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A nuclear whodunit

These questions, based on the Science News article “Radioactive cloud traced to Russia,” ask students to identify a series of events and list and evaluate evidence.

Evaluating measles news

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Measles erases immune memory."

Exploring insect farming

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Down on the (cricket) farm."

Rethinking space dust origins

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Kuiper belt dust may be sprinkled in our atmosphere."

Pressing pause on gene editing

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Ban on gene-edited babies proposed."

Surveying the hermit crab housing market

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Hermit crabs are drawn to the dead."

Tracking Arctic sea ice

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The case of the Arctic's missing ice."

Assessing the age of Earth’s core

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Earth's inner core is relatively young."

Following an ancient path

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Robot re-creates a tetrapod's moves."

Zooming in on the Kilauea volcano

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Kilauea curiosities."

Getting to know the periodic table

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The periodic table turns 150."

Understanding science’s impact

Students will work in groups to analyze one of Science News' Top 10 science stories of 2018.