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...
by Gabrielle Fu, age 11 Ricky promptly took a sheet of paper to do his homework, which was his favorite assignment yet. In this project, he was supposed to write a composition about his pet. As he had so many pets, he considered writing about his goldfish, cat, guinea pig, rabbit, or his...
by Ally Dickinson, age 11 As his homemade cart sped out of control, Nick became increasingly terrified. He and his brother, Flavius, had built the cart because they lived far from their school and they wanted to get to class faster. Nick’s brother, Flavius, who was a few years older than...
