Interactive Lessons UPDATED EVERY MONDAY
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:
►Drought, climate change threaten Panama Canal
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
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 Trump right to order attack?
►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments
►Military face-off between U.S. and Iran eases after action by each country
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
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.
This week's word in the news: DEPLOYMENT
DEFINITION:
The placement or arrangement (as of military personnel or equipment) in position for a particular use or purpose.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When Deonte Haynes and roughly 700 Minnesota soldiers left for Fort Hood, Texas, in October, their deployment seemed relatively low risk — even though they were headed toward one of the most volatile parts of the world.
►The Minneapolis Star Tribune -- 01/13/2020
