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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 use Science News as a resource for discovering a research question that interests them and developing a testable hypothesis.

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

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

This research-focused guide is inspired by the International Science and Engineering Fair, or ISEF, the world's largest international pre-college science competition.

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.

This guide explores scientists' ideas for how the Earth got its moon, and the evidence that supports those ideas. Students can even calculate relevant lunar properties for themselves.