Science Reporters: Reading and Essay Writing Practice With Science Topics

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Learners will improve reading comprehension and writing skills. As an added bonus, they will learn new science facts.

Each class will start with an article focused on a science topic. These will include life sciences, earth sciences, and the study of the cosmos. As we read, we will work together to find key details. Learners will then take those key details and compose an essay on what we have learned.

Week of April 21st: Smelling and Tasting
Week of April 28th: Radioactivity
Week of May 5th: Black Holes
Week of May 12th: Scorpions
Week of May 19th: Tropical Rainforests
Week of May 26th: Organic Chemistry

Summer Sequence

Week of June 2nd: Photosynthesis
Week of June 9: Visible light
Week of June 16th: Lunar and Solar Eclpses
Week of June 23rd: Earth's seasons
Week of June 30th: Sunspots and Solar Wind
Week of July 7th: How Animals Become Extinct
Week of July 14th: Grasslands
Week of July 21st: Electricity in Nature
Week of July 28th: Chemical Mixtures
Week of August 4th: Galaxies
Week of August 11th: The human digestive system
Week of August 18th: Freshwater Biomes
Week of August 25th: Weather Forecasting

Fall Sequence

Week of September 1st: The Atom
Week of September 8th: Earth's seasons
Week of September 15th: Tornadoes 
Week of September 22nd: The water cycle
Week of September 29th: World Biomes and Ecosystems
Week of October 6th: What is Astronomy?
Week of October 13th: Nuclear Energy and Fission
Week of October 20th: Food Chain and Food Web
Week of October 27th: Animal Migrations
Week of November 3rd: Laws of Motion
Week of November 10th: Dolphins
Week of November 17th: Molecules
Week of November 24th: Weather Forecasting
Week of December 1st: Immune System