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Surveying a sensitive ecosystem
These discussion prompts cover the pH scale, the solubility of gases, food webs and how organisms react to climate change.
Smartphone technologies
In this two-part activity, students will complete a few simple light polarization exercises to model LCD technology and then demonstrate how a smartphone app analyzes and utilizes data to perform a specific function.
A look inside the smartphone
These discussion prompts ask students to describe how various smartphone sensors work, and analyze three graphs related to data gathered by such sensors.
The spy in your pocket
Students will answer questions about how smartphone apps could be used to spy on people and how such spying might be prevented.
Free-fallin’
Students will determine if an object's composition and the height at which can object is dropped affects its gravitational acceleration.
When science and gravity meet
These discussion prompts encourage students to explore concepts related to gravity and how scientists measure it.
Testing the equivalence principle
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Galileo experiment re-created in space."
Tracking the latest developments
Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.
Analyzing a top article
Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.
Getting to know your cells
These discussion prompts cover stem cells, gene therapy and the proteins of the extracellular matrix.
Gene therapy through time
Students will search the Science News archive for previous articles about stem cells and gene therapy, and compare potential applications.
Replacing a boy’s skin
Students will report on the who, what, why and how of a treatment for a rare skin disease.