Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
TAKING OFF
The Wright brothers expected airplanes to “take off,” but even they might be amazed at the way the airline industry has become big business. In the past, it was expensive to send something by plane.
1 min |
November/December 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Da Vinci's 4 Designs
Have you ever wondered how a bird flies? Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) did. He thought that understanding how a bird flies would provide the key to human flight. So, what did da Vinci learn from birds?
3 min |
November/December 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Do You Really Want a Flying Car?
Close your eyes and imagine the future. Are flying cars whizzing through the air?
2 min |
November/December 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Envisioning the Future
Albert Robida had a fun but clear-eyed view of the future. Writing and illustrating at the end of the 1800s, he imagined what the year 2000 would look like. Who could picture the world more than a century in the future?
1 min |
November/December 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Balloons on a Mission
When scientists need to do research at the very edge of space, they skip the rocket ship and send a balloon instead.
3 min |
November/December 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
No Flights of Fancy
Animal-inspired innovations for airplanes
3 min |
November/December 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Airborne Animals
Humans have taken to the skies in balloons, gliders, and airplanes-but we're not alone among the clouds. Animals of all sorts have evolved to harness wind power.
2 min |
November/December 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Eye in the Sky
An interview with Joe Piotrowski
7 min |
November/December 2023
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"Addictive" Social Media Feeds That Keep Children Online Targeted by New York Lawmakers
New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children's personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by "addictive" feeds from accounts they don't follow, under legislation proposed this week.
3 min |
October 13, 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
THE MISSION AT WAIILATPU
One fall day in 1831, four Nez Perce men arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. They sought a meeting with General William Clark. They had met Clark some 25 years before when he had explored the country with Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery.
4 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Eyes on Oregon
The instructions President Thomas Jefferson gave his minister to France in 1802 were simple: negotiate the purchase of the port city of New Orleans from France.
4 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
WAGONS HO!
Oregon fever spread quickly in the early 1800s. The symptoms included restlessness, hunger for land, and a thirst for adventure. The cure was to get to Oregon Country as quickly as possible.
4 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
THE PATHFINDER
One man in particular provided information about the route to Oregon Country. He was explorer, soldier, and politician John Charles Frémont.
2 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Let's Dine Out
Has your family ever taken a long car trip? Did you eat at restaurants or shop along the way? On the Oregon Trail, pioneers could not stop in restaurants or grocery stores.
2 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
From Point A to Point B
Before railways extended across the continent in the mid- to late 1800s, getting from one coast to the other in North America was a real trek.
2 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
A TRUE PIONEER
DR. D'S MYSTERY HERO
1 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Diamonds BURIED HERE
STRANGE-LOOKING A PLANT TELLS PROSPECTORS WHERE TO DIG.
3 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Getting Started
The people who settled the United States have a history of being restless. They often were on the move, always searching for a better place to live. The first settlers who sailed from Europe crossed the Atlantic Ocean. They established colonies along North America’s eastern coastline.
1 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
The Curious Case of the Missing Valcano
A MASSIVE VOLCANO CAN'T JUST VANISH. OR CAN IT?
5 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Danger on the Trail
About 20,000 emigrants died on the Oregon Trail. That averaged to about one grave for every 100 yards from the Missouri River to the Willamette Valley. And because pioneers had to keep to a steady pace each day, burials on the trail were hasty. There often was no time to create a marker to note a burial site.
2 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Routes Well Traveled
The United States is not the only country that celebrates its historic routes. But the routes included here are much older!
1 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
TRICIA NADEAU
Coolest job ever. No, make that the hottest job ever. As a volcanologist, Tricia Nadeau has a front-row seat to erupting volcanoes.
5 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
THE MAGMA HAMMER STRIKES
Tonga's Recent Massive Underwater Eruption
5 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Last Stop, Independence
For many Oregon Trail pioneers, Independence, Missouri, was the last stop in the United States. Soon after it was founded in 1827, the waterfront town became a strategic city on the Missouri River.
2 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Deadly Lakes
WHAT ARE LIMNIC ERUPTIONS?
4 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
IO'S ON FIRE
Volcanoes in Our Solar System and Beyond
5 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Big Blasts From the Past
Volcanic eruptions that changed history, science, and our world
5 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
When a Volcano Screams
Methods to the madness of monitoring volcanoes
5 min |
October 2023
Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids
Along Rivers and Through Prairies
An Interview With Dr. Robert Moore
6 min |
October 2023
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Remember..... and Forget
THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY
5 min |