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In this two-part activity, students will complete a few simple light polarization exercises to model LCD technology and then demonstrate how a smartphone app analyzes and utilizes data to perform a specific function.

These discussion prompts ask students to describe how various smartphone sensors work, and analyze three graphs related to data gathered by such sensors.

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

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.

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

These discussion prompts cover chloropasts, chlorophyll, photosynthesis and related reactions, and solar cells.

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

These student questions focus on autonomous vehicles and the nature of research that will support their widespread use.