This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, revisits students' scientific writing skills but with a focus on writing for a more general audience. This is akin to the sort of writing found in newspapers, magazines and some websites.

The task requires students to write an article for an...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity requires students to pick out what makes a science story accessible and learn how to write at an appropriate level for a particular audience. Students analyse a piece of writing to look at how easy to read and understandable it is. They also use the...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, challenges students to consider what plagiarism is and why it is wrong. Students are shown that plagiarism is passing off somebody else’s work as their own. It can include getting another person to write their work, cutting and pasting from the...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gets students to recognise a scientific report, which has a uniform structure standardised throughout the scientific community. Following the activity, students should be able to recognise that a scientific report will: * have a title, abstract, clear...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to identify the structure of scientific studies and compare these with a standard written scientific report. The activity helps students to consider the differences between a scientific report that could be cited by others in the...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity requires students to examine the structure of scientific research articles, highlighting the differences between review papers and scientific reports. The activity will help the students to: * formulate criteria for evaluating written work * carry out...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students write a review article, paying particular attention to the structure, content, language and format used. Following the activity, students should be able to: * use their knowledge of the structure of scientific review articles to write a...

In this activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, students learn how to write an abstract. These are often seen as the most important part of a scientific paper as they contain the key information in a brief explanation. In the activity, students write an abstract based on a scientific article....

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity requires students to write an abstract for a scientific review article they have produced. Students discuss the key features of an abstract and look at the difference between abstracts for research papers and reviews. They are then challenged to...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, the resources in this section help students to develop their skills in scientific writing. This involves familiarity with the kinds of text that are written by members of the scientific community, practice with writing...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, aims to help students develop the skill of acquiring information from presentations and demonstrates how good presentations are structured and delivered. Students are challenged to: • identify good and bad practice in the delivery of presentations •...

in this activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, students research a topical, scientific or technological issue. The information is then assimilated into a storyboard approximating to the format of a scientific article. The activity requires students to decide on the best way to summarise and...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, looks at the use of slideshow-movies of photographic images as a powerful means for students to create presentations. PhotoStory, or other similar computer software, can quickly create video presentations by linking together digital still images....

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity develops the skills needed to prepare and deliver a formal presentation. During the activity, students will: • select an appropriate topic for a presentation to the class • carry out the necessary research to collect the information needed • develop a...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, encourages students to think how presentations to a possible funding-provider may differ from those to colleagues. This helps to reinforce that the content and delivery of presentations may be different depending on the audience being addressed. In...