Resources for Teachers and Students
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Newspapers In Education provides teachers, at no cost, the Augusta Chronicle e-edition and useful, interesting, and innovative curriculum thanks to the support of the community and local business sponsors. The materials are easily accessible by topic, grade level, and the state standards/objectives to assist you in meeting your classroom curriculum needs. We welcome your input and comments about our program.
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New materials on vaccines and immunizations will be coming soon but first We Engage 4 Health is asking we help them by taking part in phase 2 of their "Power of Stories" research project to help them bring the most effective informational format to the classroom.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►New era: Private U.S. rocket and capsule propel 4 astronauts to space station
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
Downloadable Supplements
►Ireland responds quickly to save a beloved zoo
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
The National Wildlife Federation lesson plans are designed to introduce students to life science, ecology, wildlife biology, scientific identification and observation. All lesson plans are aligned to the National Science Education Standards and organized by grade level.
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.
►Why is covid-19 exploding again?
►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Daily Science Webcasts
Daily Science Audio webcasts: An exclusive partnership with Pulse of the Planet, updated daily 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: POLARIZED
DEFINITION:
Marked by a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Well, maybe not quite that many, but the numbers have been trending upward in recent years as legislators and large blocs of voters are struggling to find their place in an increasingly polarized political environment.
►The Minneapolis Star Tribune -- 11/23/2020
