Kagan
It's All About Engagement!
Write! Science
Classify This!
What are phyla or the tidy columns and rows of the periodic table but classification systems? Classifying is an essential skill for a scientist. This is a generic activity that can be used to classify anything from animals to elements. Teams develop their own classification system, and share them with other teams. Students write about their favorite system.
Write! Science
MI & Cooperative Learning Activities
Add a new facet to your science instruction and Writing! Students get a deeper understanding and appreciation for science issues by writing about science. Students work cooperatively with teammates on activities like prioritizing science problems, writing about how industry affects the environment, and coming up with a new invention. Activities incorporate the multiple intelligences. Writing activities are perfect to start the class, introduce a new concept, end the unit, or use as a sponge activity. Book includes 36 cooperative writing activities with ready-to-use reproducible activity pages, and a brief description of dozens of cooperative learning techniques. 140 pages.