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Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
This week's lesson: Disasters put focus on regulations
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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Federal safety board urges tougher drinking-and-driving cutoff limit to match other nations
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
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Daily Science Webcasts
Will We Colonize Mars?
The Apollo astronauts reported seeing strange flashes of light, a clue that high levels of radiation could effect futue space flight and colonies.
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-- May 20, 2013
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.
►Mayan pyramid destroyed in Belize
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
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.
This week's word in the news: INITIATE
DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
►The Dayton Daily News -- 05/20/2013
