Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2018 i Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

The 2018 Winter Olympics takes place in February. Held only once every four years, this famed contest celebrates sports played on ice and snow. Athletes from around the world gather to compete and win medals. Animals don’t compete in sports, but many are super athletes. They depend on their speed, strength, balance, and flexibility to find food or escape enemies. See which sporty animals we think would take home a medal at an Animal Winter Olympics. Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers race to see who can cross a snow-covered course the fastest. They glide over the snow on long skis, pushing themselves forward with their ski poles. Animals who live in snowy places don’t need skis. Instead, many have extra-big feet. That helps spread their weight over the snow’s surface so…

Everyone in Trina’s family had a favorite sport. Everyone except Trina. “This has to change,” Trina confided to her dog, Al. She picked up Al’s fetch toy and hurled it across the front yard. “I need a sport of my own!” Al bounded off and brought his toy back to Trina with a big doggy grin. Throw it again! his eyes begged. And Trina did—over and over and over, until Al finally decided to chew the toy instead of bring it back. “Hey, Trina!” her big sister Kris called. “Are you coming to my baseball game tonight? I’m pitching!” “Sure!” said Trina. Kris had the fastest fastball in the league. I wish I had such a strong arm, Trina thought. Trina wandered into the backyard. Maybe some blood to her…

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“Tri” added to the front of a word can mean “three.” So what’s a triathlete? Not three athletes. It’s one person who competes in a long-distance race with three sports, usually swimming, biking, and running. The race is called a triathlon. SWIMMING The swimming part of the race is usually in a lake or ocean, not a pool. Swimmers can use any stroke and wear goggles. But no flippers or floaties allowed! BIKING As soon as they’re out of the water, racers rush to put on their bike helmets and shoes. Then they hop on their bikes and start pedaling. RUNNING After they park their bikes, the racers head to the running track. Their tired muscles ache, but no one wants to stop. For most, just finishing the race counts…

What’s the world’s favorite sport? Soccer—though people in most countries call the game football. One reason the game is so popular is that the only equipment you need to play is a ball and something to mark the goals. Even animals like to kick a soccer ball around. But it might surprise you to learn that scientists have taught bees to play a sort of soccer. The bees don’t kick the ball. It’s about half as big as they are! But they do move it into a goal, the basic aim of any soccer player. In the past, bees have learned to do other tasks in order to get a sweet treat. But those tasks were like ones a bee might really do in the wild. Rolling a ball isn’t…