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Lesson Plan January 31 2025

Lesson plan: Identifying the problem you want to solve using invention

Learn how to identify problems you care about using the invention process
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Daily News Lesson January 29 2025

Museum works to preserve the shoes of Auschwitz’s youngest victims

In all, 1.5 million children were murdered during the Holocaust; 235,000 perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Wider Image: 'The worst I've seen:' Reuters visuals journalists on the LA wildfires
Daily News Lesson January 13 2025

How climate change may have created 'perfect storm' for LA fires

Discuss the connections between climate change, extreme weather and natural disasters such as the LA fires
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Student Voices January 11 2025

Student Voice: How this robotics team uses an inventor's mindset

"You have to have a lot of perseverance, because you're going to fail—like a lot." — Issah, Coral Springs Middle School, Broward County, Florida
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Daily News Lesson January 10 2025

Meta drops fact-checking on Instagram, Facebook

Discuss why a leading social media and technology company is abandoning formal fact-checking on its platforms
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Unethical moments in U.S. medical research history

Effects of medical racism by the U.S. government have global effects decades later
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Daily News Lesson December 23 2024

National Cathedral stonemasons work to tell a more truthful history

And learn more about its first female stonemason, Brianna Castelli
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Educator Voices December 13 2024

Educator Voice: How to teach your students about protecting their intellectual property

These educators are learning about the importance of the patent process and invention education
World War II veterans and Pearl Harbor survivors Seelie, and "Chick" Gallela attend an annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony in New York
Lesson Plan December 06 2024

Lesson plan: Pearl Harbor remembered — 'A date which will live in infamy'

Discuss what the attack on Pearl Harbor means today and how it shaped U.S. history
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Daily News Lesson November 22 2024

Lesson plan: Elevate student voice through the power of listening

Based on StoryCorps' inspiring storytelling strategies — including listening
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