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Daily News Lesson July 20 2026

The health risks of wildfire smoke across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic

Learn about the dangerous wildfire smoke blanketing wide regions of the U.S.
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Daily News Lesson February 25 2025

How California teachers and students are getting through wildfires together

Hear from teachers and students who lost their homes in the Southern California wildfires.
Eaton wildfire in Pasadena
Daily News Lesson January 09 2025

Wildfires devastate Los Angeles

Learn why fires in the second largest city in the U.S. are difficult to contain
Firefighter battles blaze in forest
Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Climate change and the risk of spreading diseases

Discuss how a changing climate can affect the spread of disease
Builder takes water break during hot weather in Manvel, Texas
Daily News Lesson July 28 2023

Human-caused climate change playing key factor in brutal heat waves, study says
Discuss the links between increasingly hot summer temperatures and climate change
Haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada blanket New York City
Daily News Lesson June 09 2023

Wildfires blanket eastern U.S. + Newswrap 6/9/23 + Student video
Learn why wildfires that continue to burn across Canada are affecting air quality for millions in the U.S.
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Daily News Lesson July 25 2022

Dangerous wildfires across U.S. spread amid record heat waves
Learn about the increased wildfires and extreme heat waves across the country over this weekend.
Wildfires near Las Vegas, New Mexico
Daily News Lesson May 22 2022

New Mexico wildfires amid historic drought — and other news for May 23, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson February 15 2022

Western states face challenging future amid the worst drought in more than 1,000 years
Hear how a historic drought in the U.S. West may affect life there in the future, and what can be done about it
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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
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