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Students can search the Science News archive for stories about student research at the International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF.

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

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

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.

Students will culture yogurt bacteria with and without antibiotics to test the bacteria's sensitivity and then stain microscope slides to determine if the bacteria are gram-positive or gram-negative.

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.

These discussion prompts ask students to think about ways that different elements create varied results in battery design, and related redox reactions.

Students will work in groups to explore available data and research various aspects of climate change and then present their findings to the class.

These discussion prompts cover radiant energy coming to and from Earth, the effects of global warming on the land, ocean, atmosphere and on species, and possible methods of averting or adapting to climate change.

Students will test the effect of different conditions on lactase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of milk sugar to simple sugar.