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Explore genetic engineering’s legacy
			These discussion prompts explore how genetic engineering has been used in medicine, agriculture and basic research.		
			Pressing pause on gene editing
			Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Ban on gene-edited babies proposed."		
			
			
		Hermit Crabs Are Drawn to the Dead
			This guide asks students to connect ecological concepts to the real world and examine how science gets translated from research study to news article.		
		
				
			
	Getting source savvy
			Students will explore similarities and differences in how scientific research is reported in a journalistic article versus a primary research paper. 		
			Move into a hermit crab’s shell
			These discussion prompts connect concepts including energy, competition, adaptation, speciation, natural selection and chemical and physical changes to a real-world example.		
			Surveying the hermit crab housing market
			Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Hermit crabs are drawn to the dead."		
			
			
		The Case of the Arctic’s Missing Ice
			This guide explores the decades-long warming trend in the Arctic and the effects that warming is already having on sea life, including phytoplankton blooms.		
		
				
			
	Web of changes
			Students will think through and diagram an Arctic and local food web and will explore how ecosystem disruptions can impact the food webs. 		
			Battle the plankton blooms
			These discussion prompts ask students to design a strategy for minimizing or mitigating the effects of Arctic phytoplankton blooms for one group of people.		
			Tracking Arctic sea ice
			Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "The case of the Arctic's missing ice."		
			
			
		Earth’s Inner Core is Relatively Young
			This guide introduces students to the history and current state of Earth’s magnetic field, the structure of Earth’s interior and concepts related to energy transfer. 		
		
				
			
	The Periodic Table: A nuclear view
			Students will learn how interactions among the protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus affect the properties and stability of chemical elements, and how these properties could inform the creation of future elements.