Comprehension
Reading comprehension questions are tied to articles and graphs from Science News.
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Making transplants last
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Transplant tolerance."
- Astronomy
Telling two scientists’ stories
Students will answer questions based on the Science News articles "Flowing toward a sustainable future" and "Mapping stars across generations."
- Environment
Tomorrow’s lab-grown meats
Students will analyze data from a graph in the Science News article "Dreaming up tomorrow's burger."
- Health & Medicine
Exploring the replication crisis in the social sciences
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Replication crisis spurs reforms."
- Space
Article dissection for all
These comprehension questions can be used with any article from Science News.
- Physics
Exploring Emmy Noether’s life
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Emmy Noether's vision."
- Humans
Extending language learning
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "There's extra time to learn a language."
- Life
The stories in your DNA
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "An open book."
- Life
The truth behind animal brawls
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Fight like an animal."
- Physics
Remembering Stephen Hawking
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Stephen Hawking's legacy will live on."
- Health & Medicine
Tracking opioid deaths
Questions based on the Science News article "Fatal fix" ask students about the effects of opioids and to analyze a graph of overdose deaths.
- Humans
Following fructose through the body
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Small intestine is first stop for fructose."
