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Lesson Plan November 28 2017

Lesson plan: Climate change and a particularly fierce hurricane season

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.

Lesson Plan October 27 2017

Lesson plan: Bot or not? How fake social media accounts could influence voting

Learn about fake social media accounts called ‘bots’ that have been used to try to influence public opinion—and not always for the better

Lesson Plan September 16 2017

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Protecting green space through hands-on learning

In this PBS NewsHour lesson, students take a hands-on approach to nature by exploring green spaces in their community.

Lesson Plan August 08 2017

Lesson plan: How renewable energy inventions protect the environment

Explore inventions that harness the power of water to make electricity

Lesson Plan October 24 2016

Student Reporting Labs: How well are our wells?

In the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab video, "Water Scarcity for New Mexico Natives," Las Cruces High School students describe climate changes and human activities which impact quality and availability of groundwater. In the lesson plan, students gather information from a low-cost physical model, choose a part of the groundwater and well problem, propose a solution and defend their proposal.

Lesson Plan October 16 2016

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Solar Cars and S'mores

Can you think of innovative ways we can use the sun to provide us with energy? In this NewsHour lesson, students will design their own solar cars and research how to make their vehicles ecologically friendly.

Lesson Plan October 03 2016

Student Reporting Labs: Talking trash and your environment

Use this PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs video, "California community works to protect oc…

Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak

By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction The Ebola outbrea…

Lesson Plan September 19 2014

Ebola outbreak mission instructions and resources - Digital Student Guide

Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown Dece…

Lesson Plan April 08 2014

Toxic trial: taking responsibility for environmental problems

By Katie Gould , PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer Introduction This lesson…

Lesson Plan October 21 2013

Zombie autopsies: the neuroanatomy of a zombie 2

Created by Katie Gould in collaboration with Dr. Steven Schlozman Author of "The Zombie Autops…

Lesson Plan October 05 2005

Exploring alternative energy sources - Lesson Plan

SubjectsSecondary science, geography, and current events classesEstimated TimeThree to four 50-minu…

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