HS-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Life
The stories in your DNA
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "An open book."
- Life
Pick your battles
These discussion prompts encourage students to put themselves in the shoes of researchers studying animal weaponry, by evaluating, proposing and mapping out an experiment.
- Life
Surveying animal weaponry
Students will explore articles about animal weaponry from the Science News archive.
- Life
The truth behind animal brawls
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Fight like an animal."
- 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
A dinosaur defined
Students answer questions about how the definition of a dinosaur is changing with new scientific evidence.
- Earth
Carbon dioxide’s ecological footprint
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Rising CO2 threatens lake food webs" and an accompanying graph tracking pH.
- 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.
- Health & Medicine
Flu shot response foretold
Students will answer questions about new research showing that the activity of a small number of genes can predict a young person's immune response to the flu vaccine.
- Health & Medicine
Biomolecules from many angles
These discussion prompts cover molecular structures and properties of sugars, proteins and lipids, as well as questions related to the immune system and cancer.
