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Art in Action: 'You Are Here' celebrates poetry in National Parks

Oct. 3, 2024, 9:37 a.m.

A project by the US poet laureate focuses on the natural world and climate change

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Key moments from the Walz-Vance debate

Oct. 2, 2024, 6:17 a.m.

Vice presidential hopefuls focused their criticism on the top of the ticket

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Middle East again on edge after Iran launches aerial attack against Israel

Oct. 1, 2024, 9:25 p.m.

What this latest flashpoint holds for the region after Israel's punishing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon

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Florida faces another round of rebuilding after 3rd hurricane in 13 months

Oct. 1, 2024, 7:18 a.m.

Devastating toll from the hurricane continues to grow

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Lessons are available for STEM and non-STEM subjects to help students become civic-minded problem solvers. Click here to find resources that fit your learning goals.

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STEM

Student voice: When it comes to invention, don’t be afraid to ask for help

Ifeoma Okolo and Austin Ewing, tenth grade students from Illinois, are learning about intellectual property through their experience as student inventors and budding engineers

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Invention Education

Lesson plan: Solving problems through invention

Learn the first key step in the invention process: how to identify and explore problems around you

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Inventions

Student Voice: How I became an inventor (and how you can, too)

Hear from a student inventor about her path to invention, and why she thinks any student can do the same

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Journalism in Action

Civic Engagement and Primary Sources Through Key Moments in History

The Journalism in Action website allows students to investigate the role journalism has played in U.S. history and what it means to have a free press.

Using the Library of Congress' databases, students analyze primary sources ranging from Civil War photographs to broadcasts of the Watergate hearings.

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