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Post September 12 2013

Voyager Becomes First Spacecraft to Enter Interstellar Space
NASA has announced that the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which left Earth in 1977, is now the first man-ma…
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Lesson Plan September 12 2013

Lesson plan: Voyager becomes first spacecraft to enter interstellar space
SubjectsMath, science, PhysicsEstimated time45 minutesGrade level6-12Warm up activityHow far is the…
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Post August 09 2013

Tech and Privacy Advocates Clash Over Possibilities for Google Glass
Internet giant Google’s latest venture, a computer worn over the eye like conventional glasses, is …
firefighters
Post July 08 2013

Mega Wildfires Blamed on Changing Climate and Landscape
A raging wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona, killed 19 elite firefighters in one of the deadliest firefig…
CICADA
Lesson Plan June 17 2013

Periodical cicadas are back! - Lesson Plan
By Jennifer Cutraro and Katherine Schulten. Cross posted from New York Times, The Learning Ne…
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Student Voices May 18 2013

Students Urge Public to "Wake Up" to Dangers of Global Warming
Muse Video , a TV show and online platform within the Media Enterprise Alliance in Oakland, Cali…
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Lesson Plan May 16 2013

Is the world's climate changing? - Lesson Plan
Subjects Secondary science, Geography, Climate change Estimated Time …
googlecar
Post May 13 2013

Are We Ready For Driverless Cars?
A car that can drive itself may sound like science fiction, but car manufacturers and Google hope t…
labtech
Post April 29 2013

I’ll Have the Test-Tube Burger, Please
Taste testers in London may soon sample their first in vitro burger – muscle tissue grown from anim…
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Student Voices April 23 2013

Youth Speak Out on Energy Independence
After reading a NewsHour Extra article about how the United States will become energy independen…
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