Good morning! What’s interesting or special about your hometown? What makes it different than other places? What do you notice or appreciate that others might not see? We’re asking teenagers these questions and more ahead of our new Local Lens photo essay contest. — The Learning NetworkA photo essay contest for exploring the place where you live
Our new contest, which runs from Dec. 3 to Jan. 14, invites students to spotlight almost any aspect of their local area they like, whether they focus on a place, a group of people, an event or tradition, a time of day or a visual theme. Here are all the details. We also have a forum designed to help your students brainstorm ideas, plus this guide full of excellent examples and simple steps for using them. Recent Times reporting about schools
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Classroom activity: Is your red the same as my red?
If your students missed that viral 2015 question, you can introduce it again as the opening to our new lesson plan about the brain and color perception. Based on the recent Science Times article, “Do You See the Same Colors That I Do?,” the lesson helps students understand what research with M.R.I. scans can now tell us about whether or not most of us have a shared sense of colors. When your students are done, we challenge them to think about the implications, then propose their own scientific investigations that take on aspects of vision and the nature of color. Before you go, see what teens are saying about their autumn traditions.
We asked students to share their fall rituals, and kids from all over the U.S., plus Canada, Nepal, Taiwan and India, told us about their favorite things: Every fall marks the beginning of what I lovingly call “The Great Soup Marathon.” Along with my help, my mother makes three or four fall themed soups to accompany the next few weeks or so. This year saw a delicate rustic orange squash soup and a cream-colored cauliflower and fennel soup. A hearty ham and bean soup is soon to come, because it’s a favorite in our household. Soup brings warmth as the wind chills the outside weather. — Serafina, Pennsylvania One of the most important holidays I celebrate in the fall is Tihar, which is among the biggest and most widely celebrated festivals in Nepal. Tihar is a vibrant festival of lights, during which we honor animals such as crows, dogs and cows, as well as our elders and the bonds of family and community. This celebration not only brings immense happiness but also strengthens our cultural traditions and sense of togetherness.— Uma, Nepal, Kathmandu My fall ritual is watching sports. Fall is the only time when you can watch postseason baseball, the first couple of games in the NBA, and also the football season. This weekend, I get to enjoy watching the Dodgers play. After that, I’ll switch to basketball, and when the game finishes, I’ll turn on Sunday Night Football. — KP, San Diego We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to LNfeedback@nytimes.com. More next week.
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