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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.

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.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Down on the (cricket) farm."

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.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Kuiper belt dust may be sprinkled in our atmosphere."

Students will think through and diagram an Arctic and local food web and will explore how ecosystem disruptions can impact the food webs.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The case of the Arctic's missing ice."

After thinking through concepts related to processes in the Earth's core, students will use these prompts to create a diagram of the geodynamo.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Earth's inner core is relatively young."

Students will review volcano monitoring data and learn how to use it to predict possible volcano behavior.

These discussion prompts explore volcanic explosivity and collapse, the ecosystem and health effects of eruptions and how to keep people safe during natural disasters.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Kilauea curiosities."