How The Tides Have Turned
Discover "How the Tides Have Turned" for ages 7–14! Explore tidal science and coastal safety with our complete workshop featuring teacher resources, engaging activity, and a ready-to-use presentation.
Reading Between The Tides
- 11 - 14
- Coastal development, Human interaction, Science communication, Tidal Safety
- UK Curriculum
- English
- 1 Hour
Why introduce coastal safety in English?
Scientists rely on communicators, journalists, teachers, film-makers, graphic designers, and campaign creators, to help take complicated evidence and explain it clearly. That’s called science communication, and is a key skill to translate important scientific findings into widely accessible content.
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This Ocean learning resource supports teaching in English
- Practice reading and writing for a scientific audience.
- Scientists rely on communicators, journalists, teachers, film-makers, graphic designers, and campaign creators, to help take complicated evidence and explain it clearly. That’s called science communication, and is a key skill to translate important scientific findings.
Students will:
- Understand increasingly challenging texts through learning new vocabulary, making inferences and referring to evidence in the text.
- Know how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning.
- Write effectively for a wide range of purposes and audiences, selecting the appropriate form and drawing on knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.
This resource includes:
- Workshop presentation and teacher facilitation notes for the presentation
- Teacher resource with context and ideas
- Student activities
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