The Art of Science Writing

By Dale Worsley, Bernadette Mayer, Dale Worsley and Bernadette Mayer

Book Overview

HIGHLIGHTS: This collaboration of Worsely and Mayer provides numerous fun approaches to the writing process-from note-taking to journal entries to essay completion. Many of the exercises use concepts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091592420X
• ISBN13: 9780915924202
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Perfect for secondary school teachers

I reveiwed this book to use in a college science writing class and found that it is--as the book's preface says--"addressed to secondary school teachers who are interested in developing good student writing in the areas of science and math." The book is filled with sound instruction on Instruction--literally how to teach this course, or implement some of the ideas involved in science writing into a high school curriculum. It has workshop ideas, some lesson plans, ideas. What's really fantastic about it is the number of sample essays in the book from student essays to (mostly) professional samples. These samples range from Jane Goodall and Stephen Jay Gould to William Carlos Williams and Robert Louis Stevenson--opening the art of science writing to fields outside of "strict" science. It allows students (and teachers) who want to write about/teach science choose from many different styles and genres. If I were a high school teacher--I would definitely think about using this book if I wanted to introduce an element of science writing into the classroom.