Reading an article
BlueSci (http://www.bluesci.org) is a Creative Common licensed science magazine produced by students at the University of Cambridge. Choose an article from the magazine for discussion in class.
Teaching approach. The resource relates to the importance of:
- Scientific literacy(topic).
- Science citizenship(topic) - understanding science in its context.
- Literacy - understanding the role of different media in dissemination.
- Scientific understanding of particular concepts chosen.
- scientific language(ta).
- scientific method(ta).
It can be delivered through a combination of homework(ta) (perhaps to find an interesting article), group work(ta) to explore various articles (perhaps in a carousel), and/or use of ICT(i) including PowerPoint files to encourage students to present an area they are interested in. (edit)
| Resource details | |
| Title | Reading an article |
| Topic | [[Topics/Scientific literacy|Scientific literacy]], [[Topics/Science citizenship|Science citizenship]], [[Topics/Reading skills|Reading skills]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Homework|Homework]], [[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]], [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]], [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]
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| Subject | [[Resources/Literacy|Literacy]], [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/Science|Science]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/KS4|KS4]], [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
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Other sources of articles .... Leicester OER ...
Ideas what to do with those articles?
