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Lesson Plan September 01 2025

Lesson plan: How the Amazon Labor Union was formed

Learn about the formation of the Amazon Labor Union this Labor Day
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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
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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
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 December 15 2020

The vicious cycle of incarceration and homelessness
Explore the ways homelessness affects those released from prison, their families and communities.
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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
An elections official demonstrates a touch-screen voting machine at the Fairfax County Governmental Center in Fairfax Virginia
Lesson Plan November 14 2017

Monitoring the midterms: Do midterm elections matter?
Understand midterm elections and discuss reasons why voter turnout remains low
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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 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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