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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.
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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.
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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…
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Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource Producer Introduction The Ebola outbrea…
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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 April 08 2014

Toxic trial: taking responsibility for environmental problems
By Katie Gould , PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer Introduction This lesson…
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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…
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Daily Video March 28 2013

How hip-hop can help unlock a passion for science

"The present world, particularly of urban education, is filled with gimmicks," according to Prof. Chris Emdin, Columbia University Teachers College.
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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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Lesson Plan

STEM Activity: Fail Better
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