Rising Tide: Crisis in the Pacific

This tutorial is designed to help secondary science teachers learn how to incorporate literacy skills into their science curriculum. This tutorial will demonstrate how to help students identify an author's purpose in a text and identify any unresolved important issues. The focus on literacy across content areas is intended to help foster students' reading, writing, and thinking skills in multiple disciplines.

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Resource ID#: 150511 Type: Professional Development
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General Information

Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Internet Connection, Speakers/Headphones, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Computer Media Player, Smart Phone/Tablet
Instructional Time: 20 Minute(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: literacy, author’s purpose, purpose, unresolved, ocean, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Ocean, pollution, garbage
Instructional Component Type(s): Professional Development,  Tutorial, 
Resource Collection: Original Teacher Tutorials

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What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?:

The article explains the ocean garbage patches: what causes them, what consequences to marine life result from their presence, and what we can do about them. This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area.

Type: Text Resource