{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Language of Science","description":" I was recently reading the November\/December 2021 issue of \u201cScience &amp;amp; Children\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In this issue, I read the section \u201cEditor\u2019s Note\u201d written by Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn.&amp;nbsp; Elizabeth wrote an article entitled \u201cThe Language of Science.\u201d   The language of science is much more than just knowing technical or content-specific words or phrases.&amp;nbsp; Understanding science requires the development of an academically social language. Students need opportunities to see how language can be used to describe, represent, question, refute, and reach a consensus when learning to make sense of the natural world.       ","author_name":"K12Science","author_url":"http:\/\/k12science.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21292109\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/116338670"}