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Science Diary: Eagles on Onondaga

Want to see a Bald Eagle? You can venture into Alaska's coastal regions, or you might just hang out in the parking lot of Syracuse, New York's lakeside shopping mall. -- Mar 15, 2010


Hummingbirds - Imitative Songs

Hummingbirds are tiny virtuosos of the animal kingdom. -- Mar 12, 2010


Soil Litter - Soil As Living Skin

Soil is bio-dynamic: it has the capacity to filter pollutants and transform elements into organic matter. -- Mar 11, 2010


Cantometrics - Culture and Music

Celebrating 35 years of recordings: Developed by sound recordist Alan Lomax in the 1950s, cantometrics is a measure of music in relation to the culture from which it stems. -- Mar 10, 2010


Narwhal Tusks - Inside Out

Teeth are ideally strong, hard, and pearly white, right? Not for the narwhal and its inside out tusk. -- Mar 9, 2010


Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
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The Census 2010: It's All About Us

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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.

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