Stand-alone lesson on Scientific Discoveries

This is a stand-alone lesson on recent scientific discoveries and research. The lesson is mostly student-led and requires IT access.
The task can be adjusted and adapted to fit your needs.
I have used this lesson a number of times as a filler lesson or as a cover lesson task for planned absences. For the latter, I introduced the task at the end of the lesson prior to my absence, and then gave students another session after the cover lesson to present their findings. My students have enjoyed the more open inquiry nature of this task.

I have included :
The power-point presentation setting the task
A worksheet that scaffolds the students’ research (word document and pdf) and contains qr codes and links to websites that will act as a starting point for their research.

Enjoy :)