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Snowy weather, jingle bells, twinkling lights, and candy canes and are all signs that December has arrived! It’s the last month of the year and there is certainly a feeling of anticipation in the air. People are busy making plans and preparing for the holidays, also known as the “hustle bustle” of the holiday season! Christmas, Hanukkah and

Kwanzaa are all holidays celebrated in December, where songs, decorations, candles and giving gifts are part of their beautiful traditions.

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If you get a clear glass of tap water and look closely at it, can you guesshow old it is? The water in your glass may have fallen from the sky as rainjust last week, but the water itself has been around almost as long as theearth has! Our earth has a limited amount of water and that water keeps cy-cling around and around. That’s what we call “the water cycle.”

This water cycle is made up of four main parts.

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Evaporation: Evaporation iswhen the sun heats up water inrivers, lakes, and the ocean andturns it into vapor or steam. Thewater vapor or steam leaves theriver, lakes and ocean and goesinto the air. With evaporation,we also have transpiration.What is that? Plants transpire.Transpiration is the way bywhich plants lose water out oftheir leaves. Transpiration givesevaporation a bit of a hand ingetting the water vapor back upinto the air.

Condensation: Water vapor inthe air gets cold and changesback into liquid, forming clouds.This is called condensation.You can see the same sort ofthing at home... pour a glass ofcold water on a hot day andwatch what happens. Waterforms on the outside of theglass. That water didn’t some-how leak through the glass! Itacutally came from the air.Water vapor in the warm air,turns back into liquid when ittouches the cold glass!

Precipitation: Precipitationoccurs when so much waterhas condensed that the aircannot hold it anymore. Theclouds get heavy and waterfalls back to the earth in theform of rain, hail, sleet orsnow.

Collection: When water fallsback to earth as precipitation, itmay fall back into the oceans,lakes and rivers, or it may end upon land. When it ends up on land,it will either soak into the earthand become part of the “groundwater” that plants and animalsuse to drink or it may run over thesoil and collect in the oceans,lakes and rivers where the cyclestarts all over again.

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While the cold of a Michigan winter makes many of us want to stay cozy in-doors, there are two great sports to enjoy outdoors this winter, skiing andsnowboarding. These popular sports can be done at the many ski resorts allover Michigan and are a perfect way to exercise while having fun.

Skiing is a winter sport that involves moving over the snow with the use ofskis, which are longboards attached to thefeet. In addition to skis,skiers use poles to keeptheir balance, ski boots tofasten the skis to theirfeet, and ski bindings tosecure the ski boots to theskis.

It’s important to staywarm, so ski pants, a coatand ski gloves help to re-sist wind and water.Some of the newer fabricsfor cold weather give youthe warmth without all thebulk. Ski helmets protectheads from injury, and skigoggles protect eyes fromwind and the glare of sun-light on the snow coveredtrails and slopes.

Snowboarding is a sportthat evolved from skate-boarding and surfing, onlyit’s done on the snow.

Snowboarders need a snowboard, boots, bindings and a helmet, plus all thewarm weather gear like gloves, snowboard pants and a coat.

Getting properly fit for this equipment is very important for keeping youcomfortable and safe. Even if you don’t have your own set of ski or snow-boarding equipment, you can rent everything from the ski resort you visit.This is a good way of trying out the sport before purchasing your own set,and deciding what works best for you.

If you haven’t tried skiing or snowboarding before, sign up for a lesson andlearn the basics from a certified instructor. It’s fun to take a lesson with a sib-ling or a friend. When you first begin, you start out on a beginner’s slope, orbunny slope, which is a short hill with a gentle incline. You’ll learn how tostop, turn and make correctchoices such as which trail or hillis right for you, and how to watchout for others and avoid collisions.

In addition to being fun, bothsports offer a great cardio vascu-lar workout which is good for yourheart, strengthens your musclesand improves flexibility.

Michigan winters can some-times seem long, but they can re-ally be fun if you have an outdoorsport you can enjoy with your fam-ily and friends. So look for the skiresort nearest your home andgive it a try.

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Webberville Elementary School hosted a Veter-an’s Day celebration assembly on November 11, 2015. Twenty-six area veterans attended rep-resenting the Army, Army National Guard, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Principal, Suzi Slater, welcomed the veterans and invited each guest to share their military experiences with the students and staff. Webberville STARS created letters of thanks and patriotic artwork, which were present-ed to each veteran at the end of the assembly. Music teacher, Jennifer Filipiak, sang a solo and the students from each grade level sang patriotic songs to the veteran guests. Teacher, Suzanne

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Companies are thrilled to participate and teach students about their careers. They understand that even though we have students from Kindergarten to Third Grade, the passion develops ear-ly. At Fairview STEM we strive to open the minds of our students to the future that awaits them. The saying, “You can be anything you want to be,” is true! The trick is you have to know how; at Fairview STEM we are starting our students off in the right direction.

On October 22nd at 10:00 a.m. all students at Dansville Elementary participated in Michigan’s Apple Crunch world record contest. This fun state-wide event tied in perfectly with our 7 Mindset program that teaches our students positive and proactive ways to think about life and its challenges. Having ev-ery student in the building participate with this state event was a great way of getting our entire school to celebrate the kick-off of the mindset, Everything is Possible! Even a whole state crunching on an ap-ple at ONE TIME!!!

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Kids of today get a series of shots to protect them from get-ting whooping cough, but some kids will still get it. Babieswho have not had all their series of shots are at risk forwhooping cough. This is a very serious illness for a baby,and also affects adults ages 60 and older.

Whooping cough, which is also called pertussis (pur-tus-is)is a bacterial infection of the respiratory system. This in-cludes your lungs and breathing tubes. Whooping cough gotits name from kids coughing a lot and in between coughs,they make a “whoop” sound when they try to take a breath.

In 1906, two French scientists discovered the pertussisbacteria and this became the first step to creating a vaccineto prevent this disease. Thousands of children used to get itbecause it spreads very quickly. Pertussis bacteria can livein the saliva in mouths and in the mucus in noses. It isspread by people coughing or sneezing and releasing tinydroplets in the air that other people breathe in. Colds arecaught this way also.

The symptoms of whooping cough are similar to a cold but,unlike the cold, whooping cough sticks around and the coughgets stronger and more severe. If the doctor thinks that achild might have whooping cough, they may take a sample ofthe mucus in the back of their nose. This can be tested in alab to see if there’s any bacteria in it. They may also order achest X-ray and blood tests.

A child who has whooping cough will need to rest, drinkplenty of fluids and eat healthy food. Also, the doctor will pre-scribe antibiotics to help fight the infection from the bacteria.This will guard from spreading the illness to others. Regularcheck-ups with the doctor will make sure that the breathingand coughing are improving.

Whooping cough can be avoided by getting the pertussis vac-cine called the DTaP. The shot prevents two other illnesses —diphtheria and tetanus in addition to pertussis.

Today, kids are usually given five doses of it. The first three shotsare given while a child is a baby. Another is given when a child is

a toddler and the fifth one is given between ages 4 to 6. And now,doctors want to give another shot when children are around 11 or12 to make sure he or she is still protected.

Washing your hands often and staying away from people whohave a bad cough may help you avoid getting the disease.

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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter.She was built by Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge, Michigan.When she was launched on June 8, 1958, she was the largest ship onNorth America’s Great Lakes at that time and she remains the largest tohave sunk there.

For seventeen years, the Fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from minesnear Duluth, Minnesota to iron works in Detroit, Toledo and other GreatLakes ports. She set seasonal haul records six times.

One of her captains, Peter Pulcer was known for playing music day ornight over the ship’s intercom system while passing through the St. Clairand Detroit Rivers (between Lakes Huron andErie). He also entertained spectators at the SooLocks with a commentary about the ship!

The Fitzgerald was 729 feet in overall length.She could carry 25,400 tons of cargo and go at 14knots or about 16 miles per hour. She had a crewof 29.

Carrying a full cargo of ore pellets with CaptainErnest M. McSorley in command, the Fitzgeraldembarked from Superior, Wisconsin, near Duluthon the afternoon of November 9, 1975. She wasgoing to a steel mill in Detroit. Joining a secondfreighter, the SS Arthur M. Anderson, the two werecaught in the midst of a severe winter storm onLake Superior on November 10, 1975. The windwas hurricane-force and the waves were up to 35feet high. Shortly after 7 p.m., the Fitzgerald sud-denly sank in Canadian waters 530 feet deep.They were approximately 17 miles from the en-trance to Whitefish Bay near Sault Ste. Marie,Michigan. Even though the Fitzgerald had reported

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Animals NativeTo Finland

The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest member of the weaselfamily. Large and ferocious, it can weigh up to 66 pounds. It issometimes called a “skunk bear” because of the smell it gives offand it resembles a bear. The State of Michigan is known as theWolverine State, but sightings of wolverines are an extreme rare-ity here. Rodents, fish, reptiles, and birds are favorite prey, butwolverines usually prefer carrion, which is the flesh of an animalthat has already been killed. Gulo gulo—the glutton—is a prime

scavenger who buriesfor later use some ofthe meat it tears offwith its special uppermolar in the back of itsmouth that is side-ways.

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wolverine has brown hair and stripes of dull yellow along its sides.Their fur is dense and long and does not retain much water, mak-ing is resistant to frost. They also have long tails.

The European Mink is considered an endangered mammalspecies in Europe. They have short legs, a bushy short tail and along slim arched body that is 11 to 17 inches long. Their coat isblack/brown with white bands on the upper and lower jaws. Themink has partially webbed feet which aids it in swimming, divingand hunting underwater.

European Minks are nocturnal and search for food at night. Theyare carnivores and eat small animals like birds, frogs, fish, crabsand insects. They not only hunt in water and in swamps, but onland. Their eyesight is generally poor, so they rely heavily on theirsuperior sense of smell when hunting.

European Mink are solitary animals and live in dens close to freshwater. They make their dens using grass, leaves, feathers and furunder trees, onbanks of streamsand in drift piles.They are alsoterritorial, mark-ing their areawith scent andaggression.

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• The Bronze Age burial site of Sammallah denmnaki is a World Her-itage site.• The sauna has been used in Finland for over two thousand years.• The kantele (similar to a zither) is Finland's oldest musical instru-ment. • Turku used to be the capital and is Finland's oldest city. In fact, Fin-land’s first university was founded in Turku in 1640.• Amethysts (purple precious stones) are mined in the Lappish villageof Pelkosenniem.• The Aurora Borealis are a light phenomena that light up the sky inthe northern polar regions during the darkest times of the year. TheNorthern Lights can be yellowish green and red, but also blue and vi-olet, and they brighten up the night sky in the Finnish Lapland in win-tertime with anamazing light show.The Northern Lightscan move from eastto west, they canappear as rays, orthey can be fast-moving, pulsingshapes. Their colorsand shapes changerapidly, and theycan provide asmuch light as a fullmoon. Winter in thisarea is dark between the months of November and January wherethe sun does not rise above the horizon. This dark northern winter-time is known as the Polar Night (the Finnish call it “kaamos”) and inthis darkness, the Northern Lights look magical.

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Finland• Finland is the fifth largest country and themost sparsely populated country in Europe.• Finland is three times the size of Ohio andshares its borders with Sweden, Norwayand Russia. • Around two-thirds of Finland is covered inheavy forest and about a one-tenth bywater. • In the far north, the sun does not set foraround 10 weeks during the 'White Nights'of summer, while in winter it does not riseabove the horizon for nearly eight weeks.• Industries: metals and metal products,electronics, machinery and scientific instru-ments, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, food-stuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing.• Natural resources: timber, iron ore, copper,lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver,limestone.• The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Itbecame Finland’s capital in 1812. • Finland is a bilingual country, both Finnish and Swedish are the of-ficial languages.• The government is an Independent Democratic Republic since1917. Their president is elected for a six year term. They were thefirst country in Europe who allowed women to vote. The presidentof Finland is a woman named President Tarja Halonen.• The Finnish children believe that Father Christmas and MotherChristmas live on a mountain called Korvatunturi in Finnish Lap-land.• Lake Saimaa is the largest lake in Finland.

Kerimaki church, built in 1849 is one of theworld’s largest wooden churches.

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