Writing in Science

by Fulwiler, Betsy Rupp

• ISBN13: 9780325010700
• ISBN10: 0325010706
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-21
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

In the science classroom writing is much more than an exercise for students to document their steps during an investigation. It's an important vehicle for describing their thought processes and the evidence that supports their reasoning. Writing in Science shows you how to encourage students to grow as scientists and writers by moving beyond recounting how they completed their work and toward explaining what they learned.

Author Biography

Betsy Rupp Fulwiler is a veteran science curriculum consultant and developer of the nationally known Expository Writing and Science Notebooks Program in Seattle Public Schools

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Understanding the Basics of This Integrated Science-Writing Approach and What Research Says About It	p. 1
Using Science Notebooks in Integrating Science and Expository Writing Instruction	p. 12
Developing and Organizing Scientific Understanding and Thinking: Science Word Banks and Graphic Organizers	p. 28
Teaching Simple Forms of Scientific Thinking and Expository Writing: Observations, Cause and Effect, and Comparisons	p. 44
Teaching Complex Forms of Scientific Thinking and Expository Writing: Reasoning, Data Analysis, and Conclusions	p. 81
Assessing Science Notebook Entries	p. 113
Planning Expository Writing Instruction for a Science Unit	p. 133
Twelve Tips for Implementing This Integrated Science-Writing Approach	p. 147
Blackline Masters for Graphic Organizers and Writing Frames	p. 151
A First Grader's Complete Science Notebook	p. 170
Resources for Inquiry-Based Science Units	p. 190
Focus and Investigative Questions for Inquiry-Based Science Units	p. 191
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