Current Events
British Broadcasting Corporation: Get great news geared toward a middle school audience. CBS News : get a great story about kids creating a car that runs on soybeans. Channel One: Channel One has stories and fun interactive questions about important issues. CNN: News education for young readers. CNN: This site is geared toward young audiences. You can view videos on this link. CNN Heroes: This site has videos and information about heroes around the world. Extra: Extra is part of PBS. It has information that is appropriate for middle school audiences. Kids Newsroom: Get the news from around the world. Kids Post: This website is a part of the Washington Post geared for younger audiences. National Geographic News: This link has top stories for younger audiences. National Geographic Videos: Access a variety of videos on subjects ranging from animals, people, places and the environment. National Public Radio: Listen to the news by visiting this site. New York Times Student: This New York Times site is geared toward a younger audience. PBS: Get student news from PBS. This has interesting topics for middle school students. Scholastic: Scholastic offers students a user friendly website with current events and more. Science News for Kids: This site has some interesting science topics to choose from. Student News: Get news from around the world geared toward youner audiences. Time Magazine for Kids: Time Magazine offers news that is geared toward younger audiences. Unicef: You can choose from a wide range of topics primarily dealing with children around the world. United Nations Cyberschoolbus: "View information about member nations, take a virtual tour, explore issues of human rights relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world. Interactive and well designed for school-age children. " Yahoo for Kids: This has current events, science, sports, animals and more.