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NSS Chemistry Learning & Teaching Strategies Active Reading and Writing Tasks Raymond WH FONG

NSS Chemistry Learning & Teaching Strategies Active Reading and Writing Tasks Raymond WH FONG Science Education Section May 2010

Objectives of the Workshops 1. To promote the use of active reading and writing

Objectives of the Workshops 1. To promote the use of active reading and writing tasks in the learning and teaching of chemistry 2. To share experiences in conducting reading and writing tasks in the chemistry lessons 3. To discuss on how to develop activities from different resource materials 4. To discuss on how to assess students' reading and writing tasks

Resources for Development of Reading and Writing Tasks

Resources for Development of Reading and Writing Tasks

How “Post-it Notes” Work?

How “Post-it Notes” Work?

Chem 4 Kids http: //www. chem 4 kids. com/

Chem 4 Kids http: //www. chem 4 kids. com/

Chem 4 Kids (Cont’d) Ø Length ~ 300 words Ø Nice illustrations Ø Hyperlinked

Chem 4 Kids (Cont’d) Ø Length ~ 300 words Ø Nice illustrations Ø Hyperlinked to other topics Ø Quiz – consolidation

Science News for Kids http: //www. sciencenewsforkids. org/

Science News for Kids http: //www. sciencenewsforkids. org/

Science News for Kids Ø E. g. The science of disappearing (17/2/2010) Ø Questions

Science News for Kids Ø E. g. The science of disappearing (17/2/2010) Ø Questions for classroom use Ø Ø Ø 1. Before reading: Ø What does it mean to disappear or be invisible? Ø What is light? Ø What would be one use of being able to make something invisible? 2. During reading: Ø What’s one fictional story that includes some way of making something or someone invisible? Ø Who is Steven Cummer and why is he in this story? Ø Did John Pendry actually build an invisibility cloak in 2006? If not, what did he do? Ø Did the first invisibility device actually make something disappear? Ø What are radiation and the electromagnetic spectrum? Ø What is a metamaterial? 3. After Reading Ø Why is it hard to make an invisibility cloak for visible light? Ø Why could you use the same idea for steering light to also protect an island from a tsunami? How would this work? Ø Why might studying metamaterials in college be a good idea?

Science Magazine d Ø Catalyst e s a e C g n i h

Science Magazine d Ø Catalyst e s a e C g n i h s publi http: //www. philipallan. co. uk Ø Chem. Matters Ø Chem 13 News Ø Ø U of Waterloo, Canada http: //sciborg. uwaterloo. ca/chem 13 ne ws/index. html Ø Chemistry Review Ø Education in Chemistry

AL Chemistry Exam Papers

AL Chemistry Exam Papers

Booklets

Booklets

中國內地化學教育資源網 http: //resources. edb. gov. hk/chemistry/

中國內地化學教育資源網 http: //resources. edb. gov. hk/chemistry/

Reading and writing tasks as NSS Chemistry SBA tasks?

Reading and writing tasks as NSS Chemistry SBA tasks?

Examples of SBA Tasks 1. critical reading, analysis and reporting on the contribution of

Examples of SBA Tasks 1. critical reading, analysis and reporting on the contribution of chemistry to the understanding of the material world 2. designing a poster or pamphlet aimed at persuading people to follow the principles of green chemistry 3. writing a report to present the scientific knowledge and concepts acquired after a visit to an industrial plant, and 4. developing a multimedia artefact to illustrate the synthesis of polymers

Thank You!

Thank You!