Resources

Skill 5.1 Writing a Summary

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenges students to summarise information from different sources on the same topic. Developing this ability will help students when they encounter complex activities and information. During the activity, students will practice: * locating and using...

Skill 5.10 Compiling a Bibliography

In this activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, students learn about the importance of a comprehensive and accurate bibliography, before compiling one of their own for an article they have written previously. In the activity, students become acquainted with and practise the way a bibliography is...

Skill 5.11 Evaluating Scientific Writing

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenges students to assess their scientific writing according to set assessment criteria. Students are encouraged to: * formulate criteria for evaluating written work * discuss the concept of weighting different categories of criteria * carry out...

Skill 5.12 Writing a Practical as a Research Paper

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity sees students write up a practical report in the form of a research paper. This helps to promote more thought about the relevance of the practical work students undertake at A-level. The activity provides an opportunity for students to apply their...

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...