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Daily News Lesson: Latino immigrants’ long history in U.S. baseball displayed in new bilingual exhibit
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Lesson Plan: Invent ways to bring green energy to your community
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Lesson Plan: Learn from NASA’s Martian helicopter how to invent for any environment
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Lesson Plan: History of Juneteenth and why it’s set to become a national holiday
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Lesson Plan: Design a thermoelectric generator to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson Plan: Inventing beetle bike helmets
In this invention lesson, students will make tiny bike helmets based on the diabolical ironclad beetle. Continue reading
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