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Attention teachers

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Attention Journalism teachers:

Check out this wonderful program through the University of St Thomas.

Mission: ThreeSixty Journalism is committed to bringing new voices into journalism and related professions and to using intense, personal instruction in the craft and principles of journalism to strengthen the civic literacy, writing skills and college-readiness of Minnesota teens.

Website: www.threesixtyjournalism.org

 2011-12 Forms and Catalog 

Downloadable supplements
and teacher guides

A password is sent via U.S. mail to Star Tribune Newspapers in Education program participants upon receipt of orders.

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5-day Print and 7-day E-Edition versions of the Star Tribune available for your classrooms. The 2013-14 catalog is ready for you to start planning.
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The Star Tribune newspaper connects kids to the real world. It's a textbook that is updated daily and a collection of history as it happens.

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 Weekly Features (Updated every Monday)


This week's word in the news: BIOTECH

DEFINITION:
Short for biotechnology: the use of a living organism, biological substances or techniques to engineer or manufacture a product or substance, as when cells that produce antibodies are cloned in order to study their effects on cancer cells.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meanwhile, a new front opened Friday in the battle over the bill, with Democrats vowing to amend it to include biotech companies, and a group opposed to embryonic stem cell research pledging to block the measure if that happens. 
►The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- 05/13/2013


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

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

Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


Caves - Diving

Scientists investigating underwater caves must brave dangerous conditions.
Play Audio
-- May 17, 2013

May is Garden for Wildlife Month!
Plant a Schoolyard Garden at Your School

To help reconnect today's children to the outdoors, National Wildlife Federation assists schools in developing outdoor classrooms called Schoolyard Habitats®, where educators and students learn how to attract and support local wildlife.

These wildlife habitats become places where students not only learn about wildlife species and ecosystems, but also outdoor classrooms where they hone their academic skills and nurture their innate curiosity and creativity.

Click here to view the lessons

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

This week's lesson: Disasters put focus on regulations

►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

►Northeast braces for noisy invasion: Flying cicada bugs return after hiding for 17 years

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive


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

►Get This Week in History

NIE Special Report


Whether its from the simple desire to help others, our environment, or our way of life, innovation is a process that begins with imagination and results in the creation of something of value for society. NBC Learn, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Science Teachers Association, explores the process of innovations in this compelling 11-week video series.

►View this weeks video : 3-D Printing


►Finland is the best country for mothers, report says

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

CO2 Levels Reach Record High, Scientists Concerned

►Discussion prompts & video archive.

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

 Online Extras 

This month's downloadable poster

Download these educational, colorful posters for use in your classroom.
■ Have them laminated for long-term use.
■ Display them on your bulletin boards for kids to study!
■ Print extra copies for your students to take home.

►A new poster will be posted every month! Download the ones you may have missed and See the schedule here.

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