HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
- Health & Medicine
Flu shot response foretold
Students will answer questions about new research showing that the activity of a small number of genes can predict a young person's immune response to the flu vaccine.
- Life
How do neurons form connections?
Students will study prepared microscope slides and create model neurons to gain a better understanding of what neurons look like, how they connect and how learning changes these connections.
- Physics
Your inside guide to the learning brain
These discussion prompts focus on neurons and their signals and how magnetic resonance imaging works.
- Humans
The amazingly malleable brain
Students will search the Science News archive for other stories related to brain connections and learning.
- Humans
Probing the brain’s connections
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Flex time," which explores how flexible brains might make for better learning.
- Space
Science News as research inspiration
Students will discuss the scientific details that are left out of short news reports and explore how these brief reports can lead to ideas for original research.
- Science & Society
Surveying student research
Students can search the Science News archive for stories about student research at the International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF.
- Space
Short but sound science
Students will answer questions based on a series of brief news items, including describing how each demonstrates sound scientific inquiry.
- Chemistry
A lesson in lipids
These discussion prompts ask students to think in more detail about lipids, their hydrogenation and related scientific areas.
- Science & Society
Trans fat ban as public health experiment
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Data back ban of artificial trans fats," with a special focus on data collected and analyzed by researchers.
- Life
How is yogurt made?
Students will culture yogurt bacteria with and without antibiotics to test the bacteria's sensitivity and then stain microscope slides to determine if the bacteria are gram-positive or gram-negative.
- Life
Our ongoing battle with bacteria
These discussion prompts focus on the nature of bacteria and types of antibiotics, as well as methods for dealing with antibiotic resistance.
