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Smore Magazine is an inspirational STEM magazine for young girls and boys to learn about interesting careers in science, technology, engineering and math and remarkable role models of today while having fun with puzzles, games, and crafts

#1 A new era of space travel: What will Artemis 1 achieve for lunar travel?

#2 Sun in a jar: How nuclear reactions that take place in the Sun might power the Earth

#3 Viral diet: How a microbe lives on viruses

#Biology Mind control parasite: How do wolves become puppets to Toxoplasma gondii?

#Geology Mauna Loa breaks its big slumber in a fiery explosion

#Physics A powerful laser can reroute lightning

#Astronomy Spiraling into a star: How the first exoplanet discovered by Kepler telescope will die

How close is alien life: Last vital ingredient of life found on Enceladus

CROSS WORD

BURÇIN MUTLU-PAKDIL

FUN FACTS

Transparent Creatures: No X-Ray Vision Required

HOW DOES A SOLAR PANEL WORK?

How does a solar panel work? • In order to get familiar with how solar panels work, we need to introduce two heroes to the story: the photon and the electron.

A photovoltaic cell has two main layers.

How does a solar panel produce electricity?

What are the two main disadvantages to solar energy?

Glossary

Solar Flares – can they harm humans?

Observing and Predicting

Glossary

TYPES OF BIOMES

DESERT

AQUATIC

TUNDRA

GRASSLAND

FOREST

BRINGING BACK TO LIFE: THE SCIENCE OF REVIVING ORGANISMS • Death is largely associated with permanence. But scientists have found a way to revive a dead pig.

What is Lazarus syndrome?

Scientists revived a dead pig

Conclusion

Glossary

Mind Muddlers

s.o.s. ________ save our snow! • When you think of snow, you probably think of winter-snowball fights and snowflakes melting on your tongue. But snow's most dynamic season is actually spring. Spring's warm, sunny days are when snow's best features shine. Snow is not just for skiers and sledders. Food and electricity come from snow. As climate change warms our planet and melts snow, spring snow has a complicated role to play. All sorts of people are racing to save our snow, with solutions both big and small, whacky and wonderful. And some of them are kids.

CAROLINE HERSCHEL • As a child, Caroline Herschel seemed destined for a dull life filled with housework. She was born in Hanover, Germany in 1750. Her father, the leader of an army band, wanted Caroline to have a good education. But her mother expected her to stay home and help run the household. She attended school only long enough to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic. Her five brothers went on to study music, French, math, and science. Caroline was taught to clean, cook, and do needle work. She learned what she could from her father and brothers, as she recalled, “sitting in a corner with my knitting and listening all the while.” No one, including Caroline herself, could have guessed she would become a groundbreaking scientist.

Glossary

WHAT DO FORENSIC SCIENTISTS DO?

GLOSSARY

Guess What?

HOW TO DO CHILL A DRINK CHALLENGE

IS LAB-GROWN MEAT THE FUTURE? • Meat grown in laboratories could help feed the world and save animals’ lives.

Glossary

Answers and Credits

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