Tag Archives: science literacy

Immunity

OK, health and science teachers, maybe this reading on immunity and its attendant vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet might find a place in your classroom.

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Word Root Exercise: Phon/o, -Phone, -Phony

It didn’t take long to get to Friday this week. Here is a worksheet on the Greek roots phon/o, -phone and -phony. They mean, as you have no doubt inferred, sound and voice. I’ll further assume that you realize this is a very productive root in English, with, if nothing else, the word telephone growing from it.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Gregor Mendel

Science teachers, can you use this reading on Gregor Mendel and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet?

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Word Root Exercise: Phag, Phage

Here is a worksheet on the Greek roots phag and phage; they mean to eat. This is a word that shows up in words related to healthcare like esophagus. So, nota bene!

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Sciences as a Cause of History

Here is a lesson plan on the sciences as a cause of history. I used this Cultural Literacy worksheet on class (i.e. social class) to open this lesson. Finally, here is the combination worksheet and note-taking blank that students use for this brainstorming and discussion lesson on how the sciences influence the process of history.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Word Root Exercise: Retro

Here is a worksheet on the Latin root retro. It means back, backward, and behind–but you probably already figured that out. You probably also already understand that this is a very productive root in English, giving us words like retroactive and retrofit.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Word Root Exercise: Peri-

I don’t know that I’ve ever used this worksheet on the Greek word root peri–it means around–in my classroom, but that is mostly because I have so many of these things, and many of them simply take priority. As you will see, the words on this worksheet (other than perimeter) aren’t exactly part of our daily vernacular in this country–though if you are older, you may, like me, find yourself using periodontal more than you would prefer.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Megavitamins and ADHD

megavitamins and ADHD: the use of very high doses of vitamins and minerals to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is based on the theory that some people have a genetic abnormality that requires higher levels of vitamins and minerals.

However, there is a complete lack of supporting evidence for megavitamin treatment for learning disabilities, and there are no well-controlled studies supporting these claims. Both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have concluded that the use of megavitamins to treat behavioral and learning problems is not justified.”

Excerpted from: Turkington, Carol, and Joseph R. Harris, PhD. The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. New York: Facts on File, 2006.

Carbohydrates

Snow day! And it is coming down at a pretty good clip out there. For health teachers, if this is something you cover, here is a reading on carbohydrates and the vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet that accompanies it.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Atom Bomb

Moving right along on this warm and oddly muggy December afternoon, here is a reading on the atom bomb and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.