Science
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Lesson Plans
China's Environmental and Human Crises
This climate change lesson plan explores the environmental impacts of China’s growing polluters and industry. It also looks at the human impact of China's water transfer project.
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Meet the Journalist: Michael Peel
Journalist Michael Peel talks about his experience reporting on land rights in Myanmar, part of the...
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Lesson Plans
Analyzing Nuclear Arms Funding in the United States
Students use evidence gathered from the resources to write a letter or presentation articulating their own opinion of whether or not to continue funding nuclear weapons in the U.S.
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Lesson Plans
Climate Change and Culture
This lesson looks at climate change and how some countries are trying to combat it.
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Meet Journalists Julia O'Malley and Katie Orlinsky
What happens when whale meat starts to spoil? Julia O'Malley, a reporter based in Anchorage, Alaska...
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Lesson Plans
The impacts of water crises in China and Flint, MI
This lesson asks students to compare the water crisis facing Flint, Michigan to a water crisis in China. Students use digital resources and practice cooperative learning and writing skills.
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Lesson Plans
Understanding the Zika Virus
Students are asked to discuss the articles about Zika virus and answer comprehension questions. Students can also engage in extension activities conducting a deeper analysis of Zika media coverage.
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Students explore how climate change is affecting the work of archaeologists in the arctic using Eli Kintisch's project "Thawing Arctic Soils: A Tenuous Present and Dangerous Future.”
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Meet the Journalist: Ari Daniel
Three science teams, two glaciers, one reporter. What does melting Arctic ice have to do with...
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalist: Eli Kintisch
The fate of thawing Arctic soils may have profound impacts far from the North pole, as more than a...
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Lesson Plans
The Debate Around Global Health Spending
This lesson introduces students to journalist Rob Tinworth's The Life Equation project. It explores the debate around how data is used to help decide how money for global healthcare is divided up.
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Students will discuss how they use water, predict the impacts of a reduced groundwater supply, investigate articles and video, and create advocacy campaigns in support of groundwater regulations.