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to The Baltimore Sun Media Group Newspaper in Education website. NIE provides newspapers, lessons, online activities and links for classrooms and homes. Just click on a picture or link, and you can download resources and activities at your fingertips.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Do political power plays hurt voters?
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.
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.
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►Conflicts arise as U.S. politics gets enmeshed with science
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
This week's word in the news: DOWNSHIFT
DEFINITION:
A move or shift to a lower level (of speed, activity, or intensity).
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Gordon said the downshift “feels painful,” but he contends the economy is heading toward more normal levels that were seen before the pandemic.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal -- 08/25/2025
