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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 use Science News as a resource for discovering a research question that interests them and developing a testable hypothesis.

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.

Students will answer questions based on a series of brief news items, including describing how each demonstrates sound scientific inquiry.

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.

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to antibiotics and bacterial infections.

These questions focus on student understanding of gram-negative bacteria and the bacteria's response to antibiotics.