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  • Science Writing Videos – YouTube Channel

    We have made 13 videos for students wishing to improve different elements of their science writing. Among the featured topics are the active and passive voice, creating writing outlines, and sources.

  • ScWRL Podcasts – SoundCloud Channel

    We have recorded podcasts for educators that feature top tips from experts focusing on peer review, tutoring, designing effective writing assignments and grading and providing feedback.

  • Communicating Science

    These resources will help students communicate the uncertainty in science, produce effective tables and figures, and use comparisons and descriptions to make their writing more engaging.

  • Grammar and Style

    Learn how and when to use the active and passive voices, find out about the importance of clarity and using simple language, and practice how to integrate numbers, units, mechanics and punctuation correctly.

  • Summarizing Journal Articles

    These student resources will help you summarize complex journal articles effectively, so that you can use the information in them to strengthen and support your writing.

  • Writing Across the Curriculum

    Find out how this program supports the teaching and learning of writing in the sciences at UBC by helping educators to develop skills and resources to teach science-specific writing in their courses.

Communicating Science

Developing an Effective Writing Process

Finding, Identifying and Citing Sources

Grammar and Style

Learning Strategies for Communicating Science

Quick Quizzes

Lesson Plans, Activities and Assignments

Grading Techniques

Strategies for Teaching Writing

Podcasts

Writing Across the Curriculum+

About ScWRL….

The Science Writing Resources for Learning (ScWRL) project brings together students, faculty, educational strategists, specialist science writers, writing centre professionals and tutors at the University of British Columbia with a combined interest in science communication.

Specifically, the team wishes to provide students with the resources they need to learn – and educators the resources they need to teach – the most important skills associated with good science writing. Since the onset of the project in 2012, the team has focused on developing these freely available resources to address the skills that students find especially difficult to master, based on student feedback and rigorous assessment of scientific written work.

To read more about the project, click here. Students can access all of the student resources without registering their details, but educators must first complete out our access request and feedback form to access the educator resources, which include rubrics and solutions to complete lesson plans, activities and assignments.

We also encourage our fans to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and SoundCloud to make sure you don’t miss any new resources as they are added. We welcome engagement and would love to hear how you have used our resources, and whether you have ideas for others you would like us to develop in the future.

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Science Writing Resources for Learning
Vancouver Campus
UBC Faculty of Science
2178-2207 Main Mall, Earth Sciences Building
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Website scwrl.ubc.ca
Email scwrl@science.ubc.ca
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