by Susan Heil, age 13 Horrible, bloodthirsty, and relentless are the words most often used when discussing spiders. Pondering these frightening arachnids, most people believe that the piercing, harpoon-like bite from the spider will certainly plunge the victim into inevitable doom...
by Kellyn Bertsch, age 12 The “Trail of Tears” was an appalling event in American history that most everyone, Cherokees and Americans alike, will always remember. In the early 1830s, over 100,000 Native Americans dwelt in southeast America on millions of acres of fertile land. The Native...
by Joshua Cuellar, age 8 In Antarctica, ice covers the entire continent. Surprisingly, it is actually a desert that receives less than four inches of moisture per year. The Antarctic snow has piled on top of the land for hundreds of years. Because of this, ice is over a mile thick in many...
by Taryn Perry, age 16 The Petri dish is an amazingly useful invention. However, with its simple design, it is easy to overlook. Far from insignificant, this dish has aided in many scientific studies from analyzing influenza to culturing scarlet fever in milk. This dish has revolutionized...
by Jessica Andress, age 16 Winter raged outside. It battered the shutters, whistled down the chimneys, and threatened to burst asunder the front doors of the ancient mansion with its exceptionally gusty breath. On that frigid afternoon, when the wild wind fumed over the frosted lands like...
