Educator Guide: All About Analyze This, KWL and How to Hula Hoop

About this guide

Use these lesson plans paired to articles from the June/July issue of Science News Explores to have students analyze data visualizations from Analyze This articles, get a template to use the KWL literacy practice with your students and learn how to hula hoop using physics principles.

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Hula-hooping robots

Scientists built hula-hooping robots to answer an old mystery: How does a Hula Hoop stay up? Learn how best to launch and maintain a circulating hoop — and then explore how specific shapes can turn gyrations into a gravity-defying force. You can apply those concepts to then predict the hula-hooping success of other shapes.

All about Analyze This: An article type from Science News Explores

Use this lesson plan to learn about an article type called Analyze This that is published by Science News Explores in print and online. You can also access a lesson plan template that can be used with any Analyze This article. Each Analyze This article includes a graph or data visualization that is paired with questions for students to answer and a short story that provides context.

Literacy Practice: KWL Strategy

Use this lesson plan and the provided template to have your students practice the KWL strategy. This note-taking strategy helps students organize their thoughts and reflect on their knowledge around a particular reading.