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Science Explainer Activities by Newsela

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With a Newsela Social Studies or Science license, you can level up learning with more than 300 articles elevated into engaging, standards-aligned activities in Formative.
  • Newsela Primary Source Activities: Engage with history using Newsela's Primary Sources articles. Students will develop critical source analysis skills while immersing themselves in pivotal historical events, figures, and eras.
  • Newsela Science Activities: Ignite scientific curiosity using Newsela's Science Explainers articles. Students will dive into diverse scientific topics, gain valuable insights, and ignite curiosity.
Science Explainer- Everyday Mysteries: Why don’t I fall out of an upside-down roller coaster?
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Science Explainer - Earth's Atmosphere: A jacket for the planet
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Science Explainer - Plate tectonics: Earth's continents do not stay still
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Science Explainer - The periodic table: A classic design
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Science Explainer- An explanation of the two types of energy: potential and kinetic
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Science Explainer- Changes in matter: physical versus chemical changes
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Science Explainer- Consume or be consumed: breaking down the structure of a food web
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Science Explainer- Ecosystem superheroes: Sea otters help keep coastal waters in check
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Science Explainer- History of the cell: Discovering the cell
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Science Explainer- Overview: Erosion and weathering
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Science Explainer- Symbiosis: The art of living together
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Science Explainer- The food chain: who eats who in the wild
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Science Explainer: 10 things you can do to help save the Earth
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Science Explainer: A step-by-step guide to the scientific method
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Science Explainer: All about Earth's core
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Science Explainer: An overview of Earth's four spheres
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Science Explainer: Animal endangerment and its causes
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Science Explainer: Can genes predict athletic performance?
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Science Explainer: Can genes predict athletic performance?
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Science Explainer: Cells and the versatile functions of their parts
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Science Explainer: Dating fossils found in rock layers supports theory of human evolution
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Science Explainer: Designing roller coasters for thrills and safety
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Science Explainer: Dwindling freshwater resources
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Science Explainer: Energy flow and the 10 percent rule
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Science Explainer: Energy transfers and transformations
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Science Explainer: Environmental impacts of agricultural changes
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Science Explainer: Exploring our solar system
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Science Explainer: Fossil fuels power the modern world, but they also pollute and warm it
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Science Explainer: Generating energy from the wind
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Science Explainer: Heat, or thermal energy, can be transferred in three ways
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Science Explainer: How does erosion happen?
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Science Explainer: How does gravity pull things down to Earth?
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Science Explainer: How to have a balanced health triangle
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Science Explainer: How to read a weather map
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Science Explainer: How volcanoes formed the Hawaiian Islands
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Science Explainer: Inside the digestive system
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Science Explainer: Learn the photosynthesis formula
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Science Explainer: Newton's Third Law
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Science Explainer: People and invasive species
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Science Explainer: Phase changes between states of matter
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Science Explainer: The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes
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Science Explainer: The conservation of matter during physical and chemical changes
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Science Explainer: The effects of air pollution
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Science Explainer: The facts about cells
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Science Explainer: The levels of the food chain in the Earth's oceans
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Science Explainer: The many effects of flooding
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Science Explainer: The phases of the moon
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Science Explainer: The planets in our solar system
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Science Explainer: The plant life cycle
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Science Explainer: The science of earthquakes
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Science Explainer: The water cycle
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Science Explainer: Types of renewable energy
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Science Explainer: What are climate and climate change?
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Science Explainer: What causes lightning and thunder?
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Science Explainer: What causes the seasons?
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Science Explainer: What is a hurricane?
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Science Explainer: What is a mixture in science?
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Science Explainer: What is a virus?
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Science Explainer: What is biodiversity?
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Science Explainer: What is heat energy?
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Science Explainer: What makes a biome?
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Science Explainer: What we lose when animals become extinct
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Science Explainer: What's the difference between weather and climate?
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Science Explainer: Why nuclear power is being looked at as an alternative energy source
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Science Explainer: Wildfires: How they form, and why they're so dangerous
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