Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Design your own Ice Age hiking trail
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Challenge your students to design their own scenic hiking trail based on Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: How outstanding women in STEM fields overcame obstacles
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This lesson explores the careers of 19 great female scientists, the challenges they overcame and whether those challenges are still present in students’ lives. Continue reading
National monuments: Whose job is it to protect public lands?
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Whose land grab is it? And whose job is it to protect public lands? Explore President Trump’s decision to dramatically cut back the size of two national monuments in Utah last week with your students. Continue reading
Lesson plan: Climate change and the 2017 hurricane season
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In this NewsHour lesson plan, students study the storms which ravaged the southeastern region of the U.S. and the Caribbean during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season and look at the role climate change plays in extreme weather events. Continue reading
Lesson plan: Bot or not? How fake social media accounts could influence voting
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Social media is an important tool for learning about current events and practicing active and informed citizenship. However, fake Twitter accounts called ‘bots’ have been used to try to influence public opinion—and not always for the better. Continue reading