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Karnataka forms textbook revision panel, gives it three months to revise curriculum

Indian Express 26 Sep 2023
The Karnataka government has formed a new textbook revision committee to revise the state curriculum of first and second language Kannada textbooks from classes 1 to 10, third language Kannada textbooks for classes 9 and 10 and social science textbooks from classes 6 to 10.
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Our fragile Earth: How close are we to climate catastrophe?

Deccan Herald 26 Sep 2023
... of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania, to give us the main lessons from each era and to explain the warning, and the hope, they provide for today and the future.
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Dubai students build weather station atop school roof, bring real-life insights into classrooms

Khaleejtimes 26 Sep 2023
This is then open to potential use in a math, science, or social studies lesson, thus enhancing learning in real life ... Their ability to grasp difficult concepts gives us hope for a bright future in science and technology,” said Ahmed Hassan, head of the technical department at Dubai Astronomy Group. ALSO READ.
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Many US schools aren't teaching about climate change. Students aren't happy about that

app 25 Sep 2023
Florida’s Department of Education has greenlit classroom use of videos denying the science behind climate change ... lessons ... But McGrath is in the minority of teachers, or at least of non-science teachers, who feel comfortable incorporating climate change into their lessons.
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Climate Week protests spearheaded by young people; some classrooms are silent on the topic

Usatoday 24 Sep 2023
Florida’s Department of Education has greenlit classroom use of videos denying the science behind climate change ... lessons ... But McGrath is in the minority of teachers, or at least of non-science teachers, who feel comfortable incorporating climate change into their lessons.
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Parents at school with collapse-risk concrete demand it is rebuilt

AOL 24 Sep 2023
“Practical science lessons in the school laboratories have ceased and PE, with its teamwork and physical exercise, has disappeared.” ... It is using a city centre hotel for some lessons and has been supported by Durham University with the offer of the use of science labs.
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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard | We must take better care of planet Earth

Santa Cruz Sentinel 24 Sep 2023
Texas recently changed its science curriculum to require that schools teach positive lessons about fossil fuels, in an effort to downplay climate science and to influence the national textbook market, since Texas is one of the biggest consumers of educational materials in the U.S.
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Opinion: Yes, there was global warming in prehistoric times. But nothing in millions of years compares ...

The Los Angeles Times 24 Sep 2023
Can our big brains save us this time? They can if we make proper use of them and learn the lessons offered by Earth’s past ... Mann is presidential distinguished professor and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania ... How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis.” .
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eDynamic Learning acquires Chattanooga-based Learning Blade

Chatanooga Times Free Press 23 Sep 2023
With more than 100 careers and 400 lessons in the specific contexts of science, math, English and social studies included, Learning Blade provides supplemental online materials and ...
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Integrated subjects a major challenge for teachers as new curriculum rolled out

Vietnam News 23 Sep 2023
... one called Natural Sciences, while History and Geography are also combined in another integrated subject ... Minh said that students are not yet used to studying Natural Sciences as an integrated subject, and there are few reference documents for support teachers with lesson design.
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From Jane to the Octonauts, children’s TV is taking on the climate crisis

Grist 23 Sep 2023
Olivia Dreizen Howell wasn’t seeking out a climate lesson when she and her kids, aged 7 and 9, tuned into Molly of Denali, a popular children’s show on PBS ... But outside of talking about science lessons at their Montessori school, she hadn’t discussed the crisis with them.
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Paxton acquittal may quiet future whistleblowers

The Bryan Eagle 23 Sep 2023
... Rice University political science professor Mark Jones said. "The lesson they're going to draw from it is, 'Why bother?'" ... "This is yet another kind of legal quandary that Ken Paxton finds himself in," University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus said.
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Sebring Fire boosts students' science lesson

The Alliance Review 22 Sep 2023
Fourth-grade science students at B.L ... It’s been a relatively common challenge for decades for science students, but B.L ... The lesson included a regional competition that Oh Wow! Children’s Center for Science & Technology that included districts from around the area.
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Priest, Notre Dame political science instructor will discuss civility, peaceful relations at Seton Hill

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 22 Sep 2023
A priest, political science instructor and official at the University of Notre Dame will speak on the need for civility and peaceful relations during an October visit to Seton Hill University in Greensburg ... He holds a master’s degree and doctorate in political science and is the author of “Christianity, Islam and Liberal Democracy.
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Tips for Encouraging Exploration and Learning in the Kitchen

Nashville Pride 22 Sep 2023
Meal preparation can also bring certain classroom lessons such as counting and fractions to life as children measure ingredients. It can also be an opportunity for an impromptu science lesson about the parts of plants and animals people eat and the nutritional benefits of healthy foods. Consider these tips to get kids more involved in mealtimes. ... ....
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