HS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- Life
Land of the lost
In this activity, students will identify fossils using hand magnifiers or stereomicroscopes, determine which era each fossil is from and how the fossils might have formed over time.
- Earth
Journey to the age of the dinosaurs
These discussion prompts cover the major groups of dinosaurs and their time on Earth, as well as how we study them today.
- Life
Dino discoveries add up
From feathers to extinction, there's a lot to learn about dinosaurs in the Science News archive.
- Life
A dinosaur defined
Students answer questions about how the definition of a dinosaur is changing with new scientific evidence.
- 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.
- Life
Getting to know your cells
These discussion prompts cover stem cells, gene therapy and the proteins of the extracellular matrix.
- Life
Replacing a boy’s skin
Students will report on the who, what, why and how of a treatment for a rare skin disease.
- Health & Medicine
Catching the flu
Students will explore public data and information to learn more about how a flu vaccine is made and how the body responds to it.
- Life
Our ongoing battle with bacteria
These discussion prompts focus on the nature of bacteria and types of antibiotics, as well as methods for dealing with antibiotic resistance.
