What do cereal, fog, and space shuttles have to do with newspapers? A collection of science investigations encourage critical thinking using connections to the various parts of the newspaper. Activities range from building origami seed pots to measuring buoyancy in a bowl of milk—keeping your class engaged and on their toes!

Concepts

stem, newspapers, the scientific method

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Challenge learners to find an article that connects to the experiment and bring it in to share with the class
• Set up the activities as stations and use them as part of a special science day event

Classroom Considerations

• Either a print or digital copy of a newspaper will work for the investigations

Pros

• Each activity aligns to life science, earth science, or everyday science standards
• Lessons are adaptable for use with multiple grade levels
• Clear instructions, a list of materials, and key terms accompany each project
  

Cons

• Many of the connections between newspapers and the activities appear to be a stretch

Common Core

RST.6-8.3 RST.6-8.4 RST.6-8.7 RST.6-8.9