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►U.S. launch this week is a big deal that strengthens NASA’s partnership with SpaceX, a private firm
Face masks about health or politics?
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►Bay of Bengal spawns another deadly cyclone
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom offers lessons from the National Wildlife Federation to educate and inspire people to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat
Definition: Capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object. Tending to spread from person to person.
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NASA's Night Sky Network
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Part of rancher John R. Erickson's Hank the Cowdog book series, this 12-week, chapter story follows Hank as he nudges bachelor cowboy Slim into asking Miss Viola to the dance––or maybe he'll just take Viola himself!
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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.
►Face masks about health or politics?
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This week's word in the news: CONTAGIOUS
DEFINITION:
Capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object. Tending to spread from person to person.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"We’re dealing here with a highly contagious and often fatal disease for which there presently is no known cure."
►The Los Angeles Times -- 05/25/2020
►Bay of Bengal spawns another deadly cyclone
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►U.S. launch this week is a big deal that strengthens NASA’s partnership with SpaceX, a private firm
-- 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.
