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Daily News Lesson June 30 2022

Climate change forces major lifestyle changes high in the Himalayan mountains

Massive Himalayan glaciers have shrunk 10-times faster over the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries, according to study

A quiet campus at Unity College during the Coronavirus pandemic

Daily News Lesson June 21 2021

Amid pandemic, Maine College finds record enrollment from diverse learning options

As the pandemic continues many colleges have taken great hits financially and in enrollment, see how and why one Maine college is now seeing record enrollment instead

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity makes its first flight

Daily News Lesson April 20 2021

Ingenuity’s flight on Mars rings in a new era of aviation

Watch the first remote controlled flight on another planet.

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.

1/ST Preakness At Home Drive-InFieldFest Benefitting First Responders Children's Foundation

Daily Video July 28 2020

How the music industry is trying to save itself (and save your city)

Explore how the pandemic is affecting the music industry—and how that affects the larger economy.

Daily Video July 16 2020

Explainer: Why record COVID-19 testing is not enough

Explore the challenges of testing for COVID-19 in the US months after the pandemic began.

Daily News Lesson May 07 2020

Pulitzer Prize winners' Ida B. Wells and 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn about The 1619 Project and Pulitzer Prize winners Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931).

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

U.S. President Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House

Daily Video March 12 2020

Coronavirus update: Health questions, Trump's speech, schools' response

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to learn about Trump's address concerning the coronavirus and how schools and colleges are reacting.

Lesson Plan September 25 2019

Lesson plan: How mimicking nature inspires new inventions

In this lesson plan, students will learn about — an innovative method in which nature inspires new inventions to solve some of the world's toughest problems

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