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.
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Sri Lanka official who promoted 'Covid syrup' tests positive
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►President Biden's Cabinet choices are signs of a new era in Washington
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
The National Wildlife Federation lesson plans are designed to introduce students to life science, ecology, wildlife biology, scientific identification and observation. All lesson plans are aligned to the National Science Education Standards and organized by grade level.
►Was a 2nd impeachment justified?
►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments
Daily Science Webcasts
Daily 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.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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: UNITY
DEFINITION:
A condition of harmony; the quality or state of being made one
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy these days.
►The San Jose Mercury News -- 01/25/2021
