What is NIE?
Newspapers In Education (NIE) is an exciting interactive program that engages students in learning by providing teachers access to the Austin American-Statesman ePaper for use in their classroom. The NIE program is designed to make reading newspapers a fun and beneficial learning experience.
NIE is a worldwide effort in which school textbooks and teacher materials are supplemented with the use of the local newspaper. This is accomplished everyday by providing a “living textbook” in a format that is less intimidating and more appealing to students.
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
France drops fuel tax hike amid 'yellow vest' protests
Here’s why you'll hear more about 'smart cities' and may live in one now
Technologies that once were science fiction are now reshaping cities. Many so-called "smart cities" already are active as automated systems and interactive technology improve safety, traffic, sanitation, emergency response and other services. Co...
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
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.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
⇒ Elementary (K-4)
This week's word in the news: ENSEMBLE
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was a Sunday afternoon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and the local chamber music ensemble Mistral was in the middle of a concert titled “The Walk to the Paradise Garden.”
The Boston Globe -- 12/10/2018
CREATE YOUR OWN VOCABULARY QUIZ
⇒ Elementary School
⇒ Middle School
⇒ High School
Think you know football? Ok, what's a prolate spheroid? This 10-part video series focuses on the science behind NFL football.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Scientists Scramble To Create Replacements For Plastic
There’s a major push to replace plastics in our lives, and not just with paper bags or straws. Over the last 70 years we have produced more than 9 billion tons of plastics that are clogging up our lands and seas. Now, scientists working to create new...
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.
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.
