Airtight container A time capsule is a container full of information about you, your family, and the times you live in. It gets buried in the ground to be discovered maybe hundreds of years from now. Think about the things you want to put in it: a letter about your life, pictures from magazines, today’s paper, a CD with music and sounds, Velcro, an old calculator, or anything that people in the future might find interesting....

For: Kids 10-14 Required: Reference sources. Ask your kids the same question, then see if they can collect enough research to piece together a bio. Offer some standard questions to “ask” during the time travel, such as: How did you become an inventor? What did you like best in school? What are your favorite foods? What kind of music do you like? What kinds of things do you do for fun?...

Microwaveable Salmon Photo source: Flickr Salmon is one of the healthiest foods for teens due to its high fatty acid content, but it isn’t always easy to make. This microwavable option takes just five minutes and tastes great. Ingredients: Single-portion salmon filet Freshly-cut lemon slices One tablespoon of parsley Salt and pepper Instructions: Place salmon skin-side down in a microwave safe container., and season with salt and pepper. Top with lemon slices and parsley, cover with microwave safe plastic wrap, and microwave on high for 3....

Lois Ehlert is the author of many award-winning picture books, including Market Day, named a Best Illustrated Book of the Year by the New York Times. Read more books by this author of Waiting for Wings: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom “A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.” In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree....

Drawing from Experience When you were growing up, you likely kept a running list of all the things your parents did that you didn’t want to do to your children. Yet, as you grew older, you probably realized that your parents didn’t do as bad a job as you once estimated. After all, they raised you, didn’t they? While it’s certainly a good idea to learn from your own less-than-perfect childhood experiences, remember that your vision at the time may have been skewed....

What Is Motor Planning? Motor planning is defined as the ability to organize the body’s actions: knowing what steps to take, and in what order, to complete a particular task. For example, a motor plan for getting dressed would include steps for putting on socks—including knowing this comes before stepping into shoes; putting shoes on the correct feet, and so on. A motor plan for hitting a baseball would need to include steps for standing in the correct position in the batter’s box, holding the bat at the proper angle (and gripping it with the right amount of force), watching for the pitch, swinging the bat at the right time, dropping the bat to run to first base, etc....

Causes of Necrozoospermia It’s not entirely clear what causes necrozoospermia. Because it is so rare, there are a lot of unknowns. Possible causes and theories include: Abnormally high body temperature (such as in men who use wheelchairs or hot tubs) Advanced paternal age Anti-sperm antibodies (where the body’s immune symptom attack its own healthy, normal sperm cells) Early testicular cancer Exposure to toxins, such as lead, pesticides, mercury, or cadmium Hormonal causes, as with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) Infection in the male reproductive tract Problems with the testicles or epididymis (which is a long, coiled tube just above each testicle, where sperm are collected and mature before ejaculation) Prolonged periods of no ejaculation Spinal cord injuries Street drug use Varicocele (abnormally dilated veins in the scrotum)...

The name was most likely derived from the ancient Greek “ōphéleia” (ὠφέλεια) meaning “aid” or “benefit,” but it is best known as the name of Shakespeare’s tragic heroine in his play “Hamlet.” How Popular Is the Name Ophelia? The name Ophelia was not uncommon in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. (It may have received a boost in 1852, when a character named Ophelia appeared in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s best-selling novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin....

It drives moms to extremes that annoy the living daylights out of their kids. A mom may plan a party for a daughter who appears to be left out of a social group only to find out later that she declined an invitation to become part of the clique. Or, she may scour the city for a sweater she thinks will cheer up her daughter who had a fight with her boyfriend only to find that she already made up with him, hates the sweater, and is annoyed she told her mom about the disagreement in the first place....

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Understanding more about allergies can help parents get their kids some much-needed relief. And the first step in treating allergies is confirming that your child really has allergies as allergy symptoms are often confused with cold symptoms. Learn more about common childhood allergies, causes, symptoms, getting the correct diagnosis, and effective treatments. Allergy Causes Allergies are caused when the body’s immune system recognizes a foreign substance (such as a food, bee venom, or pollen) as a pathogen that it needs to fight....

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According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, an estimated 43 million preschool children worldwide were overweight or obese in 2010. This is an increase of 60 percent since 1990.The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity reports that over half of obese children become overweight children by age 2, while one in five children are overweight by the time they turn 6.“Today, almost 10 percent of infants and toddlers carry excess weight for their length, and slightly more than 20 percent of children between the ages of 2 and 5 are already overweight or obese,” say researchers at the Institute of Medicine....

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First designate a start and finish line. Then choose one of the options below to play the game. Option 1: In teams of two, members run to the finish line, holding the pineapple between them – without hands – stomach to stomach or hip to hip. If a player drops the pineapple, he can pick it up with his hands to re-position it. Option 2: Instead of working in teams, players will carry their own piece of fruit....

Many women believe that the risk of pregnancy in those early weeks and months is small, but that isn’t true at all, explained Dr. Taraneh Shirazian OB-GYN at NYU Langone Health, and founder of Saving Mothers, in an interview. “You can get pregnant as early as 6-8 weeks postpartum,” Dr. Shirazian says. “It’s really not that delayed. Your actually body wants to ovulate postpartum.” How Soon Does Fertility Return After Having a Baby?...