Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and indexes.
Contents
ch. 1. Process writing in science classrooms -- Scientific literacy -- Writing as a process -- Portfolios -- Action research -- ch. 2. Activities to get ideas flowing -- Brainstorming -- Clustering -- Questioning -- Focused free writing -- Sensory perceptions -- Guided imagery -- ch. 3. Writing for understanding -- Science daybooks -- Note taking, note making -- Reading logs -- Instant versions -- Summaries -- ch. 4. Science process and higher-level thinking skills -- Classification -- Fact and opinion -- Cause and effect -- Comparison -- Gentle persuasion -- Approaches to problem solving -- ch. 5. Thinking and writing at higher-order cognitive levels -- Shades of meaning -- Concept mapping -- Fact and fiction -- Open-ended essays -- Cubing -- ch. 6. Activities for a change of pace -- Literary devices -- Science acronyms -- Word pictures -- News briefs -- Letters -- Posters -- Who or what am I -- Comics -- Skits -- Stories -- ch. 7. Poetry and song -- Poems -- Songs -- ch. 8. Techniques for primary research -- Cooperative laboratory reports -- Preparing tables and graphs -- Observations -- Forming hypotheses -- Writing procedures and directions -- ch. 9. A long-term research project using secondary sources -- Choosing a topic -- Finding information -- Using the Internet -- Organizing information -- Finishing student projects -- Handouts.