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Students will answer questions about new research showing that the activity of a small number of genes can predict a young person's immune response to the flu vaccine.

This guide focuses on neurons, how they form connections and how those connections are important for learning.

Students will study prepared microscope slides and create model neurons to gain a better understanding of what neurons look like, how they connect and how learning changes these connections.

Students will use Science News as a resource for discovering a research question that interests them and developing a testable hypothesis.

Students will discuss the scientific details that are left out of short news reports and explore how these brief reports can lead to ideas for original research.

Students will culture yogurt bacteria with and without antibiotics to test the bacteria's sensitivity and then stain microscope slides to determine if the bacteria are gram-positive or gram-negative.

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.

This guide explores a wide variety of catalysts and their roles in chemical reactions, and covers recent research seeking alternative catalysts.