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Treat Water Well
Have you been to the Chesapeake Bay or fished in the Anacostia River? How are we doing meeting Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act goals? Conversations about handling clean water and its pollution occur in rural as well as urban and suburban areas. When you water your lawn or when rain water runs off gardens into the street, how is water quality affected? What happens to river water that is near cattle, sheep and chicken ranches?
Your class will learn more about these and more situations, their influence on clean water, and water treatment efforts in the following activities and articles.
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Exploration and Discovery
As the South Pole quests of Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen are commemorated, exploration and expeditions continue above, on and below the Earth’s surface and waters. Assisted by cutting-edge technology and photography, 21st-century scientists and their teams plan for all stages, collaborate during the voyage and document their discoveries. A rich variety of activities, lesson ideas, resources and suggested readings across many disciplines in science, mathematics, technology and the fine arts are provided in this curriculum guide. Contact Us Subscribe to NIE |
News As Art
The idea of recycling newspapers has been around for many years. After being read, newspapers have been used to clean windows, wrap presents and line bird cages. For more than 100 years, newspapers have been transformed into works of art. Activities in this Washington Post Newspaper In Education curriculum guide uses the sections of the newspaper to inspire projects and be the medium for the message. Contact Us Subscribe to NIE |
Sports — In Word and Image
The Sports section of The Washington Post provides lessons in meeting deadlines, mathematics and statistics, photography and graphics, language arts and journalism, and geography. This guide encourages teachers to use the Sports section to study the work of Post reporters as models for students to write and to compare ledes, sports news and columns, to prepare charts and graphs using the scores and other data, and to read maps. Post photographer Jonathan Newton’s pointers are illustrated with his photos of high school and professional athletes. |
Main News Section
MAIN NEWS invites students to explore the day’s international, national and local stories offering current and challenging information about people, places and events in the news. The exercises developed around the MAIN NEWS section have students work with and respond to science news, news abstracts, pictures and illustrations, editorial commentary, federal government activity, reporters’ journals and advertising. |
NIE in the Classroom
Student Artwork from Katie Broullire's Class at The Katherine Thomas School in Rockville, MD |
"News as Art" Projects by Bonnie Moisan's Students at Stoddert Elementary in D.C. |
Anne Nagy's Students at Dranesville Elementary Share Artwork Created Using "News as Art" Activities |
Students in Debbie Sullivan's Class at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, VA Select Clippings for Their "News as Art" Projects |
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If I Were a Member of the President's Cabinet
The members of the Cabinet advise the president. President George Washington had only four secretaries: Secretary of War (now Defense), Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (now State), and, after the Judiciary Act of 1789, Attorney General. As the country grew, so did the Cabinet. Today there are 15 Cabinet secretaries. Each has an area of specialty on which to advise the president. In addition, numerous independent agencies, most in the Executive Branch, carry out federal programs. Activities suggested introduce students to the Cabinet members' duties and the role of independent agencies. Students role play being members of the president’s Cabinet, confronting real issues. With a focus on Canada and Mexcio, students examine our relations with our closest neighbors, and the decisions and programs that cross and intertwine the lines of Cabinet responsibilities.
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Students at The New School of Northern Virginia Using The Post
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Students at Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarkburg, MD Learn About Editorials
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Students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School Learn About e-Replica
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North America Color Map
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African Continent
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e-replica Teacher's Guide
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Use our graphics in your classroom
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See our collection of Infographics
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More lesson plans in the Teacher's Manual
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