Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Abstract for the conference program
This session will be led by a literacy educator and a science educator, who worked collaboratively to create, implement, and refine science lessons during a week-long summer program for middle grade (6th – 8th) migrant students. The presenters created culturally responsive NGSS lessons that were infused with multiple literacy strategies culminating in a creative writing, where students incorporated the vocabulary and concepts learned, using storyboarding and Google Slides.
Participants will engage in the mini-lesson and have a brief discussion on the components of the lessons based on NGSS, culturally responsive teaching, and literacy integration. Examples of student work will be shared for participants to get a more holistic idea of the full lessons developed and implemented by the presenters.
Participants will leave with access to the full lesson plans, literacy strategies, and ideas about creating a collaborative group of peers to develop similar lesson plans.
Proposal Track
T2: Applied STEM Education
Start Date
3-23-2018 3:00 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Stevenson,, Alma D. Ph.D and Huffling,, Lacey D. Ph.D, "Using Creative Writing to Facilitate Science Learning" (2018). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 19.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2018/2018/19
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Using Creative Writing to Facilitate Science Learning
This session will be led by a literacy educator and a science educator, who worked collaboratively to create, implement, and refine science lessons during a week-long summer program for middle grade (6th – 8th) migrant students. The presenters created culturally responsive NGSS lessons that were infused with multiple literacy strategies culminating in a creative writing, where students incorporated the vocabulary and concepts learned, using storyboarding and Google Slides.
Participants will engage in the mini-lesson and have a brief discussion on the components of the lessons based on NGSS, culturally responsive teaching, and literacy integration. Examples of student work will be shared for participants to get a more holistic idea of the full lessons developed and implemented by the presenters.
Participants will leave with access to the full lesson plans, literacy strategies, and ideas about creating a collaborative group of peers to develop similar lesson plans.
