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Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to battery research.

Based on the Science News article "Charging the future," these questions focus on battery design, how lithium-ion batteries compare with newer types and the nature of experimental design.

These discussion prompts cover radiant energy coming to and from Earth, the effects of global warming on the land, ocean, atmosphere and on species, and possible methods of averting or adapting to climate change.

Students can search the Science News archive for the earliest stories on climate change and for techniques to combat it.

Students will test the effect of different conditions on lactase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of milk sugar to simple sugar.

Students will test different types of catalysts and conditions for the light-producing luminol reaction.

Students will search the Science News archive to explore the history of catalytic material technology.

These questions focus on the use of catalysts in common industrial reactions and new research on alternatives to the precious metals currently used as catalysts.

Students will calculate the angular momentum and density of the moon and consider the implications of the results for various theories of the moon's origin.

These questions focus on ideas about the origin of Earth's moon and evidence that supports various explanations of its formation.

These questions focus on gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and how observing gravitational waves can improve our understanding of the universe.

These student questions focus on autonomous vehicles and the nature of research that will support their widespread use.