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Web of changes

Students will think through and diagram an Arctic and local food web and will explore how ecosystem disruptions can impact the food webs.

The Periodic Table: A nuclear view

Students will learn how interactions among the protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus affect the properties and stability of chemical elements, and how these properties could inform the creation of future elements.

Tracing tracks and guessing gaits

Students will use what they know about physics and human range of motion to analyze classmates’ trackways and infer how their classmates made the tracks.

Volcanoes, erupting now?

Students will review volcano monitoring data and learn how to use it to predict possible volcano behavior.

Now trending, the Periodic Table

After watching videos about the periodic table, students will identify general patterns in the table.

Asking for directions on Mars

Students will learn how to use an interactive online map of Mars and will identify features and make generalizations about Martian geography.

Radical protection

Students will analyze a graph from the Science News article "Parkinson's pathways."

Martian water challenge

Students will use common materials to design, build and test their own water purification system.

Pucker up

Students will analyze the amount of a chemical in a dietary supplement.

The SN 10 Game

Students will come up with a Jeopardy! style game or use a game provided to better understand the character traits, personality qualities and career paths of the SN 10: Scientists to Watch.

Tongue tied

This activity will help students understand how the similarities and differences between languages may influence language learning.

Looking up languages

Students will explore and compare articles about languages and language learning as reported by Science News and Science News for Students.