Activity
Hands-on experiments, debates, data dives, and diagramming and design exercises put students at the center of their learning.
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Physics
The equivalence principle in the archive
Use this short section to explore and compare other articles about measurements of the equivalence principle as reported by Science News since 1924.
- Life
Top 10 countdown
In two activities, students can work in groups to play an organism matching game or create their own list of Top 10 science experiences from the semester.
- Life
Tracking the latest developments
Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.
- Humans
How sensitive?
Students will design and execute an experiment to determine the relative sensitivity of touch receptors in different areas of human skin using a two-point threshold test.
- Genetics
Gene therapy through time
Students will search the Science News archive for previous articles about stem cells and gene therapy, and compare potential applications.
- Chemistry
Exploring half-life
Students will simulate the exponential radioactive decay and half-life of carbon-14 with pennies and a food coloring/bleach chemical reaction.
- Plants
Uniting past and present
Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to frozen mosses, radioactive carbon-14 dating and global warming.
- Physics
The pressure to be a star
To better understand the life cycle of stars, students will estimate the conditions involved in stars and element formation.
- Space
Crash from the past
Students will search the Science News archive for other stories on neutron star collisions and gravitational waves.
- Physics
Solo for solenoid
Students will construct their own simple solenoids and conduct experiments to measure the solenoids' properties.
- Tech
Flexible robots in review
Students will search the Science News archive for earlier articles about transformational robots.
- Science & Society
Who are the SN 10 scientists?
In this activity, students will gain a better understanding of the character traits, personal qualities and career paths of the SN 10 scientists through a Jeopardy!-like game.
