Information Literacy in Introductory Biology

Journal Article | April 2006

Incorporating information literacy exercises into the science curriculum will help students to navigate through the myriad of information available in different formats, and to become better scientific thinkers and…

Putting Science Literacy on Display

Journal Article | October 2012

A museum setting incorporates language arts into science lessons. This article describes how a class turned its library into a museum by displaying student projects that were generated from an air and weather unit.

Environmental Literacy for All Students

Journal Article | April 2003

Evaluation of environmental science courses developed for a new core curriculum.

Editor’s Roundtable: Health Literacy

Journal Article | October 2007

In his 2003 testimony, the Surgeon General called for combating the obesity epidemic in America by increasing health literacy among our citizens, and especially among the nation’s children. Schools must teach students…

Science Fiction & Science Literacy

Journal Article | January 2006

Science fiction is read not only for enjoyment, but because it digs into scientific concepts with imagination, creativity, and a thorough appreciation of consequence. It has so much to offer in terms of good science and…

Literacy in Science: A Natural Fit

Journal Article | January 2006

Reading is an essential part of science literacy, but what, when, and how can we incorporate reading in the science classroom? To address these questions and bring reading back into the science classroom, the authors…