Boy's Quest articles from April 2001

Boy's Quest archives from April 2001

A FUTURE in the PAST.(Short Story)
April 1, 2001... Eleven-year-old Daniel ran his fingers through the earth. His green eyes shone in the Colorado sunlight as his concentration poured into the soft, black dirt that lay at his feet. "Wouldn't it be cool to find something really old?" His...

TOBY'S FOSSILS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Toby lives six hours from the nearest seashore, but his backyard is full of shells. They are fossils, rock-hard remains of an ancient sea. Millions of years ago, before dinosaurs, his backyard was under water. A warm, shallow sea stretched from...

Fred's World.(Short Story)
April 1, 2001... Sam and I were playing on a mound of dirt that the construction trucks left behind after digging a big hole in the park where we play. The hole was made so a new pipe could be laid down. I came across a huge bone and carried it in my mouth to...

The Lost City of Akrotiri.(Santorini explosion)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Imagine that one day a volcano erupted near your home and covered your town with layers of thick ash. Now picture that thousands of years later, your city is discovered buried deep beneath the earth. What clues do you think would be left behind...

Digging Up the Past.(Poem)
April 1, 2001... Ricardo found a bottle; He put it in his pocket. And Jennifer had lots of luck; She found a rusty locket. Tim found a bowl, a tiny one, So old and filled with earth. And Spencer called, "Come on, you guys, Just...

OH, Dinosaurs!(song)
April 1, 2001... Can be sung to the tune of "Oh, Christmas Tree" Oh, dinosaurs! Oh, dinosaurs! Some of you had ferocious teeth! Some of you liked green plants to eat; Some of you fought and ate red meat. I know your strength could not be...

DIGGING UP HISOTRY CLOSE TO HOME.(Macktown, Illinois)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Mid-summer sun beats down on the little group digging up squares of ground on their hands, knees, and even stomachs. It's hot and humid. The mosquitoes are awful, but the team of college students doesn't seem to mind. Nor do they mind camping...

Hidden Treasure from the Past.(Short Story)
April 1, 2001... "I can't find my baseball stuff, Mom!" called Jake. Mom answered, "It's probably in a box in the basement, Jake. I can't help you look right now, but you can dig around for a while if you'd like. Remember, Dad will be back with Grandma and...

Finding Fascinating, Fun Fossils.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Have you ever tried to solve a mystery? You might ask, "Who did it? How did it happen? When was it...??" Well, these are some questions that scientists ask. Scientists can study many things; then they make a hypothesis, or educated guess, about...

Display Case for Fossils.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Did you pick up some fossils at camp last summer or on a school field trip? They are probably sitting in a shoebox collecting dust. Do you need some ideas for things to do with them? How about making some great-looking display boxes?...

Engrave an Egg.(etching experiment)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Have you ever seen a piece of stone that had letters carved in it? If you visit a cemetery, you can see lots of them. They are called "headstones," and they tell who is buried there. To carve these letters in stones requires special tools and...

The Terra Cotta Army.(tomb of The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A group of farmers were searching for water in 1974 and began digging a well. There at Xian (pronounced Shee-ahn), in the center of China, they uncovered something very strange. It was the head of an ancient terra cotta (pottery) statue. The...

Digging for Bottles.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Grab a shovel and start digging for glass! Believe it or not, this is what many bottle collectors do. Their treasures include old soda bottles, milk bottles, ink bottles, drug store bottles, and more. If you decide to dig for bottles,...

Digging Up the Past in Your Own Backyard.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... While digging up the past in old forts and ancient ruins is exciting, learning about the past can be done in your own home or backyard. Often times, you are not the first person to live there, and past occupants have left something behind. ...