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Students will answer questions based on the Science News article “Computer chip milestone reached.”

Students will use a PhET Interactive Simulation to understand the definitions, similarities and differences of elements, ions and isotopes. Then students will explore the Science News journalism archive to find current science research examples that apply these concepts.

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."

After watching videos about the periodic table, students will identify general patterns in the table.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The periodic table turns 150."