Resources for Teachers and Students
The newspaper is an educational tool that brings the world and learning skills to students every day.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution serves as an exceptional supplement to textbooks, which can no longer keep up with our rapidly changing world. Today's technology allows teachers and students to receive the daily newspaper from anywhere there is an internet connection. It is the AJC's Newspapers In Education Department's intent to supply teachers with electronic newspapers and other educational resources all conveniently online and at no cost! Providing schools with up-to-date supplement information is an essential part of the Newspapers In Education program. Studies show that using newspapers on a regular basis in classrooms improves the reading habits and interest of students. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is proud to work with our educators who use the newspaper as an instructional tool to promote literacy.
NIE Special Report
Whether its from the simple desire to help others, our environment, or our way of life, innovation is a process that begins with imagination and results in the creation of something of value for society. NBC Learn, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Science Teachers Association, explores the process of innovations in this compelling 11-week video series.
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
May is Garden for Wildlife Month!
Plant a Schoolyard Garden at Your School
To help reconnect today's children to the outdoors, National Wildlife Federation assists schools in developing outdoor classrooms called Schoolyard Habitats®, where educators and students learn how to attract and support local wildlife.
These wildlife habitats become places where students not only learn about wildlife species and ecosystems, but also outdoor classrooms where they hone their academic skills and nurture their innate curiosity and creativity.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Finland is the best country for mothers, report says
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►Northeast braces for noisy invasion: Flying cicada bugs return after hiding for 17 years
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
Classroom Caption Contest!
►Win a book by creating a caption for this week's lesson
This week's lesson:
Disasters put focus on regulations
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Daily Science Webcasts
Caves - Diving
Scientists investigating underwater caves must brave dangerous conditions.
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-- May 17, 2013
This week's word in the news: BIOTECH
DEFINITION:
Short for biotechnology: the use of a living organism, biological substances or techniques to engineer or manufacture a product or substance, as when cells that produce antibodies are cloned in order to study their effects on cancer cells.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meanwhile, a new front opened Friday in the battle over the bill, with Democrats vowing to amend it to include biotech companies, and a group opposed to embryonic stem cell research pledging to block the measure if that happens.
►The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- 05/13/2013
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Learn to Teach With the e-edition. It's Easy!
The Atlanta Journal Constitution e-edition is educational, efficient, and easy to use. It makes learning fun for students by reaching them where they live - in an increasingly digital world. And, it can be easy and fun for you, too. Check out our online teacher tutorial. It gives you step-by-step directions for using the e-edition tools. We'll even give you suggestions for learning activities that meet state standards. Easy! Educational! Efficient! A triple winner!
Daily Lessons
from NIE
This calendar provides activities for every day of the school year with a subject specific focus for each day of the week: Monday - Language Arts, Tuesday - Social Studies, Wednesday - Math, Thursday - Science, and Friday - Themes that change monthly.
►Click here to get the current monthly calendar