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DARWIN'S FROG Living in the streams and rivers ofChile and Argentina, these frogs burpup their babies! The dance ends whenthe female deposits her eggs intothe male's brood pouch. [Extracted from the article]

When looking at the raw amount of power, or absolute bite force, Hartstone-Rose has found that the bigger the species -- and its jaw muscles -- the bigger the bite force. With this bite force data, Hartstone-Rose hopes to learn more about the relationship between an animal's jaw structure and what it eats. One way to compare animals of different sizes is to use relative bite force, which can be found using this equation: RELATIVE BITE FORCE = ABSOLUTE BITE FORCE + MASS Using the data he collected below, decide who you would crown the bite force champion!. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the career and research efforts of entomologist Samuel Ramsey. Topics explored include the way Ramsey managed to overcome his initial fear of insects when he was young, his research on protecting honeybees which focused on controlling insect pests such as Varroa mites and Tropi mites, and his commitment to increasing public awareness of insects.

ONLINE1 MATH VIDEO2 SKILLS SHEETS Take a tour of the world's most interestinginclines and the specialized vehiclesthat take you to the top! The distance thefunicular car moves horizontally is the x-coordinate.(The vertical distance is the y-coordinate.) m = 21/33 x = 231 y = ? Often described ashalf-train, half-elevator,funiculars have cars runningon tracks, like trains, that arepulled along by cables, likeelevators. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the collaboration of scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to track the movement of lynx populations. Topics mentioned include the use of a GPS collar to track their movement, the Northwest Boreal Lynx Project, and a discovery that lynxes sometimes go on long journeys across hundreds of miles called dispersals.

The lynx kittenscame up onto the deck, sat down,and stared at the camera trying tofigure out what was making theclicking noise, Eventually, all sevenkittens were on the deck, with themother lynx standing beside them. LYNX BOOM Newton is just one of manyAlaska residents who have beenspotting lynxes in recent years. PHOTO (COLOR): Snowshoe hares are lynxes' top prey. [Extracted from the article]

The article provides information on the history of Major League Baseball.

THE BIG PICTURE Strawberry-Cranberry Pie: 8 inches Pecan Pie: 9 inches Mini Key Lime Pies: 4 inches Fruit Tart: 10 inches CIRCUMFERENCE March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day, the day we celebrate (3.14)! STRAWBERRY-CRANBERRY PIE CIRCUMFERENCE: MINI KEY LIME PIE CIRCUMFERENCE: FRUIT TART CIRCUMFERENCE: PECAN PIE CIRCUMFERENCE: The pecan pie is cut into 8 equal slices. Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and it is one of math's best-known constants!. [Extracted from the article]

3 How much money did the champ with the shortest winning streak take home? 2019 champ James Holzhauer was particularly good at amassing a lot of money in a short time. Champs win big by winning more games or earning more per game?. [Extracted from the article]

Now,Hoagland is makingsimilar connections inher research: Learningfrom the Mescalero Apache peopleabout bow the Forest Service canbetter protect the forests-and owls. "They're veryhard to see and are pretty hidden inthe trees", Dr. Hoagland says. YOUR TURN Hoagland collects data about Douglas-firand white fir trees where she finds Mexicanspotted owl nests. [Extracted from the article]

RubyBond, a candy company in Atlanta,Georgia, sells trays of gummiesarranged in colorful patterns. TOP HALLOWEEN CANDY Picking your favorite candy is always tough! In 2021,researchers asked 8- to 18-year-olds to choose one typeof Halloween candy over another in a head-to-head match upof 76 different treats. [Extracted from the article]

"Best space tacos yet,"astronaut Megan McArthurtweeted on October 29, 2021, afterharvesting chile peppers for herbeef tacos. 3 The chile plants grown in spaceproduced an average of 7 chilepeppers per plant. When astronauts on theInternational Space Station (ISS)crave tacos, they can't order in.Instead, groceries are launched tothe ISS--220 miles above Earth.Most of the food NASA sends isfreeze-dried. [Extracted from the article]

Look at howmuch cooler an echidna's nose iscompared with the rest of its body! NUMBERS IN THE NEWS MEASUREMENTS Living in Australia, the small,spiny echidna has to know howto beat the heat. They saw thatthe nose was always the coolest partof the animal's body. [Extracted from the article]

GLO:2OL/01May22:23n1.jpg TABLE: . gl Complete the earnings statement for Sid Pearl below 1 Sid Pearl works from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 days per week, earning $8.50 per hour. You could say that 18-year-old Sid Pearl has a typical young person's job: He delivers newspapers in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. [Extracted from the article]

The article informs that math educator Brittany Rhodes founded Black Girl MATHgic, a box delivered monthly filled with activities aimed at boosting Black girls' confidence in math. It is noted Rhodes spent years in tutoring math students and wanted to develop confidence in maths to education. Itis noted that Rhodes connect math to all sorts of fun, real-world activities that could get all her students excited about numbers.

The article provides information about winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Zalia Avant-garde, a fourteen year old girl.

Back in April, third-grade teacher Cindy Tobeck was already getting ready for Halloween: She was planting seeds for giant pumpkins in her garden in Olympia, Washington. Every autumn, an organization called the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth holds weigh-offs where Tobeck and other giant-pumpkin growers around the globe compete to see who can push the pumpkin to its limits. [Extracted from the article]

World Central Kitchen puts cooks to work to feed the hungry When disaster strikes, chef Jose Andres and his World Central Kitchen (WCK) are ready to help feed people. One of WCK's restaurant collaborators is Tom Douglas Seattle Kitchen, a group of restaurants in Seattle, Washington. [Extracted from the article]

WITHOUT GLASSES WITH GLASSES These glasses help colorblindpeople see artwork in a way Brad Ingles works at theMuseum of ContemporaryArt Denver, in Colorado.Yet he can't alwaysappreciate the art in the same wayothers do because he is colorblind. Last December, the Museum ofContemporary Art Denver (MCADenver) acquired four pairs ofglasses that allow people with certaintypes of colorblindness to see agreater variety of colors. PHOTO (COLOR): Brad Ingles (left)checks out artworksat MCA Denverwhile wearingEnChroma glasses. [Extracted from the article]

One of those rides is the Iron Gwazi, abrand-new crocodile-themed ride at the BuschGardens park in Tampa Bay, Florida. The roller coasterengineers at Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) in Idahohave been working nonstop. NUMBERS IN THE NEWS GEOMETRY Many theme parks closed their doors in 2020 and delayed opening newrides until 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

Jonah Larson taught himself to crochet when he was 5 years old. Jonah sells some of his crafts on his website, Jonah's Hands. PHOTO (COLOR): MASTER CRAFTSMAN: Jonah crochets everything from llama-shaped pillows (left) to pom-pom hats (right). [Extracted from the article]