Resources by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme
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Skill 2.5 Science Whispers
This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, is based on a popular game and helps students to develop skills of listening and communicating. Students have to understand and relay spoken information to their peers without losing its main content and meaning. This simple activity will help...
Skill 2.6 Arguments, Opinions and Points of View
This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, requires students to think about the arguments that different people might make for and against a controversial development.
The activity will help...
Skill 2.7 What's the Evidence?
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity helps students to critically evaluate scientific issues as they are portrayed in the media. Whilst in many cases little scientific evidence is presented in articles or television programmes, it does not necessarily follow that they are unreliable. This...
Skill 2.8 Watching a Film
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity guides students through two viewings of a scientific film to help them to focus on specific areas of learning.
After an initial viewing of the film,...
Skill 2.9 Observation to Support Practical Work
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the aim of this activity is to help students carry out practical procedures efficiently and accurately without simply ‘following the recipe’.
In the activity,...
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in listening and observing. The area deals with:
• active listening
• guided observing
• summarising and documenting
• critical...
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in gathering information by listening and observing.
The materials provide opportunities for...
Skill 3.1 Deciding Quickly if an Article is Useful
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gives students the opportunity to practise quickly skim-reading a text to assess its usefulness.
A guided activity asks students to quickly browse through a scientific article and extract information such as its title, author and the subject of...
Skill 3.1 Skim Reading a Series of Articles
Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the aim of this activity is to set the scene for subsequent activities in this skill area. A series of brief articles is presented to the students who complete individual or group exercises to explore and develop their approach to reading text. The activity helps...
Skill 3.2 Deciding if an Article is Worth Reading in Detail
These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to look at a text, after an initial skim read, to judge if it is worth considering in more detail.
This ‘second glance’ activity serves several aims:
* It enables students to assess quickly what is the subject of the...