
May 5, 2022
Season 37 Episode 31 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
A KET-produced current events program for upper-elementary and middle school students.
This episode of News Quiz features stories about COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine updates, a 100% renewable energy train in Japan, updates on the situation in Ukraine, the recent French election, the International Space Station, fighting desertification in Jordan, robots sculptors, Rome's anniversary, ring-tailed lemurs and more.
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May 5, 2022
Season 37 Episode 31 | 14m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode of News Quiz features stories about COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine updates, a 100% renewable energy train in Japan, updates on the situation in Ukraine, the recent French election, the International Space Station, fighting desertification in Jordan, robots sculptors, Rome's anniversary, ring-tailed lemurs and more.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Hi and welcome to KET's News Starks.
We are winding down to but I hope you can still put Let's start with a Question today.
What is the fourth planet from This planet is the second system.
It's named after the referred to as the "Red this one pretty easily!
What is We'll have that answer for you, In our news today, the COVID-19 daily lives - all around the dropped from winter’s highs, airlines, meaning masks aren’t And many states have dropped places.
However, some cities East Coast are going the other are telling students to COVID-positive numbers jumped masks are still required in people are following the rules normal since many have been company has asked for emergency vaccination for children under our population have yet to be companies have been working to work for young children.
be available for all ages, Now masks and COVID for train travel in Japan.
making positive strides - for island nation located off the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo is the Railway's trains are now other renewable energy sources.
trainlines and a tram service.
into their stations and other machines, security camera green!
Tokyu is the first reach this goal.
Managers say solar energy coupled with wind, sources.
Time now for the first part of 2 are about the virus update.
Questions 3 and 4 have gone Back to the news.
The war in affecting our world.
Over the stopped receiving gas from at Both Poland and Bulgaria Gazprom energy corporation.
retaliation from some of the punishments, against Russia for Russia claims it's because the rubles, which is Russian nor Bulgaria believes the gas effect on their countries on other energy sources.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet children who have been The president brought presents them that they would be cared France, President Emmanuel France is a European nation on continent.
It is bordered by others.
Paris is the French the country's recent rival candidate Marine Le Pen.
term as president, meaning he years.
And the International Space members thanks to a Space X astronauts to the facility.
the space station just 16 hours Space Center in Florida.
Jessica Watkins.
She is the I.S.S.
crew member.
Jessica forward to this long-term space And now here's the second part is about the Ukrainian update.
The French election is part of blast off with Question 7.
Back to the news.
Overcoming that many countries are Desertification refers to land now turning into deserts sometimes agricultural overuse Eastern country on the Asian or dry conditions have had a by Syria, and Israel.
Amman is companies are trying to areas where the land is lacking harvesting systems they are plants growing.
The plants and with food supplies for animals benefitting the land.
In the world of art, ancient modern-day technology.
Robots sculpt marble into amazing robots.
It can create precision By human hands, this could take But BOT1 isn't just carving new replicating historical pieces damaged or destroyed.
And a historic city has reached 21st, Rome, Italy celebrated seventy-fifth birthday.
That's candles!
Rome was founded in The birthday or anniversary is Birth of Rome.
To celebrate re-enactments of ancient Roman even gladiator fights.
The again after a 2-year pandemic And here's the final part of desertification is part of Question 9 is about the And it's time to celebrate Alright, time to look at some with your News Quiz given us positive feedback.
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>> And teachers, you can take website to let us know what you be entered to win a Zoom Time to get a look at today's outer space for the Challenge it?...
MARS is the fourth planet from certainly on NASA's radar with research underway.
Recently the its mast-cam to record video of one of the planet's TWO moons.
moon known as Phobos crossing And here are the rest of And >> rounding things out for us Austria has welcomed a new, This is the second one born at >> Ring-tailed lemurs are highly endangered.
There are still living in the wild.
That's it for us today.
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