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Post October 22 2014

Ebola 101 for the classroom – Q & A
  With the recent outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa and the confirmed case of Ebola …
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Lesson Plan September 30 2014

Lesson plan: Ebola outbreak
IntroductionThe Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has already claimed the lives of thousands since i…
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Daily Video September 26 2014

Obama calls for international response to Ebola
President Obama told world leaders at the United National General Assembly that the international community is “not moving fast enough” to contain the Ebola epidemic.
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Lesson Plan September 19 2014

Ebola outbreak mission instructions and resources - Digital Student Guide
Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown Dece…
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Post February 04 2014

Classroom resources for teaching the 2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics are set to take place February 7 -23 in Sochi, Russia, a resort town on th…
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Student Voices February 01 2014

Tough Calls: How Concussions are Changing Youth Football
  Sports Illustrated/Getty Images The sport of football is changing. Revelations about w…
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Lesson Plan January 30 2014

Lesson plan: lessons from the gridiron- the impact of concussions

This lesson is intended to be used with the PBS FRONTLINE documentary “League of Denial” and supports student learning by contextualizing the concussion crisis in the NFL with background on concussions in youth.
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Lesson Plan January 25 2014

Lesson plan: The Olympics — body and mind
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Extra Teacher Resource ProducerIntroductionUse this dual science lesso…
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Student Voices November 19 2013

Teen Scientist Invents Life-Saving Cancer Test
When he was 15, Jack Andraka developed an early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian and l…
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Post October 16 2013

6 Resources to Teach World Food Day
Every year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks October 16 as World F…
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