Teachers
By exploring the "science behind the news," The Why Files is an excellent resource for your curriculum, particularly if you use current events as a springboard. To teach a unit on oceans, for example, you could explore marine diseases, beach erosion, flooding, global warming, hurricanes, tsunamis, Antarctic ice and El Niño.
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for the latest science behind the headlines. Or check out our musty, dusty,
trusty archives. With almost 200
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Remember that TV clip on the shortage of oil?
Ever wonder how an atomic clock works?
Caught 30 seconds of a radio story on cats and blood pressure, then lost the story in info-fog -- half remembered, half forgotten, totally worthless.
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