youtube-nocookie.com and open.spotify.com, or use the options below.This week on TechCheck for grades K–2: scientists X-rayed a piece of 66-million-year-old fossil poop the size of half a golf ball and found the best-preserved feather from the age of dinosaurs; NASA's X-59 jet finished its 25th test flight, flying faster than sound while built to make a soft thump instead of a window-rattling boom; Minecraft's Wilderness Bound update added an autumn forest with red, orange, and yellow poplar trees, straw beds, and abandoned camps; and a real volcano in Indonesia erupted while a computer-made fake video fooled people around the world — we learn the three clues that gave it away. Kid-friendly, classroom-safe, and ready for circle time.This week on “Tiny Tech, Big News” (Grades K–2):• A Feather Hidden in Dinosaur Poop!• The Jet That Whispers• Minecraft Gets a Fall Forest• That Volcano Video Was Fake0:00 Intro0:38 A Feather Hidden in Dinosaur Poop!1:38 The Jet That Whispers2:43 Minecraft Gets a Fall Forest3:37 That Volcano Video Was Fake4:45 Recap & takeaways
A reusable K–2 printable — print-first by design for early learners. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.
4 quick polls, a story-of-the-week vote, and a 3-question quiz. Answers are anonymous and count toward your class on the grade-band leaderboard. This one has closed — results and answers are up.
Early Explorers
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