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The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Captain America, the Avengers, and the X-Men--these are just a few of the many superheroes from comic books of yesteryear made popular among today's youth through movies and TV. Fifth-graders can apply their knowledge of the powers of these fictitious, gravity-defying characters during an investigation about the downward direction of Earth's gravitational force. To further students' understanding about gravity, forces, and motion, multiple types of text were integrated into instruction. Here, Gross et al discusses how graphic novels inspire a gravity investigation.

To further students' understanding about gravity, forces, and motion, multiple types of text were integrated into instruction. As part of a 5E lesson (Bybee et al. 2006), the authors used a selection from Capstone Press's Graphic Science series, \"A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom\" (Sohn and Barnett 2007) to support science learning and as the primary mentor text for the writing component. This graphic novel introduces students to storyboards and other text features and allows for the use of multiple text types to promote student understanding of the science content. Student-constructed texts, data tables, and illustrations are used throughout the unit and reinforce the elements of the supporting text.

As the manager of a small nonprofit, you're frequently given advice more appropriate to a big nonprofit. If you're following that advice, trying to be a small-scale version of a large organization, you're likely wasting resources and losing focus on your mission. Although over half of nonprofits are small, the vast majority of management advice is geared towards larger nonprofits an takes more staff time than you have. This advice has to be translated to be useful to you, and much can be ignored altogether. The four keys to being successfully small are: 1. Watch for hidden time bombs that might go off in your face. 2. Learn the tricks of the trade. 3. Develop \"quick and dirty\" approaches. 4. Figure out how to hang in there for the long haul. You can do great work if you understand and take advantage of the benefits of being small.

Virginia Anderson's \"A walk on the wild side\" article in the April 20 DeKalb section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is accompanied by a photo of an Emory student crossing North Decatur Road. It is obvious that the student is not using the crosswalk and light at the corner but has chosen to walk between cars, thus making her journey hazardous. The Emory area has sidewalks and marked crossings with lights. Part of the problem is that people don't use the crosswalks and prefer to jaywalk. This is the case in most areas of Atlanta.