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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016 EMERALD HEIGHTS APARTMENTS Affordable Place to Call Home EQUAL HOUSING O PP O R TU NI TY Astoria, OR Call 325-8221 for more information © 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 20 Asto ria Fo rest Pro d ucts , LLC What’s black and white and loved by kids all over the world? Pandas, of course! Read on to learn about these gentle creatures. 10 Pier 1 • Su ite 301 Astoria , O regon 97103 Astoria, Warrenton, & Seaside 1100 Northwest Ridge Road Hammond OR 97121 reservations 800-562-8506 Info 503-861-2606 3 Can you imagine a world without pandas? Only about 1,800 giant pandas live in the wild today. They are in danger of becoming extinct—gone forever. 6 3 2 4 Giant pandas live in the Sichuan mountains of southwest China, where they feed on bamboo. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West Inc. Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West West Inc. Inc. Northwest Northwest West West Inc. Inc. 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It is a part of the wrist bone that sticks out to the side like an extra finger. 3 WARRENTON 861-3252 1167 S.E. MARLIN Scientists debated this for years. About 20 years ago, a group of experts determined that giant pandas are most closely related to bears, Panda although they are also a eye lot like raccoons. Pandas are losing their habitat. Giant pandas need forests with lots of bamboo to survive. These forests are rapidly disappearing as humans use them to meet their needs. Standards Link: Life Science: Students know changes in the environment can be detrimental to organisms. The Chinese call the panda “Da xiong mao,” which means “giant bear cat.” 3 SEASIDE 738-9243 2155 S ROOSEVELT Home Furnishings 1033 Commercial Street Astoria, Oregon 97103 (503)325-5620 3 M orga n Civil Engineering P O B ox 358 • M a n za n ita 503-368-6186 MARITIME TEXACO 1701 Marine Dr Astoria, OR 97103 1-503-325-7812 5 While bamboo makes up most of a giant panda’s diet, pandas sometimes eat small animals. Because of this small amount of meat eating, giant pandas are classified as carnivores. 2 The panda is a symbol of peace in China. 4 503.325.0411 34747 Hwy 101 Bus. Astoria AN D TO W IN G 9 8 3 Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums to 30. The largest giant pandas can grow to be about 250 pounds. Ask five friends how much they weigh. Add up their weights. Does it equal 250 pounds? Invent a Creature Number the pandas in order from smallest to biggest. Baby pandas are itty-bitty bears. They weigh only 4 to 6 ounces at birth (114-170 grams). Look through the newspaper and cut out parts of different animals to create a new animal. Give your creature a name. Describe where your animal lives and what it eats. A mother panda is about 800 times heavier than her baby. (If a human mother with a 7-pound baby weighed 800 times more, she would weigh 5,600 pounds. That’s nearly 3 tons!) Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write brief expository descriptions. Standards Link: Life Science: Students know there is a variation among individuals of one kind within a population. T ERRY ’ S P LUMBING (503) 325-5180 2095 M a rin e D rive | Astoria ASTORIA | 503-556-0410 CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT INC. Because of its distinctive features and its status as endangered, the giant panda was chosen by the world’s largest conservation organization as a symbol of conservation. W L F D Use these four missing letters to fill in the blanks to discover the name of the organization. _ OR _ _ _ I _ _ _ I _ E _ UN _ PANDA CHINA MOTHER HUMAN BABY GIANT BAMBOO CAT BLACK WHITE BEARS CREATURE ZOOS EYE FOOD Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. E Y E O C S B E T Y Y G T O A J R Z B T Z I I M E U W A O A A A H P T O B O E S 34912 HWY. 101 BUSINESS ASTORIA | (503) 325-0792 S uns p ire Hea lth A s toria Pointe T he Ros eb ria r 263 W E xcha n ge • Astoria | (877) 435-7790 N N W A O O B M A B I T E N S N Z O O S H R T D M O T H E R C O N A M U H P Z Y NORTHWEST READY MIX 950 O lney A ve • A storia 503-325-3562 D O O F C K C A L B Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Summer Jokes 1410 & CO M Riddles M ERCIA L STREET • A STO RIA 503-325-5511 Send in your favorite jokes to share with other Kid Scoop readers. Deadline: May 22 Published: Week of June 19 What’s black and white and red all over? Send your story to: 11 W. Marine Dr. | Astoria | 503-325-3322 Look at one page of today’s newspaper and circle in red all the words you know that begin with the letter P. Great Ocean ANSWER: Winnie the pew! 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