Department of Mathematics and Science

Writing in ScienceLife Science

Created by: Jessica HernandezNorth Hialeah ES – Gr. 4 Teacher/Science Leader

Department of Mathematics and ScienceOffice of Academics and Transformation

Plants

Heredity and Reproduction

Write a paragraph explaining why flowers are an important part of the plant’s life cycle. use specific vocabulary to explain how flowering plants produce new seeds.

Heredity and Reproduction

• While you are walking through a fragrant garden, your friend complains that too many bees are flying around. In your science journal, write what you might tell your friend about the bees.

• Suppose you area seed. In your science journal, write a letterto your parent plant explaining what happenedto you from the time you left home to the time yousettled on the ground to grow.

Writing Prompts from Scotts Foresman Textbook

Expository Narrative

Interdependence

Strange weather patterns begin to form on the planet earth. You are a police officer working your shift when a man comes in and confesses to causing these weather problems. He also says that he's not sure if he can stop it. Do you believe the man? How do you two stop the problem if it's even possible?

Interdependence

• Choose one consumer from this Okefenokee Swamp food web. In your science journal, write a story the consumer might tell about its experiences. Base the story on the consumer’s position in the food web.

• Suppose your city council isplanning to build a shopping mallin the middle of a forest preserve.Write a letter to your councilrepresentative explaining howbuilding the mall might affect foodwebs in that forest ecosystem.

Writing Prompts from Scotts Foresman Textbook

Narrative Persuasive

• http://www.creative-writing-ideas-and-activities.com/science-writing-prompts.html

• http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/contents_writinginspiration.htm

• http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents_scienceinspiration.htm

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