Resources for Teachers and Students
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in your school!
Make Kids Count is a program designed to utilize newspapers as instructional tools in the classroom: promoting literacy, intellectual growth, and exposure to current events. Newspapers like the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal collaborate with local schools and NIE to distribute teaching materials, newsletters, training materials, educational supplements, ideas for expanding curriculum, and more.
How long will the Facebook jackpot last?
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Science Diary: Kilauea - Pistons
Want to know the dimensions of a volcano's interior? Use an audio tape measure.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Most Honduras prison fire victims had not been convicted
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.
Contact Information
April Weems
806-766-2167
april.weems@lubbockonline.com
NIE Special Report
In celebration of Black History Month, we complied a selection of videos from NBC Learn's 'Finishing the Dream' to use as an aid to teach the struggles and celebrate the triumphs of the Civil Rights movement over the span of 60 years. 'Finishing the Dream' is a project by NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Resources for the K-3 crowd
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Kid Scoop
Learn! Laugh! Play!
Kid Scoop Game Zone
Interactive games.
Funny Fillers. Word Searches.
Kid Scoop Parents Information
Each month we feature an article on an aspect of children's education, health or wellbeing.
Kid Scoop Pop Quiz
Downloadable Supplements
Online Extras (Updated every Monday)
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Most Honduras prison fire victims had not been convicted
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
►Sudden basketball star Jeremy Lin 'is a good example to kids,' Kobe Bryant says
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
This week's lesson:
How long will the Facebook jackpot last?
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►Teacher comments
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
AudioDaily Science Webcasts
Science Diary: Kilauea - Pistons
Want to know the dimensions of a volcano's interior? Use an audio tape measure.
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