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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Roger Eden
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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
-- 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
►Northern Ireland leaders urge calm after journalist's killing
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.
►Cartoonists seize universal image
►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: LOCKDOWN
DEFINITION:
A security measure taken during an emergency to prevent people from leaving or entering a building.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The lockdown alarm had sounded just before the end of the day and there had been no announcement that there would be a drill.
►The Denver Post -- 04/22/2019
