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Communicating understanding in Science

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Topics in this section

  1. Drawing scientific visual representations

  2. Reading and writing scientific recounts and explanations

  3. Developing scientific arguments and discussions

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Last Update: 11 December 2019

In this section:

Literacy Teaching Toolkit
  • Reading and viewing
  • Writing
  • Speaking and listening
  • Multimodal literacy
  • Expert literacy videos
  • Literacy glossary
  • Communicating understanding in Health and Physical Education
  • Interpreting Graphs
  • Note-taking and summarising texts
  • Introducing new terminology and vocabulary
  • Supporting reading of texts
  • ABC Education Literacy Mini Lessons
  • Professional readings
  • Health and Physical Education literacy: putting it together
  • Expanding Ideas
  • Analysing texts through questioning
  • Developing understanding of Health and Physical Education
  • English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) learners
  • Literacy in Mathematics
    • Introduction to literacy in Mathematics
    • Developing understanding in Mathematics
    • Communicating understanding in Mathematics
    • Maths: Putting it together
  • Literacy in English
    • Introduction to literacy in English
    • Developing understanding in English
    • Communicating understanding in English
    • English: putting it together
  • Literacy teaching toolkit: levels 7-10 explained
  • Literacy in Science
    • Introduction to literacy in Science
    • Developing understanding in Science
    • Communicating understanding in Science
      • Drawing scientific visual representations
      • Reading and writing scientific recounts and explanations
      • Developing scientific arguments and discussions
    • Science: putting it together
  • Literacy in Health and Physical Education
  • Introduction to Literacy in Health and Physical Education
  • Using sentence frames to interpret art elements
  • Literacy in Technologies
    • Introduction to literacy in Digital Technologies
    • Developing understanding in Digital Technologies
    • Communicating understanding in Digital Technologies
    • Digital Technologies: putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Design and Technologies
    • Developing understanding in Design and Technologies
    • Communicating understanding in Design and Technologies
    • Design and Technologies: putting it together
  • Literacy in the Humanities
    • Introduction to literacy in Civics and Citizenship
    • Developing understanding in Civics and Citizenship
    • Communicating understanding in Civics and Citizenship
    • Civics and Citizenship: putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Economics and Business
    • Developing understanding in Economics and Business
    • Communicating understanding in Economics and Business
    • Economics and Business: Putting it together
    • Introduction to literacy in Geography
    • Developing understanding in Geography
    • Communicating understanding in Geography
    • Geography: putting it together
    • Introduction to Literacy in History
    • Developing understanding in History
    • Communicating understanding in History
    • History: putting it together

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