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Announcements for 02/09/2010

Science of the Winter Games video project

NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, has teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to produce a 16-part video series focusing on the science behind individual Olympic events.

This groundbreaking project uses the global spotlight of the Olympics to make science more accessible and more interesting to students, by showing how science helps athletes fulfill the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius -- Swifter, Higher, Stronger.

Access the feature here!


Online Extras for students and teachers (Updated every Monday)


Can Fast-Food Diet help you lose weight?

Discussion prompts & video archive.

Words in the News Vocabulary Quiz
Middle School   High School

Geography in the News Quiz
Brazil debates girl's role in Carnival

Cartoons for the Classroom
Tooning into History: McCarthyism at 60

Use the News Lessons
K-4    5-8    9-12

NewsBytes: Custom eEdition Lessons
For grades 2-5, 6-8, and 9-12

ePlus: Reading and comprehension for the eEdition
Making history at NASA: New leader, new challenges
Download PDF   Read lesson online

Front Page Talking Points
Winter Olympics showcase skills, speed on snow and ice

This Week in History


Questions based on stories in your Detroit News to spark classroom discussions.
This week's quiz
Quiz Archive
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Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


Termites: It's All in the DNA

Scientists are hoping to find a shortcut to hydrogen power- by studying the microbes found in a termite's gut.