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Articles and Other Writing

Monthly Columns
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"Animal Angles" [features an animal related to the magazine's monthly theme], Odyssey, 1998-2006, about 70 columns.

"Quote of the Month" [presents an activity—often a puzzle or code—that reveals a quote tied to the magazine's monthly theme], Cobblestone, 1998-2004, about 30 columns.

"Odyssey Online" [discusses activities in cyberspace related to the magazine's monthly theme], Odyssey, 1996-1997, about 10 columns.

Articles on Science

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"Einstein’s Refrigerator? The New Green Machine!" [Einstein’s refrigerator], Odyssey, November/December 2009.

"SIMPLY Weird" [Internet activity], Odyssey, January, 2008.

"Beware of Hitchhikers" [invasive species], Odyssey, April 2007.

"Feat of Clay" [animation], Odyssey, October 2005.

"Sweet Dreams" [chocolate], Odyssey, Februrary 2005.

"Daniel Gropper Gauges the Weather," "The National Weather Service," and "$1 Million Per Mile", Odyssey, February 2004.

"Belle of the Mall" [statistics], Odyssey, December 2003.
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"What Does He Know? An Interview with Spymaster E. Peter Earnest," Odyssey, September 2003.

"Polymath Predictions: An Interview with Stephen Jay Gould," Odyssey, December 1999.

"Raffi Focuses on the Stars" [neural adaptive optics for telescopes],
Odyssey, February 1996.

"Setting Your Sights on Space" and "Hold Still!" [Mapping the Planets], Odyssey, October, 1995.
"Chris Slough: A Teen Who Is Taking Charge" [Earth Day and environmental activism], Odyssey, April 1995.
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"The Saga of Sunforce 1" [long-distance race of solar-powered cars], Odyssey, June 1994.

"Explore Your Vision—and Win!" [NSF ExploraVision competition], Odyssey, October 1993.

Articles on History and Government

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"In Service Abroad" [John Adams], 
Cobblestone
, November/December 2009.

"Loyal Opposition" [freedom of speech/assembly],
Cobblestone
, May/June, 2008.

"Behind Barbed Wire" [American civilians in Japanese POW
camps during World War II], Cobblestone, September 2007.

"Hard Work Is the Only Escape" [Edith Wharton] and "America's Sweetheart Goes to War"
[Mary Pickford], Cobblestone, March 2006.

"Magic Bean Soup" [Congress], Cobblestone, February 2005.

"African American Sailors" [Civil War], Cobblestone, January 2004.

"The Okie School" [Dust Bowl], Cobblestone, April 2003.

"Naomi Shihab Nye and the Power of Stories" [Arab Americans], Cobblestone, May 2002.
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"So I Got Involved" [NAACP], Cobblestone, February 2002.

"A Precarious Balance" [Compromise of 1850], Cobblestone,
January 2002.


"Chairman of the Board" [colonial furniture],
Cobblestone
, November 2001.

"Living with Silver and Gold" [Panama Canal],
Cobblestone, April 2001.

"'I Can Be Useful': First Ladies and Their Causes," Cobblestone, September 2000.

"Mission Barely Possible" [La Salle expedition], Cobblestone, October, 1999.
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"School on the Right Track" [Canadian school railroad cars],
Highlights for Children, September 1999.

"Democracy One Step at a Time" [Jane Addams],
Cobblestone, March 1999.

"The DREDful Scott Decision" [Supreme Court’s Dred Scott v. Sandford case], Cobblestone, October 1998.

"Tracking Riders in Cyberspace" [orphan train riders],
Cobblestone
, April 1998.

"The Generals" [Antietam], Cobblestone October 1997.

"From Gold Nuggets to the Golden Spike" [California], Cobblestone, September 1997.

"The Scoop on the Media and Elections," Cobblestone, October 1996.
 
"The Era of Good Feelings" [James Monroe], Cobblestone, September 1996.
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"Hot on the Trail" [Pinkerton] and "Bass Reeves," Cobblestone,
May 1996.


"Spacious Dreams" [Japanese Americans], Cobblestone, April 1996.

"Putting Testimony to the Test" [Quakers], Cobblestone,
December 1995.


"A Lifelong Interest: An Interview with Hugh Gregory Gallagher" and "Our Especial Treasure" [Franklin Delano Roosevelt], Cobblestone, April 1995.

"The Traveling Recluse" and "Guess What" [Emily Dickinson], Cobblestone, March 1995.

"Thacher's Wampum" and "Historic Moments in a 10,000-Year Heritage" [Native Americans of the Northeast], Cobblestone, November 1994.

"Music's My Language" [Louis Armstrong], Cobblestone, October 1994.

"A Classical Education" and "Life at Home" [Sam Houston], Cobblestone, September 1994.
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"Canada's Travelling Schools", Keeping Track [published by CN North America in English and French], September 1994.

"Canada: Au Temps des Voitures-Écoles" and "Sudbury - White River, A Bord de L'Autorail des Vacances" [Canadian school car], La Vie du Rail [Train magazine published in Paris], June 8-14, 1994.

"From Jim Crow to Justice" and "Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall," Cobblestone, February 1994.

"Our 101st Senator," "350 Years of Voices," and "The Supreme Court Needs You!" [role of children in government], Cobblestone, December, 1993.
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"Under the Ooze at Ozette" [Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest], Cobblestone, November, 1992.
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