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Undated illustration handout of Perseverance rover being lowered to Martian surface by jet-powered "sky crane" descent vehicle
Daily Video February 19 2021

Classroom Resource: NASA rover lands on Mars, resuming search for remnants of life
Discuss the significance of NASA's latest mission to Mars.
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Daily Video February 16 2021

Classroom Resource: Is the recent wave of severe weather across the U.S. a harbinger for climate change?
Discuss the extreme winter weather this week and how it might be linked to climate change
Orange County firefighter Christopher Huerta, 31, receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Irvine
Lesson Plan February 05 2021

Lesson plan: Invent ways to help get your community vaccinated

Learn about the COVID-19 vaccines, then use that knowledge to invent ways to improve vaccine distribution in your own community.
FILE PHOTO: General Chuck Yeager speaks to a crowd in Kill Devil Hills
Daily Video December 08 2020

Chuck Yeager, first to break the sound barrier, dies at 97
Charles "Chuck" Yeager was a pilot whose flights in experimental craft contributed to space travel.
Dose of the COVID-19 vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo
Daily Video December 02 2020

With a limited supply of vaccine doses coming soon, who gets it first?
With only enough initial vaccine for a small fraction of the population, who gets it and who decides that?
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Daily Video November 16 2020

How a Biden administration would try to take on climate change
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Directions: Read the summary, watch NewsHour's video by Christopher Bo…
Registered nurse Glenda Perez waits to test people for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in East Los Angeles
Daily Video November 13 2020

News Roundup: Post-election recap, COVID vaccine trials show promising results
World leaders have been calling to congratulate Joe Biden as president elect, while COVID rates skyrocket amid new vaccine trials.
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Post October 30 2020

Halloween lesson plans: Neuroscience and zombies!

Use these Halloween-themes lessons to learn about neuroscience!
Hawks arena in Atlanta set to be the nation's largest polling place amid COVID fears
Daily Video October 16 2020

News Roundup: Early voters break records while COVID numbers rebound
Learn what happened this week, including what's happening in an unprecedented presidential race
FILE PHOTO: People vote at an early voting site in Fairfax, Virginia
Daily Video October 15 2020

Which is better: Paper ballot or voting machine?
What do experts and voting officials think is the most secure way to vote?
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