Resources by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme

Skill 5.13 Writing for Different Audiences

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, revisits students' scientific writing skills but with a focus on writing for a more general audience. This is akin to the sort of writing found in newspapers, magazines and some websites.

The task requires students to write an article for an...

Skill 5.2 Appropriate Levels of Communication

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity requires students to pick out what makes a science story accessible and learn how to write at an appropriate level for a particular audience. Students analyse a piece of writing to look at how easy to read and understandable it is. They also use the...

Skill 5.2 Structuring a Scientific Article

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students examine a scientific article and answer questions which encourage them to consider:

* What is the main subject?
* Who are the researchers?
* Why is the study interesting and important?
* What questions does it...

Skill 5.3 Arranging a Scientific Article

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to look at the structure of a scientific research paper.

The materials contain two activities. Each relates to a scientific paper that is provided in separate sections. Students are presented with the different sections of the...

Skill 5.3 Copycat

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenges students to consider what plagiarism is and why it is wrong. Students are shown that plagiarism is passing off somebody else’s work as their own. It can include getting another person to write their work, cutting and pasting from the...

Skill 5.4 Recognising a Scientific Report

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gets students to recognise a scientific report, which has a uniform structure standardised throughout the scientific community. Following the activity, students should be able to recognise that a scientific report will: * have a title, abstract, clear...

Skill 5.4 Writing a Scientific Article

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenge students to write a scientific article.

Students are presented with a writing brief and guidelines which contain the required structure for their article. The activity could be extended into the production of a class newspaper...

Skill 5.5 Arranging a Scientific Report

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to identify the structure of scientific studies and compare these with a standard written scientific report. The activity helps students to consider the differences between a scientific report that could be cited by others in the...

Skill 5.5 Evaluating Scientific Writing

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity is intended to introduce students to structured evaluations of scientific articles.

Students are first presented with an evaluation and are challenged to suggest the evaluation criteria used. They then use this approach to develop a detailed...

Skill 5.6 Compiling a Bibliography

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to see the accepted formats for bibliographies and references in different types of text. This includes information taken from:
* a book
* an article from a scientific journal
* information from the internet

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