Highlights for children october 2016

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Fun This Month

Find the Pictures

Can you find each of these 12 pictures

at another place in this magazine ?

Toasted Mummy Snack

1 Toast half of a hot-dog bun

2 Spread pizza sauce on top.

3 Use strips of cheese for the mummy’s wraps Add two bits of pepperoni for eyes.

Puffy paint

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dark paint

Glow-in-the-3.

Where are all the apples?

Help Natalie and Andy

find at least 10 of them.

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By Christine French Cully

Editor in Chief

Dear Reader

Visit and make a suncatcher

Then send me a photo!

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Sunlit Artwork

When I was a kid, I enjoyed making suncatchers Sometimes I’d use a kit with colorful plastic pieces, but it was even more fun to make them with melted crayons or colored tissue paper They all looked cheery when they were lit by the sun

Last year, I saw some of the most beautiful “suncatchers”

ever made I visited the Reims Cathedral in France, which contains stained-glass windows

created by artist Marc Chagall

The blue glass, in particular, took my breath away How did Chagall create such vivid colors? Learn about his process on pages 16–18

Seeing some of Chagall’s work made me interested again in creating suncatchers I know the ones I make—

even if I use brightly colored glass—

will never come close to being as lovely

as the windows made by the famous Chagall But it’s fun to try And we are lucky to have the work of famous artists to inspire us

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Name five things that take

you five seconds or less

Capture the Sun

Marc Chagall’s artwork flickers with light

Food trucks are busy at lunchtime in the park

22 Don’t Be Afraid

Halloween is just too spooky for Skunk

25 No Tricks , All Treats!

Spider Cakes, anyone?

Dear Highlights ,

22

1Find a quiet

place Take out only

the things you need

It can be hard to focus , Sawyer! Try these tips,

and ask family and friends for ideas

Get

ROLLING!

October is National Roller Skating

—Sawyer, Montana

10

26 Jewel Bird

The gorgeous national bird

of Guatemala

See drawings and poems

by creative kids

Almost Got Away

Quick-thinking

Clarabella is set on

finding lost gold

Kids turned their

initials into art like

Eiko’s Pixel Man

A candy carrier,

“floating” eyes,and more

on Bat Mountain

Relatives of thisbat are making acomeback

What do skeletons saybefore mealtime?

Bold Artist

Marc Chagall’s

life was as fascinating as his

of the

alphabet?

If you could decide which 180 days of the year you ’d have school, how would you choose ?

What does it feel like to miss

someone or something ?

Name five actions that take you five seconds

or less

in order ?

“Pepper always barks just before noon !” said Lou Why might she

PHRASES?

THE END

By Neal Levin

Art by Michael Petrik

Owl-oween

Photo by MIT Art by Robert L Prince.

What ’s

It For ?

The inventorsthink their robot willlead to many smaller robotsthat do different jobs.

Early on, the robots might

inspect equipment and workplaces “These robots

can travel through very intricate, small, narrow

pipelines that are difficult

to inspect with today’s

technology,” says team leader

Dr Daniela Rus.

Later, the robots might

be used to treat illnesses,

possibly by carrying medicine directly to small places in the body or even by performing surgery Once the robots

become fast and inexpensive

to make, who knows what

new uses they might have?

Electromagnets under the floorpush and pull the magnet

up and down at different

angles, directing the robot’s movements.

Laser-cut lines

guide the foldswhen heat shrinks

the middle layer.

Tiny robots like this one

may do big jobs someday.

Most origami objects are

imitations: an origami cat can’t

walk, and an origami frog can’t

swim But a new origami robot

can walk and swim and do

much more because it’s not an

imitation—it’s a real robot

Developed at the

Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, the tiny machine

even folds itself It starts as a

sheet of shiny plastic, three

layers thick and less than one

inch square Laser-cut lines

score the top and bottom layers

By Andy Boyles, Contributing Science Editor

It folds itself and goes to work!

in an origami pattern, and

a magnet is attached on top

When the plastic is heated, the middle layer shrinks along the scored lines, folding the f lat sheet into a springy, three-dimensional shape less than a half inch long

As soon as the last crease is made, the robot scurries away

Without a single nut, bolt, motor, wire, or microchip inside

it, the robot can walk up a slope, carry an object heavier than itself, and even swim

Three layers

of different kinds of plastic make up the

and

“I felt like Goofus when I

took my friend ’s pen without

asking .”

Adriana, Age 9, Georgia

Goofus forgets to put the scissors back where they belong

“You still have food, but here’s some for later,” says Goofus.

Gallant puts tools back where

he found them.

“Sorry, Peanut You’re supposed to get just half a can,” says Gallant.

There’s some of Goofus and Gallant in us all

When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.

Art by Leslie Harrington.

Goofus or Gallant ! Visit HighlightsKids com or write to

“I felt like Gallant when

I helped my father rake leaves .”

Leo, Age 8, New Jersey

Goofus and Gallant Moments

803 Church StreetHonesdale, PA 18431 OCTOBER 2016 9

T im watched as the moving van was

unloaded next door And then—yes!

He saw bicycles and bunk beds Maybe

there’d be someone his age living there.

The following morning, Tim heard a

basketball bouncing He stuck his head

around the hedge to investigate “Hey,”

called Tim when he saw a boy his age.

The boy looked around and grinned

at Tim “Where’d you come from?”

“I live on this side of the hedge,” said

Tim “Want to ride bikes?”

“Sure,” said the boy “I’ll tell my mom

and then meet you out front.”

Tim went back to get his bike and

rode up the sidewalk The new boy was

already waiting there, looking up the

The

“Want to

ride bikes?”

By M Coutts Ù Art by Chris Jones

street “Ready to go?” Tim asked.

The boy looked surprised “Go where?” he asked He wasn’t as friendly

as he was a few minutes ago.

“Just a quick ride around the neighborhood,” Tim said.

“What’s your name?” asked the boy.

“Oh, sorry My name’s Tim.” He pointed toward his house “I live there.” The boy’s smile returned “I’m

Walden,” he said He turned to his mom, who was planting f lowers “Is it

OK if I ride with Tim?”

“Sure,” she said “Be careful.”

Tim led the way up the street to the library, around the school, and back down the block to his own house “Want

to come over for lunch?” he asked.

“Sure,” said Walden “Do you know what you’re having?”

Day WEIRD with

Walden

10 OCTOBER 2016

Tim answered

the door.

“I’ll ask my dad if he can make

grilled cheese,” said Tim.

“Great,” said Walden “I love grilled

cheese I’ll go check with my mom.”

Tim found his father in the laundry

room Dad said that company for lunch

was fine, and he offered to make fruit

salad to go with the sandwiches.

Tim ran over to Walden’s house to

tell him His friend’s bike was parked

by the front steps, but he was nowhere

in sight Then Tim heard bouncing

again He walked along the hedge to

the backyard “Hello?” he called.

Walden waved “What happened to

you?” he asked.

“Sorry,” said Tim “I had to find my

dad It’s OK for you to come over for

lunch, and we’ll have grilled cheese.”

Walden didn’t look so happy about

grilled cheese anymore “And he’ll

make fruit salad, too,” Tim added.

Walden smiled “I love fruit salad I’ll

go ask my mom and meet you in front.”

Tim walked slowly along the hedge to the front yard, thinking that Walden changed his mind a lot But at least he was quick—he was already waiting on his front porch when Tim got there.

“It’s OK with my mom as long as

I change my shirt first,” Walden reported “I’ll be over in a few minutes.” Tim was in the kitchen taking plates out when the doorbell rang He was about to say “Hi, Walden” as he answered the door, but he stopped On the step stood two identical boys, both with big smiles Walden and

“Hi,” said one “I never introduced myself I’m Braden.”

“Well, this explains a lot,” said Tim, laughing Then he called, “Dad, could you please take out another plate?”

“Want to come

over for lunch?”

Walden changed his mind a lot.

OCTOBER 2016 11

hold the shell.

The coconut octopus is the only invertebrate (animal without

a backbone) known to carry a “tool.” Unlike a lobster or turtle, the coconut octopus has no protective shell So it finds a seashell or coconut shell to lug around, and if the octopus feels threatened , it hides inside.

Math-Magic? MAKE ITthe strip to give it a twist: Cut a long strip of paper Without untwisting it, tape the ends Flip over only one end of

of the strip together The resulting shape is a mathematical curiosity called a Möbius strip

What’s curious about it? Here’s how to find out

TRY THIS : Start coloring one side of the strip Keep going on that whole side Did you color on the front of the paper?

On the back? There seems to be only one, continuous side!What happens when you cut along the middle of the strip (the long way)? Will you get two loops—or one?

Try This!

12 OCTOBER 2016

Walked on allfour legs

Beak at the front of the mouth

Thumb spike on front feet

Was studied from

a partial skeletonand a tooth

Morelladon

more-AY-ah-dohn

“tooth from Morella” (the area in Spain

where the fossils were found)

Morelladon was one of many relatives

of Iguanodon roaming the earth around

the same time It differed from the others

by having a low sail on its back, which

may have been used for display, warming

itself in the sun, or storing energy

Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic

125 million years ago

It’s true that the top of a mountain is a bit closer to the Sun, but not enough to make a big difference in the heat from it

Mountaintops are colder because as warm air rises from the base of

a mountain, it has less air pushing down on it from above The rising air expands, meaning that the air molecules move farther away from one another Like any gas, air cools when it expands

Another reason is that at the base of a mountain, water vapor in the air acts like a blanket, holding heat in the atmosphere near the base Higher up, the air is drier (has less water vapor), so not

as much heat is held in; it escapes to space

If you are closer to the Sun on a high mountaintop, why is it so cold up there?

Alayah Raccuglia

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Hilly = Chilly?

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Check out our Hidden Pictures app!

Want a challenge ?

Fold back page 15

to hidethe pictureclues.

In this big picture, find the baseball cap, book, pine tree, hammer, turtle, banana, toothbrush,

flute, comb, musical note, artist’s brush, slice of pie, crown, and sailboat.

Sloth Sleepover

By Jennifer Harney

14 OCTOBER 2016

Picture Clues

Cloudy

Above the city

a gray wash of wet on wet watercolors

seeps across the paper sky.

—Rebecca J Gomez

A book never written: How to

Slow Down and Enjoy Life byRay Strack.

Evan Schultz , Oklahoma

Jim : Someone called you an

owl today Paige : Who? Who?

Jim : Now I see why!

Olivia , New York

I was reading a book aboutantigravity I couldn’t put it

Lacey , Rhode Island

Steve : What do you call the

outer part of a tree? Harry : I don’t know.

Steve : Bark, Harry, bark.

Harry : Arf, arf!

Cheng Han Li , California

BONUS

Can you also f ind

the pear, pencil,

ABOVE : Artist Marc Chagall at work LEFT: Chagall’s stained- glass window at Chichester Cathedral in England

At the age of 70, the famous painter Marc Chagall discovered that by designing stained-glass windows, he could breathe bright color and light into his artwork

“I had to make stained-glass windows I had to get myself into daylight,” he said

By the late 1950s, Chagall had already spent more than

50 years exploring the bold use

of color His paintings had made him famous and inspired

countless artists From then until his death in 1985, he created windows for churches, chapels, synagogues, and other buildings around the world.Today, people still marvel at how his stained-glass creations

f licker and change with the sun.Born in 1887 in a Russian-Jewish town, Chagall started painting at the age of 19 He was frustrated by the neutral colors

By Anna Levine

Artist Marc Chagall put

stained glass in a new light.

came from the outside.”

Chagall lived through turmoiland tragedy When World War Ibegan in 1914, he happened to

be in his hometown He and hisnew wife, Bella, were not able toleave for Paris for nine years

Then, in 1941, because theywere Jewish, the Chagallshad to leave France to escapepersecution by the Nazisduring World War II In 1944came another devastating blow:

Chagall’s beloved Bella died of

an infection

Drawn to Stained Glass

By the 1950s, Chagall’s lifewas calmer The war had ended

He had returned to France andremarried He continued tomake his dreamlike paintingsand was now world-famous

One day, during a stroll through the French countryside,

he discovered a picturesque chapel He imagined replacing its walls with stained-glass windows Some time later, in a 700-year-old cathedral, he saw

a stained-glass window that contained a green donkey It looked as if Chagall might have created it himself Here was a sure sign, he thought, that he should create his own stained-glass windows

He began collaborating with master glassworker Charles Marq Many stained-glass windows are made of f lat colors, but Chagall used various techniques to create the effects

he wanted He painted images

on glass, then had them fired to high temperatures, making the lines and colors part of the glass

of traditional Russian art He

loved to paint with strong blues,

reds, and yellows In 1911, he

moved to Paris, France There,

actors, writers, musicians, and

artists from around the world

were creating new art forms

Bold Fantasies and Colors

Chagall learned new ways of

painting but stayed true to his

childhood memories While

others chose modern subjects,

he painted scenes of fantasy and

fairy tales based on an older,

peasant-like way of life Acrobats

and green horses f loating above

rooftops, yellow skies, and red

trees were all creations of his

imagination “My familiar

sources remained the same,”

he said “I did not become a

Parisian, but now the light

“I had to make

stained-glass windows I had to

get myself into

there thanks to an immenseamount of everyday work.”

When Chagall was asked todesign stained-glass windowsfor a synagogue in Jerusalem,Israel, he faced a new challenge

The Jewish religion forbids the drawing of human figures

Since Chagall was not allowed

to include images of people inthe windows, what could he

do instead?

Bible Stories in Glass

He told the story of the

12 tribes of Israel with animals

He drew the animals described

in the Bible stories to representeach of the tribes He then chose

a vibrant color for each window

When the sunlight shinesthrough the glass, it sparkles

as if made of rubies, diamonds, and emeralds

At the same time, Chagallwas creating huge stained-glasswindows for the Roman Catholic

Metz Cathedral in France Theseworks tell the stories of biblicalheroes Chagall’s Jacob wrestling

an angel f lickers and glistens with life in the sun

as the symbol of peace and life,Chagall designed the windowwith an angel soaring from abouquet of f lowers, animals

f loating in the sky, and mothers cuddling their children

Chagall had lived throughtwo world wars and personaltragedy, but he still had hopefor the future He often refusedpayment for his stained-glasswindows, especially those hemade for places of worship

He created them as giftsfor the world, gifts that capture the sun

“Stained glass is not so easy,” he

once said “You have to approach

it as if you were trying to catch

a mouse Not in a cage but

with your hand There are no

foolproof methods, you either

catch it or you don’t.”

Marq admired Chagall’s

energy He said Chagall worked

“with the precision of those

tightrope walkers he loves, who

f ly in their weightlessness up

BELOW : One of Chagall’s windows

at Reims Cathedral in France

RIGHT : One of Chagall’s twelve

windows in the Abbell Synagogue

at the Hadassah University Medical

Center in Jerusalem , Israel.

(Continued from page 17)

18 OCTOBER 2016

Art by David Coulson.

Anyone see

a dog-food truck?

How is it different ?

Why might someone choose to run

chefs probably keep in mind as

Which one of these food trucks

Compare these two pictures Can you find at least 18 differences?

Jayden is working to improve his typing speed He

typed some practice sentences about his day, but he

accidentally scrambled one word in each sentence.

Can you find and unscramble the jumbled words so

that each sentence makes sense?

1 I ate barn flakes for breakfast.

2 We ran a lime in gym class.

3 Our math cheater gave us a test today y

4 My baby brother took a pan in the

afternoon

5 I wrote a report on the taste of Montana.

6 Mom said I had to eat all my green apes

Windy Word Find

Answers on page 38.

Six words are hidden in this scene Can you find them?

It’s lunchtime, but Ben can’t

get to his lunchbox He has

forgotten his locker combination!

Luckily, he remembers some

clues that might help Using

the clues, can you figure out the

three numbers in Ben’s locker

combination?

Clues

1 The first number equals the

number of months in a year

2 The second number falls

halfway between the first

and last numbers

3 The last number is double

the first number

Bonus !

Unscramble the letters

below to find out what

Ben packed for lunch

NA ECIGREB-RE.

By Clare Mishica

Answers on page 38.