Educator Guides
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Down on the (Cricket) Farm
This guide encourages students to assess their own views on insect eating, to explore the nutritional value of insects and to consider the challenges of insect farming. -
Kuiper Belt Dust May Be Sprinkled in Our Atmosphere
This guide asks students to put astronomical scales in context, think about how scientists study phenomena that are distant in space or time and analyze data. -
Ban on Gene-edited Babies Proposed
This guide explores basic topics related to gene editing and other applications of genetic engineering. -
Hermit Crabs Are Drawn to the Dead
This guide asks students to connect ecological concepts to the real world and examine how science gets translated from research study to news article. -
The Case of the Arctic’s Missing Ice
This guide explores the decades-long warming trend in the Arctic and the effects that warming is already having on sea life, including phytoplankton blooms. -
Earth’s Inner Core is Relatively Young
This guide introduces students to the history and current state of Earth’s magnetic field, the structure of Earth’s interior and concepts related to energy transfer. -
Robot Re-creates a Tetrapod’s Moves
This guide explores how scientists combine approaches from different scientific fields to study ancient locomotion. -
Kilauea Curiosities
This guide covers what scientists have learned from the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano and the tools used to monitor volcanoes. -
The periodic table turns 150
This guide reviews the history and development of the periodic table and explores the periodic table as a scientific model. -
2018 Year in Review
This guide reviews the biggest science stories of 2018, as reported by Science News. -
Parkinson’s Pathways
This guide explores research into the role that the gut may play in Parkinson's disease.