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School Tv: The News Show Pledge

For Students 9th - 10th

How to spice up the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of your newscast. SchoolTV gives an in depth look at ways to give the Pledge more meaning visually.

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CNN

Cnn: You Be the Producer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This is a great learning tool for producing and writing for television news. You have the opportuntity to judge stories and see if they would make it to the newscast.

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Vanderbilt University: Television News Archive

For Students 9th - 10th

This archive from Vanderbilt University contains an "extensive and complete" collection of television news broadcasts. "The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national...

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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Vanishing Verbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Ever noticed how tv news reporting sounds so different from conversation and from academic writing? Explore this topic with your students using the resources and plans at this site. Handouts, discussion questions and vocabulary practice...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: This Is an Antimagnet

For Students 9th - 10th

From ABC News in Science, Julie Steenhuysen's article covers research into antiferromagnets (or antimagnets) and their "external magnetic field."

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Marching Ants Fix Their Own Roads

For Students 9th - 10th

From ABC News in Science, this article explores interesting behavior found in army ants. The behavior charts ants who, upon discovering pot holes or holes in the paths, use their own bodies to cover the holes for the rest of the group.

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Sports News You Can Use: Moving From Competition to Sportscasting

For Students 9th - 10th

This article gives a list of strategies for moving form the field of competition to a career in sportscasting.

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BBC

Bbc News: Ronald Reagan 1911 2004

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site from BBC News, you can explore the death of an American president through the eyes of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). This site offers the reader extensive information about former president Ronald Reagan including...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Global Warming Won't Halt Ocean Current

For Students 9th - 10th

From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article discusses climate change in the face of several climate models and poses both the good and the bad news associated with global warming.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Crabs Change Color

For Students 9th - 10th

From ABC News in Science, Stephen Pincock's article, "Crabs change color to escape hungry birds," focuses on research conducted on tiny fiddler crabs and their defense mechanisms.

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