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NASA's Night Sky Network
A monthly column on the latest space discoveries and technologies for elementary students (Updated Monthly)
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 quizzes
Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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.
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.
►Is anyone going to Musk’s party?
►Measles moves from medical history to a renewed concern as U.S. vaccination rate drops
This week's word in the news: UNICORN
DEFINITION:
Mythical animal; something unusual, rare, or unique; a start-up company worth $1 billion or more.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Astronomer achieved so-called “unicorn status” in 2022, with a valuation of $1 billion or more.
►The Boston Herald -- 07/21/2025
