1. Connecting Science with Other Subjects
Chapter 9
Connecting Science with Other Subjects

2. Connecting Science with Math
Quantifying the Real World
Identifying variables
Counting objects and events
Estimating number and size
Measuring all sorts of things using standard and non standard units
Standard = Metric and US Customary
Nonstandard = fists, pencils, etc…

3. Connecting Science to Math
Organizing and Interpreting Data
Depicting data in pictures and diagrams
Constructing data tables
Constructing different kinds of graphs: bar graphs, histograms, line graphs
Searching for and expressing patterns in graphs including linear, proportional, geometric, and other relationships

4. Connecting Science with Math
Using patterns and relationships
Using patterns and relationships from tables and graphs in explaining events and making predictions
Using ratios, rates, proportionalities, and formulas in explaining events and making predictions

5. Connecting Science and Math
Operating on numbers
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
Using fractions, decimals, and percentages
Calculating averages
Estimating probabilities
Calculating products, ratios, and rates
Recognizing equalities, and inequalities
Constructing proportionalities

6. Organizing and Interpreting data
Displaying data, have students compare data, see relationships and patterns, and communicate their data to other people
Types of graphs
Bar graphs
Line graphs
Stem and leaf plots
Line plots
Histograms

7. Science, Math, and the Metric System
The Metric System is used exclusively in science
Metric System is also used exclusively in all English speaking countries, except the United States
Metric system is easier to learn because it is in base 10
American kids must learn both systems

8. Using Patterns and Relationships
Make predictions from collected data
Formulate and test possible relationships between variables in the science/mathematics activities performed
Construct hypotheses about possible patterns of change in their obtained data
Draw conclusions and inferences from data

9. Connecting Science and Literacy
Science and Reading
Prior knowledge and Comprehending Science Text
Investigation first, reading second
Students need multiple experiences with hands-on, minds- on activities to develop connected, accurate, and useful knowledge. Students must be able to rely on this when read science books
Access to Prior Knowledge
Write initial descriptions and explanations of phenomena
Construct concept maps of what they know
Draw pictures and labeled diagrams of events
Present their ideas to the class so that alternate descriptions and explanations might be considered

10. Connecting Science and Literacy
Strategies for Comprehending Science Textbooks
Pre-reading Strategies
Predictions
Using strategies during reading
Comprehension
Clarifying terms
Main idea and details
Paraphrasing and summarizing
Making inferences

11. Connecting Science and Literacy
Strategies for comprehending Science textbooks
Post strategies
Link text ideas with their prior knowledge and experience
Make connections between main ideas and supporting details
Recognize and think about text statements that conflict with their own main ideas
Work to resolve confusion over concepts
Use concepts presented in text to explain other real- world phenomena

12. Connecting Science and Literacy
Writing in Science
Forces students to consider their audience, clarify their questions, organize and present their data more clearly, and form more secure links among data, prior knowledge, and conclusions.
Writing can take place in journals or science notebooks
Can also take place in general response questions. Make the students write in complete sentences

13. Connecting Science with Social Studies
Making connections between the two help students get a more complete picture of the world and humans place in it.
Describe how science and technology have changed transportation, communication, medicine agriculture, industry, and recreation
Explain how science and technology have changed the ways people meet their basic needs
Analyze environmental changes brought about by scientific discoveries and logical innovations
Give examples of contributions of scientists and inventors that have shaped society
Explain how resources, belief systems, economic factors, and political decisions effect science and technology
Make predictions about future social, economic factors, and environmental consequence