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

These discussion prompts ask students to define key science terms related to social science, experimental design and statistics, and to dig deeper into the methodology of experimental design.

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

In this activity, students will analyze simulated DNA data from different people to understand how such data can be interpreted and applied.

These discussion prompts examine student knowledge of DNA and genes, and then explore DNA sequencing and gene therapy.

Students will explore and compare articles about genomes in general, and the human genome in particular.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "An open book."

To explore the steps of experimental design, students will plan an experiment to make an ideal sugar cookie.

These discussion prompts encourage students to put themselves in the shoes of researchers studying animal weaponry, by evaluating, proposing and mapping out an experiment.

Students will explore articles about animal weaponry from the Science News archive.

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.