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Daily News Lesson August 09 2021

Teens invent social distancing device for students with autism

Explore how a group of high school inventors created the Personal Distance Monitor (PDM) to help with social distancing
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Daily News Lesson June 03 2021

What students lost — and gained — during the pandemic year
Discuss the unexpected difficulties and some of the unexpected positives of the past year
FILE PHOTO: Vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Toronto
Daily News Lesson May 06 2021

Waiving vaccine patent rights may be the ‘only way’ to end the pandemic
Understand why the U.S. government has decided to waive patents on vaccines
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Post February 16 2021

Educator Voice: Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on what it takes to keep classrooms safe
Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, epidemiologist, fellow at Federation of American Scientists and father to a 7-…
Democrat's and Republican's agreement on Covid-19 relief bill in Washington
Daily Video December 31 2020

Classroom resource: What the relief bill could mean for K-12 education
Explore how the latest Congressional relief bill will affect K-12 education.
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Post July 28 2020

Educator Voices: 41 teachers on what back to school should look like
Children in an elementary school class wearing masks enter the classroom with desks spaced apart as…
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Student Voices June 09 2020

Student Voice: When TikTok and Tiger King are more important than homework
"Do what makes you happy," writes eleventh grader John Barnes. "If that’s scrolling on TikTok for three hours, then by all means, go for it."
The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Erlangen
Daily Video May 28 2020

How plasma therapy may help COVID-19 patients
In this NewsHour current events lesson, find out how convalescent plasma from previous COVID patients may help researchers with treatment options.
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Daily Video May 13 2020

Super Civics 2020: Voting during a pandemic
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, find out out different options for voting in November.
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Lesson Plan April 20 2020

Lesson plan: How inventions like personal protective equipment "PPE" save lives during COVID

In this NewsHour lesson, learn how your students can create personal protective equipment, like face shields for infants
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