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Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Flex time," which explores how flexible brains might make for better learning.

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.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Data back ban of artificial trans fats," with a special focus on data collected and analyzed by researchers.

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to antibiotics and bacterial infections.

Working in pairs, students will analyze a graph of data from one of the cancer experiments described in "Cancer's sweet cloak."

These discussion prompts cover molecular structures and properties of sugars, proteins and lipids, as well as questions related to the immune system and cancer.

Students will explore the history of cancer therapy research by searching the Science News archive.

These questions, based on the Science News article "Cancer's sweet cloak," highlight observations about cell-surface sugars and their ability to hide cancer cells from the immune system.