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BBC

Bbc News: Son of a Peasant

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Broadcasting Company (April 1, 1998)chronicles Yuri Gagarin's life and accomplishments.
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A&E Television

History.com: 8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together

For Students 9th - 10th
These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening. This article discusses eight of the most seminal moments in radio -- from KDKA's 's live nighttime Fireside Chats, the 'Fight of the...
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US Department of State

America.gov: Edward R. Murrow [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the life and career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. Examines his "This is London" reports during World War 11, the Senator McCarthy anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, his critical treatment of migrant workers, and...
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Other

School Tv: Techniques to Improve Your Newscasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the importance of white balance, camera level and microphones in TV production.
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Other

Newswriting for Radio: Leads & Teases

For Students 9th - 10th
If you need to write a radio news story, you must stop here. You can find all you ever needed to know and more on how to be a great radio journalist.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Giver Authority

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A unit lesson plan using the book The Giver by Louis Lowry that will have middle schoolers be researchers and recorders in the process of finding information on Utopian societies, cults and authority. Students will complete a PowerPoint,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Alcohol and Cirrhosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, gives an article entitled "The good and bad and the cirrhosis." The article discusses the good and bad effects of alcohol consumption.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: A New Island Is Born in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this brief article explores the formation of a new volcanic island as found by scientists exploring the Solomon Islands.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bats Use Compass for Long Trips

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research connected to the tracking of several big brown bats as they headed back to their homes. The experiment utilized several magnetic fields in attempts to disrupt the paths taken by...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Mars as You've Never Seen It Before

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article charts findings of the Rosetta ("Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft") as it took photographs of Mars from a close-up perspective.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: And Now, the Weather on Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores recent developments in technology allowing for a closer rendering of information related to the various weather conditions on Mars.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Glaciers Picking Up Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses scientific research connected to the rise in sea level because of fast-moving glaciers in the Antarctic.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article examines research connected to the various species of life discovered in the "dark waters around Antarctica." These findings include sponges, crustaceans, and new worms.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Aquarium Fish 'Threaten Biodiversity'

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article on aquarium biodiversity explores the problems associated with the large numbers of exotic fish imported yearly into Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Find 28 More Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article explores a new string of "exoplanets" discovered orbiting distant stars. This research leads to numerous possibilities, one of which being the existence of planetary systems containing life...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: At Last! Blood Typing for Dogs

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the possibilities of blood transfusions for dogs and the impact this will have on the future of dog care.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Big Bang May Have Been a Big Bounce

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article suggests the possibility of the Big Bang having been created out of the remains of a previous universe which collapsed upon itself.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bizarre Hexagons Found on Saturn

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores the discovery of Saturn's north pole of "a long-lived double hexagon formed in the clouds" which has been sighted just over Saturn's north pole.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cane Toads Cannibalise Their Young

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article deals with the cannibalistic behavior of Cane toads toward their children. The adult toads wiggle their toes and the children, thinking they are chasing an insect, approach the adult toad...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimp Dna Sheds Light on Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article sheds light on scientific research comparing and contrasting the DNA of Chimpanzees with the DNA of humans.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimps Have the Jump on Us in Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores a comparison of genes between chimps and humans which suggests a larger evolutionary jump on the part of the chimps in the span of 6 million years.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Comets Collide as Star System Dies

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article examines scientific evidence which suggests that the death of our solar system will be linked to the collision of comets.

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