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1. Freezing rain blanketed the Midwest this week with ice. Roads were extremely dangerous. More than half a million people are still without power in Oklahoma – the biggest outage in the state’s history. State officials have requested that no one leave their home unless absolutely necessary.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/01/12/ice.storm/index.html
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2. About 10,000 tons of oil has spilled into the Yellow Sea and onto South Korea’s western coast in what the government calls the worst oil spill ever. Hundreds of volunteers spend endless hours shoveling oil from formerly beautiful sands of Mallipo Beach.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22140662/
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693383,00.ht
ml?xid=feed-cnn-world
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/cleanup.shtml
http://oceanlink.island.net/oceanmatters/oil%20pollution.html
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3. Federal lawmakers met this week in California to discuss the emergency preparedness of the region after the raging wildfires earlier this fall. During the wildfires, every resource available to fight them was used. But soon, firefighters will have another tool – gigantic water balloons. Aerospace engineer William Cleary works on advanced projects for Boeing in Long Beach, California. An encounter with a water balloon led to an idea that may revolutionize the use of military air transports for firefighting. Cleary and other Boeing engineers developed gigantic water balloons filled with 250 gallons each – a ton of water – that are deployed in cardboard boxes and shoved out the back of cargo jets.
http://www.boston.com/news/natio
n/articles/2007/12/02/engineers_dream_to_fight_wildfires_
with_giant_water_balloons_takes_shape/
http://www.aviation.com/technolo
gy/071127-ap-aerial-firefighting-water-balloons.html
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4. The Space Shuttle Atlantis’ take-off has been delayed until 2008. The mission has been pushed back a month because a fuel sensor in the shuttle’s liquid hydrogen tank wasn’t working properly.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/lb/audience/foreducators/5-8/features/index.html
Lesson Plans (Science and Language Arts Grade Level: 5-7)
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5. The average price of durum wheat, an essential ingredient to produce one of Italy's most loved staples, has gone up 60% in just the last five months. This means that for producers like Massimiliano Giovannotti, a third generation pasta maker, production costs have gone up as well. Analysts say the skyrocketing price of wheat and other grains is generated by stronger than usual demand on the world markets. Bad weather is partly to blame. So are environmental concerns as durum wheat is increasingly sold to produce bio-fuel. But Italians are not willing to give up their favorite food so far for any price.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7004409.stm
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6. A sad story turns happy in Cincinnati, after people flocked to a Christmas tree lot where three Boy Scouts had been robbed at gunpoint of all the cash they had earned. Once folks heard, they came from all around the area to donate money, and to buy their trees from the Troop. The Scouts wound up making more money selling trees on the days after the robbery than they lost in the stick up.
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7. The people who run the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company are going to sell their old Headquarters Building, and construct a new one just a few miles away. That will keep the tire company from leaving Akron. City and State leaders worked with Goodyear officials to make the deal, which saved three-thousand jobs in the Rubber City. The world famous Goodyear Blimp will also stay at its hangar in another part of Akron.
http://www.goodyear.com/
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8. The spotted salamander brought the Wetlands Education Team from West Geauga Middle School to an Ohio Senate hearing room last month. The students hoped to call attention to the drastic loss of wetlands in Ohio with a campaign to make the spotted salamander the official state amphibian. The students chose the spotted salamander because it's an indicator species for a healthy ecosystem, and it’s present in most Ohio counties. Students from Central Intermediate School in Medina also stood up for the salamander. The kids did a great job, because Senate Bill 240 passed in the Senate this week and is now on its way to the House.
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/wetlands/html/wetland.html                     
http://www.ohiosalamanders.com/Salamanders.html
http://www.senate.state.oh.us/
Lesson Plans (Science Grade Levels: 6-8)
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9. He's a big-man on campus -- even though he's not even five feet tall. He can't sign his name, can't drive a car, and doesn't play football. But when it comes to the hearts of USC’s players and coach -- he's a grid-iron great. Kara Finnstrom introduces us to Ricky Rosas, the Trojans' inspirational secret weapon.
http://usc.scout.com/2/699395.html
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plasch
ke22nov22,1,3266641,full.column?coll=la-headlines-sports
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10. During family day last Saturday at a Philadelphia aerospace facility, a boy hit a button that was only for emergencies. The button was part of the fire suppression system in the helicopter hanger. People were swimming in foam.
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11. With less than two weeks to Christmas, Santa’s helpers are all over the place. A mall in Denver, Colorado has a special Santa – a signing Santa.
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