Develop your students' confidence in scientific literacy and their ability to express scientific ideas clearly.
The Student Guide to Literacy in Science is the exciting new addition to our Smart Essentials range which questions and answers what it means to be scientifically literate. This handy guide will provide support to both students and teachers to help ensure a clear scientific literacy strategy is implemented across the sciences.
The perfect solution to raising scientific literacy at Key Stage 3 – this guide addresses all aspects of literacy in science, enabling your students to interpret science and understand the concepts and natures of ‘scientific writing’ and ‘scientific reading.’
The unique, pocket-sized reference guide will help build and develop scientific literacy skills in your pupils, giving them the tools to express clear scientific ideas and explanations.
This guide, for use in the classroom and at home covers
- Scientific reading
- Developing your extended writing
- Developing your scientific vocabulary
- Structuring your scientific writing
- Investigations and practical work
- Explaining patterns
- Using literacy for success in tests and exams
- Key words and building a glossary
Top tip! Why not sell copies onto your students to raise money for your school?
Product code: SELS
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