HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
- Physics
Mind over body
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.
- Health & Medicine
Opioid data dose
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.
- Chemistry
When drugs and body meet
These discussion prompts cover the biology and chemistry of opioids and ask students to brainstorm strategies for preventing or reversing opioid addiction.
- Health & Medicine
Opioids in the archives
These questions ask students to search the Science News archive to expand their knowledge about opioid use and misuse.
- Health & Medicine
Tracking opioid deaths
Questions based on the Science News article "Fatal fix" ask students about the effects of opioids and to analyze a graph of overdose deaths.
- Chemistry
Track those sugars
These discussion prompts ask students about how isotopes can be used to label and track chemical molecules, and about sugars and the enzymes they interact with.
- Humans
Fructose’s many faces
Students will search the Science News archive for other stories about the role of fructose.
- Humans
Following fructose through the body
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Small intestine is first stop for fructose."
- Life
Top 10 countdown
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.
- Life
Boosting your background knowledge
These discussion prompts help students gain a better understanding of key vocabulary and concepts covered in the Top 10 articles of 2017.
- Life
Tracking the latest developments
Students will compare and contrast one of the Top 10 stories of 2017 with an earlier related article from the Science News archive.
- Life
Analyzing a top article
Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.
