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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

Lesson Plan September 22 2019

Lesson plan: How animals help us design new inventions to solve environmental problems

Learn how farm animals are improving energy output on solar farms and design their own device to improve a problem that relies on an eco-friendly solution

Daily Video July 12 2019

PBS' Student Reporting Labs discover trove of youth stories in DC

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to explore the impact of youth journalism on civic engagement via PBS Student Reporting Labs' (SRL) program.

Lesson Plan June 25 2019

Why this athlete invented a sports concussion sensor

Learn about a concussion sensor invention that helps athletes detect if they may have a concussion

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