How Do You Use Newspapers To Teach Science?
Science education isn’t limited to sitting in a classroom, peering through a microscope or dissecting frogs. Science is all around you every day. One way to learn about what’s going on in your world, locally, nationally and internationally, is to read the newspaper. Check out the weather forecast. This section of the paper provides information on sunrises, sunsets, moonrises, moonsets, pollen count, air quality and tidal information. You can have wonderful discussions about allergens, the changes in the tides and the impact of global warming. Launch your children into space. Scour the newspaper for articles on what’s going on at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA, the next shuttle launch or satellite launches in other countries. Reading articles about space travel can ignite a child’s interest in becoming an astronaut or learning more about constellations, gravity, planets or spaceships. Explain how astronauts leave the pull of gravity, navigate through space and return to earth. Travel ar
