Science and Social Studies Integration

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Science and Social Studies Integration
Math
Science
Social Studies
Language Arts
Mia Johnson, Lora Drum, Carol Moore
Curriculum
Specialists
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Brainstorming Activity

• Before, During, and After Reading
• Highlight
  strategies you use
• to
  teach reading in your classroom.
• 
  Circle strategies you use to
• 
  teach science and social studies.

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What does the research say?

• This conception highlights the integration of
  content by blending the disciplines through
  "overlapping skills, concepts, and attitudes"
  (Fogarty, 1991, p. 64). One position --
  interdisciplinary curriculum -- emphasizes
  connections between language arts and content
  area learning (e.g., Grisham, 1995 Roehler,
  1983) or problem-centered, thematic pursuits
  (e.g., Anders Pritchard, 1993 Powell Skoog,
  1995). From this perspective, language and
  literacy are "functional tools, rather than
  curricular entities to be studied or mastered in
  their own right" (Pearson, 1994, p. 19). In these
  definitions, the curricular unit must be seen to
  involve more than one discipline or school
  subject.

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• Bristor's (1994) research provides an example
  of a study focusing on science and language arts
  integration. Motivated by efficiency and a desire
  to make content area literacy instruction more
  meaningful, the investigator designed a program
  drawing on literacy research to build students'
  background knowledge prior to reading content
  texts. Relevant language arts curriculum
  objectives from district guidelines were linked
  to science activities. Bristor drew on literature
  with science content from trade books and the
  basal reading program, and engaged students in
  dramatic play related to science themes. Based on
  results from subtests of standardized tests, the
  researcher reported gains in achievement in both
  reading and science for students in the
  integrated program as compared to those following
  traditional distinct curricula in the two areas.
  Further, on a six-scale inventory of affect,
  students in the integrated program showed more
  positive attitudes and greater self-confidence
  than comparable students in the separate
  curricula.

A little more research
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What could this look like in my classroom?
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Tea Party

• This is an interactive pre-reading strategy
  that frontloads students knowledge of text
  information and also allows them to
• become
  familiar with
• phrasing and
  content
• words. The
  strategy
• can be used
  with both
• narrative and
• expository
  texts.

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Anticipation/Reaction Guide

• This strategy is used to activate
  background
• knowledge before reading or doing and
• activity, stimulate interest and
  discussion
• during
  reading, compare
• before an
  after decisions,
• reverse
  misconceptions,
• and assess
  students
• application of
  new
• knowledge
  and/or skills.

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List-Sort-Label

• This is a form of semantic mapping. This strategy
  encourages students to improve vocabulary and
  categorization skills as well as organize
  concepts. Categorizing listed words, through
  sorting/grouping and
• labeling, helps
  students
• organize new
  concepts
• in relation to
  previously learned concepts.

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Science and Social Studies!

• 
  Science Article
• Is this something
• you think you could
• do in your class-
  room?

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More activities to share

• The National Science Teachers Association
  supports the
• notion that inquiry science must be a basic in
  the daily
• curriculum of every elementary school student at
  every
• grade level. In the last decade, numerous reports
  have
• been published calling for reform in education.
  Each report has highlighted the importance
  
• of
  early experiences in science
• so
  that students develop
• 
  problem-solving skills that
• 
  empower them to
• 
  participate in an increasingly
• 
  scientific and technological
• 
  world.

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• Elementary school students learn science best
  when
• instruction builds directly on the student's
  conceptual framework.
• content is organized on the basis of broad
  conceptual themes common to all science
  disciplines.
• mathematics and communication skills are an
  integral part of science instruction.
• http//www.aimsedu.org/Activities/

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Kidspiration
PowerPoint
Photostory Glogster!
Voice Threads

• How can I integrate technology, literacy, science
  and social studies?

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Text Features!
Is this the missing piece?
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Now it is your turn to add the last piece
Lora_Drum_at_catawbaschools.net Mia_Johnson_at_catawbasc
hools.net Carol_Moore_at_catawbaschools.net
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Backdrops - These are full sized backdrops, just
scale them up! - Can be Copy-Pasted out of
Templates for use anywhere!
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