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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Earth's Heart of Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Stephen Pincock's article discusses issues related to the possibility of gold buried beneath the surface of the Earth. (Published 15 June 2006)
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Elephants Recognise Themselves in Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article discusses a new study on elephants involving place them in front of a jumbo mirror and charting their reactions, reactions that suggest they recognize themselves.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Glaciers Melting Faster as Planet Warms

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses climate change research which suggests that the worldwide issue of melting glaciers is a clear sign of changing climate conditions.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Jellyfish See World Through Complex Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jacquie van Santen's article explores research backing the complexity of the eyes in jellyfish, which, according to scientists, will place them higher on the evolutionary ladder.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Killer Asteroids Could Be Steered Away

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Irene Klotz's article examines the possibilities of steering an asteroid away from contact with the Earth as opposed to blowing up the asteroid.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Milky Way Is Many Tentacled Beast

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article discusses research connected to the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. The article suggests that the galaxy, instead of being a neat spiral, stretches out through a series of arms.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Moon Over 4.5 Billion Years Old

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article uses research connected to the element tungsten-182 found on the Moon to develop theories as to the age of the Moon and the formation of the Moon.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Neptune Nabbed Its Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Irene Klotz's article discusses research related to the possibility of Neptune having "nabbed" its moon, Triton, from some passing sister planets.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Overfishing May Wipe Seafood Off Menu

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Deborah Zabarenko's article predicts, based on scientific research, the destruction of the fishing community by 2048 based on overfishing.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Pigeons Smell Their Way Home

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Rossella Lorenzi's article discusses the research of Italian scientists who may have discovered the secret to the pigeon's legendary "homing" capabilities.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Saturn's Day Lengthens by Minutes

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research connected to Saturn's spinning and the resulting lengthening of Saturn's days.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Sea Urchins Are Part Human

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research connected to the possibility that despite their qualities of brainless, limbless, and invertebrates, sea urchins are actually similar to humans.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Secrets of Spider Silk Unravelled

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article explores the various uses spiders employ for their silk. As a primary base, the article focuses on the Black Widow spider.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Mister Rogers Dies at Age 74

For Students 9th - 10th
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers an insightful look into the life and accomplishments of Fred Rogers.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: National Public Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio's official site offers hourly news audio as well as streaming audio and transcripts of some shows.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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PBS

Pbs: Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Leslie Dodson: Don't Misrepresent Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Broadcast journalist, Leslie Dodson, presents research that focuses on the intersection of micro-enterprise and digital technologies in developing communities in Africa. Dodson discusses how hard it is to be a journalist and the special...
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Other

Ovation Tv (Arts Focused Cable Television Network)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Visit the online home of Ovation TV, a cable television network that airs art-focused educational and general interest programming. At Ovation TV find access to a rotating menu of highlights from the network's offerings, including video...
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Other

Elllo: English Language Listening Lab Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an extremely useful place for the improving listening skills of English language learners. Contains numerous listening exercises, such as dialogues, games, interviews, songs, news broadcasts, and more. Each activity has a number...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Vesuvius (World's Most Dangerous Volcano)

For Students 9th - 10th
An article outlines the reasons why Vesuvius should be considered the world's most dangerous volcano.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Piece of Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid Puzzle Recovered

For Students 9th - 10th
The first meteorite fossil discovered in this period when tests can be run on it, was found at Chicxulub in Northeastern Yucatan, Mexico. Scientists believe it is part of the meteorite which made the dinosaurs extinct.
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Curated OER

Bbc News: Remembering the Thatcher Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the British Broadcasting Corporation provides BBC's 20th anniversary retrospective on Margaret Thatcher's rise to power as the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. This articles is written by her former press...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Max Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Max Robinson, an American television journalist and the first African American man to anchor a nightly network newscast. Robinson was also the first African American to anchor a local news...

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