Activity
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Reverse Paramedic Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanations and examples of the Reverse Paramedic Method used to edit scientific writing.
Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Formatting Science Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Zombie Autopsies: Publish or Perish, for Real

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Metamorphosis Stories of Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...