Ask, Explore, Write!

Discover how to effectively incorporate literacy instruction with creative, inquiry-based tools to show you what it means to teach science with and through writing, and strategies to help your students become young scientists who can use reading and writing to better understand their world.

Troy Hicks is a professor of English and Education at Central Michigan University, and Director of the Chippewa River Writing Project. He has authored and co-authored nine books and over 30 journal articles and book chapters for teachers and other educators. Jeremy Hyler is a middle school English teacher and a teacher consultant for the Chippewa River Writing Project, a satellite site of the National Writing Project. He is also a regular blogger for MiddleWeb. Wiline Pangle is a lecturer in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University. She also works with science teachers across Michigan to develop inquiry-based activities to promote sciences at all levels of education.

Introduction: Our Science/Literacy Stories. Chapter 1: Writing in Science?(!). Chapter 2: Science Notebooks. Chapter 3: Visual Explanations with Infographics. Chapter 4: Encouraging Collaboration through Whiteboard Modeling. Chapter 5: Additional Strategies to Encourage Inquiry, Reading, and Writing. Chapter 6: Professional Development in Science and Writing. Conclusion: Next Steps with the Next Gen Science Standards and Literacy Learning.