GCSE Science | The Scientific Method | Disciplinary Literacy

AQA GCSE Science and Combined Science | The Scientific Method | Working Scientifically Disciplinary Literacy

Build literacy and scientific vocabulary in your students with this resource telling the story of how scientific theories are developed and supported through the scientific method! Designed for KS4 Science, this is a reading comprehension task which introduces key words and key concepts in the Working Scientifically section of the AQA specification (WS 1.1 Understand how scientific methods and theories develop over time and WS 1.6 Recognise the importance of peer review) that often slip through the net in schemes of work.

The approximate reading age of this resource is 13-14 years old, originally targeted at mixed ability year 10 students. The text is accompanied with a glossary and comprehension task to help your students progress.

This is ideal for in-class activities, at the beginning of a topic for homework, or independent study, this resource will help students appreciate the evidence backing the theories that we take for granted as correct.

What’s included:

• Editable and Ready-to-print 350-word passage (.doc and .pdf)
• A glossary of key terms to support student understanding.
• 5 Reading comprehension questions plus a deeper thinking extension
• Answer sheet for easy teacher, peer and self-assessment
  
  Designed to help you to:
• Develop Literacy with an extended piece of reading and comprehension of tier-3 vocabulary
• Support learners with a glossary to help them understand key terms
• Build your scheme of work to cover a subtle and technical part of the specification
  
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