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Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Small intestine is first stop for fructose."

This guide explores an increasingly ubiquitous technology: the smartphone. How do its sensors work, what data do they collect and how can we keep ourselves safe from its spying eyes?

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to the powers and perils of smartphone use.

This guide reviews the Top 10 scientific discoveries from 2017, as reported by Science News, with a focus on key concepts covered across scientific disciplines.

These discussion prompts help students gain a better understanding of key vocabulary and concepts covered in the Top 10 articles of 2017.

Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.

Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.

This guide explores stem cells, gene therapy and related topics. Students can also measure the density of skin touch receptors in different areas of the human body.

Students will design and execute an experiment to determine the relative sensitivity of touch receptors in different areas of human skin using a two-point threshold test.

These discussion prompts cover stem cells, gene therapy and the proteins of the extracellular matrix.

Students will search the Science News archive for previous articles about stem cells and gene therapy, and compare potential applications.

Students will report on the who, what, why and how of a treatment for a rare skin disease.