►U.S. charges Venezuela’s president with drug trafficking
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
Take a behind the scenes view as athletes prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic as this 10-part series explores key areas in STEM.
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.
Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
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.
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:
►Signs of hope and healing emerge amid grim health news across America
-- 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)
►Should people die for the economy?
►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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: ESSENTIAL
DEFINITION:
Necessary. Very important; of high importance.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
What exactly is an “essential” store that can stay open over the next two weeks during Minnesota’s stay-at-home order?
►The Minneapolis Star Tribune -- 03/30/2020
Distance Learning
WEDU and PBS are here to support teachers, students and families during these challenging times. To help address the need for quality distance learning resources, this page has been updated with information about a new statewide PBS initiative to broadcast weekday At-Home Learning programming for school-age groups on WEDU along with standards-driven lesson plans from PBS LearningMedia that correlate with each broadcast.
Use the News by the USF Stavros Center in collaboration with Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program and Florida Press Educational Services.
Virtual Field Trip to the Times
Have you always wondered what goes into the making of the Tampa Bay Times? Take your students on a virtual field trip to our printing plant!
- 360 Video: “Tampa Bay Times: The Making of a Daily Miracle”
- Video: “What happens at the Tampa Bay Times Printing Plant: An investigation by the student journalists of the Melrose Elementary Center for Journalism and the Tampa Bay Times NIE program.”
- Article: Start the Presses
- Teacher Guide: The Making of the Tampa Bay Times
- Anatomy of the Tampa Bay Times
Newspaper in Education Teaching trunks
The Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program invites teachers to use our Teaching Trunks to teach newspaper-based lessons in their classrooms.