My students need 30 copies of "A Short History of Nearly Everything".
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My Students
Have you ever sat down on a cold and rainy day to read and reached for your old biology textbook? Neither have my students. My goal is to give them a science text that reads like a novel to help spark their interest and to make reading about science less intimidating.
My students are fast learners.
Growing up in an age of technology they demand immediate interaction with content. They want to see how and why principals apply in their day to day experience.
Our high school is a normal neighborhood school so we have a very academically diverse student population. According to our test scores most of our students really struggle with reading and English so that's why I'm integrating this novel into my classes.
My Project
Bill Bryson makes science interesting and funny in this novel "A Short History of Nearly Everything." He makes science come alive and makes it accessible to the common reader. This book spent six months on the NY times best-sellers list and as soon as I began reading it I knew I had to use it in my classes.
This book will challenge my students and push their literary skills to the next level. The science and English vocabulary used in the book will offer my students a solid foundation for the ACT and college.
He outlines all of the important scientific breakthroughs through out history, many of which are included in the labs we do in class. He explains the importance of peer review by giving real life examples and details the heartbreak of scientists spending their whole lives studying and recording only to have someone else come along and get credit for their work.
I will be able to use this book in so many different ways in my classroom and I know my students will love it.
High School students in IL are measured by how well they perform on the ACT.
While the ACT is split up into different sections it essentially tests the same thing, reading and literacy skills. By using this book in the classroom I will be strengthening my students reading speed, comprehension and word association. All these skills are necessary for a successful adult reader. By making it science related it will help me teach them these skills without removing it from the content.
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