Straight from the Headlines
I was recently reading the September/October, 2020 issue of \u201cScience Scope,\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.\xa0\xa0In this issue, I read the Editor\u2019s Note column \u201cStraight from the Headlines\u201d\xa0 written by Patty McGinnis.\xa0There are many ways that current events can be incorporated into the classroom.\xa0 Current events can be used as an introductory phenomenon to a problem, can support a claim, or can be utilized to provide students with an engineering task.\xa0 The use of websites can provide teachers with vetted articles about recent events and current events, most of which are identified by Lexile score.\xa0 Resources include:
Readworks \u2014 http://readworks.org
TweenTribune \u2014 https://www.tweentribune.com
Science News for Students \u2014 https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org
Science Daily \u2014 https://www.sciencedaily.com