Resources for Teachers and Students
Give Them the Keys
Promoting Adolescent Literacy through Newspapers
Celebrate NIE Week (March 5-9) with the Give Them the Keys program: Teach media literacy with hands-on lessons in how news and newspapers are made!
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Bin Laden raid anniversary spurs barbs
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Madagascar's RR: Plants Rescue
Madagascar scientists found plants that were a great low-cost solution for stabilizing hillsides.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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Teresa Hirst
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NIE Special Report
Science of NHL Hockey
NBC Learn and NBC Sports, in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the National Hockey League, explores the science and math behind the physical and fast-paced sport of professional hockey.
Make science and math more interesting to students by including this informative 10-week video series into your curriculum. Explore the geometry found on the hockey playing surface, examine the physics of a slap shot using the principals of work, energy and power, see how vectors impact the passing game, learn why statistics and averages are important to professional players, and much, much more
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Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►Changing views on same-sex marriage, including Obama's, suggest faster pace of social change
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
Romney Apologizes for High School Pranks
►Discussion prompts & video archive.
Courtesy of NBCLearn, News Video will feature video selections from the NBCLearn series Decision 2012 until the November Presidential election.
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Bin Laden raid anniversary spurs barbs
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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Madagascar's RR: Plants Rescue
Madagascar scientists found plants that were a great low-cost solution for stabilizing hillsides.
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Resources for the K-3 crowd
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Kid Scoop
Learn! Laugh! Play!
Kid Scoop Game Zone
Interactive games.
Funny Fillers. Word Searches.
Kid Scoop Parents Information
Each month we feature an article on an aspect of children's education, health or wellbeing.
Kid Scoop Pop Quiz
