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Daily News Lesson April 10 2026

Powerful new AI model raises concerns about being a tool for hackers

Discuss new AI tools and their potential threat to online security

Cooling tower at the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant

Daily News Lesson March 31 2026

Can nuclear power help meet growing energy needs?

Discuss one alternative energy that has great potential and risks

General view of the city skyline of Indonesian capital Jakarta

Daily News Lesson March 25 2026

How climate change and overdevelopment are threatening cities

Discuss how rising sea levels and aging infrastructure challenge cities, and how experts are responding

FILE PHOTO: The Comanche Solar facility is shown in Pueblo

Daily News Lesson March 11 2026

Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand

Discuss the ways rapidly growing energy needs can be met in the United States

Daily News Lesson July 17 2025

The growing environmental impact of AI data centers’ energy demands

Learn more about the impact of AI on the environment

Daily Video February 22 2021

Daily News Lesson: Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas

What do you think federal and local authorities should do in response to an emergency like the storms in Texas?

Daily Video May 21 2020

COVID-19 adds to local concerns over Keystone XL pipeline

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn about health risks that thousands of out-of-state oil workers may bring into communities along the Keystone XL pipeline route.

Daily Video March 19 2019

What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in West Virginia

Essential question: How have energy projects like the gas pipeline impacted young people in West Virginia? Find out with this NewsHour lesson plan.

Daily News Lesson October 15 2018

UN Climate Change Report: What your students need to know

Talk with your students about the UN's latest report on climate change and how young people can use their voice to support policies that protect the environment.

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

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