Lessons for the Winter Olympics

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Government shutdown: A teacher’s guide

Essential question: What is the role of government in a democracy?

Do smartphones cause sleep problems, anxiety and depression in kids?

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What do the humerus bones of Neolithic women tell us?

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DACA debate upended by President’s explicit language

Essential question: What qualities do you think make someone a valuable member of society?

What could kill you and save you? A snail.

Biochemist Mandë Holford gives us some insight into potential cures derived from killer cone snail venom.

Student Mentoring: Challenging Kids to Awaken Their Inner ‘Jedi’

Kindred Spirits: Beyond the Dream: MLK in the Classroom

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Community service: Teaching kindness for kindness’ sake

What flies, dives and swims?

Farrell Helbling, from the Microrobotics Lab at Harvard University, talks about their new robo-insect that can do just that.