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I Believe…
Many students are interested in global and national issues involving science and scientific experiments. Some may have strong opinions about things like cloning, whaling, drugs or animal testing. Wha1
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Many students are interested in global and national issues involving science and scientific experiments. Some may have strong opinions about things like cloning, whaling, drugs or animal testing. What is the underlying belief that engenders those opinions? In this activity, students write about their beliefs on a given topic and share it with teammates.
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Propose the Solution
Many environmental issues are interrelated. Reforestation not only helps reverse rainforest depletion, but also helps reverse ozone depletion. In this activity, students create a word web to help the1
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Many environmental issues are interrelated. Reforestation not only helps reverse rainforest depletion, but also helps reverse ozone depletion. In this activity, students create a word web to help them see how three environmental issues are related, then they write a paper to the chairman of “Students Coalition on the Environment,” proposing solutions.
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Evaluate a Product
We wash our hair with shampoo and conditioners; we spray on perfume and cologne; we clean our clothes with laundry detergent and our dishes with dishwashing detergent. What is really in these househo1
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We wash our hair with shampoo and conditioners; we spray on perfume and cologne; we clean our clothes with laundry detergent and our dishes with dishwashing detergent. What is really in these household products and how healthy or potentially hazardous are they? In this activity, students research common household products and share their findings with classmates.
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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.
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A Scientific Breakthrough
Science is a field loaded with awesome discoveries and achievements that have altered our perceptions of the world and our daily behaviors. In this activity, students pretend they are present during1
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Science is a field loaded with awesome discoveries and achievements that have altered our perceptions of the world and our daily behaviors. In this activity, students pretend they are present during a scientific breakthrough or discovery, and send a telegram to a friend describing the event.
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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.
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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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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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Science Books
Books are filled with the wonders of the world, just waiting to be discovered by the reader. The process of actually creating a book is usually a collaborative journey through the stages of writing.1
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Books are filled with the wonders of the world, just waiting to be discovered by the reader. The process of actually creating a book is usually a collaborative journey through the stages of writing. In this activity, teams research a given science topic and write a team book on the topic. Each student contributes to the book. Teammates work together to edit each other’s contributions. When done, teams share their books with other teams.