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This guide explores basic topics related to gene editing and other applications of genetic engineering.

Students will research and debate a contentious issue, arguing an assigned viewpoint based on scientific evidence. This debate is focused on gene editing for the creation of human babies, but can be easily adapted for other topics.

These discussion prompts explore how genetic engineering has been used in medicine, agriculture and basic research.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Ban on gene-edited babies proposed."

This guide asks students to connect ecological concepts to the real world and examine how science gets translated from research study to news article.

Students will explore similarities and differences in how scientific research is reported in a journalistic article versus a primary research paper.

These discussion prompts connect concepts including energy, competition, adaptation, speciation, natural selection and chemical and physical changes to a real-world example.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Hermit crabs are drawn to the dead."

This guide explores the decades-long warming trend in the Arctic and the effects that warming is already having on sea life, including phytoplankton blooms.

Students will think through and diagram an Arctic and local food web and will explore how ecosystem disruptions can impact the food webs.

These discussion prompts ask students to design a strategy for minimizing or mitigating the effects of Arctic phytoplankton blooms for one group of people.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The case of the Arctic's missing ice."