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Lesson Plan May 25 2022

Lesson plan: What is mental health? Discuss using this podcast by two teen reporters

Listen to student mental health podcast 'On Our Minds' and build strategies to discuss well-being
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Lesson Plan January 19 2021

Lesson plan: Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb"

In this NewsHour lesson, students will examine the message and goals of poet Amanda Gorman as she prepares to speak at the presidential inauguration
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Lesson Plan October 14 2015

Lesson Plan: Why I go to school -- A student multimedia project
Subject(s) Journalism, Art, English, Social Studies Estimated Time: 45 to 60 minutes …
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Lesson Plan December 10 2018

Hawaii's fix for food deserts | STEM Student Reporting Labs
Watch the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs STEM video “Aquaponics Hawaiian Style” to understand the importance of organic and urban farming in small spacescreate a sustainable agricultural system
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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…
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Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Reel politics: How Hollywood exercises its freedom of speech - Lesson Plan
By Rachel Klein Subjects Civics, Fine Arts, Visual Arts Estimated Time A…
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Lesson Plan March 27 2025

Lesson plan: Starry creations—exploring constellations with art and robotics

Use robotics' concepts to design your own constellations
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Lesson Plan April 30 2024

Lesson Plan: Using robotics to support high-speed internet in rural communities

A short project-based lesson that weaves arts & sciences together
Orange County firefighter Christopher Huerta, 31, receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Irvine
Lesson Plan February 05 2021

Lesson plan: Invent ways to help get your community vaccinated

Learn about the COVID-19 vaccines, then use that knowledge to invent ways to improve vaccine distribution in your own community.
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Lesson Plan September 05 2021

Lesson plan: An elevator for everyone — Improving on long-standing inventions with inventions of your own

Learn how to improve on long-standing inventions with inventions of your own
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Lesson Plan April 13 2021

Becoming agents for change through the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals

Learn about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, and how people all over the world — of any age — can help
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Lesson Plan April 06 2026

Lesson plan: Redesign the washing machine

Discuss how doing the dishes could be made a lot easier by following this process!
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