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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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Daily News Lesson July 31 2018

Choose your own news story: 2018 midterms OR best workspace layout
Choose your own news story! Pick the NewsHour Extra story that best suits your class. Use the discussion questions for further engagement.
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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
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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 08 2018

Lesson plan: How outstanding women in STEM fields overcame obstacles

Explores the careers of 19 great female scientists, the challenges they overcame and why some of those challenges are still present
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Daily Video December 12 2017

National monuments: Whose job is it to protect public lands?
Whose land grab is it? And whose job is it to protect public lands? Explore President Trump's decision to dramatically cut back the size of two national monuments in Utah last week with your students.
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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 October 27 2017

Lesson plan: Bot or not? How fake social media accounts could influence voting

Learn about fake social media accounts called ‘bots’ that have been used to try to influence public opinion—and not always for the better
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Daily Video October 17 2017

California's blazes result in deadliest week of wildfires in recorded state history
In this PBS NewsHour Extra video lesson, learn how firefighters have been battling wildfires in California's wine country in the deadliest week of wildfires in recorded state history.
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