This site contains current blogs about science. Very interesting stories. This would be a good site for those winter 2-hour delay days when class time is shortened.
This article is almost 2 years old, and many new resources have become available since then, but there are many good ideas here to address a range of subjects and objectives.
Since the Common Core definition of “informational text” includes pretty much
everything The Times publishes, from articles, essays and opinion piece to
“diverse media and multimedia” such as photographs, infographics and video,
reading the paper can prepare your students for their futures in myriad
ways.