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Skill 5.2 Structuring a Scientific Article

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students examine a scientific article and answer questions which encourage them to consider:

* What is the main subject?
* Who are the researchers?
* Why is the study interesting and important?
* What questions does it address?
* What methods and materials were used in the study?
* What were the results?
* What can be learnt from the results?
* What were the sources of information on which the researchers relied?

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