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Surveying a sensitive ecosystem

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

The effects of ocean acidification

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

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.

Good and bad of smartphones

Students will search the Science News archive for stories related to the powers and perils of smartphone use.

Top 10 countdown

In two activities, students can work in groups to play an organism matching game or create their own list of Top 10 science experiences from the semester.

Analyzing a top article

Students will read and summarize one of the Top 10 stories of 2017, as reported by Science News.

Surveying student research

Students can search the Science News archive for stories about student research at the International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF.

Analyze the climate change data

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

Corals across the disciplines

These discussion prompts cover coral reproduction, photosynthesis and respiration, greenhouse gases, fluorescence and how communities can minimize their impacts on reefs.

Diving in to coral research

Students will search the Science News archives for stories related to coral reef science and coral bleaching.

Saving the world’s coral reefs

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

Coral bleaching

Three activities give students the opportunity to use and interpret data to look for patterns in coral bleaching alerts.