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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Complete Sixth Grade
Sustainability Curriculum

Publix Super Markets, Inc. has joined efforts with FPES (Florida Press Educational Services) to bring this program to sixth grade students. This FREE NIE Program will show your sixth grade students how to become responsible members of the planet, and to respect all of the resources that it has to offer.

Downloads:

►Flip Chart for Interactive White Boards
Note: Only classrooms with white boards will be able to run this file.

►Complete supplement as PDF

►Teachers Guide

Lesson plans for use with the e-Edition on Interactive White Boards

Included are basic lessons for an Elementary, Middle and Secondary classroom that can be utilized to introduce Language Arts and Social Studies activities.

►Middle School Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Middle and High School Language Arts Lesson Plan
►High School Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Elementary Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Elementary and Middle School Language Arts Lesson Plan

USA Weekend Teacher Guides

New Teacher's Guides are available every Monday, complete with monthly themes highlighted in a weekly lesson and a monthly activity sheet.

►Click here to download guides from USA Weekend

 Weekly features (Updated every Monday)

This week's word in the news: ASSESSMENT
DEFINITION: The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: "Using computer models ... for estimating nuclear weapons effects, as well as techniques developed for use in predicting damage in Japan from attacks by Godzilla, Mothra, and particularly Mechagodzilla, the damages from this week’s invasion by the Chitauri have been estimated," Watson wrote in his damage assessment, tongue firmly planted in cheek. ►Savannah Morning News -- 05/14/2012

Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

This week's lesson: Bin Laden raid anniversary spurs barbs

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►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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Audio

Daily Science Webcasts

Madagascar's RR: Plants Rescue

Madagascar scientists found plants that were a great low-cost solution for stabilizing hillsides.
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-- May 16, 2012

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►New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

►Archive of Geography quizzes

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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

►Elementary (K-4)
►Middle (5-8)
►Secondary (9-12)

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►Changing views on same-sex marriage, including Obama's, suggest faster pace of social change

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

Track news stories around the world

Newspaper Activities
for FCAT Practice