Teaching Kids News https://teachingkidsnews.com/ Readable, teachable news. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Teaching Kids News https://teachingkidsnews.com/ 32 32 UN Votes for More Accurate World Map https://teachingkidsnews.com/2026/09/08/un-votes-for-more-accurate-world-map/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:12:14 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21654 The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for countries to adopt the Equal Earth map from now on.

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]]> Artemis II: Mission To The Far Side Of The Moon https://teachingkidsnews.com/2026/04/12/artemis-ii-mission-to-the-far-side-of-the-moon/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:53:42 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21638 Crewmembers of Artemis II, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, returned to Earth April 10 after a successful mission to the far side of the moon, further than humans have ever travelled.

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]]> From TKN to Books About Critical Thinking https://teachingkidsnews.com/2025/12/05/from-tkn-to-books-about-critical-thinking/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:41:18 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21620 Thank you to everyone who has used TeachingKidsNews.com over the years! Please read this important message about its future and the new books I am publishing to help kids think more critically.

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]]> Dinosaur “highway” discovered in UK https://teachingkidsnews.com/2025/03/25/dinosaur-highway-discovered-in-uk/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:27:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21588 A team of scientists working in Oxfordshire, England, has uncovered a trail of dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic Period, about 166 million years ago. They found so many tracks in one place, they have nicknamed it the “dinosaur highway.” […]

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]]> Mark Carney to be new Canadian PM https://teachingkidsnews.com/2025/03/12/mark-carney-to-be-new-canadian-pm/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:46:45 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21551 Mark Carney has been elected leader of the Liberal Party; he will be Canada's next prime minister

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]]> Top Plastic Polluters Named https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/05/08/top-plastic-polluters-named/ Wed, 08 May 2024 21:31:24 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21512 Four companies have been identified as the top plastics polluters, according to a new study.

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]]> Girl’s Fossil Find Helps to Identify New Prehistoric Species https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/04/21/girls-fossil-find-helps-to-identify-new-prehistoric-species/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:17:17 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21453 The fossil Ruby Reynolds found when she was 11 has led to the discovery of a new prehistoric ocean reptile species.

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]]> OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Studied by NASA https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/01/15/spacecraft-delivers-asteroid-sample-to-earth/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:04:50 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21427 Dust and rock samples from a distant asteroid (via the OSIRIS-REx mission last September) are being studied by scientists at NASA.

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]]> Australia Votes “No” in Referendum https://teachingkidsnews.com/2023/10/23/australia-votes-no-in-referendum/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:44:30 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21359 Australians have voted no in a referendum designed to give Aboriginal people more of a say in government.

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]]> TKN’s Joyce Grant wins Press Freedom Teaching Award https://teachingkidsnews.com/2023/09/15/tkns-joyce-grant-wins-press-freedom-teaching-award/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:15:55 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21352 TKN's Joyce Grant has won the Press Freedom Teaching Award from Global Youth & News Media

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