Episode 12: Science and Literacy – Writing Conclusions and Abstracts for Science Fair

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This is where the rubber meets the road.  Can students determine the validity of their hypotheses? Listen to hear how I coach students in scientific thinking AND writing as they write up their conclusions to their Science Fair projects. Also hear how I guide my students to writing an Abstract which they use to summarize their entire experimental process. Also, hear how the awesome Language Arts teachers on my team interdisciplinized the Science Fair by creating an independent reading list which students used to contextualize their project in their writing. This has proven especially useful given the new emphasis on the Common Core and literacy across the curriculum.

Links:

Conclusion Directions and Rubric (Gdoc) (PDF)

 Abstract Directions and Rubric (Gdoc) (PDF)

 Final Paper Directions (Gdoc) (PDF)