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    Darcy Pattison

    William Gilbert discovered the wonder of magnets and Earth's magnetic mysteries.

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    Magnet

    Darcy Pattison

    William Gilbert wondered why the compass needle pointed north. He finally concluded that Earth itself is "a great magnet."

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    Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl

    Darcy Pattison

    When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. But he needed the government’s help. How do you convince…

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    Fever: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria

    Darcy Pattison,Peter Willis

    People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force to find a…

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    A.I.: How Patterns Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol

    Darcy Pattison

    On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol. This story helps kids understand the challenges and the…

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    Fever: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria

    Darcy Pattison

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    People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force…

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    Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl

    Darcy Pattison

    When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. But he needed the government’s help. How do you convince…

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    The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story

    Darcy Pattison,Peter Willis

    A NON-POLITICAL FAKE NEWS STORY FOR KIDS: EXAMPLE OF 1ST AMENDMENT FREE PRESS ISSUES Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper? Early in August 1937, a news flash…

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    A.I.: How Patterns Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol

    Darcy Pattison

    On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol. This story helps kids understand the challenges and the…

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    Aquarium

    Darcy Pattison

    In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth.

    Amazing…

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    Clang!: Ernst Chladni’s Sound Experiments

    Darcy Pattison

    What if your science experiments were so interesting that even an Emperor wanted to know more? The story of Ernst Chladni (KLOD-nee) meeting Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte to demonstrate his sound…

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    Clang!: Ernst Chladni’s Sound Experiments

    Darcy Pattison

    What if your science experiments were so interesting that even an Emperor wanted to know more. The story of Ernst Chladni (KLOD-nee), the Father of Acoustics, meeting with Emperor Napoleon…

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    Pollen: Darwin’s 130 Year Prediction

    Darcy Pattison

    The scientific research process is introduced via the story of Charles Darwin’s theory about a giant moth–unknown to him–which would have been able to pollinate the Madagascar star orchid.

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    Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

    Darcy Pattison

    In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein’s new theory of general relativity. The theory explains how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said that…

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    Pollen: Darwin’s 130 Year Prediction

    Darcy Pattison,Peter Willis

    How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem? On early 1862, Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One orchid had an 11.5 nectary…

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    Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

    Darcy Pattison,Peter Willis

    In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein’s new theory of general relativity. Einstein said that the sun’s gravity could pull and bend light. In simple language…

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    The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story

    Darcy Pattison,Peter Willis

    A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper? Early in August 1937, a news flash came: a sea monster had been spotted lurking off…

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    Burn: Michael Faraday’s Candle

    Darcy Pattison

    Discover the secrets of fire and candles. Since Michael Faraday’s lecture, The Chemical History of a Candle, was published in 1861, it’s never been out of print. Oddly, till now…

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    Burn: Michael Faraday’s Candle

    Darcy Pattison

    Discover the secrets of fire and candles. Since Michael Faraday’s lecture, The Chemical History of a Candle, was published in 1861, it’s never been out of print. Oddly, till now…

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    Aquarium

    Darcy Pattison

    In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth.

    Amazing…

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