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Uniting past and present
			Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to frozen mosses, radioactive carbon-14 dating and global warming.		
			Mosses exposed and analyzed
			Students will answer questions about how scientists measure the age of newly thawed mosses in the Arctic, and the implications of those scientists' findings.		
			 
			
		Neutron Star Crash Seen for First Time
			This guide explores the recent discovery of a neutron star collision and encourages students to make connections to stellar evolution, gravitational waves and fusion reactions.		
		
				
			
	The pressure to be a star
			To better understand the life cycle of stars, students will estimate the conditions involved in stars and element formation.		
			Star light, star bright
			These discussion prompts cover the principles of spectroscopy, stellar evolution and fusion reactions.		
			Crash from the past
			Students will search the Science News archive for other stories on neutron star collisions and gravitational waves.		
			Spotting a neutron star collision
			Students will answer questions related to the Science News article "Neutron star crash seen for the first time."		
			 
			
		Origami Outfits Help Bots Retool
			This guide describes how origami robots can perform various tasks while being driven by a solenoid, and then asks students to make their own simple solenoids.		
		
				
			
	Solo for solenoid
			Students will construct their own simple solenoids and conduct experiments to measure the solenoids' properties.		
			Going beyond the robot
			These discussion prompts cover topics related to materials science, magnetism, and biological adaptation and self-assembly.		
			Flexible robots in review
			Students will search the Science News archive for earlier articles about transformational robots.		
			That’s a wrap
			Students will answer questions about how a cubic metallic robot wraps itself in different exoskeletons to perform different functions.