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My Clean and Green Community

Teachers, here's a great resource for lessons geared toward the environment, designed for grades 2 and 3.... Full story

Resources and lessons from Clean Sweep U.S.A.

Lessons that teach kids to reduce, reuse and recycle in the classroom and at home. Lessons cover wide variety of waste and recycling activities.... Full story

2013 Yuma County Spelling Bee

By NIE Staff

Yuma county schools are awarding their best spellers to compete in the 67th Annual Yuma County Spelling Bee, which will take place February 14th at the Historic Yuma Theater.  Winners will go on to the Arizona State Spelling Bee. ... Full story

Arizona Legislative Students Web Site

So how does a state bill become a law in Arizona?  This site explains the process in detail with a video project created by Arizona students, pamphlet on how 'Arizona Bill' becomes law, and full booklet on the legislative process by a... Full story

Tour the 'Virtual Capitol'

This Webby Award-winning site is a visual treat with videos, interactive maps and timeline that's packed with history and explanations of how the Capitol building and surrounding buildings came to be.... Full story

How to become President of the United States

This great section from kids.gov gives a complete explanation of the requirements and process a person must take to become President of the United States. Downloadable poster also available.... Full story

Quick links to the best of Kid Scoop

Kid Scoop is a multi-media education program updated weekly that brings interactive educational pages, online learning games, comprehension and vocabulary activities, video, web-quest resources, family involvement activities and more! &nbs... Full story

Aviation in Yuma: Endurance Flight worksheet for teachers

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The City of Yuma has installed the historic record-breaking endurance flight airplane in Yuma City Hall. In 2009 the Yuma Sun took an in-depth look back at the history of flight in Yuma.  One of the major events was the 1949 Endurance Flig... Full story

Creating multimedia 'Content Trailers' introducing new topics

West Baton Rouge Parish Schools have an interesting idea for creating 'Concept Trailers', like movie trailers, to engage student interest in a new topic or concept in the classroom. Don't have time to create? There's hundreds premade on thi... Full story

Cast your vote!

This game at iCivics.org lets students set up a debate between candidates, evaluate their answers and decide who is the best candidate before they vote. A great way for kids to get an understanding of debates and the election process.... Full story

APS Power Posse - Energy awareness resources for teachers

"Inside this Web site, you will find dozens of fun, interactive classroom activities for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Kids can make their own solar hot-dog cooker, build a working windmill, or learn conservation by performing an ene... Full story

Great resources for teachers from NIE

Over 300 instructional resources are provided including many high quality teacher guides, serial stories, student supplements, the popular NIE Instructional Calendar, and more.... Full story

For teachers: Teaching kids the power of power

Arizona Public Service has created the 'Power Posse' Classroom activities page, designed to help you teach students about how power is created, used and can be conserved.... Full story

Give Them the Keys: Promoting Adolescent Literacy through Newspapers

NIE Week is coming March 5 - 9; Check out this guide with many great ideas from the Newspaper Association of America Foundation... Full story

Resources for starting a garden at school

While it might be snowing in other parts of the country in January, Yuma is the perfect place to start a garden. In this week's Desert Gardener column, Karen Bowen, a master gardener and member of Yuma Garden Club shares what you can plant right now... Full story

Scholastic Kids Press Corps: News for kids, by kids

If you have an interest in journalism or even if just wonder how news reporting works, Scholastic Kids Press Corps gives students the day's headlines from a kid's point of view.  You can also read student reporters' blogs to learn about what goe... Full story

Stopping bullying

This Education.com section gives expert advice and tips for parents and teachers on how to help combat the age-old problem of bullying.... Full story

Grammar Bowl registration is now

Last day to sign up is Jan. 7

The EGUMPP (Electronic Grammar Usage Mechanics Proficiency Program) Grammar Bowl is an academic competition held on Grand Canyon University's campus in Phoenix for Arizona students in eighth and ninth grades. Sign up by Jan. 7.... Full story

Merry Mad Libs

Need some laughs with the kids?  Try out Mad Libs at FunBrain.com and help them create goofy stories while increasing language skills - so much fun no one will know they're studying on vacation!... Full story

Visit San Francisco's Exploratorium

In honor of Columbus Day, go explore the museum of science, art and human perception's website. It's packed with educational tidbits on everything from math and technology to performance art and petroglyphs - and ho... Full story

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