📚 Lesson Plan 36

May 28, 2024   |   Read Online

Are Flying Cars About to Take Off?
(Grades 1-5)

Inventors have been fixated on the idea of “flying cars” for nearly as long as there have been cars on the roads. Cartoons and movies set in the future, almost always seem to feature some version of a vehicle in the sky. So how close are we really to the airways taking over highways?

Why It’s Good For You to Cry
(Grades 1-5)

Scientists have long wondered why we cry and what it means for us. And guess what? The science of crying has come a long way in recent years. It turns out, shedding a few tears is one of the body’s natural healing mechanisms. 

Never-Before-Seen Data That’s Positive About our Planet
(Grades 6-8)

Researchers from England just reviewed hundreds of conservation studies. They wanted to find out whether anything we’ve been doing to save nature is having an impact at all. You might be surprised at what they discovered.

All Aboard! NASA Wants to Build a Moon Train
(Grades 6-8)

A NASA mechanical engineer has an out-of-this-world vision: a floating train on the moon! And NASA is all ears. Just this month, the agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program awarded six “visionary” teams with funding to explore their mind-blowing ideas. Among the plasma rockets, and quantum-dot solar sails, one project is standing out, not just for its sci-fi allure, but also for its refreshingly straightforward concept.

16-Year-Old’s Idea May Change Medicine
(Grades 9-12)

Revolutionize is a word that often gets overused. But in the case of a 16-year-old from Kentucky, it describes exactly what she has done to biomedicine.

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