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Summary of the Site Provides peer-reviewed articles by scientists, science educators and students on issues related to six bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, and public policy. Some articles are accompanied by lessons written by educators, correlated to national standards (NSES). Several articles have been translated to Spanish.
Target Readers 9 th - Undergraduate Literacy Strategy Interactive Notebook Description: The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable students to organize their ideas and understanding of scientific concepts. Students learn to develop responsibility and take ownership of their work, as well as using the notebook as a reference tool. Interactive notebooks are used for class notes as well as for other activities where the student will be asked to express his/her own ideas and process the information presented in class. Requirements vary from teacher to teacher and is set up according to the directions of the teacher. Modifications To complement the website, students can be assigned or choose their own peer-reviewed, scientific article to read. Students will read and analyze the article to identify the components of the authors scientific process and assess the validity of the claim. Doing this will exercise students literacy skills and encourage scientific practices. Additional Activities To follow up with the writing practice, students can discuss their analysis with class partners and expand on their literacy practices. Thematic Units/Topics The website focuses on six bioscience topics that would be most suitable to life science components of student curriculum. Interactive Notebook Analysis Title of article, author & year of publication: ______________________________________________________________________________