12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 15, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 14
I’ve sprinkled this
page with lucky clovers. How
many can you find?
Are you a careful reader? Read
the article below and see if you
can circle all five errors. Then,
rewrite the artice correctly on
the blank lines.
It’s a bird! It’s a bug? It’s waaay
too small to hold a person.
Who flies in these little planes?
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This is a drone. A drone is a
flying
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by remote
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Drones can hover like a hummingbird, swoop like a bat and fly
backwards like a dragonfly!
Small drones can carry tiny
cameras and they can go
places humans can’t.
Look at the ways drones are
being used. Why is a drone
better than a person for
each of these jobs?
Firefighters use them
to watch forest fires. Why?
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In March 2015, a large storm
hit the island of Vanuatu, an
island in the South Pacific,
killing 11 people and making
almost 200,000 people
homeless. Nearly all the
island’s food crops were
distroyed. People used a
five-pound foldable drone to
fly around the island and take
pictures of the damage to
figure out how to helped.
A drone is also called a UAV. What
does that stand for? Use the
Leprechaun’s Code to find out!
While they are often small and cute, drones are not toys.
In fact, once you have a vehicle that can fly over the fence
and see what’s going on at the neighbors, you must
follow rules and etiquette about
privacy and safety. Be
sure to check with your
local government
officials about drone
laws in your area.
Flying a drone involves
thinking and making
decisions like a pilot. It
takes time to master flying
a drone and that means doing a lot of practice in an empty
field. (Check local laws before going to a field to practice.)
Meterologists use them
to track storms. Why?
Drones are always being
improoved. The Eturnas D
has a seven-foot wingspan
and weighs only 10 pounds.
It uses solar power and can fly
for six hours at 27 mph or 1.2
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Drones are used by TV news
crewz when helicopters aren’t
practical. They’re also used
by real estate agents to show
home buyers beautiful overhead
views of a home and its
neighborhood. And drones are
a popular tool for wedding
photographers to shoot
overhead video of the big
ocassions.
Biologists use drones
to observe wildlife. Why?
Look through the
newspaper for five
or more adjectives
that describe a drone.
Use these to write
three sentences
about drones.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
Each of these Leprechaun hats has an
identical twin – except one. Can you find it?
Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Find similarities and differences in common objects.
The Benefits and Problems
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Look through the newspaper for an example
of how technology makes life better for
people. Then, talk with a parent about ways
this same technology could cause problems.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
ETIQUETTE
DECISIONS
PRACTICE
PRIVACY
CAMERAS
DRONES
FLYING
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SAFETY
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This week’s word:
C T B I R D L C O T
ETIQUETTE
I S O F Y O A U T E
The noun etiquette means
the rules about the proper
way to do something.
T A R L E V N E R U
C F L Y I N G E M Q
A E O R T P C E S
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P Y S A R E M A C E
Wearing sandals to school
was not considered
correct etiquette.
Try to use the word
etiquette in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
What if pigs
could fly?
Write about what you think
would happen if pigs took
to the skies.
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