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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzesDiversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
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►United Nations analysis says Israeli actions against Palestinians in Gaza amount to genocide
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
Science Webcasts
Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated with two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth. Tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide, blending interviews with extraordinary natural sounds.
This week's word in the news: TRANSITION
DEFINITION:
A change from one thing to the next, either in action or state of being, as in a job transition.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
VA benefits regional offices would be closed, and the VA would not be able to provide career counseling or transition assistance program activities.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal -- 09/29/2025