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Daily Video June 15 2017

Do you control your phone or does your phone control you?

As we turn to our screens more and more, it is important to understand why modern society finds smartphones so addicting and the implications of this worldwide epidemic on our brains. Download a tracking app such as Moment to monitor how many times you engage with your phone daily and how much time is spent on various apps.

Lesson Plan May 30 2017

Lesson plan: Invent an app that helps your community

Design an app that helps your community, modeled after young entrepreneurs in California's rural Salinas Valley

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.

Lesson Plan June 04 2016

Lesson plan: Are teens addicted to technology?

What roles do social media and technology play in teens' lives? Is it possible that teens are addicted to their phones? In this lesson plan, students will respond to PBS NewsHour's Brief but Spectacular episode, "Teens on Tech."

Daily Video May 12 2016

Scientists see supersonic hyperloop trains as way of the future

Imagine being able to make an otherwise six hour car trip in just about 30 minutes. That is the goal researchers hope to make reality through hyperloop technology.

Lesson Plan December 15 2015

How has technology changed the way candidates run for president? - Lesson Plan

Subject(s) Social studies, U.S. Government, Civics Estimated Time: Two to three …

Daily Video November 06 2015

America updates its nuclear bombs

A $100 billion dollar project to upgrade the United States' largely outdated nuclear arsenal is underway.

Daily Video September 16 2015

Code Like a Girl puts more girls in the game

Young female gamers are leveling the playing field in the video-gaming world with girls-only computer coding camps.

Daily Video July 14 2015

The doctor will see you now... online

Advancements in videoconferencing and health monitoring technology now make it possible for doctors to examine patients remotely for illnesses ranging from sore throat to stroke.

Daily Video May 26 2015

Young innovators jumpstart tech in Pakistan

Tech entrepreneurs are working to make the city of Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital, a new hub of innovation by supporting young talent.

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