This week, we learned …
… the eight adult skills every 18-year-old should have.
Photograph by Kitra Cahana, National Geographic
Our Learning Framework can help develop those skills!
… no one lives on the Pacific island that’s covered in 38 million pieces of our trash.
Photograph by Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic
How did all that trash get to an uninhabited island?
… where have all the insects gone.
Photograph by David Littschwager, National Geographic
Help support some of our favorite insects—bees—by building a bee hotel!
… how grades really work.
Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic
Help your students make the grade with our Common Core ELA resources.
… sensory-substitution devices can help the visually impaired “see with their tongue.”
Photograph by Brian Finke, National Geographic
… there are feral monkeys in Texas and koalas with chlamydia in Australia.
Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic
Put GIS in action to help save koalas.
… giant balloons are helping flood-hit Peruvians get online.
How do engineers get those balloons to go to the right place?
… a jigsaw puzzle once helped determine an immigrant’s fate.
Photograph courtesy Library of Congress. Public domain
What bureaucracy did immigrants face at Ellis Island?
… the idea that it’s easier to multiply and divide with Arabic numerals than Roman numerals is a myth.
How do you use Roman numerals? Find out here.
… most of California’s salmon could be extinct in 100 years.
Photograph by Bianca Lavies, National Geographic
You won’t believe the source of the world’s most sustainable salmon.
… yawning may promote social bonding, even between dogs and humans.
Do classroom pets foster empathy and compassion among your students? Does yawning?
