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Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to the flu and flu vaccines.

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.

This guide focuses on neurons, how they form connections and how those connections are important for learning.

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.

These discussion prompts focus on neurons and their signals and how magnetic resonance imaging works.

Students will search the Science News archive for other stories related to brain connections and learning.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Flex time," which explores how flexible brains might make for better learning.

Students will conduct their own experiments to analyze a variety of foods for the presence of fats, as well as researching types of fat and relating their findings to human health.

These discussion prompts ask students to think in more detail about lipids, their hydrogenation and related scientific areas.

Students will search the Science News archive for additional articles related to trans fats.

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.

These discussion prompts focus on the nature of bacteria and types of antibiotics, as well as methods for dealing with antibiotic resistance.