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By Pierce, Landon, Finn, Hannah, Elian, Isa, Naomi, and Tallie<\/p>\n
Fifth Graders at Stanley British Primary School<\/p>\n
Denver, CO, United States<\/p>\n
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THE STATUE OF LIBERTY<\/span><\/strong> In 1865, a Frenchman named \u00c9douard de Laboulaye had an idea to celebrate freedom and the friendship between France and the United States. He suggested that France give the US a monument. Laboulaye shared his idea with his friend, a sculptor named Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi started designing the statue, which they named Liberty Enlightening the World<\/em>. France would build the statue, and the US would create the pedestal.<\/p>\n Both countries loved the plan, but they quickly ran into the same problem: money. In France, funds were raised from all kinds of people, including schoolchildren and copper manufacturers. In the US, art shows, auctions, and events didn\u2019t raise enough for the pedestal. In 1883, poet Emma Lazarus wrote a poem called The New Colossus<\/em> for an art auction to help raise money. Although her poem wasn\u2019t famous at first, it later became an important part of the statue\u2019s story, symbolizing welcome and hope for immigrants.<\/p>\n Bartholdi also needed help figuring out how to make the statue stand strong. He turned to Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who later designed the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel created a strong iron framework for the statue that allowed the copper skin to expand and contract with the weather without breaking.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in the US, fundraising for the pedestal was slow. Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher of a newspaper called the New York World<\/em>, wrote articles asking Americans to help. He criticized the wealthy for not giving enough and the middle class for expecting others to solve the problem. His campaign inspired thousands of people to donate, and the money came pouring in.<\/p>\n Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the pedestal using concrete and granite to ensure it was strong enough to support the massive monument. Its cornerstone was laid in 1884, and Hunt even donated his fee to help finish the project. By 1886, the pedestal was complete, ready to hold the giant sculpture.<\/p>\n Lady Liberty was ready to travel from France in July 1884. A ship called the Is\u00e8re<\/em> brought it to New York Harbor in June 1885. It came in 214 crates, holding 350 individual pieces. Workers reassembled it on the pedestal in just four months. On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated.<\/p>\n Today, the Statue of Liberty stands as a symbol of friendship between France and the US. 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There are approximately 96 fourteeners in the entire United States, and 56 are in Colorado. Because Colorado has so many fourteeners, it contains 75 percent of the land in the US with an altitude of over 14,000 ft.<\/p>\n The largest, Mount Elbert, stands 14,400 ft. tall. The first person to summit Mount Elbert was Henry W. Stuckle in 1874. \u00a0The smallest is named Sunshine Peak and is 14,001 ft. tall.<\/p>\n Pikes Peak is the first fourteener that you would encounter in Colorado if you were traveling west from the plains of Kansas. Pikes Peak is 14,115 ft. tall. The first person who climbed it was explorer Zebulon Pike, who led an expedition there in 1806. His group failed to reach the summit because of deep snow and lack of food.<\/p>\n Pikes Peak was formed over a billion years ago when ancient rocks were pushed up by forces deep inside the Earth, and erosion shaped it into the mountain we see today. It has an old cog railway that you can ride to the summit during the summer.<\/p>\n Longs Peak is 14,259 ft. tall and is one of the tallest in Colorado. It\u2019s the only fourteener in Rocky Mountain National Park. 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Although they\u2019re not endangered anymore, giant pandas are still considered vulnerable, with only about 1,800 living in the wild today. Scientists believe pandas have been around for two to three million years, but their numbers started to drop as humans built more roads and towns, cutting down the forests they need to survive.<\/p>\n Giant pandas play an important role in their ecosystem. They eat mostly bamboo\u2014between 20 and 40 pounds every day! By consuming so much of it and spreading its seeds through their poop, pandas help keep bamboo forests healthy. Once in a while, they will also eat other plants or small animals, but this woody grass remains their favorite food.<\/p>\n There are many amazing facts about pandas. For example, baby pandas are born tiny\u2014about the size of a stick of butter\u2014and weigh only a few ounces. Male pandas have a funny way of marking their territory: they do handstands to leave their scent higher up on tree trunks. These unique behaviors make pandas one of the most interesting animals on Earth.<\/p>\n You can help giant pandas by learning more about them and telling others why they\u2019re important. 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Between 1946 and 1993, 13 countries disposed of toxic materials in the sea. This practice stopped after international treaties and government agreements were created to protect the environment. Today, scientists are still monitoring the old dumping sites to make sure they don\u2019t harm marine life.<\/p>\n The waste left behind can cause problems for animals living in the oceans. Some of the dumping sites are in the Atlantic near Europe and off parts of the US coast. Even though the water dilutes some of the material, it can still pose a danger. Eating fish caught from polluted areas over time might harm people\u2019s health by damaging their organs.<\/p>\n This pollution also hurts people who rely on fishing to make a living. After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, many countries banned seafood from parts of Japan\u2019s coast, leading to a big drop in sales for fishermen. The average annual pay for a Japanese deep-sea fisherman is about US$19,000, and disasters like this make earning a living even harder.<\/p>\n The Soviet Union dumped a lot of radioactive waste into the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. In the Kara Sea, for example, records show they threw away about 17,000 containers and 19 ships filled with radioactive waste. They also dumped 14 nuclear reactors. Germany and Italy dumped much less, only about 0.2 pounds each in the Atlantic Ocean. South Korea also got rid of waste in the Sea of Japan, but we don\u2019t know how much they dumped because the data isn\u2019t available.<\/p>\n Radioactive waste in the oceans is a serious problem that affects both wildlife and people. 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By December 2025, about 7,500 people had climbed to the top.<\/p>\n Climbers use several camps to rest and prepare during their journey:<\/p>\n Above 8,000 m (26,247 ft.) is called the “death zone” because the air has very little oxygen, making it dangerous for climbers. 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