Science

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 * **“** No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.**”** ||
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Literacy Matters: Science http://www.literacymatters.org/content/science.htm A website with content-specific lieteracy information and many links to other helpful science and literacy resources.

[]- An interesting website with great ideas, graphic organizers and other resources for developing literacy in the science classroom.
 * Improving Reading Skills in the Science Classroom** -

(Top 27 countries in the world) - []  A neat and easy idea to use in the science classroom to help build background knowledge for struggling readers. [|**http://www.adlit.org/article/19865**]
 * Education Statistics: Scientific Literacy ** -
 * Use Easy Nonfiction to Build Background Knowledge - **

**Importance of Science in Public Education** - An article on why science is important in public education - []

Articles from Journal of Translational Medicine are provided here courtesy of **BioMed Central**

[] - A good website for inquiry activity ideas and suggestions.

**Improving Literacy in Biology** - [] This is a lesson on **genetic disorders** designed to increase biology literacy. It includes preparation, lab, and assessment.

**Hands On Activities for Teaching Biology** - This website has numerous biology activities for middle and high school students.

**Using Technology in your Classroom Resources: **

Mitosis video[|Science] [|Miosis video]

Tradebooks and other resources:
**American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)** - has a great resource web page called Resources for Science Literacy. It contains sections for resources from: Project 2061 (a long-term AAAS initiative to advance literacy in Science, Mathematics, and Technology), comparisons, college courses, research and trade books. Its easy to use with searches by title, author, or topic.

Science Daily News -http://www.sciencedaily.com/


 * Biology Dictionary ** - There's a great biology dictionary online that's associated with the Oxford University Press. Its a great reference and along with the definition they give the source of the definition in MLA, APA, or Chicago style citation you can cut and paste into your citation page.