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These discussion prompts ask students to define key science terms relating to immunology and organ physiology, and explore the history of organ transplantation.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Transplant tolerance."

Students will define key science terms from a range of scientific fields using contextual clues from Science News articles.

This guide covers experimental design, social science surveys, statistics and the importance of reproducible results.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Replication crisis spurs reforms."

This guide covers different types of personalized genetic testing and the medical information that can or cannot be learned from such testing.

This guide reviews the life and work of Stephen Hawking and asks students to work individually or in small groups to derive equations and calculate a theoretical amount of Hawking radiation emitted by a black hole.

These discussion prompts focus on some of Stephen Hawking's most notable discoveries and ideas, as well as the disease that destroyed his nerve cells.

This guide explores what happens to the body during an overdose of opioids and asks students to research and summarize CDC data on opioids.

Students will work individually or in small groups to study different parts of the CDC website on opioids and summarize their findings for the class.

These discussion prompts cover the biology and chemistry of opioids and ask students to brainstorm strategies for preventing or reversing opioid addiction.

These questions ask students to search the Science News archive to expand their knowledge about opioid use and misuse.