Writing and the Sciences
In this course, students will read an array of science-related writing with topics ranging from astrophysics to neurobiology. Students will respond to these topics and practice crafting writing in a variety of genres of science journalism, rhetorical analysis, academic-to-popular translation, scientific book review and research-supported arguments.
Handout: Genres Covered
A document describing the genres we cover in the Writing and the Sciences course.
Lecture: Audience matters
In this lecture I explain how one might approach talking to a general-public audience about scientific topics.
Interactive Lecture
I outline an approach to tackling academic and peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals. Click on the image to see more.
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Paper: Academic-to-Popular Translation
This assignment encourages students to craft a piece of popular science writing based on a journal article of their choosing.
Low Stakes Crossword Assignment
This low-stakes interactive element encourages students to learn important vocabulary from the “Collecting Sources” video they watch in thie course.
Writing a scientific book review
Students refer to this infographic during our unit on reviweing scientific articles.
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