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Daily Video July 20 2017

America's National Parks: Lessons in STEM from early Native Americans

America the Beautiful is a video series produced by PBS Student Reporting Labs in celebration of the U.S. National Park Service's 100-year anniversary in 2016

Daily Video July 19 2017

America's National Parks: Mammoth archaeological discovery made in Channel Islands National Park

Watch this video about America's National Parks by Student Reporting Labs

Lesson Plan June 08 2017

Lesson plan: Build empathy with stories about disabilities

Are you an empathetic person? Use these stories about individuals with disabilities, all conceived …

Daily Video April 12 2017

Scientists try to understand disease killing millions of U.S. bats

West coast scientists are studying a deadly bat disease called white-nose syndrome after it spread to Washington state from the Northeast last year where it has killed more than 5.5 million bats since 2006.

Lesson Plan February 15 2017

Lesson plan: What public libraries can teach us about immigration

In this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson, students will explore what immigration looks like at grassroots levels across the country. Students will research if their community has programs that welcome immigrants and explore options for creating similar civic activities.

Lesson Plan October 24 2016

Student Reporting Labs: How well are our wells?

In the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab video, "Water Scarcity for New Mexico Natives," Las Cruces High School students describe climate changes and human activities which impact quality and availability of groundwater. In the lesson plan, students gather information from a low-cost physical model, choose a part of the groundwater and well problem, propose a solution and defend their proposal.

Lesson Plan October 16 2016

Student Reporting Labs STEM Lesson Plan: Solar Cars and S'mores

Can you think of innovative ways we can use the sun to provide us with energy? In this NewsHour lesson, students will design their own solar cars and research how to make their vehicles ecologically friendly.