KS3 - Communicating Scientific Infomation

This lesson is lesson 6 in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist 2” topic.
This lesson focuses on how we communicate science to different audiences, and how we can tailor our writing and presentation of information to suit them.
This lesson is designed to be a “click and teach” lesson with minimal planning needed from the teacher, which is great for non-specialist teachers.

Lesson resources contain:

• Lesson powerpoint containing class activities and instructions, teacher delivery notes in “notes” section, discussion slides and full answers.
• PDF copies of different types of scientific communication (A childrens science book, newspaper article and scientific journal article) all about melting ice caps.
• PDF copy of a simple scientific journal article for students to adapt about the effects of temperature on seed germination (Students should have already looked at germination in Year 7)

NOTE: All example pieces of scientific writing are all tailor made for this lesson and are of the correct reading age for Year 8 students.

Lesson Outcomes:

• Describe the key features of effective scientific communication
• Describe how to adapt communication for different audiences