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become ordinary people. a cancer hospital turns to hip-hop and teen patients tune in. we'll meet a woman who stick around for sports, you'll be floored. i'll tell you about a summer camp that teaches suburban kids how show farm animals. >> and much more, next on "teen kids news." welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. >> the economy is a lot like the weather. people talk about it all the time and if you listen carefully, you'll hear adults throw around terms like stocks, bonds and dividends. to get a better understanding of what all the chatter is about,

nicole went down to the heart of america's financial district. >> this is wall street, home to the largest money market in the world, the new york stock exchange. behind these flag draped columns, billions of dollars change hands every working day. it's where fortunes have been made and lost in a seemingly endless cycle. >> founded in 1792, the new york stock exchange is one of the country's oldest institutions. it's home to over 2,000 companies. >> we provide individuals with opportunities to invest in companies and businesses that have great ideas. >> gordon brown has worked here for more than 40 years. he's even written a book for teens about investing. so where to? >> we're going to go right over here and we're going to start in the main room. >> the stock exchange is a giant electronic marketplace.

>> and in a marketplace you have buying and selling of goods much like going to a store, buying groceries and other things. well, that's what happens here. the new york stock exchange is the facility where this buying and selling takes place. this is where the investor, the buyer and the sellers come together. >> what they're selling and buying are shares of stock. stock gives people like you and me an ownership interest in a company. if the company does well, you can make money. if it does badly, you can lose money. so if i wanted to buy shares of a company listed here at the new york stock exchange, someone down there has to sell them to me. >> if you look directly at the posts, these posts have panels and under each panel there is a dmm -- a "designated market maker." it is his responsibility to trade the stocks.

there are also individuals who are walking around who are brokers. these individuals receive orders electronically and then they go out buying and selling for their customers. >> so with all that's going on the floor, all the stocks, all the different companies and firms, is one individual supposed to be responsible for everything and know exactly what's going on anywhere on the floor? >> no, what you'll find on the floor of the stock exchange is that the individuals really work as a team. >> gordon explained some of the specialized terms the people here use. for example, the "bid" is the price someone is willing to pay for a stock. the "ask" is what someone wants to sell it at, also called the offer. >> in this case right now ibm has a bid of $126.35 and is offered at $126.37. so somebody's willing to pay $126.35 and someone is willing to sell at $126.37.

>> so when the bid was only $126.35 and the offer or the something -- the offer? >> uh-huh. >> the offer was $126.37, that's only a 2-cent difference. is it really that significant? >> yes it is, because sometimes those who are bidding and offering are bidding and offering on large amounts of shares. this one share i'm buying, oh, it's only 2 cents. but if it's 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 shares, then that 2 or 3 cents adds up a lot. >> sometimes to millions of dollars. >> here's two more definitions. if you believe the market is going up, you're a bull. but if you think the market is going down, you're a bear. investing in stock gives you a chance to partner with some of the greatest businesspeople in the world. >> i don't know bill gates, i have never had the pleasure of

meeting warren buffett. but guess what? through stock ownership i can profit and benefit from their ideas. >> but investing involves risk. unlike savings in a bank, with investing you can lose money. that's why experts recommend that you don't invest all your money at one time. rather, invest a small amount, but do it on a regular basis, say every month. if history is a guide, over the long haul you'll come out on top. so instead of a bull, perhaps the statue here should be a turtle. slow and steady wins the race. for "teen kids news," i'm nicole. >> stay with us, there's lots more still to come on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right back. and plump lashes up to 200% instantly... for maximum volume... new revlon growluscious plumping mascara.

come on. >> keep going. keep going. just dance. >> hip hop in the halls of a hospital. in a lot of these dancers are actual teenage cancer patients. this is not their typical day at roswell park cancer institute in buffalo, new york. >> i usually come for chemo treatments and spinal taps. and now i'm just coming and doing something fun and it's, like, wow, i never knew roswell could be this fun. >> something fun and something good. the music video they get to be in is part of a new cancer awareness campaign called y-roswell. the idea is for kids known as generation "y" to work toward a future without cancer. >> we've got to really get people excited about this. and to talk to them in a way we've been talking to people in my generation, that's not the way to do it. and this is the time to reach out. ♪ we can be a part of curing cancer ♪ ♪ to open up your heart that's the answer ♪

>> to reach teens through music, the hospital turned to a local guy who made good. record producer jeremy "cochise" ball has worked with big stars in the hip hop world. now he's working with some of the most important people at the hospital, its young patients. >> this was a great opportunity to be creative and use our form of art to really affect people's lives in a positive way. it was amazing to see the cancer patients dancing to the song we made. really brings you closer to the situation. >> right here. >> the woman designing the dance moves is also close to roswell. her father was treated here and just celebrated his 82nd birthday. her brother was treated here, too. >> and because of this amazing facility, the care, his doctors, the treatment, and the kindness, and love and support he was shown, he's cancer free today. >> the campaign goes beyond the video with public service announcements featuring top young music talent. >> how big is your heart?

>> people like gabe saporta of cobra starship, cassadee pope of hey monday, sean kingston, and jason derulo. >> i really, really encourage anyone to lend a hand how you can. because it's really, really important. >> when you're here and you don't have time to think of, like, i'm a sick kid. you know, you're hearing, oh my god, it's jason derulo. and you're meeting new people, and it is really cool. >> also adding his voice to the cause, "american idol" kris allen. >> i want people to be aware of what is going on with cancer and just, you can help yourself, you can help others, and you can do stuff like raise money and i feel there is going to be a cure figured out. that just takes money and time. >> the ultimate goal, is for generation "y" to turn out scientists who will find that cure. it's something these performers are waiting for, even while they dance. >> i relapsed a couple weeks

ago, so i'll be at roswell again. it's actually really good that i got to come do this before my surgeries and stuff. >> it's a good way to, like, show it. it's not all, like, sad and, you know, upsetting. ♪ how big is your heart >> to watch the whole video or find out how you can help fight cancer, check out the link on our website.

so you might think you love animals, but to really put that love to the test, try working on a farm. adrian reports on a camp that brings kids to the country for close encounters with critters of all kinds. >> when you think of working with farm animals, you probably think of being out in the country, far from the city, right? >> well i think of myself as both a farmer raised in a suburban area. >> new york's suburban long island is the location for a livestock showmanship program, run by 4h.

>> we start off by doing an overview of all the different livestock we have at the farm. we teach basic health care and maintenance. >> the teens come for a ten-week program over the summer. first they get classroom instruction. >> that has 2.5 times the amount of energy of kib hydrates. then it's off to get some real hands-on experience. since these kids don't have farm animals of their own, the program "lends" them livestock. they actually choose an animal that they are going to be working with to compete in a showmanship competition at our county fair here at the farm and then go up to the state fair in syracuse. >> some of the teens work with goats which can sometimes be a bit challenging. others work with cows or sheep. >> i got involved in the livestock program because i like the animals working with them and stuff. it's an interesting different thing. i picked the cow because i like larger animals.

>> well, my brothers, and my sisters, and my two cousins were in the program and i was the only one out of the group. i was like i'm the only one not in it. so i really wanted to do the program. >> the teens learned how to care for their animals. how to check the eyes, trim the hooves and groom. and in preparation for the upcoming fairs, they learn the finer points of showmanship. experienced animal handlers pretend to be judges. their job is to give the teens a taste of what to expect in real competition. >> we focus mainly on the showmanship portion which is judging the kids and it's on something called the danish system. a list of standards. the appearance of the animal, the appearance of the youth, their knowledge of the animal, the knowledge of what it was fed, the age, things like that. so the judge would ask questions about those types of things to see how they handle the animal. >> at first i'm all nervous since everything, but it's also so much fun being out in the ring and stuff with the other kids and showing off what i've done the whole summer and stuff. >> the program teaches more than just how to handle a farm animal.

>> 4h kind of focuses on teaching the kids to be productive, caring, wonderful adults so we hope they get leadership, poise, ability to maybe speak in front of people, just general life skills is sort of the focus for 4h. >> i have fun here, like it's not something you do on an everyday basis, so it's great. >> for more information about the 4h livestock showmanship program, visit our website.

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although what you see on tv is nothing like the real thing. >> i've played a lot of sports and nothing compares to it. >> it's real intense and you get a good workout and you just feel better just having that physical health. >> it's something i've done since i was 4 years old, my dad got me into it, and i started loving the sport. >> wrestling is a sport participa participated all across the world. in the united states we wrestle what we call, "folk style." it's participated in the youth levels from the time kids are 5 until they're done with high school and then into college. >> there are a lot of different styles of wrestling but they each have one thing in common. >> well, the object of wrestling is to pin your opponent, regardless of the style. folk-style is based more on control, so in order to score points you have to control your o pent, take him to the mat and hold him down.

>> wrestlers earn points for their moves on the mat. but, if you get pinned, all the points in the world won't matter. >> you could be up by 14 points and if you get pinned then the match is over, and you lose. >> matches last for six minutes, and each athlete competes in a specific weight class. coach fronhoffer says it makes the meets more fair. >> that's one of the beauties of the sport. anyone can participate whether you're very small or very large, there's a place for you in wrestling. >> and if you think wrestling is just for boys, think again. >> girls can absolutely wrestle, it's an olympic sport now women's wrestling. >> the girls don't just wrestle each other. they actually wrestle the boys, too. >> when you're on the mat, you're not a girl and you're not a boy. you're just a wrestler and two wrestlers together in a match. >> one of my friends is actually a really good wrestler, 99-pounder, she's really good and i see her beating all the boys in her weight class. >> i just view every opponent as just an opponent, another opponent that i have to wrestle. >> a lot of other girls think that it's weird, but i'm used to it, i think it's just fun. >> it may look like the wrestlers are fighting, but they're not. >> wrestling is not a dangerous

sport. it's actually a very safe sport because there's no speed involved. like if you're on a soccer field or a football field and there's a lot of running so you have that acceleration that causes injuries. >> it's a contact sport but it's a bit misunderstood. like i thought wrestling i always thought it was kind of violent, which i don't like, but there's a real art form to it which i enjoy. >> an art form which takes dedication to master. >> to be a good wrestler it just takes hard work. i mean, you can start out without any athletic ability, but if you put in time and effort and you get good coaching, obviously, then you'll eventually reach your goals. >> a lot of times if you run into team sports, if you have a tough loss you can point the finger at the other guys. but in this sport it's on you. so it really builds character and it helps you focus out there, being the only one. >> it's a very regimented sport, it requires a lot of discipline and although it does take up a

lot of time, it does keep you on a good schedule. >> you have to be persistent. if you're lazy and you slack off, you're not going to get any b better. >> if you'd like to try wrestling but your coach doesn't have a team, coach fronhofer suggests doing some digging online. he says there are lots of clubs in communities across the country.

♪ remember when... ♪ the sound of little feet was music, ♪ ♪ we danced to week to week, ♪ brought back the love, we found trust, ♪ ♪ vowed we'never give it up ♪ remember when... ♪ remember when... ♪ we said when we turned grey, ♪ ♪ when the children, grow up and move away, ♪ ♪ we won't be sad, we'll be glad, ♪

♪ for all the life we've had, some people develop passions they pursue no matter what the cost. erika introduces us to a filmmaker who put her life on the line to bring us a story she beliefs is important to know. >> going into the jungle is a dangerous experience.

your mother would probably stop you from going into that kind of experience. >> that didn't stop carol. she was determined to pursue a project she felt passionate about, documenting the plight of the bengal tiger. >> the origins of "tigers: tracking a legend," came from my film expedition in the indian jungle, in the tiger reserve called bandhavgarh, in north central india. so the purpose of that was to really to track a tigress and two cubs and their quest for surviv survival. so i went back over a three year period, to first identify where i could get an elephant, where i could find tigers, then to actually go film the tigress in her first litter, and then come back for the second litter. usually it takes a tigress two years to raise her cubs before she releases them to find their own territory. >> although carol collaborated with other filmmakers once she

got to india, she initiated this adventure and exhibit on her own. >> i went as a woman alone exploring. you don't bring a large film crew into the jungle. you go there and be as quiet as possible, and find a way to tell the story. >> bengal tigers are only found in asia. in her film, carol explains the techniques she used to locate these beautiful animals. >> the 20 ways to track a tiger is the heart and the foundation of the expedition and also the exhibition here. finding the tigers is the hardest part of the experience because they're solo, they're elusive, they are not easy to find. nor, if you find them, will they stay around very long. so i had to get a three ton partner, which was an elephant. an asian elephant, and a mahavat that could guide the elephant. and the two of us on top of the elephant would travel through

the jungle and look for signs of vultures flying by, monkeys screaming, things that were all the clues to finding the tiger in the jungle. >> of course, in order to track a specific tiger, you need to be able to tell it apart from other tigers. fortunately, the big cats have distinctive features, just like we humans do. >> every tiger has unique stripes, impressions, brush strokes on the sides of their face, a squiggle here or there. so identifying them is important. it's not for the lighthearted. lifting 40-pound cameras, jumping from elephants, climbing up the nose of an elephant, having a tiger jump on top of the elephant. you're not just dealing with tigers. you're dealing with a complete jungle experience. that's bugs, snakes, you name it. i often had snakes come across me as i was filming on a ten-foot tripod. and just to allow it to glide

off, rather than reacting. tiger habitats are threatened basically because there's a lot of people in the world. the other is loss of prey. when you lose environment, and when you lose areas, you have loss of prey. and the prey, that means there's no food for the tiger. the tiger is always hungry. >> there are things we can do to help ensure the tigers' survival. >> the best way to help the tigers is create tiger corridors, areas that are protected by anti-poaching patrols. areas that are protected or sanctioned by the government as tiger reserves. as india has over 23 different tiger reserves. >> she also says the risks she took to produce her documentary were worth it. and she offers this advice to the rest of us. >> i encourage people all the time, no matter where you live, if you believe in something

strong enough, you believe you can make a difference, you can make something happen. >> tracking a tiger 20 ways, for "teen kids news," i'm erika. >> that wraps up our show, but we'll be back with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and have a great week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com