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Write! Science
A New Invention
Asking students to invent something elicits divergent, creative thinking and involves numerous learning modalities. In short, it is an ideal project. In this activity, students come up with an invent1
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Asking students to invent something elicits divergent, creative thinking and involves numerous learning modalities. In short, it is an ideal project. In this activity, students come up with an invention, then share their inventions with teammates.
Write! Math
Define It!
How do you define polygon? How about symmetrical? In this activity, students write their own math definitions, share them with teammates, then write a team definition to share with the class. Writing1
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How do you define polygon? How about symmetrical? In this activity, students write their own math definitions, share them with teammates, then write a team definition to share with the class. Writing definitions requires critical thinking and exacting word choice.
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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.
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Concept Mobile
Presenting and explaining information are two communication tasks essential for any professional, including scientists. In this activity, students create a mobile illustrating scientific concepts, wr1
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Presenting and explaining information are two communication tasks essential for any professional, including scientists. In this activity, students create a mobile illustrating scientific concepts, write a description of the mobile and the science topic and then present it to the class.
Write! Math
Human Model Statistics
We are deluged with numbers and statistics daily. What do these statistics mean? The ability to evaluate and interpret that information gives rise to intelligent decision making. In this activity, pa1
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We are deluged with numbers and statistics daily. What do these statistics mean? The ability to evaluate and interpret that information gives rise to intelligent decision making. In this activity, pairs discuss how to represent those statistics using their classmates’ bodies. Students describe their plans for writing, then a few students are selected to lead the class in forming the human model statistic.
Write! Math
Explain What You Know
Having students explain what they know about a topic is useful at the beginning of a new chapter or topic to create interest and focus thinking. It is useful at the end of a chapter to summarize and1
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Having students explain what they know about a topic is useful at the beginning of a new chapter or topic to create interest and focus thinking. It is useful at the end of a chapter to summarize and evaluate what has been learned. In this activity, students brainstorm what they know about the topic, sort and categorize their knowledge, then write what they know.
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Science Log
Possibly the most important writing a scientist does is keep a log of his or her activities and experiments. When you are doing lab or field work, have students use this little log book to keep a rec1
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Possibly the most important writing a scientist does is keep a log of his or her activities and experiments. When you are doing lab or field work, have students use this little log book to keep a record of their work. Have students share their logs with a partner. Select a few students to share with the class.
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Interviews About You
Birth, growth and development are science topics that we all have personal experience with. Make a connection between these topics and students’ own lives with this writing activity. In this activity1
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Birth, growth and development are science topics that we all have personal experience with. Make a connection between these topics and students’ own lives with this writing activity. In this activity, students interview parents or caregivers about their own birth, growth and development, write out their interviews, then work with teammates to polish their interviews.
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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 classif1
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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.
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Science News Report
Dissection reveals digestive system! Scientist creates chemical change! In this activity, students write a newspaper article on any science topic. Students work together to collect all the necessary1
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Dissection reveals digestive system! Scientist creates chemical change! In this activity, students write a newspaper article on any science topic. Students work together to collect all the necessary information, then write their own articles.