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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.
07/25/2011
Next Mars rover mission aims for a mountain within a crater
NASA has picked a destination for the next Mars rover. Engineers and scientists have debated where to send the car-sized Curiosity rover since 2006. The Mars target is the Gale Crater -- a 3-mile-deep Mars crater with a 3.5-mile-high mountain in it -- searching for signs of life.
■Class discussion: Curiosity is slated for launch in November and will arrive at the red planet in August 2012 for its planned two-year mission. Do the stories of space travel and visiting other planets intrigue you? Are these scientific missions important these days, or are there better ways to spend the money?
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Step onto any school campus and you'll feel its energy. Each school is turbocharged with the power of young minds, bodies, hearts and spirits.
Here on the Western Slope, young citizens are honing and testing their skills to take on a rapidly changing world. Largely thanks to technology, they are in the midst of the most profound seismic shift the world has ever seen.
Perhaps no time in our history has it been more important to know what our youth are thinking, feeling and expressing.
The Sentinel is proud to spotlight some of their endeavors. Read on to see how some thoroughly modern students are helping learners of all ages connect with notable figures of the past.
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