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Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to the powers and perils of smartphone use.

Students will answer questions about how smartphone apps could be used to spy on people and how such spying might be prevented.

This guide explores the equivalence prinicple, a foundation of Einstein's general theory of relativity, and the effects of low-gravity space environments on materials and the human body.

These discussion prompts encourage students to explore concepts related to gravity and how scientists measure it.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Galileo experiment re-created in space."

This guide reviews the Top 10 scientific discoveries from 2017, as reported by Science News, with a focus on key concepts covered across scientific disciplines.

These discussion prompts help students gain a better understanding of key vocabulary and concepts covered in the Top 10 articles of 2017.

Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.

Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.

This guide explores stem cells, gene therapy and related topics. Students can also measure the density of skin touch receptors in different areas of the human body.

These discussion prompts cover the basics of radioactive decay and carbon-14 dating, as well as concepts related to climate change.

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.