Science Instruction and Writing Skills

For a long time science learning and language learning were considered to be two unlike fields. In reality the integration of these apparently different zones brings advantage to both of them.

The direct and pleasing experiences of inquiry-based science can offer a rich framework for the development of language when students share their findings and remarks. Equally, the use of language to talk about own views is vital to the development of scientific understanding.

One of the project my daughter plans to propose the science fair

How to Win “Rock-Paper-Scissors” - Science Fair Experiment

The Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS) game is a non-cooperative game and has three actions:

R (rock),

P (paper) and

S (scissors).

There are the following non-transitive dominance relations among the actions:

R wins over S,

P wins over R,

S win over P

No action is better than the others. 

In the simplest settings the payoff matrix is characterized by a single parameter, the payoff the winning action (a > 1, see Fig. 1A).

Check:  https://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.5199v1.pdf

Founding

"If a player wins over her opponent in one play, her probability of repeating the same action in the next play is considerably higher than her probabilities of shifting actions.”

"If a player has lost two or more times, she is likely to shift her play, and more likely to shift to the play that will beat the one that has just beaten her than the same one her opponent just used to beat her.”

Per the research, this is a "Win-Stay, Lose-Shift" strategy.

For example

“If Megan loses by playing scissors to Casey's rock, 

Megan is most likely to switch to paper, 

which would beat Casey's rock.”

The Best Strategies to Win “Rock-Paper-Scissors”:

If you lose the first round, switch to the thing that beats the thing your opponent just played.

If you win, don't keep playing the same thing, but instead switch to the thing that would beat the thing that you just played. In other words, play the hand your losing, opponent just played. To wit: you win a round with rock against someone else's scissors. They are about to switch to paper. You should switch to scissors.

Check the articles for more reading:

Developing Language in the Context of Science: A View from the Institute for Inquiry

Institute for Inquiry Exploratorium www.exploratorium.edu

https://www.exploratorium.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/ifi/DevelopingLanguageintheContextofScience.pdf

Developing Language Skills in Science Classrooms

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233127061_Developing_Language_Skills_in_Science_Classrooms

Science Activities to Promote Language and Communication by Katie

Playing With Words 365

http://www.playingwithwords365.com/science-activities-to-promote-language-and-communication/