Earth and Space Sciences
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Science & Society
And the Nobel science prizes go to…
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article “Nobel Prize winners announced.”
- Chemistry
Fungi are the next green chemistry champs
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article “The next champs of green chemistry.”
- Earth
Career share and compare
These discussion prompts encourage students to discuss and compare the work and background of two SN 10 scientists to explore the varied paths to becoming a successful researcher.
- Earth
Dissect a scientific argument
These discussion prompts ask students to evaluate a scientific argument using the claim, evidence, reasoning model.
- Climate
Fungal threats on the rise?
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article “Climate change may raise the risk of deadly fungal infections in humans. One species is already a threat.”
- Earth
Eyes across the globe
Students will learn about three global monitoring networks and the types of scientific data collected by each. Additional prompts encourage students to consider the purpose of these networks.
- Chemistry
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.
- Agriculture
Step into the shoes of an insect farmer
These discussion prompts ask students to design solutions to problems insect farmers might face and think through the implementation and potential consequences of those solutions.
- Environment
Exploring insect farming
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Down on the (cricket) farm."
- Space
Measure the universe
These discussion prompts help students think about the scale of the solar system and universe, and how scientists study phenomena that are hard to reach in space or very distant in time.
- Space
Rethinking space dust origins
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Kuiper belt dust may be sprinkled in our atmosphere."
- Ecosystems
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.
