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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Bartering increases in Argentina as inflation soars
Tough steps are ahead as Western states must cut water use from Colorado River's reduced flow
Water-shortage reality is forcing hard decisions in seven Western states relying on the Colorado River for agriculture, industry, development, landscaping and household use. They must negotiate major cuts in 2023 water use this month or have the...
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated daily with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.
How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
Finland builds the world’s first permanent nuclear-waste repository
Finland is the first country in the world to devise a system to permanently store all the radioactive waste generated by its nuclear power plants. The western Finnish town of Eurajok actually campaigned to get the facility. Spent nuclear fuel frompow...
Kid Scoop is a multi-media education program that brings interactive educational pages, games, comprehension, vocabulary, family involvement activities and more!
This week's word in the news: ESPIONAGE
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Federal authorities sought a range of highly sensitive documents, including 11 caches of classified materials, indicating that the federal investigation was examining possible violations of the espionage Act, according to documents unsealed Friday.
The Palm Beach Post -- 08/15/2022
CREATE YOUR OWN VOCABULARY QUIZ
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NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)