One of the ways to improve upon the listening comprehension skills of students is to engage the student in an auditory exercise and then assess them (using a variety of methods) over what it is they listened to.
Listenwise, is devoted to student literacy. From their website they state:
“Listenwise, is an award-winning listening skills platform. We harness the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students. Our collection of podcasts and public radio keeps teaching connected to the real world and builds student listening skills at the same time.
We believe in the importance of listening for student success.
We believe in the power of a great story.
We believe in literacy for all.” Read more about them here.
Below are some science specific articles that I use in my classroom (approximately 3-4 per month), that I think helps students with a type of literacy often times overlooked.
| # | Article Title | Audio | Socrative or Kahoot ID (Teacher Use ONLY) |
| 1 | Cooking up a supervolcano | Audio(2:26) | SOC-1691873
Kahoot Quiz |
| 2 | Fixing Genes | Audio(8:27) | SOC-13379121
Kahoot Quiz |
| 3 | Genetically Modified Potatoes
Assign: 2-23-17 |
Audio(4:53) | SOC-14553101
Kahoot Quiz |
| 4 | Are Genetically Modified Animals Safe to Eat?
Assign: 2-2-17 |
Audio(4:25) | SOC-22248693
Kahoot Quiz |
| 5 | Genetic Engineering is Controversial but May Stop Zika | Audio(3:34) | SOC-23237588
Kahoot Quiz |
| 6 | Genetically Engineering Mosquitoes to Wipe out Malaria
Assign: 2-10-17 |
Audio(7:58) | Socrative
Original ID**: 26164255 Starter ID**: 26817590 |
| 7 | How Video Games Become Addictive | Audio(4:16) | SOC-13364478
Kahoot Quiz |
| 8 | Learning Music Develops More Attentive, Skilled Students | Audio(9:55) | SOC-12225488
Kahoot Quiz |
| 9 | Recess Makes Children Smarter | Audio(4:16) | SOC-12360302
Kahoot Quiz |
| 10 | The Mystery of the Moving Rocks | Audio(3:42) | SOC-12628051
Kahoot Quiz |
| 11 | Rare Polar Vortex Creates Sub-Freezing Temperatures | Audio(4:13) | SOC-2844198
Kahoot Quiz |
| 12 | The Make Up of Atoms | Audio(3:12) | SOC-16694344
Kahoot Quiz |
| 13 | A Delicious Solution to our Energy Problems | Audio(3:41) | SOC-4117923
Kahoot Quiz |
| 14 | Virus Science | Audio(7:47) | SOC-13820687
Kahoot Quiz |
| 15 | The Science Behind Video Game Addiction | Audio(7:42) | SOC-8472953
Kahoot Quiz |
| 16 | Could Collecting Animals for Science be Hurting Some Endangered Species? | Audio(7:23) | SOC-4138258
Kahoot Quiz |
| 17 | What is Being an Ecologist Really Like? | Audio(3:30) | SOC-16558341
Kahoot Quiz |
| 18 | Nature vs. Nurture | Audio(1:50) | SOC-1408497
Kahoot Quiz |
| 19 | Engineering Design Turns Mushrooms into Foam | Audio(5:15) | SOC-1691966
Kahoot Quiz |
| 20 | Fire Ants, Nature’s Engineers, Can Build Water Rafts and Bridges | Audio(7:54) | SOC-4185787
Kahoot Quiz |
| 21 | How Sugar Changes the Brain | Audio(3:22) | SOC-24785404
Kahoot Quiz |
| 22 | Fixing Hearing at the Source | Audio(4:09) | SOC-16656432
Kahoot Quiz |
| 23 | Growing Cells | Audio(4:21) | SOC-14456025
Kahoot Quiz |
| 24 | Audio | SOC-
Kahoot Quiz |
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| 25 | Audio | SOC-
Kahoot Quiz |
*The Socrative ID(s) are for teacher use. The Socrative link will take students to the socrative student login page. Original ID’s came from Listenwise. Starter ID’s are modified quizzes that are shorter in length and better for classroom activity use if you are doing a listening comprehension activity, but do not want it to take all period.
**Socrative ID numbers are only for teacher use.
