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Daily Video May 24 2019

High school journalists report on sex education and public health

Learn how PBS' teen reporters are covering important health care issues like teen pregnancy in this STEM Student Reporting Labs "Health Innovators" series.

Daily Video April 06 2019

Asbestos still causing harm amid broken regulatory system

This NewsHour lesson explores how the U.S. continues to import asbestos despite its lethal health impacts.

Lesson Plan January 09 2019

Lesson plan: The life and death stakes of health inequality

It has been long documented that African Americans have been historically under-served when it come…

Claudia Maquin mother of Jakelin Caal, a 7-year-old girl who handed herself in to U.S. border agents earlier this month and died after developing a high fever while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reacts during her daughter's funeral

Daily Video December 27 2018

Why children in U.S. custody need specific pediatric expertise

In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn why specific pediatric expertise is needed in the care for immigrant children.

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Daily Video November 29 2018

How the news, Netflix and social media influence how schools talk about suicide

Over the last decade, the suicide rate among teenagers in the U.S. has increased. Use this lesson to discuss the role the media plays in discussions on suicide prevention and awareness.

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Daily Video October 06 2018

Our plastic problem and how to solve it

DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary with your students, watch the video (if hel…

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 July 20 2018

Lesson plan: How mice could help fight Lyme Disease

In this STEM lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease?", and design their own inventions that could help solve public health issues