Integrating Literacy Into the Science Curriculum
Author | : Staci Bond |
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Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2014 |
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Integrating literacy skills into the high school science curriculum is a topic that is at the forefront of science education. With the integration of the new Common Core State Standards into the curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to develop curriculum that integrates literacy skills into the science curriculum (Shanahan & Shanahan, 2008). This project created a unit plan for the evolution section of the biology curriculum for high school students. The resulting lessons integrated literacy skills into the science curriculum through informational texts as well as reading and writing activities. All of the lessons are aligned with the California Common Core State Standards and the California Science Standards for high school biology. The unit plan that was created can serve as a template for high school biology teachers to integrate literacy skills into their science classrooms with example activities and strategies. Scientists are naturally readers and writers and this curriculum will help unite those ideals into our high school classrooms.