Boy's Quest articles from April 2004

Boy's Quest archives from April 2004

The lifeboat in space.(NASA and European Space Agency develop the X-38 space rescue vehicle)
April 1, 2004... You are familiar with ambulances and fire trucks that rescue people from the land, helicopters that rescue people from the air, and lifeboats that rescue people from the water. But what do you know about a rescue vehicle in space? ...

Word find.
April 1, 2004... Circle the letters of the words you find. Cross the word off the list. Look forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally. After all the words are found, the letters remaining will spell something about space. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

The new frontier and zero G.(effects of zero gravity on the body)
April 1, 2004... Two hundred years ago when great-great-great-great-great grandpa made his way into the wilderness, he traveled as far as the coastline beaches to the mountains of Tennessee and Georgia. As our country grew, the West became the new frontier. ...

Space Camp adventurers.
April 1, 2004... What would being an astronaut be like--to hurtle through Earth's atmosphere into space--to walk on the moon? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kids can find out. Where? At US Space Camp. They have one-day, two-day, and three-day field trips, as...

How far away is it?(counting exercise)
April 1, 2004... In these problems, we are going to find how many numbers it will take to reach our destination. Here is an example: How many MISSING NUMBERS are there in the pattern: 1, 2, 3,...,12. The missing numbers are 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, for a total...

Lost in space.
April 1, 2004... Beginning at START, find your way out of the letter maze by connecting letters to spell out: SUN, MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO. You may move any direction, but no letter may be connected more than once....

Ten, nine, eight--blast off!
April 1, 2004... Star gazers, hop on your mechanical pencils and blast off into outer space to see if you are up to speed on your astronomy terms. How many light-years or Earth minutes will it take you to solve the following puzzle? ACROSS: 2....

Floating on air.(Science)(ways to prove that air is real)
April 1, 2004... Air is everywhere around you. It is in your house; it is in your yard; it is in every empty bottle and box. Yet you cannot see it because air is invisible. So here is a science challenge for you: How many ways can you think of to show that the...

Comics[TM].(T.A.I.L.S.*)
April 1, 2004... Episode # 18 "Space Tails" *TRAVELING ADVENTURERS IN LABORATORY SCIENCE! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our space station orbits high above Earth. We travel there in a special flying lab. Once on the...

Knot everything!(how to make a slipped reef knot)
April 1, 2004... With Sonoma Jack Cheese This month's knot: Slipped Reef Knot [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This knot is also known as Half Bows. It is used to tie the two ends of a single piece of line together. It is easy to undo when required. 1....

Out of this world!(collecting Star Wars items)
April 1, 2004... Do you like to combine outer space with your imagination? If so, you'd probably have fun with a Star Wars collection. Perhaps you already have some Star Wars items: an action figure of Luke Skywalker, a Pez candy container of C-3P0, or a drawer...

Fred's World.
April 1, 2004... Lisa is letting Sam stay overnight so that we can sleep out in the backyard to watch the meteor shower. Most of the meteors will be visible just by looking up in the sky. This is good because neither Sam nor I am able to use a telescope. ...

Pal's post office.
April 1, 2004... Dear Pal, My name is Daniel. I'm seven years old. I have a dog, two cats, two frogs, and a hermit crab. My dog is named Buster, and my cats' names are Wonka and Napper. I like basketball, animals, Star Wars and Pokemon. I have one brother...

Pal's pen pal club.
April 1, 2004... Dear Readers, This is our shortened list of boys who want to be pen pals. To receive our complete list with the addresses, simply mail us a self-addressed, stamped envelope. We'll send you the addresses within six weeks. (Remember. we can...

Astro flu.(getting a cold in outer space)
April 1, 2004... What do astronauts do when they get the flu? How do they blow their noses? Use hoses? Do they have a messy view after they ker-choo And spray the faceplate with icky goo? Wouldn't you just hate to share their fate? Eeeeeeuuuuuuu! What a...

E.T. garbage.(space junk)
April 1, 2004... You are traveling in space a few hundred miles above Earth. The cold, black space surrounds you as you gaze at the blue planet Earth below you. Your peace is disturbed when you hear something pelt the spacecraft's window. Suddenly, you see an...

A tool you'll want if you ever pilot a spaceship.
April 1, 2004... A real spaceship has miles of wire and thousands of electrical parts. What if something goes wrong? How would you, as the pilot, fix it? This electrical tester described here will often be the only tool you'll need! Of course, this electrical...

Space.(Poem)
April 1, 2004... If space has room enough to hold A billion, billion stars And still have all the room we have Between right here and Mars And if each time we've looked in space More space is what we've seen, Then when Mom says she needs...

Space surprise.
April 1, 2004... bat baseball cap flamingo horseshoe vase paintbrush ring cheese fish watermelon football paper clip toothbrush shovel dove sunglasses [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Shooting star sandwiches.
April 1, 2004... To make four of these "out of this world" sandwiches, you'll need: * 8 slices of bread (Wheat or multi-grain is especially tasty.) * 4 bread-sized slices of your favorite kind of cheese * 1 or 2 carrots, cut into 5-inch strips...

Space Neighbors.(Poem)
April 1, 2004... With telescope trained on the midnight sky, I watch the shooting stars go by. Maybe across the galaxy, A space kid is looking back at me. I wonder, Does a Martian child have to finish his studies Before he can go out and...

Ticklers & teasers.
April 1, 2004... Why are astronauts always prepared for space exploration? Answer: Because they planet (plan it) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The galaxy guide shows it to be a friendly little planet."

Mystery picture puzzle.
April 1, 2004... flashlight canoe (2) envelopes needle gum cane pan (8) cones toothbrush tack heart mallet worm candle flag sock tepee cup pencil sailboat ...