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Peer Review Meets D.I.Y.: Publishing a Student Science Journal
Peer review of science laboratory reports? You bet! First, learners work in pairs to review a scientific article. Then they trade lab reports for peer review. The end result is the publication of a classroom scientific journal!
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Nature Journaling: Experience the Outdoors Through Writing and Drawing
Step into the great outdoors and develop young scientists' skills of observation with a nature journaling lesson plan. Given a specific focus or goal, children practice making and recording observations of nature through written...
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The Life Cycle of the Mealworm
Fourth graders provide a habitat for live mealworms and observe their life cycle. In this animal life cycle and scientific inquiry lesson, 4th graders create a habitat for a live mealworm and observe and record related data as it grows....
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Habitat Project Digital Science Journal
In this habitat project digital science journal learning exercise, students use a digital camera or camcorder to create a science journal about a habitat they have studied. This page includes links to helpful web resources for planning...
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Visit to Nature
Students complete a science journal which contains pages in which they can predict what they think they will see before the field trip, and also pages to write down what they actually do see during the field trip.
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Lesson Plan for Science Class: Journaling
Students complete science journals to learn about the science process using a fern as study material. In this science journal lesson plan, students research the resurrection fern. Students observe the fern in dry and moist conditions and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?
Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, students identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.
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Science Journal Writing: Observation, Problem Solving
Students consider the value of keeping a science journal. They make a journal and prepare the first entries.
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My Science Journal
In this scientific method worksheet, students complete a ten page science journal that could be used for any investigation. Included are pages for question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, data, diagram and conclusion....
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Life in a Cup
Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science is a multidisciplinary journal that covers the biological, physical, and social sciences, and publishes research reports, commentaries, reviews, colloquium papers and actions of the...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Zombie Autopsies: Publish or Perish, for Real
An excellent instructional activity where students are guided in how to write an article for publication in a scientific journal. Includes downloadable instructional activity and student handout.
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Hasselt University Library: Open Science Directory
A global search tool with access to over 13,000 scientific journals including open access journals and journals in special programs for developing countries.
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Biosci Ed Net: Digital Library Portal for Teaching and Learning
Teachers and students can easily browse and search a collection of biology resources, topics ranging from "Agriculture & Aquaculture" to "Zoology". This site offers preview information on thousands of resources at other sites,...