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Students will answer questions based on a series of brief news items, including describing how each demonstrates sound scientific inquiry.

Students will conduct their own experiments to analyze a variety of foods for the presence of fats, as well as researching types of fat and relating their findings to human health.

These discussion prompts ask students to think in more detail about lipids, their hydrogenation and related scientific areas.

Students will search the Science News archive for additional articles related to trans fats.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Data back ban of artificial trans fats," with a special focus on data collected and analyzed by researchers.

These discussion prompts focus on the nature of bacteria and types of antibiotics, as well as methods for dealing with antibiotic resistance.

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to antibiotics and bacterial infections.

These questions focus on student understanding of gram-negative bacteria and the bacteria's response to antibiotics.

These discussion prompts ask students to think about ways that different elements create varied results in battery design, and related redox reactions.

This guide introduces students to the wide world of bacteria, bacterial infections, antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.

After reading about the results of a ban on trans fats, students can explore the nature of lipids in greater detail, including analyzing foods for the presence of fats.

This research-focused guide is inspired by the International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF, the world's largest international pre-college science competition.