Project-based writing in science / / Lawrence Baines.

• Superior document: Bold Visions in Educational Research ; Volume 41
• VerfasserIn: Baines, Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Series: Bold visions in educational research ; Volume 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (121 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Turn your students into scientists who use their knowledge and creativity to solve real-world problems. Each lesson features a step-by-step guide; a summary of recent research; and handouts that are classroom-ready. Learn about the three levels of writing, from a Level 1 quickwrite to a formal, multi-part, Level 3 research paper. Each writing assignment—narrative, persuasive, and informative—includes a detailed rubric that makes grading easy. Students collaborate to contain an outbreak of avian flu, lead a group of people trying to survive under harsh conditions, battle drought in a densely-populated city in the American southwest, research the behavior of animals in the local region, and calculate their own speed, velocity, and momentum. Engaging and demanding, Project-Based Writing in Science helps students to understand and improve the world.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Project-Based Writing in Science -- Assessing Writing While Maintaining Sanity -- Going Viral -- Survival of the Smartest -- The Physics of Running -- The Fight for Water -- It’s a Dog’s life -- References.