• "Extreme Sports Facts" from Science for Kids

• "Kids and Extreme Sports" from Family and Education

• "Best of the X-Games" video

• "Safety Worries Hit the 'Slope' at Sochi Olympics" from Newsela (may require Google sign in)

• "The Toughest Sport" infographic

• "Safer Slopes" from Super Science Magazine

• "X-Games Too Extreme?" from CNN.com

• "Why Do People Enjoy Extreme Sports?" from SelfGrowth.com

• "The World's First Wingsuit Champion is Crowned" from DOGOnews

• "X Games" from National Geographic

• Capstone eBooks:

  • Extreme Air Sports

  • Extreme Land Sports

  • Extreme Water Sports

• Videos

  • Base Jumper on Extreme Sports Risks & Rewards

• "Zoo" from World Book Student Encyclopedia

• "Zoos" from Ducksters.com

• "All About Animals: Zoos" from PetaUK

• "Are Zoos a Good Thing?" from British Council

• "Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species" from Concept Research Center

• "A Chimp, a Branch, and an Escape" from Newsela

• "Dogs Work With Elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo" from Newsela

• "Public Benefits of Zoos" from AZA (Association of Zoos and Aquariums)

• "Animal Enrichment" from St. Louis Zoo

• "Fall is Pumpkin Time, Even for Zoo Animals" from Newsela

• "Zoos Step In to Help Save Wild Animals Around the World" from Newsela

• "Zoo Orders Huge Shoes for One of Its Elephants" from Newsela

• "Zoos" from The New Book of Knowledge

• "Not All Zoos are Inhumane" from Teen Ink

• "The Modern Zoo" from Teen Ink

• "Zoos Are Prisons for Animals" by Ashley Chilton

• "Tigers At Home in the Bronx Zoo" from Scholastic News

• "The Hour of the Chimp at KC Zoo" from Newsela

• "Zoo and Aquarium Statistics" from AZA

• "NC's Zoo 'Adoption Program' Benefits Animals, Zookeeper Training" from Fox8

• VIDEOS:

  • D News: The Pros and Cons of Zoos

  • Captive Animal Misery in European Zoos

  • Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian National Zoo

• Scholastic News: Floating Junkyard

• ProCon.org: Should Bottled Water Be Banned?

• Harvard University: Reasons to Avoid Bottled Water

• Lauren Tarshis for Scholastic News: Water Bottles - Handy or Harmful?

• NY Times: The Battle Over Bottled Water

• What Are Some Advantages of Bottled Water?

• Bottled Water Matters

• Videos:

  • Recycling Plastic Water Bottles

  • How Are Plastic Bottles and Caps Recycled?

  • KQED: Would Banning Plastic Water Bottles Help or Hurt the Planet?

  • The Story Of Stuff: Bottled Water

  • Good Stewards of the Environment

  • Bottled Water: Always There When You Need It

• Hey Teach! Should Students Have Homework?

• NEA Today: Should Schools Be Done with Homework?

• ASCD: What's the Purpose of Homework

• Debate.org: Should Teachers Give Homework?

• Scholastic: Homework - Why It's Important

• VIDEOS:

  • Edutopia

  • CBS Los Angeles 

  • NJ105

• ProCon.org: Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?

• Time For Kids: Should Students Wear Uniforms?

• The New Yorker: The Downsides of School Uniforms

• Videos:

  • Public School Review

• Edutopia: The Beginning of the End of Snow Days

• PennLive: No More Snow Days

• We Are Teachers: Snow Days

• USA Today: Technology Could Eliminate the Need for Snow Days

• Washington Post: OPINION - Don't Rain On the Idea of Online Classes for Snow Days

• VIDEOS:

  • York Daily Record - Cyber Snow Days

  • Yahoo News - U.S. Schools Are Getting Rid of Snow Days

• Sleep Foundation.org: How Would Later Start Times Affect Sleep?

• NY Times: Should Your School Day Start Later?

• Start School Later.net: Why Change?

• Vittana.org: Should Schools Start Later?

• Very Well Family.com: The Pros and Cons of Starting School Later

• Time.com: School Start Time

•  “Space Exploration” from National Geographic

• What was the Apollo Program?

• Space Exploration

• The Real Reasons We Explore Space (By Michael Griffin, Air & Space Magazine, July 2007)

• Mars Can Wait: Oceans Can’t (By: Amitai Etzioni, Special To CNN, August 17, 2012)

• Which scientific research is more important, underwater or space? (Time for Kids) 

• What It's Like to Spend a Month Under the Sea

• Space Exploration and Travel

• Mission Twinpossible (from Time for Kids)

• Fabien Costeau leads Aquanauts in Record-Breaking Underseas Expedition

• A Giant Robot Crab by Hailee Romain

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