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Daily News Lesson June 28 2025

Short: White House set to roll back protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests

The Trump administration is rolling back decades-old protections for nearly 60 million acres of National Forest.

Daily News Lesson June 07 2023

Teen podcast: How nature helps you get outside of yourself

Discuss an episode of the On Our Minds teen mental health podcast on getting out in nature

Daily News Lesson October 18 2022

Search and rescue teams stretched thin with more Americans hitting the outdoors

Learn why wilderness rescue teams are becoming more overburdened, and think up a solution

View from atop the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail in Glacier National Park in Montana

Daily News Lesson June 22 2021

Should national parks be given (back) to Native Americans?

Hear a proposal to give U.S. national park lands to Native American tribes to manage, as part of reparations for a violent history of settling on their land

Daily Video April 13 2020

Social dis-dancing, anyone? Lessons of empathy and uplift from COVID-19

In this NewsHour Extra lesson plan, discuss these stories of uplift and empathy from the coronavirus pandemic.

Lesson Plan September 25 2019

Lesson plan: How mimicking nature inspires new inventions

In this lesson plan, students will learn about — an innovative method in which nature inspires new inventions to solve some of the world's toughest problems

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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…

Lesson Plan March 23 2018

Lesson Plan: Design your own Ice Age hiking trail

Use this student-produced PBS video about Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail to introduce students to the beauty and importance of recreational scenic hiking trails