Nancy Miller, Author at Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 01 Dec 2014 01:25:42 +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 Nancy Miller, Author at Teaching Kids News 32 32 A Second Painting Underneath Picasso’s “The Blue Room” https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/11/05/8-technology-looks-one-painting-another/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:43:10 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13521 Pablo Picasso was an artist who worked in early part of the 20th century. He is one of the most famous painters to have ever lived.

Recently it was discovered that underneath Picasso's masterpiece, The Blue Room, there is another painting.

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]]> Girl Reaches Top Of Mount Everest https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/07/13/1-girl-reaches-top-mount-everest/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/07/13/1-girl-reaches-top-mount-everest/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:22:19 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13294 Malavath Poorna, 13, has become the youngest girl ever to climb Mount Everest.

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]]> Home Team Looking For Wins (Soccer) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/06/16/1-home-team-wins-3-1-worth-many-brazilians/ Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:52:01 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13347 Brazil needed to win the first game in the World Cup of Soccer against Croatia last Thursday.

The game was played in Brazil and the team wanted to prove to all Brazilians that hosting the games was worth all the cost and disruption in the country.

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]]> Dinos May Belong To A Different Species: Study https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/06/16/4-dinos-may-belong-different-species-study/ Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:25:25 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13356 A new study suggests that dinosaurs may be neither reptiles or mammals, as previously thought. In fact, they could be an entirely new species.

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]]> Chocolate May Soon Cost More https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/06/12/1-chocolate-may-soon-cost/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:57:20 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13325 The price for a bar of chocolate may soon be going up. That's because cocoa beans, the main ingredient in chocolate, are becoming harder to get.

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]]> Protests Against Veterans’ Affairs Department https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/06/10/1-protests-veterans-affairs-department/ Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:10:41 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13290 Veterans’ Affairs, the government department that serves men and women from Canada’s military, is being criticized.

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]]> How Ontario’s Leaders Would Handle Education https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/05/20/1-ontarios-leaders-handle-education/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/05/20/1-ontarios-leaders-handle-education/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 03:06:25 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=13135 On June 12, Ontario is having an election. Each of the main political parties has a different idea about how they would spend money on education in Ontario.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/05/20/1-ontarios-leaders-handle-education/feed/ 1 Baxter The Robot Comes To Canada https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/04/28/baxter-robot-comes-canada/ Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:49:42 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12914 He’s not a child, he’s not a person and he’s not a pet. But he’s smart, he can be trained to do a job and he can do it cheaper than anybody else.

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]]> Canadian Scientist Loves Mummies https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/04/22/loves-mummies/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:56:01 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12908 Heather Gill-Frerking is a Canadian scientist who loves working with mummies.

Mummies are the preserved bodies of humans and animals.

Gill-Frerking is the director of science and education for the "Mummies of the World" exhibition at the Buffalo Museum of Science.

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