Teachable Moments in the News

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A blog post from the newsroom for the classroom.

There’s an important news story about climate change, or an amazing discovery of a new Earth-sized planet orbiting another star. It‘s being reported on all the major media outlets. Yet current science rarely gets into the classroom, and is rarely discussed at any depth at home. I’ll help you make that news story a teachable moment in the classroom and at home. I’ll make it understandable, and address what the news story means to all of us. I’ll even provide curricular connections, and pointers to lessons and web resources. From the newsroom to the classroom, with a little help from Dr. Jeff.

Latest Teachable Moments in the News posts:

Shuttle Endeavour About to Blast Off on its Second to Last Mission, Make it a Teachable Moment - February 6, 2010
Happy New Year and Some Fun Facts - January 1, 2010
Firestorm in the Arctic: Al Gore Vindicated on Comments in Copenhagen - December 16, 2009
MESSENGER Spacecraft Named by Time Magazine as One of 2009's 50 Best Inventions, and Other Cool Mission Highlights & Updates - December 10, 2009
Shuttle Atlantis Home! Prompts Me to Look to America's Future ... and I'm Troubled - November 27, 2009
Me, the Pilgrims, and My Sister - Happy Thanksgiving 2009 - November 26, 2009
TMN QuickLinks: Shuttle Atlantis in Orbit, Make it a Teachable Moment - November 19, 2009
A Doctor Jeff Myth Buster: Carbon Dioxide is Just a Trace Gas - BIG DEAL! - October 24, 2009
TMN QuickLinks: Five Powerful Climate Change Lessons for A Very Important Earth Science Week October 11-17, 2009 - October 11, 2009
Oh No! NASA's LCROSS Is Going to Hit the Moon! Run! - October 8, 2009
TMN QuickLinks: NASA LCROSS to Slam into Moon October 9, 2009 - October 7, 2009
I Don't Have My Camera Handy, but Say "Cheese" Anyway! "Photography" in the Digital Age - October 6, 2009
Powerful New BotU Teaching Resource: Teachable Moments in the News QUICK LINKS - October 5, 2009
Regular Updates: The Flight of MESSENGER to Mercury through Orbital Insertion, March 18, 2011 - October 4, 2009
Witness History: As MESSENGER Speeds by the Planet, See Mercury Before Sunrise! September 29 to October 1, 2009 - September 28, 2009
SPECIAL POST: The Flight of MESSENGER to Mercury: Live Web 2.0 Coverage of the Final Flyby on September 29, 2009 - September 18, 2009
September 8 and September 11: Joy, Pain, and Hope - September 11, 2009
Commentary on Blue-Ribbon Panel Exploring NASA's Strategic Options for Human Space Flight - August 13, 2009
An Apollo 11 Personal Story - July 16, 2009
THE SOLUTION TO Weekly Challenge 4: You Want Me to Do What With a Bathroom Scale? - July 8, 2009
If I Could Gift Wrap the Moon - July 2, 2009
Weekly Challenge 4: You Want Me to Do What With a Bathroom Scale? - June 29, 2009
SPECIAL POST: Where Were You During the Flight of Apollo 11? Remember and Share - - June 26, 2009
Yesterday's Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings Back Memories of Apollo 11 - June 19, 2009
The Business Trip - May 19, 2009

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