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Transforming a prank into a message
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►Spacecraft makes emergency landing in Kazakhstan
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom offers lessons from the National Wildlife Federation to educate and inspire people to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat
Definition: A failure to function or defective functioning.
NASA's Space Place is a monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students►View this Month's lesson
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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.
Think you know football? Ok, what's a prolate spheroid? This 10-part video series focuses on the science behind NFL football.
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.
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►Spacecraft makes emergency landing in Kazakhstan
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►'Final call:' UN climate study delivers a stark, urgent warning for world leaders
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
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►Transforming a prank into a message
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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: MALFUNCTION
DEFINITION:
A failure to function or defective functioning.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With most planned fixes left undone, AC malfunctions increased this year in many of the district's 165 traditional schools and other facilities, The Post found.
►The Palm Beach Post -- 10/15/2018
