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Lesson plan: Design an animal-inspired invention to solve an environmental problem

Lesson Plan

In this PBS NewsHour lesson plan, students will 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. Continue reading →

Lesson plan: How student inventors can help solve the Earth’s plastic problem

Lesson Plan

Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn more about invention education and how students are creating solutions to help improve plastic pollution. Continue reading →

Asbestos still causing harm amid broken regulatory system

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This NewsHour lesson explores how the U.S. continues to import asbestos despite its lethal health impacts. Continue reading →

Youth-led climate protests connect students around the globe

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Cover photo: “Taking shorter showers won’t make a wasteland grow flowers. Do more. Stop corporations from killing our earth,” reads the sign from students of…read more

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