© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 19
The following list has three
facts and three opinions about
the planet Earth. Can you tell
which are facts and which are
opinions?
The Bunny Buddies are celebrating Spring and our beautiful
planet this year! Just in time for Earth Day (April 22).
If you draw a line
down the center
of this happy
face from top
to bottom,
you will see
that both sides
of the picture are the
same. This is a good
example of symmetry.
1. The Earth has one moon.
Bebe Bunny painted these
eggs. She wanted to make the
designs symmetrical²¬WKH
same on each half. Use a ruler
to draw a straight line from
point A to point B on each egg.
Circle the ones that
are symmetrical.
4. The Earth is beautiful.
2. The Earth is the best planet
in the universe.
3. 71% of the surface of Earth
is covered in water.
STUFF YOU’LL NEED:
Symmetry is when both halves
of something are exactly the same.
Poor Baby Burt is confused.
Do this project to help him
understand symmetry.
paintbrush
white paper
poster paint
newspaper
5. The Earth’s diameter, the
distance at its middle at the
Equator, is 7,928 miles, or
12,760 kilometres.
6. The Earth tastes good.
Cover
your work
surface
with
newspaper.
Fold a
sheet of
blank,
white
paper in
half.
Slowly open up
While the paint is still
Unfold.
the paper and you
wet, fold the paper in
Paint a
design on half along the fold you will have a matching
one half made and press so that the image on both sides
of the paper.
paint on the painted side
of the
paper. transfers to the blank side. That’s symmetry!
Draw the other half of Bianca’s face and
Bixby’s face. Make them symmetrical.
A Kenyan proverb says,
“The earth is not given to you
by your parents, but loaned to
you by your children.” Discuss
with your family what you
think that means.
OPINIONS refer to a
particular person’s (or
group’s) feeling, thought,
judgment, belief, estimate,
and/or anything that is not
100% true and can’t be
proven.
Bixby Bunny changed the names of spring clothes. Can you figure
out what he is talking about? The real names rhyme with Bixby’s
silly names. For example, LOW LIE is really a BOW TIE!
Look through the
newspaper for five or
more words for which
you know a rhyming
word. List each word
and its rhyming word
on a piece of paper.
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow
written directions.
Bingo is making an Earth Day
sign to celebrate. Use the code
to help him finish his sign.
CLUE BEANS
TREE ROCKS
BUZZY CLIPPERS
A =
D =
E =
G =
Half and Half
Find a picture of a face or an object in the
newspaper. Cut out the picture, fold it in
half and cut along the fold. Now glue the
picture onto a piece of white paper. Try to
sketch the missing half.
Standards Link: Visual Art: Create representations with bilateral symmetry.
H =
I =
J =
R =
S =
T =
U =
Y =
NEWSPAPER
SYMMETRY
TRANSFER
SURFACE
PROVERB
CLOTHES
RHYMING
BOTTOM
SPRING
EARTH
BUDDY
FOLD
HALF
SAME
CLUE
Go for an Earth Day walk
with your family and see if
you can find each of these:
rock
stick
leaf
litter (pick it up
and throw it away!)
flower
spider web
feather
tree bark
bird
insect
something pink
FUN CAT
MARTY PRESS
Remember: FACTS can be
proven true for all people
and places, can be
duplicated, can be
observed, historical, or
100% true. Usually they
involve numbers and other
measurable components.
S Y Y M S P R I N G
R M R S A M E E C B
Y E E T O T W A L R
D D F T E S R R O E
This week’s word:
D L T S P M E T T V
The verb transfer means to
move something from one
place to another.
U O I A N U M H H O
B F P F L A H Y E R
C E E C A F R U S P
R H Y M I N G T A L
TRANSFER
Lily transferred her
money from her piggy
bank to a savings account.
Try to use the word
transfer in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
My Favorite
Vegetable
Use at least three of your
five senses to describe your
favorite vegetable.