from a dis- on Lake Shore Drive, it was AMAZING! That The first newspaper clipping we found was published in March, 1950. It said the City Council voted tance.” she said. wasn’t even the best part! When I arrived, I was on Monday night to pay $15,000 dollars for a shelter house at Mason Park. It said the “house” would given special glasses that when you looked at the be 27 feet by 43 feet in area. “It will contain a large clubroom, a directors room, a storage room, This is Selma’s personal experience of being lights they were different shapes, and mine were sanitary facilities, and a heater, and a tool storage room” –Evanston Review there: First, there was the thrill! Even in the dinosaurs! When I looked at the trees, (which parking lot, you could see so many plants that were covered in lights) 1,000 little dinosaurs In January of 1964, the City Council decided to replace the shelter house in Mason Park because it looked magically lit up, all the lights on the trees, were “in the trees”. There was a small Ferris was falling apart. The City Council promised a construction company $32,382 dollars for a new shel- I could only imagine how much work it took to Wheel that I went on, it wasn’t as big as the ter. It ended up being a 50 foot by 36 foot structure. The paper said installation of basketball courts, put all those lights up. We took a long walk next Centennial Wheel at Navy Pier, but it was still play equipment, and fencing was also scheduled for completion that fall. –Evanston Review to some fairly small trees with white, blue, and fun. There was also a light maze that I tried out. green lights. Next, we passed by huge trees with It wasn’t your usual corn maze. The “maze” part The current clubhouse in Mason Park is not the one that we have been talking about. There was an- purple and white lights coming out from behind was made up of short wire fences that were cov- other reconstruction that took place, but our research did not get that far. So if you want to continue the trees, making them glow. Here were some of ered in lights. In other words, Zoo Lights was an to figure out the history of Mason Park, go to the Evanston History Center, which is located at 225 my favorite parts: outdoor museum. There were light “exhibits,” as Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201, or go to their website at http://evanstonhistorycenter.org/. You I like to put it. For example, There was a whole can also research the history of other parks there, or your schools, or even your own home. • The firepits. There were three along the path entire section devoted to Alice In Wonderland. I and they were and exiting treat to warm up found it curiouser and curiouser. We hope you enjoyed reading some of the history about Mason Park! on cold nights. • There were also places where classical music Thousands of people come every year to see the would play behind a scene of various paths lit-up trees, the Lincoln Park Zoo and the overall leading out of the trees, and the lights would thrill of Zoo Lights. Now, let’s get down to the censor the sounds and make the trees light up bare bones, even if you’ve been to Zoo Lights History of the Popsicle with wonder.