Vocabulary
Academic Word List
- attributed
- comprised
- nuclear
Other Vocabulary
- advent
- atmosphere
- carbon
- climate
- coal
- correlation
- dissipate
- exacerbating
- fusion
- glacial
- habitat
- lumber
- molten
- organic
- photons
- radiation
- substantial
- thrive
- unchecked
- wavelengths
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do Exercises 1 and 2.
Pre-Reading
Use the questions to begin a discussion. Try to be sure everyone in your group gives their opinion and explains why they hold that opinion before moving on to the next question.
- People often trust the opinions of experts such as doctors and scientists without questioning what they say, yet these experts sometimes disagree. What should people do when this is the case?
- If there is something technical or scientific that you want to know about or confirm, what would be the first person or source you would look to?
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do Exercise 3.
Reading
Describing Tables and Graphic Organizers
When a text contains charts, graphs, or tables, it provides key information that can be quickly previewed before in depth reading and allow students to prepare for what might be some confusing or complex statistics or data. During the skimming and previewing stages of reading, always stop to look at tables and graphic organizers. Read any headings they have, but don't spend a great deal of time on the small details. Pay close attention to the title of the organizer as well as the X and Y axis headings. Look at the highlighted areas of the line graph below as an example of what the parts are called.
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