Classroom

Subject: Science

Drinking straws protrude from a glass in a illustration picture in Loughborough

Lesson Plan August 30 2019

Lesson plan: How student inventors can help solve the Earth's plastic problem

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn more about invention education and how students are creating solutions to help improve plastic pollution

Post July 20 2019

Educator Voice: How space education brings vibrancy to the classroom

Amelia Scholte from Pam Leestma's 2nd grade class sharing the ISS truss she made proving the triang…

Post April 04 2019

Youth-led climate protests connect students around the globe

Cover photo: "Taking shorter showers won’t make a wasteland grow flowers. Do more. Stop corporation…

Lesson Plan March 15 2019

Girl coders crack glass ceiling | STEM Student Reporting Labs

In this lesson, students will learn about the engineering design process and use it to address the gender gap in STEM.

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

Lesson Plan August 26 2018

Lesson plan: How inventions are saving sea turtles

Students will research different ways to curb poaching of sea turtles and design their own invention to help protect endangered species.

Lesson Plan August 13 2018

Lesson plan: Solar invention makes safety and production levels shine

Hit the lights, please! In this lesson, students will learn about emerging technologies that are bringing new light sources to remote, poor areas of the world. Students will then invent their own light source using the steps of the invention process and share it via social media using #PBSInvention

Lesson Plan July 20 2018

Lesson plan: How mice could help fight Lyme Disease

In this STEM lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease?", and design their own inventions that could help solve public health issues

Lesson Plan July 02 2018

Lesson plan: Is solar power the future of energy?

In this lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Rethinking the utility company as solar power heats up" and learn how companies — faced with greater demand and the effects of climate change — are inventing newer, greener ways for humans to get power

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.

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