Integration

INTEGRATION

Science is part of the CORE curriculum, and as such, it should be part of the daily instruction provided by the teacher. Knowing that there is a great demand on the part of the teacher to meet the literacy needs of all students, especially the children that are acquiring a second language, this unit reflects how the teacher can integrate science into other areas of the curriculum.

LITERACY

Literacy involves listening, speaking, reading, and writing. As you utilize the activities about climate change, you will find that through the interaction between students while doing their investigation as well as reporting their findings, there is an extensive amount of vocabulary development. The acquisition of new terminology and the usage of such enhances both listening as well as speaking skills.

The acquisition of this new vocabulary plays an integral part in the development of writing skills. In the instruction of science, students are asked to write not only while forming a hypothesis, but while analyzing their findings. This writing can be done in the form of journals, group reporting, webbing, individual lab reports, research, and assessment. Regardless of the form, students are encouraged to not only use the proper scientific terminology while doing their writing, but to keep the reader in mind while expressing their thoughts.

MATH

Math is a tool to do science. In science investigations, students are asked to use measurement in many different forms. They collect and organize data to develop, analyze, and interpret graphs to draw conclusions.

SOCIAL STUDIES

In studying the changes of temperature and CO₂ for the last 10,000 years, students have the opportunity to see not only the climatic changes that have occurred, but also the societal implications of those changes. Many changes in early civilization occurred directly as a result of climatic changes.. This provides a great opportunity for the students to see the history of man and his environment.

TECHNOLOGY

"Science Drives Technology" (National Science Education Standards). Through the engagement in the Climate Change activities, students will learn that technology enhances Science. They will discover that it provides the tools such as Computer Based Laboratories (CBLs) and graphing calculators, necessary for investigation. Through the use of computers to research information about climate change, students will use data from computer models to predict climate change.

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