Frequently Asked Questions

Each school in the Science News Learning program receives 10 print copies of each monthly issue of Science News magazine and 10 print copies of each monthly issue of Science News Explores magazine during the school year, from August-May. Program educators also receive access to the journalism sites and hundreds of ready-to-use lesson plans via our educator portal, a newsletter that shares the latest educational content and opportunities from the Society, and professional learning opportunities including professional development workshops and webinars.

An Educator Guide is a collection of lesson plans all paired to articles from either an issue of Science News or Science News Explores. Lesson plan types include reading comprehension questions and answers, cross-curricular discussion prompts, hands-on activities, graphical analyses and more. Each lesson plan is paired to either a Science News or a Science News Explores article. Many are paired to a Science News and a Science News Explores version of the same article, written at different reading levels. Use our NGSS-aligned lesson plans to meet standards in your classroom and connect core concepts to current science research.

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Students only have direct access to the journalism resources. They can search for articles by going to the Science News or Science News Explores websites.

 

Students in enrolled schools will need to create an account with their school email address to gain unlimited access to the journalism resources. If the student’s email domain is different than the educator’s, please contact us:

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Science News Explores articles are written at grade levels 5-8. Science News articles are written at grade levels 9 and up.

Visit the educator portal. From this portal, you can access both journalism sites (Science News and Science News Explores) and find all the lesson plans paired to articles. Create an account on the educator portal with your school email address to view the content.

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Each school receives 10 print magazines monthly as part of the Science News Learning program. If you aren’t using the copies in your classroom, bring them to your school’s library or share them with other teachers and students at your school!

 

If you’d like to purchase more copies for your classroom, please fill out this form:

Purchase Additional Copies

If you haven’t received the magazines, first ask around to make sure other people at your school have not seen the copies. Issues are shipped to one educator at the school who should then distribute them among all interested educators.

 

If no one at your school has seen them, please contact us with your name, school name, and school address:

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Thanks to our generous sponsors, public schools can participate in the Science News Learning program at no cost to the school. Private schools and international schools are not currently eligible for sponsorship so they are expected to pay the program cost of $600 per school.

 

To purchase the program for your school, please fill out this form:

Purchase the Science News Learning Program

The renewal period starts in February of each year. We will send out email messages with a renewal survey for you to fill out. Once you fill out this survey, your school is renewed for next year.

As many educators who want the resources can sign up! To sign up additional educators at your school, fill out our form:

Educator Sign-Up