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Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician. He lived from 1643 to 1727. He is famous because he discovered and explained many ideas that are now considered the foundation for physics – like gravity. He also developed new kinds of telescopes and invented calculus – a kind of math. Some of the most important discoveries he describes are called the three laws of motion. He wrote about these laws in his book “Principia.” Thinking about these laws of motion and how things naturally move in the world led him to his theory of gravity. Today, these laws might seem simple and obvious, but at the time they were revolutionary. During his lifetime, Newton was considered a genius, and his work made him famous across Europe.• The laws of motion were inspired by watching the ways that the planets and stars moved in the night sky.• The first law of motion states, “A body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by an external force.” This means that objects don’t stop, start or change directions by themselves. This force is often called inertia.• The second law focuses on the force that it takes to get an object moving. The larger the mass of an object, the more force it will take to accelerate the object. In physics this law is represented by an equation: Force = Mass x Acceleration. More force also means that an object will go faster.• The third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. An example of this might be pushing a cart. You push the cart and at the same time, the cart pushes back against you. The third law is what allows jets to produce thrust and fly.• Thousands of experiments over hundreds of years have all proven that these three laws of motion are true.• They are also called the Newtonian laws. www.ducksters.com/science/laws_of_motion.php www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/newton.html Statue of Sir Isaac Newton at Trinity www.livescience.com/46558-laws-of-motion.html www.biography.com/people/isaac-newton-9422656 College, Cambridge, UK4 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland AUGUST 2018

GRAVITY Is it different he theory of gravity was first theorized by Sir Issac Days to at different Newton. Today, we understand it as the force that a planet remember in places on August Earth? Texerts to draw things toward its center. Planets aren’t the The Panama Canal opened on strncooenargerer only things that have gravity. Anything with mass has gravity. Aug. 15, 1914, making it easier The more mass something has, the stronger the gravity is. for ships to travel between the less gravity Most objects are too small to exert enough gravity for it to Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It spaceplace.nasa.gov/what-is-gravity/en/ be noticeable in everyday life. Gravity becomes especially took 10 years to complete, and at powerful with objects as large as planets and moons. All the the time, it was the most expensive planets in our solar system have different masses, so the gravity project the U.S. government had of each is different. One hundred pounds on Earth would be taken on at $352,000,000. 253 pounds on Jupiter and 17 pounds on the moon. The 19th Amendment was ratified • Gravity is not the same everywhere on Earth for on Aug. 18, 1920, giving women several reasons. the right to vote. • Earth is not a perfect circle. On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin • Gravity gets weaker the farther from the center you are, so Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” gravity is weaker on top of mountains. speech. More than 200,000 • It is also weaker around the equator. people heard King as he gave the • Mount Nevado Huascaran in Peru has the weakest gravity speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Earth. • A point in the Atlantic Ocean has the strongest gravity on Earth. • Knowing the strength of gravity is important when building bridges and tunnels. • Gravity causes the tides. Gravity is what makes black holes so strange and dangerous. They have so much mass that they pull anything that gets too close into their center where it gets crushed. Not even light can escape the pull of a black hole. Scientists still have to learn a lot about black holes. They are hard to study because no information can escape them. www.newscientist.com/article/dn24068-gravity-map-reveals-earths-extremes/ www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_map_reveals_Earths_gravity_not_the_same_around_the_globe_999.html GEE THANKS!to our partners for sponsoring our Kidsville News! in literacy initiativeAUGUST 2018 To be a corporate educational sponsor, call: 910.484.6200 5 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

This page proudly sponsored by Kingdom: Animalia Clade: Pinnipedia Phylum: Chordata Family: Odobenidae Class: Mammalia Genus: Odobenus Order: Carnivora Species: O. rosmarus Walruses are marine mammals that live near the Arctic Circle. They live in one of the harshest environments on Earth. The Arctic and the Arctic Ocean often reach frigid temperatures. Walruses have been recorded swimming and hunting in -31 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. They can survive in this sort of weather because of their blubber and specialized blood vessels. Blubber is a thick layer of body fat that serves as insulation to keep the internal organs warm. A walrus’ layer of blubber can be 3.9 inches to 6 inches thick and could make up 1/3 of the animal’s body mass in the winter. This extra fat also works as an energy reserve. Walruses can burn this extra fat to survive if hunting does not go well. They can also constrict their blood vessels when it is cold. This keeps the warm blood near the important organs instead of losing heat from the skin. This movement of blood is why their skin looks white when they are cold and pink when they are warm. animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/walrus3.htm • They can stay underwater for • The whiskers are very sensitive seaworld.org/Animal-Info/Animal-Bytes/Mammals/Walrus up to 10 minutes. They do this tools. They can feel around on kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/walrus/#walrus-group.jpg by slowing their heart rate to the dark ocean floor for prey use less oxygen. like clams. • Male and female walruses are • Walruses are carnivores. about the same size, and both • Newborn calves can weigh have tusks and moustaches made of whiskers. around 99-156 pounds. • Walruses usually appear • Males use their tusks to fight. • They can also be used to pull reddish-brown. • Their diet consists of clams, the walrus out of the ocean and onto the ice or to break marine worms, snails, sea holes to the surface from cucumbers, squid and crabs. underneath the ice. • One walrus can eat 6,000 • They can weigh around clams in a single sitting. 3,000 pounds and grow up • The average walrus lives to to 11 feet long. around 40 years old.6 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland AUGUST 2018

A myth is a traditional legend or story that often recounts the actions of a hero or event. Usually these stories have no provable facts or natural explanations, but they may explain a culture’s beliefs or traditions. Many peoples have traditional myths that date back hundreds and even thousands of years. Reading myths is a great way to understand different cultures better. Often these stories are passed down through oral tradition. This means that elders tell the myths to younger generations who then memorize them and carry on the tradition. This practice has allowed people to keep stories that date back to before writing was invented. In Finland, the “Kalevala” is an important part of the national mythology. • It is the Finnish national epic. An epic is a long poem about legendary or historical figures. • The “Kalevala” is a collection of traditional poems, songs and incantations. • Elias Lönnrot collected these individual stories for many years and then compiled them into a single book that was published in tearly 1835. This had 32 stories. • In 1849, he published a larger version that is still read today. It is made of 50 poems, also called cantos or runes. • These poems discuss the creation of the world, gods, goddesses and the adventures of legendary heroes. • Most of the stories in the “Kalevala” are much older than Lönnrot. He was the first person to collect them and write them down in one place. • “Kalevala” means “land of heroes” and is another name for Finland. • It has been translated into 20 languages. • It shows both Pagan and Christian traditions in Finland. Every culture has its own story about how the world was made. This is usually a central part of a mythology and can introduce some of the most important figures like gods and goddesses. The very first canton in “Kalevala” tells the Finnish creation myth. The goddess Ilmatar is tossed in the sea for 700 years. Then a sea bird lays an egg on her knee. As she is tossed in the ocean, the egg breaks. The pieces of the broken egg turn into the world, the sun and the moon.www.britannica.com/topic/Kalevalawww.finnishmyth.org/FINNISHMYTH.ORG/Welcome.htmlwww.mythencyclopedia.com/Dr-Fi/Finnish-Mythology.htmlAUGUST 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 7

View of a risingash plume fromHalema‘uma‘u, acrater at the summitof Kīlauea, May 24,2018, as seen fromthe Caldera rim nearVolcano House. USGSscientists are stationedat this vantage pointto track the ongoingsummit explosions.W ith the recent eruptions from the Kilauea distance from the volcano, physical properties of the event. Before an eruption, make sure that you put volcano in Hawaii, concerns are mounting ash, the amount of ashfall and the readiness of a together an emergency kit. These emergency kits regarding the amount of volcanic ash community to respond. Communities near volcanoes should be located at home, at work and in tbe car, that is escaping into the atmosphere. Volcanic ash is are at the greatest risk for ashfall, although it can be and each should include safety glasses and dust made of tiny fragments of jagged rock, minerals and a problem hundreds of miles from a volcano after a masks for everyone. Other important items your safety volcanic glass. Ash is a product of explosive volcanic major eruption. kit may include are your medications, food, water, an eruptions and is a major hazard to aircrafts but can Volcanic ash is abrasive, making it an irritant to eyes emergency radio, phone charger and batteries. also become a major health hazard to the public. and lungs. Ashfall can cause minor to major damage During an eruption, the best thing you and your family to vehicles and buildings, contaminate water supplies, can do is to stay calm and stay indoors. Make sure Aircraft encounters with ash clouds can diminish disrupt sewage and electrical systems and damage or to place damp towels along the bases of doorways visibility for pilots, damage flight control systems and kill vegetation. After ashfall, affected airports must be and over other vents and openings in your home. It is cause jet engines to fail. To lessen these effects, air closed until ash is removed because of its hazard to jet also important to wear safety glasses and filtered dust traffic controllers must be notified as soon as possible engines. Roads near the volcano may be impassable masks as inhaling ash can be very harmful to your of any volcanic eruption to avoid volcanic ash until cleared. NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) health. After an eruption, make sure to stay tuned to clouds. National Weather Service forecasters at the collaborate with VAACs and other state and federal your local news source and listen for instructions from Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAACs) located in agencies to issue ashfall advisories and warnings. your local officials. Washington, D.C., and Anchorage, Alaska, play a vital role in this effort. Even though volcanic eruptions and ash are For more information on volcanic ash and safety so you and dangerous, you and your family can prepare so that your family can be prepared, visit: Impacts from ashfall also affect health, businesses you all can remain safe before, during and after an www.weather.gov/safety/airquality-volcanic-ash. and infrastructure. Impacts from ashfall depend on8 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland AUGUST 2018

This page proudly sponsored by Fayetteville AcademyReprinted with permission from NASA. Visit https://scijinks.gov/mission-manager/ to learn more.We often take it for granted that weather A TYPICAL DAY IN LAUNCH SERVICESsatellites will orbit Earth and give usinformation we need about the weather. Although Calero admits that she has a reallyHowever, launching a satellite into orbit is cool job – launching rockets for NASA –no easy task. Luckily, Diana Manent Calero, she says it’s also a lot of hard work. Caleroa mission manager in the Launch Services has to stay organized and juggle lots ofProgram at Kennedy Space Center, is very responsibilities.good at her job. “As a mission manager in the Launch ServicesIn November 2016, she and her team Program, you are usually working on aboutsuccessfully launched the GOES-16 weather three missions with varying launch dates.satellite into orbit. We recently spoke with her That means that each mission is in a differentabout her work – and the path she took to get stage, and you have to manage your timesuch a cool job! well,” she says.DREAMS OF SPACE Calero needs to understand how all the Diana Calero stands with the rocket carrying pieces of the launch – such as technical the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter spacecraft.“Like most kids, I dreamed of being an details and budget requirements – will fit Image courtesy of Diana Calero.astronaut when I grew up,” Calero says. together. She says communication is also aWhile reading through her baby book as a really important part of her job. Once the spacecraft is separated from the launchchild, she realized that she was born the same vehicle, the rocket’s job is done. And at that point,year as the first moon landing. “As I was “There is a lot of communication going in Calero’s job for the mission is done as well.reading the article, it struck me that I wanted all directions all the time. I may have a dayto be the one on the moon. I wanted to work where I will talk to people from all of the “The coolest part of my job is definitely the launchfor NASA,” she says. disciplines involved in a mission. I send lots – and best of all is launch day. It’s very exciting, of emails, but we also have many phone but also very nerve-racking,” she says.In high school, Calero took her first computer calls and in-person meetings to make sureprogramming class, and she was hooked. everyone in the mission is on the same page,” TIPS ON ENTERING THIS FIELDShe had found a passion – and a path to her she says.dream job at NASA. “If you get the chance to take advanced math in A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH middle and high school, take the challenge and“I studied hard, and I loved my engineering choose the tougher math class,” she says. “Don’tclasses. In my junior year, I had the Once Calero learns that she’ll be working be afraid to ask for help and don’t be discouragedopportunity to do an internship at the NASA on a mission, a lot happens to ensure a if you come upon some challenges in certainKennedy Space Center, and everything successful launch. “Throughout this time, we areas. You can overcome them, and the feeling offell into place for me,” Calero says. After study all of the ways that the spacecraft and satisfaction you get from that is fantastic.”graduation, she was offered a job at the rocket need to work together,” she says.Kennedy Space Center, and she’s worked “We do many analyses to make sure thatthere ever since. the spacecraft can withstand everything the rocket will put it through.” FAYETTEVILLE ACADEMY Why choose us for your child’s education? 9 3200 Cliffdale Road Fayetteville, NC 28303 • Voted Best Private School by Readers’ Choice and 910.868.5131 Best of Fayetteville readers’ polls www.fayacademy.orgFayetteville Acoadmemy is an independent, college • Chromebook and iPad pilot programs • Grades 4-7 LEGO® Robotics Teampreparatory school that offers Pre-K – 12th grade • Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab® openingstudents a personalized education that prepares themfor success in school and life. in 2018 • 81% of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 orFayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, higher.financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. • The 29 members of the Class of 2018 were offeredAUGUST 2018 more than $3.2 million in college scholarships and grants. • More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

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A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF MARS By Jane Houston Jones and Jessica Stoller-Conrad In 2018, Mars appeared brightest from July 27 to July 30. Its closest approach to Earth was July 31. That is the point in Mars’ orbit when it comes closest to Earth. Mars was at a distance of 35.8 million miles (57.6 million kilometers). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech In July 2018, skywatchers got an up-close view that night, too! directly in the middle. This event happened onof Mars – even without a telescope! In fact, on Keep in mind that even during its closest July 27 this year.July 31, Mars was closer to Earth than it has beenin 15 years. approach, Mars is still more than 35 million miles Although you may see news focusing on one away from Earth. That’s really far. So, Mars won’t of these two dates, Mars will be visible for many Why is that? appear as big as the moon in the sky, but it will months. For about three weeks before and three Like all the planets in our solar system, Earth and appear bigger than it usually does. weeks after opposition and closest approach, theMars orbit the sun. Earth is closer to the sun, and planet will appear the same size to a skywatcher.therefore it races along its orbit more quickly. Earth July and August will be a great time to checkmakes two trips around the sun in about the same out Mars. Through a telescope, you should From July 7 through Sept. 7, Mars will be theamount of time that Mars takes to make one trip. normally be able to make out some of the third brightest object in the sky (after the moon Sometimes the two planets are on opposite light and dark features of the red planet – and and Venus), shining even brighter than Jupiter.sides of the sun and are very far apart. Other sometimes even polar ice. However, a huge The best time to view Mars during this timetimes, Earth catches up with its neighbor and Martian dust storm is obscuring these features is several hours after sunset, when Mars willpasses relatively close to it. This is called Mars’s right now, so less planetary detail is visible. appear higher in the sky.closest approach to Earth, and it happened thisyear on July 31. The moon was near Mars on There was another important Mars date in Mars will still be visible after July and August, but July: Mars opposition. Mars opposition is when each month it will shrink in size as it travels farther Mars, Earth and the sun all line up, with Earth from Earth in its orbit around the sun.AUGUST 2018 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland 19

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Promote healthy weight starting with school lunch Although there are a variety of theories how parents and school districts can help Many people don’t realize just how manybehind the growing obesity problem plaguing make school lunches more nutritious and calories beverages add to their daily intake.North American adults and children, the delicious and lower in calories. Even a six-ounce, 100percent apple juice canmost consistent findings point to caloric include as many as 96 calories. Sodas andintake as the culprit. Here’s a simple equation CONTROL SNACK INTAKE. The U.S. other soft drinks pack a hefty caloric punch.to get to the root of the problem: Department of Agriculture says that more Water, seltzer and unsweetened iced tea are than one-fourth of kids’ daily caloric intake healthy beverage options. If milk is the go-to Calories eaten > calories spent = weight comes from snacking. Choosing smarter beverage, choose a reduced-fat version.gain. snacks may help reduce overeating. Good snacks can include grain products that INTRODUCE NEW FOODS. Children can be According to National Health Examination contain 50 percent or more whole grains notoriously picky eaters, but with patienceSurveys, adult obesity trends in the United by weight; snacks in which the primary and perseverance, parents can introduceStates between 1976 and 2014 indicate the ingredient is a fruit, a vegetable, dairy new, healthy foods at lunchtime. Yogurt,percentage of the adult population classified product or lean protein; snacks that are a hummus and salsa are healthy and can addas obese has roughly doubled to more combination food that contain at least a 1⁄4 flavor to vegetables and fruit. When makingthan 38 percent in the last three decades. cup of fruits or vegetables and foods that sandwiches, exchange refined breads forChildren may be learning eating habits contain no more than 200 calories. whole-grain varieties. Choose lean proteinfrom their parents, potentially contributing sources, and go heavy on vegetables andto rising obesity rates in children as well. READ NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION. fruits for natural fiber, which will createRecent findings from the Centers for Disease When selecting foods for school lunches, feelings of satiety.Control and Prevention indicate one in five parents should read the nutritionalschool-aged children and young people in information to make sure they know exactly READ THE SCHOOL MENU. Let childrenthe United States is obese. In Canada, the what they are feeding their children. Select indulge in ordering from the school menuPublic Health Agency says roughly one in foods that are low in saturated fats and when healthy options are featured. Urge themseven children is obese. cholesterol and high in fiber and nutrient- to try something unexpected, rather than rich fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. sticking to chicken nuggets or pizza days. Teaching children healthy eating habits Healthy eating habits begin in childhood andstarts at home and can extend to what GO WITH WATER. Rethinking beverage can be initiated with school lunch.students are given to eat while at school. choices can help control kids’ caloric intake.The Center for Science in the Public Interest 21says schools across the country are working www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland hard to improve school nutrition. Here’sAUGUST 2018

Fourteen years after the first film was the sleep deprivation on the characters’ faces released, we finally have the continuation and not just in bags under their eyes. I really like of the Pixar animated hit, and I would seeing all these details. dare say, every year of waiting as worth it because this film is truly incredible. Since the main characters are all super heroes, there’s lots of action. I feel like this The story follows the Parr family, as it movie is really creative with all the different looks like being super heroes (Supers) is powers, particularly those for Violet and against the law, but then an opportunity Elastigirl. There’s lots of cool stuff they do with for Elastigirl to change people’s view of Violet’s force fields and Elastigirl’s stretching. Supers occurs, while Mr. Incredible stays at home with the kids. They also introduce a group of new Supers who are very creative. From the design, to The animation in the first movie was the powers, I think the group is a cool addition to pretty good by 2004 standards. What the story. I find interesting is that this movie looks Of course, the elephant in the room is Jack- really similar to the first. It feels as if it’s the Jack. In the first movie, they show that Jack-Jack same animation, just updated. That isn’t a has powers. They never specify what powers he bad thing. In fact, I actually like it. I love has. An important plot point in the movie is about how you can see small details such as the Jack-Jack’s powers. However, now I’m even more fabric textures on the clothes. You can see confused. Off the top of my head, he has 11 powers, and I may have forgotten some. The movie also has slight implications that this isn’t normal, and now I’m incredibly curious. Hopefully it won’t take another 14 years for an answer. Yes, I am ready for “Incredibles 3!” This movie also excels in character development. Since the typical parent roles are switched, with the mom working and the dad staying at home watching the kids, it very subtly shows off both Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl’s characters and motivations. It genuinely feels like a continuation, as it does address Mr. Incredible’s desire to be a super hero again. It also shows how raising a family takes team work. I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 18, as the movie is kind of dark at times.22 www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland AUGUST 2018

BEGINNER READS 1-2-3: A Child's First Counting A Couple of Boys Have the Best Book Week Ever By Alison Jay By Marla Frazee For ages 0-3 For ages 4-7 Each page represents a number and James and his friend Eamon spend a also offers delightful hidden surprises. week with Eamon's grandparents, Bill Every page is a scavenger hunt with and Pam. Each day Bill drives them to tons of little details tucked into the camp where they seem underwhelmed nooks and crannies of the illustrations by the activities. Bill, an Antarctica that reinforce that page's number. buff, wants to take the boys to the Children (and their parents) will enjoy penguin exhibit at the Natural History recognizing characters they know well. Museum, but they'd rather stay home.PAGETURNERS Not So Normal Norbert Hero By James Patterson and Joey Green By Mike Lupica For ages 8-12 For ages 8-12 James Patterson's rollicking new middle Fourteen-year-old Zach Harriman knows grade novel is a hilarious adventure into he has a pretty amazing dad. He ac- a futuristic world where different is cepts that his dad’s job as a govern- dangerous, imagination is insanity and ment agent with a high security clear- creativity is crazy! Norbert Riddle lives ance means that Zachary must be kept in the United State of Earth, where in the dark about much of what he normal means following the rules, does. When Zach’s father dies, Zach never standing out and being exactly learns just how many secrets his dad the same as everyone else, down to the had, including his super-hero powers. plain gray jumpsuits he wears every What is more surprising to Zach is that day. He's been normal his whole life — these powers are hereditary! until now! ChompADVANCED READS By Carl Hiaasen For ages 10-12 Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator By Jennifer Allison Meet the Cray family of Florida: Wahoo For ages 10 & Up Cray’s dad, Mickey, is a professional animal wrangler, and the family’s backyard is a Thirteen-year-old Gilda Joyce has been pretty wild place; it’s a real zoo! However, interested in surveillance ever since over the years, his dad’s unpredictable be- reading Harriet the Spy. Her favorite havior and terrible business sense have led possession is the old manual typewriter to a steady decline in income, and when her father gave her before he died. She Wahoo’s mom is forced to take a long-term likes to imagine that her father's spirit job in China in order to pay the bills, is inside, encouraging her to write. After Wahoo is left to help manage the animals announcing to her class that she will be AND his temperamental dad. going to San Francisco for the summer and writing a novel, Gilda must figure out a way to make that happen.AUGUST 2018 Kidsville News, Truman and James Patterson's READKIDDOREAD.COM are pleased to 23 partner on this page to help you discover books that the kids you love are sure to love. www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland

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