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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 focus on some of Stephen Hawking's most notable discoveries and ideas, as well as the disease that destroyed his nerve cells.

Students will work individually or in small groups to study different parts of the CDC website on opioids and summarize their findings for the class.

These discussion prompts cover the biology and chemistry of opioids and ask students to brainstorm strategies for preventing or reversing opioid addiction.

These questions ask students to search the Science News archive to expand their knowledge about opioid use and misuse.

Questions based on the Science News article "Fatal fix" ask students about the effects of opioids and to analyze a graph of overdose deaths.

These discussion prompts ask students about how isotopes can be used to label and track chemical molecules, and about sugars and the enzymes they interact with.

Students will search the Science News archive for other stories about the role of fructose.

Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Small intestine is first stop for fructose."