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Does a clown have you frightened?
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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom offers lessons from the National Wildlife Federation to educate and inspire people to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat
Definition: A particularly strong tidal current. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term rip tide used in this sense is a misnomer).
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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.
This 2nd installment completes the 20-part series and continues the exploration of aviation technology and the social impact of war on our nation and the world.
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.
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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
►Myanmar troops force 400,000 to flee to Bangladesh
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzes
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►Does a clown have you frightened?
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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This week's word in the news: RIPTIDE
DEFINITION:
A particularly strong tidal current. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore (the term rip tide used in this sense is a misnomer).
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mariners are urged to take caution as Hurricane Jose causes high seas and potentially dangerous riptides off Cape Cod and Nantucket, the National Weather Service said.
►The Boston Globe -- 09/18/2017
Teacher Resources
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►Middle and highschool language arts lesson plan
►High school social studies lesson plan
►Holocaust timeline
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►Interactive whiteboards
►Terrorist lesson
►US Inst. of peace terrorism
►USIP terrorism paper lesson
►Spanish Colonial St. Augustine: a Resource for Teachers
►Frontier wagon trains
►Slideshow: Photos of civil rights protests in St. Augustine in 1964
►Sagaponack Books
►Instructional Resources for Teachers
►Games for K-4
►Wildfire Information
►POTUS: Presidents of the United States
►Civil Rights History