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Write! Science
Outline Review
Outlining is one of the, if not the, most helpful tools for writing and studying. By outlining, students examine main concepts, supporting details, and the interrelations of the learning materials. I1
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Outlining is one of the, if not the, most helpful tools for writing and studying. By outlining, students examine main concepts, supporting details, and the interrelations of the learning materials. In this activity, students outline a chapter or parts of the text. Team members use their outlines to recreate a summary of the chapter or text.
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Science Jeopardy
Everyone loves the quiz show Jeopardy. In this activity, students play Science Jeopardy in their teams. Students write questions reviewing science topics covered and the answers to their questions. I1
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Everyone loves the quiz show Jeopardy. In this activity, students play Science Jeopardy in their teams. Students write questions reviewing science topics covered and the answers to their questions. In teams, they take turns quizzing each other.
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Make A Myth
Myths are traditional stories of unknown origin used to explain how the world came to be, how human and animal creatures came to possess various characteristics, and why the stars travel across the s1
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Myths are traditional stories of unknown origin used to explain how the world came to be, how human and animal creatures came to possess various characteristics, and why the stars travel across the sky in meaningful patterns. These fictitious stories usually involve the exploits of gods and heroes. In this activity, students write their own myths about a science topic. This activity provides a good anticipatory set to learning the reality behind any science topic.
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My Opinion
Many scientific pursuits have associated ethical issues. Cloning has been demonstrated with animals, should we clone humans? Students need to form reasoned opinions based on fact. In this activity, s1
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Many scientific pursuits have associated ethical issues. Cloning has been demonstrated with animals, should we clone humans? Students need to form reasoned opinions based on fact. In this activity, students explore ethical issues and write on their opinions.
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Singing Science
An amazing amount of information can be contained in a song. Here is the opportunity for some of your musically-inclined students to apply their music smarts to learn about science. In this activity,1
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An amazing amount of information can be contained in a song. Here is the opportunity for some of your musically-inclined students to apply their music smarts to learn about science. In this activity, pairs research and write a song to a familiar tune. Pairs sing their science as a duet to the class.
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Creature Creation
Asking students to create a new, original creature gives them a chance to have fun while using everything they know about biology, zoology and ecology. In this activity, students write about a new cr1
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Asking students to create a new, original creature gives them a chance to have fun while using everything they know about biology, zoology and ecology. In this activity, students write about a new creature, then share it with teammates.
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It's Easy If
Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and o1
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Students approach mathematics differently. Some students will create acronyms to remember the steps to solve the problem, some will use their fingers and toes to count, some will draw diagrams, and others will visualize the problem. In this activity, students write about their approach to solving the problem. Students share their techniques with teammates to give others insight into various learning strategies.
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Define This!
If you have ever tried to define a word quickly you know it may be a difficult task. It requires careful thought and exacting word choice. In this activity, students progress through a series of step1
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If you have ever tried to define a word quickly you know it may be a difficult task. It requires careful thought and exacting word choice. In this activity, students progress through a series of steps to write definitions for science vocabulary words.
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How I Feel About It
Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students ex1
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Students have different feelings about different math topics. Some will love long division and hate graphing. Some will find addition easy and subtraction difficult. It is helpful to have students explore how they feel about the topic and why they feel as they do. In this activity, students share with partners how they feel about the topic, then write a brief reflection on the topic.
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Create and Question
Genius is defined as the ability to ask the right question. It takes clear thinking and solid information to ask a good review question. In this activity, students ask a number of review questions, a1
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Genius is defined as the ability to ask the right question. It takes clear thinking and solid information to ask a good review question. In this activity, students ask a number of review questions, and answer questions other students create. Students reflect on the questions they made up and the questions they received.