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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."

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 answer questions based on the Science News article "Fight like an animal."

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.

These discussion prompts cover the major groups of dinosaurs and their time on Earth, as well as how we study them today.

From feathers to extinction, there's a lot to learn about dinosaurs in the Science News archive.

Students answer questions about how the definition of a dinosaur is changing with new scientific evidence.

These discussion prompts help students gain a better understanding of key vocabulary and concepts covered in the Top 10 articles of 2017.