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Staff nurse Lt. Gretta Walter awaits the arrival of coronavirus test patients in the emergency room at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir
Daily Video March 24 2020

Health care workers on the frontlines of war against coronavirus
In this NewsHour current events lesson, learn about how health care professionals are handling the challenges of the coronavirus.
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Daily Video November 13 2019

STEM Current Events: How DNA testing cracks cold cases
In this NewsHour lesson, find out about the first genetic genealogy case to go to trial — and how the science behind it solved a 32-year-old double murder.
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.
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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…
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Lesson Plan August 26 2018

Lesson plan: How inventions are saving sea turtles

Students will research different ways to curb poaching of sea turtles and design their own invention to help protect endangered species.
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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
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Lesson Plan July 02 2018

Lesson plan: Is solar power the future of energy?

In this lesson, students will watch the PBS NewsHour video, "Rethinking the utility company as solar power heats up" and learn how companies — faced with greater demand and the effects of climate change — are inventing newer, greener ways for humans to get power
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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
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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.
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Lesson Plan May 15 2017

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Storm chasing reveals clues to our weather future
Storm chasing: We do not recommend you try this at home! Thetop 208 weather and climate disastersin…

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