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Questions based on the Science News article "Fatal fix" ask students about the effects of opioids and to analyze a graph of overdose deaths.

In this activity, students will measure the effect of environmental conditions on the heart rate of water fleas.

These discussion prompts cover the pH scale, the solubility of gases, food webs and how organisms react to climate change.

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.

Students will determine if an object's composition and the height at which can object is dropped affects its gravitational acceleration.

These discussion prompts encourage students to explore concepts related to gravity and how scientists measure it.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Galileo experiment re-created in space."

In two activities, students can work in groups to play an organism matching game or create their own list of Top 10 science experiences from the semester.

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.