Title
Complementing Curricula: A Fourth-Grade Ecology Lesson Connects Science and Social Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Science and Children
Publication Date
2016
School
Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education
Department
Department of Education
Abstract
A curriculum that integrates science and social studies provides a rich context for learning, especially in environmental science. Teaching about socio-scientific issues, science-related issues that require social considerations, has often focused on ecological concerns due to the effect scientific understanding has on the development of society. The integration of content areas provided by socio-scientific instruction enables teachers to address the well-documented lack of instructional time devoted to science and social studies in elementary school. Here, Cook and Block present a lesson that demonstrates a way in which science and social studies can be meaningfully and authentically integrated through a focus on the environment and taught within the same allotted time.
Recommended Citation
Cook, Kristin, and Corrie Block. "Complementing Curricula." Science and Children 54.2 (2016): 36-42.