Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre Scripts: SCIENCE

Here are 26 short reproducible readers theatre scripts on Science topics that students (elementary through high school) study. This unique style of readers theatre draws its material from curriculum content. Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre (CBRT) scripts are specifically written so that a whole class can participate. All of the scripts are short in length (1-2 pages) and contain many lines written for group unison speaking. Each script's stage directions encourage students to create sound effects and gestures that add imaginative and kinesthetic components to its delivery. This volume contains: • EARTH SCIENCE SCRIPTS: --Layers of the Earth --Renewable Energy Sources --The Water Cycle --Parts of a Plant --Ecosystems --The Rock Cycle --Fossils --Solar System --Clouds --Ancient Astronomers --Weather --Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle --Eight Geographical Regions of North America • LIFE SCIENCE SCRIPTS: --Cells --Mammals --Butterflies --The Six Kingdoms of Life • PHYSICAL SCIENCE SCRIPTS: --Electricity --Sound --Saturated Solutions --Matter --Atoms --Magnets --Science Fair Projects Students overwhelmingly love to take parts in script readings. Even if the script is about something like molecules (and especially if it contains humor and invites their creative input), students participate willingly. Teachers whose students rehearse and perform scripts about Science curriculum topics like cells, matter, atoms, and mammals report great educational results. In an educational climate in which it is increasingly difficult to make time for experiences like the class play, Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre is a manageable option. Whole classes can work together on speaking skills and dramatic deliveries to rehearse and perform a short script that also just happens to reinforce Science facts and ideas that students are supposed to know.