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These discussion prompts ask students about drinking water contaminants and drinking water treatment methods.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Drinkability."

These discussion prompts cover the pH scale, the solubility of gases, food webs and how organisms react to climate change.

These questions explore past articles about ocean acidification in the Science News archive.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Rising CO2 threatens lake food webs" and an accompanying graph tracking pH.

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to frozen mosses, radioactive carbon-14 dating and global warming.

Students will answer questions about how scientists measure the age of newly thawed mosses in the Arctic, and the implications of those scientists' findings.

Students will answer questions based on a series of brief news items, including describing how each demonstrates sound scientific inquiry.

Based on the Science News article "Charging the future," these questions focus on battery design, how lithium-ion batteries compare with newer types and the nature of experimental design.

Students will work in groups to explore available data and research various aspects of climate change and then present their findings to the class.

These discussion prompts cover radiant energy coming to and from Earth, the effects of global warming on the land, ocean, atmosphere and on species, and possible methods of averting or adapting to climate change.

Students can search the Science News archive for the earliest stories on climate change and for techniques to combat it.