Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2022 i Ask Science and Arts Magazine for Kids and Children

1 Practice, practice, practice, practice, and practice! Tell your jokes to as many people as you can, or even to the cat, until you can tell them well. 2 Know your jokes! Nothing is more embarrassing than forgetting your joke halfway through, or leaving out an important part, or forgetting the punchline. 3 Be confident! Don’t apologize or begin by saying you can’t tell jokes very well. Just jump right in. And don’t tell your audience how funny the joke is. This actually makes jokes LESS funny. 4 Less is more! Good jokes are short and zippy. Leave out unnecessary details and don’t explain things. 5 Time it right! Don’t rush! Speak clearly and confidently and try not to giggle. Move your joke along and let the punchline take the…

How do you get to know someone new? Use this handy quiz to break the ice. Share your answers, and ask new questions of your own. For friends you already know pretty well, change it up and each write down what you think the other will say. Then compare your answers. Any surprises? Do you prefer... Reading the book or watching the movie version? Forest vacations or city vacations? Playing inside or outside? Video games or board games? Going to school or learning online at home? Would you rather have... An invisibility cloak or a time travel watch? A cat, dog, fish, or other pet? More money or more time to play? A jetpack or a personal submarine? The power to travel to space or to cure diseases? Which is…

We’ve had fun this month making fortune tellers and asking each other quiz questions. Now it’s your turn! For this month’s contest, send us some more questions to add to the “Ask a Friend” Quiz, or share your own version of the fortune teller. What fortunes will YOUR friends get? We’ll feature a flurry of the most fun in an upcoming issue of Ask. Contest Rules: 1. Your contest entry must be your very own work. Ideas and words should not be copied. 2. Be sure to include your name, age, and address on your entry. 3. Only one entry per person, please. 4. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 5. Your entry must be signed or emailed by a parent or legal guardian, saying…

What You’ll Need A piece of paper Scissors (optional) Pens Imagination What to Do 1. Fold over a sheet of notebook paper like this. Then tear or cut off the extra bit to make a square. 2. Now fold the paper cross-ways both ways, and diagonally both ways. Unfold. 3. Next, fold the four corners to the center. 4. Flip over and fold the four corners to the center again. 5. Fold in half. The bottom should open into four boxes that you can put your fingers into. 6. Now add colors, numbers, and fortunes! Time to Tell Fortunes! 1 Put your index fingers and thumbs under the open flaps and pinch closed. Ask your friend to think of a question they want to ask. Then ask them to pick…

Not everyone agreed with the government. One person who didn’t was Clara Breed, the children’s librarian for California’s San Diego Public Library. Miss Breed counted many Japanese American children as her friends. She saw these young people every day at the library. She knew what books they liked and where they went to school and how many brothers and sisters they had. Miss Breed was angry and upset when “her” children were sent far away from everything they knew and loved. She was determined to do whatever she could to help her friends. Miss Breed went to the San Diego train station when the Japanese American families left for the camps. She handed out stamped, addressed postcards and asked her friends to write her about their new lives. Then, like…

If you are lucky enough to be at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park on a day when there’s a cheetah run, you’re in for a speedy treat. At one side of the habitat, a spotted cheetah stands alert. Suddenly, a fuzzy wool lure flashes ahead of him. The big cat rockets forward, going from 0 to 70 miles per hour in just four seconds. In the blink of an eye, the fuzzy prize is his. Powerful cheetahs may seem fearless as they chase down prey. But their light, thin bodies are built for speed, not fighting. In the wild, this cat would prefer to hide and stalk. They flee from bigger predators like lions and hyenas. Often this means that they’re chased away from a kill before they…