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To better understand the life cycle of stars, students will estimate the conditions involved in stars and element formation.

These discussion prompts cover the principles of spectroscopy, stellar evolution and fusion reactions.

Students will search the Science News archive for other stories on neutron star collisions and gravitational waves.

Students will answer questions related to the Science News article "Neutron star crash seen for the first time."

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

These discussion prompts cover the types of rocks and minerals found on Earth, and isotopes, their measurement and their applications.

Students will calculate the angular momentum and density of the moon and consider the implications of the results for various theories of the moon's origin.

Students will search the Science News archive for other stories related to moon formation.

These questions focus on ideas about the origin of Earth's moon and evidence that supports various explanations of its formation.

These questions focus on gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and how observing gravitational waves can improve our understanding of the universe.

Students will design, build, test and optmize their own light-based detector for waves (a simple optical seismometer) and will explore how this detector relates to more sophisticated gravitational wave detectors.