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Write! Science
Science or Fiction?
For many centuries and in many cultures, people have used questionable medical practices including using leeches, herbs, animal extracts and even dirt. For years, alchemists mixed metals to come up with gold. Astrologists attribute numerous phenomena to the cosmos. Are these practices science or fictions? In this activity, students explore the scientific basis for such practices.
Write! Science
MI & Cooperative Learning Activities
Add a new facet to your science instruction and Writing! Students get a deeper understanding and appreciation for science issues by writing about science. Students work cooperatively with teammates on activities like prioritizing science problems, writing about how industry affects the environment, and coming up with a new invention. Activities incorporate the multiple intelligences. Writing activities are perfect to start the class, introduce a new concept, end the unit, or use as a sponge activity. Book includes 36 cooperative writing activities with ready-to-use reproducible activity pages, and a brief description of dozens of cooperative learning techniques. 140 pages.