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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.

Students will test insects' nutrient compositions and compare that data with similar data from conventional snack foods.

These discussion prompts connect concepts including energy, competition, adaptation, speciation, natural selection and chemical and physical changes to a real-world example.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Hermit crabs are drawn to the dead."

Students will learn how interactions among the protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus affect the properties and stability of chemical elements, and how these properties could inform the creation of future elements.

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 use what they know about physics and human range of motion to analyze classmates’ trackways and infer how their classmates made the tracks.

These discussion prompts encourage students to apply their knowledge of experimental design.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Robot re-creates a tetrapod's moves."

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."