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This Week in History Cartoons for the Classroom | Special Report | Pulse of the Planet
Words in the News | The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom | NASA's Night Sky Network
Common Core State Standard
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
03/07/2022
Manic crabs caught on underwater camera
Andy Burnell, an avid Australian fisherman, had always wondered what the crabs were up to whilst he was out on his kayak. So he tied a camera to his crab net and started recording. The footage not only surprised him, but many other Adelaide locals, who never expected so much was happening just under the surface.■Class discussion: What did you think of the video? Water covers most of our planet. How much do we know about what is going on under the sea? How many ocean species are threatened with extinction? Could the loss of ocean creatures impact our chances of survival? Over the millennia, sea levels have changed drastically. What causes the world ocean to grow or shrink? What is it doing now?