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The Kraken: Is this mythical creature real?
12.31.06
!["19th Century drawing depicting a ship reportedly attacked by a kraken off the coast of Angola. [source: http://www.unmuseum.org/kraken.htm]](http://www.childrencomefirst.com/cms/uploads/kraken-sm.jpg) What do "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Jules Verne's
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" have in common? They both talk about the Kraken, the most
horrifying legendary sea monster ever. And now
Japanese researchers off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo have filmed the
capture of one such giant creature. The giant squid they captured is 3.5 meters long (11.5 feet), still a young specimen by giant squid standards.
Mice Sing Love Songs to their Mates
October 31,2005
  You probably know humpback whales sing, don't you? They're one of the largest mammals on earth and you can buy CDs with their songs in them. But did you know scientists have just discovered that one of the tiniest mamals on earth also sings love songs to their mates? Tiny little mice's love songs have now been recorded. Click on the title of this article and listen to their songs.
Let's rewrite "the Star-Money" Story!
September 28, 2005
We recently posted to the CCF site a link to National Geographic's Grimms' Fairy Tale interactive pages.
When you click the treasure chest within those pages, one of the options that
comes up is the "forums."
My Card Maker
September 26, 2005
 Looking for free printable cards? >a href="http://www.mycardmaker.com/" target=_blank>mycardmaker is a free online
program you can use to do just that. It's a fast and easy way to make
cards for Halloween, Christmas, Hanukkah, or many other things. You design
your card, sign up for free, and print the card you just created. You can
also email the card if you want to. Have fun!
Grimm Brothers @ National Geographic
September 25, 2005
 National Geographic has created a wonderful site for
children to explore Grimms'
Fairy Tales. Be warned, though, when The Brothers Grimm first collected
these fairy tales they were not the sweet, soothing tales you may have read.
"The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 1800s serve up
life as generations of central Europeans knew it—capricious and often
cruel."
The Book Quiz
September 12, 2005
 Are you a hobbit or a dictionary? Or are you Watership Down?
That's what you'll discover when you take The Book Quiz, a
fun and interactive online quiz you can take over and over again and, depending
on what answers you give, it'll tell you just who you are.
How was Iron discovered?
April 21, 2005
 Robert Cailliau first proposed what we now know as the World Wide Web--the "www" we all type to get on the internet. Under the letter "Q" on his web site, he posts some questions he'd love to have the answer to. One of them we thought would be fun for kids to explore and come up with the answer: How was Iron discovered? and Lee Griffiths has sent in an answer! Put on your thinking cap and see if you can answer his other questions!
More stars than grains of sand in the world
Orig. posted 08.02.03
 "There are more stars in the sky than all the grains of sand on every beach and in every desert on earth, according to an Australian National University astronomer who has made the most accurate calculation of star numbers to date."
Nobel e-Museum
January 14, 2005
 Wow! Have you heard of the Nobel Prize? It's "the first
international award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics,
chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The prize consists of a medal, a
personal diploma, and a prize amount."
We found a place on cyberspace where you can visit and learn all about this
prestigious award.
Anything Into Oil
Orig. posted 05.20.03
 "Making oil and gas from hydrocarbon-based waste is a trick that Earth mastered long ago. However, Earth takes its own sweet time doing this—generally thousands or millions of years." In this article, Brad Lemley tells us about Thermal depolymerization machines which turbocharge the process. The result is that, "just converting all the U.S. agricultural waste into oil and gas would yield the energy equivalent of 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year." This is amazing! Read all about this breakthrough technology. [ Visit Website ]
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