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NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
►Communities Push Back Against Massive AI Data Centers
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
This week's lesson: Is Supreme Court helping the GOP?
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
►Philippine senator runs and hides from arrest
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Science Webcasts
Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.
This week's word in the news: BACKLOT
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who serves the 4th District, makes her way across an empty, unnamed backlot, presenting her case to be the city’s next mayor.
The Los Angeles Times -- 05/18/2026
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