Teach Writing and Environmental Science All at Once!

 

Teaching writing skills to students opens up the door to all sorts of cross curricular activities. Are you looking for a good reason to take your students out doors but are feeling too much pressure from all the testing requirements? Consider nature journaling, or writing up a report for an experiment that can be conducted outside, such as how long it takes leaves from different tree species to decompose.

 

Science the "Write" Way, by Jodi Wheeler-Topen, will give you ideas for incorporating writing into your science lessons or science into your writing lessons. Geared towards elementary and middle school teachers, the book outlines the processes and methods for teaching science writing through articles that cover lab reports, science journals, field guides, interactive science notebooks, blogs, and even creative nonfiction and environmental poetry.

 

Coming soon to the Environmental Literacy Center!