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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Scientists With the American Museum of Natural History

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Follow this six-step method and you'll have a good understanding of what a good scientific research paper involves and how it is organized. There are plenty of samples for you to look at. This explanation is also very helpful for...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Metamorphosis Stories of Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Engineering: Types of Documents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers links to types of documents used to communicate information in the workplace. They include short reports, proposals, memos, case studies, and lab reports.
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Writing Lab Reports and Scientific Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site list and describes the seven pieces necessary for a lab report.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Zombie Autopsies: Publish or Perish, for Real

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent lesson where students are guided in how to write an article for publication in a scientific journal. Includes downloadable lesson and student handout.
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Activity
Other

Writing Scientific Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial site provides links to articles about writing a scientific report or essay as well as to sample essays.
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Activity
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Reverse Paramedic Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanations and examples of the Reverse Paramedic Method used to edit scientific writing.
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Formatting Science Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...
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EL Education

El Education: San Diego Bay: A Call for Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work together with scientists from universities, research centers, zoon and aquariums to research and study ecological aspects of San Diego Bay and the species that indicate the health of the ecology within the bay area.
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EL Education

El Education: Sapling Rise a Micro Field Guide

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Students create a field guide for a three foot by three foot plot of ground. Students name their plots, graph temperature, create an inventory and table to record observations, make illustrations, and write informational text based on...