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The Flyer Flew!: The Invention of the Airplane
From the Series On My Own Science
Tells the story of the Wright Brothers’ invention of the airplane, climaxing in the triumphant first flight of the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Read More →
Woolly Mammoths
From the Series On My Own Science
Mammoths roamed Earth for more than two million years. They lived in Europe, Asia, and North America. Then ten thousand years ago, the mammoths vanished. What caused them to die out?… Read More →
Real-Life Sea Monsters
From the Series On My Own Science
Long ago, sailors told tales about terrible monsters that lurked in the sea. Many of their stories may have been based on amazing—but real—sea creatures. Giant squid catch their food with… Read More →
Saving the Whooping Crane
From the Series On My Own Science
Whooping cranes once lived all over North America. But by the 1940s, only one tiny flock was left. These beautiful birds were in danger of dying out. Scientists decided to start a second… Read More →
The Search for Antarctic Dinosaurs
From the Series On My Own Science
Rocks, ice, and snow. That is all Dr. William Hammer and his crew can see when they look at the land around them on Earth’s coldest continent. But on top of a mountain, the scientists… Read More →
Ben Franklin's Big Shock
From the Series On My Own Science
Describes Ben Franklin’s interest in and experiments with electricity, what he learned about electricity, and his famous experiment with lightning. Read More →
Packed with Poison!: Deadly Animal Defenses
From the Series On My Own Science
In the ocean, a box jellyfish dangles tentacles covered with venom-filled stingers. The jellyfish uses its stingers to kill its prey. But its venom can also kill humans within minutes. The… Read More →
Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley
From the Series On My Own Science
What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from… Read More →
Mystery Fish: Secrets of the Coelacanth
From the Series On My Own Science
In 1938, off the coast of South Africa, a woman found a strange blue fish with four stubby fins, pointed spines, and a funny looking tail—it was a coelacanth! Until that very moment, the… Read More →
Saber-Toothed Cats
From the Series On My Own Science
Do you know which ice-age animal had a body similar to a bear’s, a short stubby tail, and razor-sharp, 7-inch teeth? A Smilodon! Fierce predators, Smilodons were large saber-toothed cats that Read More →
SuperCroc Found
From the Series On My Own Science
110 million years ago, a lush river flowed through the heart of what is now a desert in Africa. Lurking in the depths of the river, a humungous monster waited for its prey to come to the… Read More →
Volcanoes Inside and Out
From the Series On My Own Science
Why does a volcano erupt? How many different kinds of volcanoes are there? Once believed to be the work of a fire god named Vulcan, volcanoes have long fascinated people. Looking at three… Read More →
Why Does It Rain?
From the Series On My Own Science
Where does rain come from? What are clouds made of? Follow water as it makes its way through the entire water cycle. Then go back in time to the very first rainfall millions of years ago.… Read More →