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Scholastic

Scholastic News: A Lost City, Found?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Using a lasar system called Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), scientists have been able to uncover a city of ruins in the rainforests of Honduras. Read about this exciting discovery and the theories of what this lost city may be.
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Scholastic

Scholastic News: Swimming With Whales

For Students 3rd - 8th
A group of whales was recently discovered to be swimming with a dolphin, who appears to be accepted as part of the group. This is a rare activity for whales.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Riding to Earth's Core

For Students 3rd - 5th
Ever thought about riding to the core of the earth? Well geophysists David Stevenson has. He has even come up with a way to make a hole, but he has run into some other complications. Maybe you can be the one to solve those problems.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Twinkle, Twinkle Oldest Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
Astronomers have determined how super-bright galaxies can be used to detect the faint glow of "cosmic fog." Cosmic light is light that has left every star and now lingers in the universe, including light from stars that have burned out.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Democracy for Kids: Understanding Rights and Responsibilities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scholastic offers a series of printable panels and classroom activities in PDF format that focus on a U.S. citizen's right to express his- or herself. Content focuses on the Bill of Rights and its provisions for freedom of religion,...
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Curated OER

Photograph: Delegates to the Charlottetown Conference

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Charlottetown Conference is discussed with great detail as the site provides the researcher with important facts and background information of this event. Included is access to a newspaper article written at the time about the event...
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Scientists Say Reindeer May Be Shrinking Due to Warming

For Students 3rd - 8th
Climate change is impacting the population of reindeer as well as their physical size according to recent studies.
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Read Works

Read Works: Be a Safe Sport

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing ways to prevent sports injuries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Esa Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Multilingual site with articles, news. images, games, and activities about the universe, life in space, the Earth, space exploration, and related topics.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Rather Unlikely Encyclopedia Entries

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
After studying encyclopedia entries for structure and writing style, create unlikely encyclopedia articles for things in your life. If you really can't think of any, press the writing prompt generator button to get a few ideas. Do your...

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