panda Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg panda Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Giant Pandas Arrive In Toronto https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/03/26/giant-pandas-arrive-in-toronto/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:57:54 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=9795 Two giant pandas arrived in Toronto on March 25 to begin a 10-year visit to Canada.

The pandas will spend five years at the Toronto Zoo, and then move to the Calgary Zoo for another five years. They are on loan to Canada from the Chinese government.

The pandas travelled by plane from their native China, along with several kilograms of bamboo shoots, boxes of apples and their favourite toys. The trip took 15 hours.

The pandas were greeted at the airport by a large crowd, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Zhang Junsai, the Chinese ambassador to Canada. A high school band played “O Canada” as the pandas’ crates were unloaded.

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]]> A Giant Panda Makes His Mark On Baseball https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/10/25/1-a-giant-panda-makes-history/ Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:16:12 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7846 He's a giant among Giants, and now his name will forever be in baseball's record books.

Wednesday night was the first game in this year's World Series. The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Since 1903, the World Series has been the big, end-of-season battle between the best teams from the American League and National League.

This year the Detroit Tigers of the American League are playing the San Francisco Giants of the National League.

In game one on Wednesday night, history was made. The Giants beat the Tigers and their impressive pitcher, Justin Verlander.

The Giants won 8-3. They took a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-seven series.

The highlight of the night, however, was made by the Giants’s heavy-hitting third baseman, Pablo Sandoval.

Sandoval was born in Venezuela. He is affectionately known to his teammates as Kung Fu Panda.

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]]> Canada To Get Two Panda Bears https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/02/15/canada-to-get-two-panda-bears/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/02/15/canada-to-get-two-panda-bears/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:00:33 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=5427 Canada is expecting two very special visitors from China.

Er Shun and Ji Li are two giant panda bears, which China will be lending to Canada. The pair will live in Toronto for five years, and then in Calgary for five years.

The giant panda is unique to China. They are more than just a native species, however. To the Chinese, panda bears are very symbolic.

If China lets one of its panda bears live in a country, it’s a sign that China feels warmly towards that country.

In this case, the offer came during a recent four-day visit to China by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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