Tag: rubric
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The Ultimate Lab Report Guide
Teaching students to write a formal lab report can feel… ambitious. Many of them are used to worksheets, short answers, and quick reflections, not multi-page scientific writing. But helping students learn to communicate like scientists is one of the most important skills we can give them. A well-written lab report shows not just what they…
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How to Make Group Activities and Grading Fair
During the cell unit of Advanced Placement biology, students are required to do three investigations (labs): Diffusion and Osmosis, Photosynthesis, and Cellular Respiration. Students work in groups of 3 to 4 to work through these investigations and analyze data. I often have them only turn in ONE copy of the lab guide because as a…
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Guide to Explanatory Writing in Science
I have written before about the value of having students write as a learning tool. In “Writing to Learn” I made some suggestions for ways you could incorporate writing into you daily lessons. I did not at that time include concrete strategies for helping students actually complete writing assignments. Strategies to help students…