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FILE PHOTO: The Nova-C lunar lander designed by aerospace company Intuitive Machines is displayed at the company's headquarters in Houston
Daily News Lesson February 26 2024

U.S. company lands private spacecraft on surface of the moon

Learn about the recent attempt by a private company to land a vehicle on the moon
Illustration of NASA's DART spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system
Daily News Lesson September 27 2022

NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in attempt to knock it off course
Learn why NASA sent a spacecraft on a collision course with an asteroid deep in space
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Daily News Lesson July 05 2022

Writer, activist and comedian Baratunde Thurston on ‘America Outdoors’
Discover a new show that highlights the rewards of getting outside and away from social media
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Daily News Lesson April 22 2022

Lesson plan: For Earth Day, examine other 'Don't Look Up' moments in history

In this lesson, explore the ways crises such as climate change are often ignored and why
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Daily News Lesson March 06 2022

Cow burps are a major contributor to climate change — can scientists change that?
Find out how scientists are reducing methane from cow burps, a major contributor to greenhouse gases
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Daily News Lesson February 10 2022

Biologists take drastic measures to save Florida manatees at risk of starvation

Learn why endangered manatees off the coast of Florida are threatened, and what needs to be done to protect them
A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows ash covered homes and vegetation over Nomuka in Tonga
Daily News Lesson January 19 2022

The science behind the Tonga volcanic eruption, tsunami
Learn why the explosion that accompanied a Pacific Ocean volcano was so enormous, and what scientists still don't know about it
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Daily News Lesson January 14 2022

Jan. 14, 2022: Earth sets record for hottest in history 6th year in a row
Additional stories: Why are voting rights protections necessary? — Indigenous symbolism central to Tucson mass shooting memorial
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Lesson Plan June 21 2021

Lesson plan: Learn from NASA how to invent for any environment

Experiment with engineering in changing environmental conditions
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Lesson Plan December 09 2018

Lesson plan: how can Hawaiian land be used after 100 years of sugarcane monocropping?
OverviewAfter 140 years of a successful sugarcane industry in Hawaii, the last sugarcane plantation…
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