Current Events Period 1

We have Monday off from school because it is Martin Luther King day.  He was born on January 15th in Georgia.  He followed in his fathers footsteps, but died on July 12 1964.  What did Martin Luther King Jr fight against?

• racial segregation and racism
• women's education
• freedom!
• education for everyone

Little baby Teegan was born with two important organs not fully formed.  Her doctors helped her by viewing 3D images of the organs that were not fully formed.  What organs were not fully formed on baby Teegan?

• Brain and Stomach
• Lungs and Heart
• Liver and Leg
• Heart and Arm

An organization named Brae's Brown Bags was recognized at the White House for their work.  Brae's Brown Bags . . . 

• decorates brown bags and uses them as decorations around hospitals
• fills brown bags with dog and cat food and brings them to shelters
• gives homeless and hungry people food and water

Ringling Bros. Circus animals are getting an early retirement.  The animals will be sent to a Conservation Center that has 200- acres in Central Florida.  42 of what kind of animal will now be living peacefully in a new conservation center?

• monkeys
• elephants
• tigers
• lions

NASA is calling off a new mission.  There is not enough time to fix a leaky seal on a key science instrument.  NASA has already spent $525 million on this mission.  Where was this mission supposed to go?

• The Moon
• The Sun
• Mars
• Venus

Recently NASA has found interesting new things on Mars.  These items are encouraging NASA to look more into Mars and question what Mars is like.  What did NASA find recently on Mars? 

• Life
• Dried up plants
• Ice
• Dried up Riverbeds

Danny Bland found a fossilized tooth of a Megolodon shark, which is the biggest shark to ever live.  Scientists believe that this shark could have eaten a large whale.  How long is a megolodon shark?

• 100 feet 
• 600 feet 
• 30 feet
• 60 feet

A tortoise names Jonathen has been around for a long time.  He eats a lot of fruit and vegetables and Jonathen the tortoise is also blind.  How old is Jonathan the tortoise?

• 183
• 99
• 238
• 359