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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
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Rulings in Pending Cases, in Washington
Daily News Lesson July 01 2024

Supreme Court rules on homeless encampments, administrative state and Jan. 6 cases

Learn about recent Supreme Court's decisions, which critics argue criminalizes homelessness, undermines environmental regulations
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Daily News Lesson June 28 2024

Meet the ninth grader who’s helping restore Mississippi’s oyster reefs

Learn how a local environmentalist is helping her community
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Lesson Plan January 18 2024

Lesson plan: Understanding the impact of climate change on people with disabilities

Discuss ways climate change might disproportionately affect people with disabilities
Firefighter battles blaze in forest
Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Climate change and the risk of spreading diseases

Discuss how a changing climate can affect the spread of disease
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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Find useful news about the issues you care about most

Learn how to find useful news sources about the issues you find most important
Local residents carry their belongings from a flooded house after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, in Kherson
Daily News Lesson June 08 2023

Ukraine dam breach floods major area + Newswrap 6/8/23 + Student video
Learn about the environmental and humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine following the destruction of a major dam
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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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Student Voices October 05 2021

Student Voice: Why schools should move toward climate action education

Hear from one student on why climate education is a lesson schools cannot afford to skip
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Student Voices June 22 2021

Student inventors lead the way in UK design competition

Design Ventura invites students ages 13–16 to research, design and create a novel product
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