Earth and Space Sciences
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Genetics
The languages of the fields
Students will define key science terms from a range of scientific fields using contextual clues from Science News articles.
- Astronomy
Telling two scientists’ stories
Students will answer questions based on the Science News articles "Flowing toward a sustainable future" and "Mapping stars across generations."
- Space
Article dissection for all
These comprehension questions can be used with any article from Science News.
- Math
Escaping from a black hole
Students will come to better understand black holes and Hawking radiation by deriving expressions and calculating theoretical data that relate to these phenomena.
- Physics
Mind over body
These discussion prompts focus on some of Stephen Hawking's most notable discoveries and ideas, as well as the disease that destroyed his nerve cells.
- Physics
A life revisited
Students will explore and compare articles about Stephen Hawking and black holes from the Science News archive.
- Physics
Remembering Stephen Hawking
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Stephen Hawking's legacy will live on."
- Life
Land of the lost
In this activity, students will identify fossils using hand magnifiers or stereomicroscopes, determine which era each fossil is from and how the fossils might have formed over time.
- Earth
Journey to the age of the dinosaurs
These discussion prompts cover the major groups of dinosaurs and their time on Earth, as well as how we study them today.
- Life
Dino discoveries add up
From feathers to extinction, there's a lot to learn about dinosaurs in the Science News archive.
- Chemistry
Surveying a sensitive ecosystem
These discussion prompts cover the pH scale, the solubility of gases, food webs and how organisms react to climate change.
- Earth
The effects of ocean acidification
These questions explore past articles about ocean acidification in the Science News archive.
