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Tag: "Global Warming"

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg participates in a youth climate change protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan

Daily Video September 21 2019

Greta Thunberg on the urgency of the climate crisis

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson plan to learn more about Greta Thunberg and other youth activists' fight against climate change.

Daily Video April 08 2019

How studying the ocean floor explains the history of Earth's climate

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to understand the history of climate change by digging underneath the ocean floor.

Daily Video March 18 2019

Pristine Rapa Nui (Easter Island) battles tons of plastic pollution

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may w…

Daily Video March 06 2019

Alabama tornado aftermath, getting help and studying why

Use this PBS NewsHour lesson plan to learn how Alabama residents are dealing with the aftermath of Sunday's devastating tornado.

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.

Daily News Lesson July 26 2018

12 video stories that make STEM meaningful for students

NewsHour Classroom delivered a workshop, "How to make STEM meaningful through current events" at Texas A&M's K12 Summer Institute in Kerryville, Texas

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.

Daily Video July 19 2017

A trillion-ton iceberg the size of Delaware broke off the Antarctic Peninsula

An enormous iceberg more than 2000 sq. miles in diameter recently detached from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica and floated into the Weddell Sea, located south of the tip of South America.

Daily Video June 22 2017

Grounded airplanes and the unexpected consequences of climate change

An extreme heat wave is currently affecting the western and southwestern United States.

Daily Video June 15 2017

New carbon capture technology may change the future of energy

About 30 percent of our electricity in the United States is produced through coal, but coal-fired power plants produce a large proportion of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. As a result, the W.A. Parish power plant in Texas is developing technology called “carbon capture.”

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